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                      Monday,
                      April 30,
                      2007, Chandigarh, IndiaUpdated at 3:00 am (IST)
 
 IOC
                      facility hit in Tiger air raidColombo,
                      April 29
 At least two light
                      wing aircraft of Tamil Tiger rebels carried out pre-dawn
                      air attacks in and around Colombo, targeting two oil
                      storage facilities, including one jointly owned by the
                      Indian Oil Corporation and the Sri Lankan government.
  LTTE
        killed Indian fishermen: Police 
 
 
                        
                          |  Members of  the Australia team, including captain Ricky Ponting (centre left)  and coach John Buchanan (centre with trophy), celebrate their victory over Sri Lanka in the World Cup cricket final in Bridgetown on Saturday. — Reuters
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        killed, 16 hurt in fresh Nandigram clashesKolkata, April 29
 Nandigram flared up yet again today
        after a gun battle broke out between workers of the CPM and the
        Trinamool Congress-led Krishi Bachaoo Committee. At least four persons
        were killed and over 16 others injured in the incident.
 N-deal:
        Menon leaves for USNew Delhi, April 29
 Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon
        left today morning for a visit to the US to explore whether New Delhi
        and Washington can still be on the same page on their bilateral nuclear
        deal.
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        video (56k) 21,
        disabled but not a loserBangalore, April 29
 Vaishnavi Kasturi (21) is
        determined to get an answer from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM),
        Bangalore, why she was denied admission to the prestigious institution.
        The visually impaired student is closer to her quest with the Karnataka
        Information Commission (KIC) sending her request under the Right to
        Information Act to the Central Information Commission.
 Punjab BJP seeks Dy CM’s postChandigarh: The newly appointed chief of the Punjab unit of the BJP Rajinder Bhandari today demanded that the BJP deserves the post of Deputy Chief Minister. The Punjab BJP, which won 19 of the 23 Assembly seats it contested in alliance with SAD, is  ‘hopeful’of getting the post, he said. “Keeping in view the performance of the party we deserve the Deputy CM’s post".
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        govt protests repatriation of VirkChandigarh, April 29
 As expected, the Punjab government
        today adopted a tough posture against the Government of India and
        protested the premature repatriation of former DGP S.S.Virk.
  
 Mandira
        in saree troubleJaipur, April 29
 Actor and cricket commentator
        Mandira Bedi has landed in a bit of trouble with a complaint against her
        for showing disrespect to the national flag.
 ITF
        to have say over French wine and cheeseNew Delhi, April 29
 For the first time in the
        82-year-old history of the UIC (the International Union of Railways),
        leaders of the All-India Railwaymen’s Federation and the International
        Transport Workers Federation (ITF) will have their say over the choicest
        French wine and cheese at the UIC (Union Internationale des Chemins de
        Fer) headquarters in Paris.
 
          
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        NRIs get richer in UKLondon, April 29
 Britain is now home to almost 70
        billionaires with steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal heading the latest annual
        Rich List compiled by The Sunday Times. The number of billionaires in
        Britain has trebled in the last four years and their fortunes have grown
        faster than anywhere else in the world, the list calculated.
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                                  |  | 30 die in Pak blast; minister, son hurt April 29,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Democracy
                            only antidote to Pak’s Talibanisation, says
                            Benazir April 28,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Members question judiciary for putting reservation on hold April 27,
                            2007
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                                  |  | IIMs may go ahead with admissions April 26,
                            2007
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                                  |  | PM dismisses Kasuri’s claims April 25,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Quota
                      stay to continue April 24,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Now,
                      a transfer scam in Ludhiana April 23,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Woolmer
                            suspect caught on camera April 22,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Govt
                      calls off IIM meeting April 21,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Police takes custody of MP Katara April 20,
                            2007
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                                  |  | Human trafficker-MP held April 19,
                            2007
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