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“On August 27, 2003, Mars was close to earth and someone said if you looked through a telescope Mars will be bigger and brighter and will appear to be the same size as the moon is when you look at it with a naked eye.”

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Indica Vista launched by Tata Motors
Leading car maker Tata Motor launched the new model of its successful brand Indica, ‘Indica Vista’.
Since Indica’s launch more than a decade ago, the company has produced 9.1 lakh units. In financial year 2006-07, Indica achieved a sales of 1,44,690 units–highest in a year for the car.

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The times of india writes in its news “It will carry the onus of not just repeating the success of the original Indica but bettering it in both numbers as well as customer mindset. It will also highlight the present state of evolution of Tata Motors’ ambitions to be as global in its product development [...]

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Usain Bolt ran another incredible race on Yesterday to shatter Michael Johnson’s 200m world record of 19.32 seconds that had looked unbeatable for a dozen years.
The Olympic sprint double, the first since Carl Lewis clinched one at home in 1984, had long been forecast for the Jamaican, but the world record in the longer dash [...]

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Mahanagar Telecom (MTNL) Delhi reduced broadband charges by up to 50 per cent to increase user base in the India’s national capital .
The PSU announced a plan that will offer customers high speed (2 mbps) Internet access at a monthly rental of Rs 99 and 150 mb free download. 2nd offers for users can opt [...]

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Most of the demands of the Armed Forces and paramilitary personnel have been met.

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Pay substantially hiked by an average 40 per cent.
Revised pay to be effective from January 1, 2006.
To cost exchequer Rs 12,561 cr in 2008-09.
Additional one-time burden of Rs 18,060 cr toward arrears.
Minimum entry level pay Rs 6,660; Cabinet Secretary to get Rs 90,000.
Market driven compensation for young scientists & special posts.
Contract appointment for select posts [...]

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The Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, the UPA government announced today, an average increase of 21 per cent in salaries of over 50 lakh government employees with effect from January 1, 2006.
The wage hike would increase the financial implication for the Centre by Rs 17,798 crore annually and the arrears with effect from January 2006 would [...]

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In the `Beijing Olympics’ the Indian challenge ended in  badminton competition on Wednesday after Saina Nehwal bowed out of the women’s singles event following a quarterfinal loss to Indonesian Maria Kristin Yulianti in Beijing.
Nehwal 18-year-old Indian, on her maiden Olympic trip, went down 28-26 14-21 15-21 in the thrilling contest against her world number 16 [...]

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Indian security agencies scrambled today to confirm reports of detaintion of Anees Ibrahim, brother of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim which is one of wanted in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case  at airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Without official confirmation it is said that three people have been detained at Jeddah airport. Anees Ibrahim Kaskar was [...]

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