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Maruti sales up 41.56% in August
Car maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on Tuesday reported a 41.56% jump in sales for August at 84,808 units.

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Now, Tata Indicom‘s unlimited talk offer
Telecom operator Tata Teleservices on Tuesday launched a scheme that will enable its CDMA subscribers to talk endlessly for just Re.1.

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Subbirami Reddy to head science panel
Prominent UPA and Opposition leaders have been appointed chairpersons of 24 standing committees for various departments of Parliament.

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Live text - US Open
Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova are the main attractions in the night session after Novak Djokovic and Dinara Safina go through on day two of the US Open.

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Family tiffs cause headaches among kids
Family quarrels and a lack of free time can bring on headaches among children, says a new study.

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IT Q4: Headcount report card
The fiscal year 2008-09 has been one of the toughest for most IT companies globally. With revenues taking a hit, most companies also restructured their manpower, many going for pinkslips.

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eBay reaches deal to sell Skype
Online auction site eBay agreeds to sell the majority of internet phone company Skype for about $2bn (£1.2bn).

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Steel sector expected to grow by 10-12%
Since 1991, substantial economic reforms were introduced by the Government of India which boosted the development process of a number of industries, particularly the steel industry.

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Pak rapidly ramping up India-specific nuclear arsenal
Pakistan‘s rapidly ramped up nuclear arsenal is now 70-90 strong with increasingly sophisticated bomb designs and smart delivery systems aimed primarily at India, two US researchers have said.

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IOC, BPCL, HPCL to lose Rs 50,000 cr due to under-recoveries
State-run refiners Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) are likely to incur losses of around Rs 50,000 crore in FY10 for selling petrol, diesel, LPG and kerosene at subsidised rates.

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3 pharma cos to supply flu drug
Pharma majors Ranbaxy, Strides Arcolab and Hetero Drugs have bagged government‘s tender for stockpiling anti-influenza drug, oseltamivir (generic Tamiflu).

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Pak nationals linked to Somali pirates
Investigations into the hijacking of a Russian warship in April by Somali pirates show that Pakistani nationals played an important role in the hijack.

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Farah wants to end Salman-SRK war
Farah Khan, who is a common friend of Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, wants to play the peacemaker between the two actors.

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UK teenage girls ‘worst drunks‘
An international report finds young teenagers in the UK, particularly girls, have high rates of drunkenness.

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Top 10 technical institutes
Indian technical institutes are globally respected for the quality of their education. Recently, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lauded the country‘s technical education system terming it "enviable".

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Google browser gets Sony foothold
Sony PCs are now available with Google‘s Chrome internet browser following a deal struck between the two this summer.

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Sena not wary of BJP‘s ills
Even as the squabbles within the BJP get louder by the day, the Sena has expressed hope that the performance of the alliance in the coming assembly polls won‘t be affected by the ills ailing the BJP.

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Sensex closes 115 points down
Weak overseas cues continued to haunt the Indian stock market for the second straight day on Tuesday, as the benchmark Sensex lost 115 points due to heavy selling in stocks from infrastructure-related sectors.

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Govt walks tightrope on Ambani gas row
The Centre on Tuesday tried a difficult balancing act in the Supreme Court in the Ambani gas row with its fresh application attempting to protect NTPC‘s interests.

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Lockerbie bomber hospitalised: Report
The man convicted of organising the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing and whose recent prison release sparked worldwide protest has been hospitalised in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, a media report said.

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Voting change for best film Oscar
The voting system, which will determine the winner of the best picture at this year‘s Oscars is being changed, it has been announced.

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Little-known facts about Infy
Few people know that the Bangalore-based IT company was actually incorporated in Mumbai, it saw one of its founding members leave the company for greener pastures after its JV with KSA technologies fell.

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8 biggest tech blunders
The last two decades have seen mindboggling growth in technology space. But there also have been numerous failures and cases of missed opportunities.

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Tata seeks compensation over Nano
India‘s Tata group says it wants compensation for the land on which it planned to build the Nano, the world‘s cheapest car.

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Gavaskar finds form as Tata get off to winning start
A round-up of the other matches on the opening day of the Corporate Cup

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