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                      Friday,
                      April 13,
                      2007, Chandigarh, IndiaUpdated at 3:00 am (IST)
 
 Now,
                      pulse import to fight pricesNew Delhi,
                      April 12
 Worried over the
                      political fallout of the continuing high prices of
                      essential commodities, the government today decided to
                      import additional 15 lakh tonnes of pulses over the next
                      six-eight months to bring down prices.
 Jet
                      bags Sahara at a discountMumbai, April
                      12
 Curtains on the Jet
                      Airways-Air Sahara saga were rung down today with the two
                      airlines agreeing to a merger before a team of
                      arbitrators.
 
 Business page: Jet
                shareholders’ spirits fail to take off
 Agni
                      III test-firedNew Delhi,
                      April 12
 After initial hiccups
                      and a failed launch in July last year, the country’s
                      defence scientists made significant headway in
                      successfully test firing the intermediate range ballistic
                      missile Agni-III from the test range off the Orissa coast
                      in the Bay of Bengal in the forenoon today. In
                      video:
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                            Mandi Palace illuminated on the eve of Jammu
                            heritage festival on Thursday. — Tribune photo by
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 | Petrol
        dealers call off strikeNew Delhi, April 12
 Around 32,000 petrol pump dealers
        across the country have decided to call off their 24-hour proposed
        strike from midnight tonight after Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora
        assured them that he would look at their demands sympathetically.
 
          
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              DebatePoliticians seeking votes, judges public attention
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 |  Expulsion in
        cash-for-query scamSC dismisses
        petitions of 6 MPs
 New Delhi, April 12
 The Supreme Court today dismissed
        the petitions of six MPs expelled in the cash-for-query scam, for review
        of its judgement upholding the Parliament’s decision, saying that
        there was no merit in their plea.
  
  
 Special
        team to probe land grab, false casesChandigarh, April 12
 Faced with complaints from the
        public regarding the alleged registration of false cases by influential
        persons and also land grab cases during the previous Congress regime,
        Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today constituted a special
        monitoring and feedback team at the headquarters which will go to the
        spot and submit a report after checking the veracity of the complaints.
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 | Virk
        not going: CMChandigarh, April 12
 The Punjab government today
        probably opened the proverbial “can of worms” that has the potential
        to drive a wedge between the centre and the state.
 Punjab page:  Virk
                    to join duty, MHA tells M’rashtra 
  Deputation:
                    Centre final authority Cow
        milk: Nestlé ready, Milkfed indecisiveChandigarh, April 12
 While Nestle India, one of the
        biggest private companies in milk business in Punjab, has started
        encouraging dairy farmers to shift from buffaloes to cows, Milkfed,
        Punjab’s cooperative and flag bearer in milk products, is still
        indecisive.
 Pravin’s
        wife alleges threatsMumbai, April 12
 Sarangi, wife of Pravin Mahajan
        (charged with killing BJP leader Pramod Mahajan), alleged that she was
        threatened by BJP workers on the court premises today.
 
          
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            | Toy
              boys, not sugar daddiesLondon, April 12
 The days of seeing a woman on
              the arm of a man old enough to be her father might soon be over,
              for an increasing number of the fairer sex are ditching sugar
              daddies for toy boys.
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                                  |  | Virk sent  back to Maharashtra April 12,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Goodbye
                      Halwara, hello Sahnewal April 11,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Vendetta:
                      Capt April 10,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Don’t
                            overstep limit, PM to judiciary April 9,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Cong blown away in DelhiApril 8,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Bench stays judge ruling April 7,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Panel okays 83 SEZs April 6,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Greg goes April 5,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Duty-free
        access for LDCs: India April 4,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Dalal
                            St bleeds April 3,
                            2007
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