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  Badal asks centre for additional power for Punjab

  Chandigarh, Nov 7 (IANS) Faced with power shortage in the state, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday urged the central government to allot at least 250 MW of additional power to Punjab during the Rabi (winter) season, officials said.

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  Over 27,000 institutes of higher learning needed: Sibal

  New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) More than 27,000 additional institutions of higher learning would be required to meet the targeted Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of 30 percent for 2020, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said here Saturday.

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  Two women in new Maharashtra government

  Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Fauzia Khan, a Muslim, and Congress party's Varsha Gaekwad, a Dalit, have found place in the new Maharashtra council of ministers sworn in Saturday.

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  Former CPI-M legislator shot at, seriously injured

  Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator Subhas Soren was shot at by unidentified men in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Saturday evening, police said, amid speculation that the assailants may be Maoists.

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  Chavan's first act - letter congratulating Tendulkar

  Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) After assuming office as Maharashtra's chief minister, Ashok Chavan's first official duty Saturday was signing a congratulatory letter to India's cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar for his record of 17,000 runs in one day international cricket.

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  Business News

  • Badal asks centre for additional power for Punjab
  • Rural micro insurance scheme launched
  • Food prices to decline after winter crop: Sharad Pawar
  • Metro's Noida link may start Nov 13
  • Heavy rain hits normal life in Tamil Nadu

  Health

  • 29 new dengue cases take Delhi's total to 527
  • Three swine flu deaths take India's toll to 484
  • Capital's unprecedented haze due to increased pollution: CSE
  • Younger women becoming vulnerable to breast cancer: doctors
  • 100 cases this year, eradicating polio remains big challenge in Bihar

  Sci-Tech

  • CSIR asks sacked Indian American scientist to vacate house
  • Rousing reception awaits Dalai Lama in Tawang
  • PDP protests against prepaid connection ban in Kashmir
  • CAT on the computer this year, fewer students interested
  • Eating, shopping and check-in on metro airport line

  Sports News

  • Chavan's first act - letter congratulating Tendulkar
  • Lahiri maintains lead at BILT Open
  • We have to stay fresh mentally: Dhoni
  • Salwan cross-country attracts 30,000 students
  • India under pressure as Australia look to clinch series

  Education

  • Over 27,000 institutes of higher learning needed: Sibal
  • Amend Right to Education Act: NGO
  • India has one of the lowest teacher-student ratios: expert
  • President to inaugurate IGNOU's silver jubilee celebrations
  • 75 percent Indian engineering students unemployable: Report

  Indian Diaspora

  • CSIR asks sacked Indian American scientist to vacate house
  • No place for racism or racist violence: Australian envoy
  • Apex court to decide custody of NRI child abducted by mother
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  • Andhra Pradesh to set up fund for NRIs in despair

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