The murderous attack on some 50 civilians and security men in the Chhattisgarh forest Monday has left India's security experts shocked over how Maoists could strike with such impunity for the second time in 40 days. There is suggestion of a military-style offensive and better grassroot intelligence by befriending locals.

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'Military-style offensive, better local intelligence required'

New Delhi, May 17 (IANS)Home Minister P. Chidambaram met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday evening as the government condemned the Maoist attack on 'hapless civilians' in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh that left at least 50 dead, the second such murderous assault in 40 days in the state.

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Chidambaram confers with PM as government condemns Maoist attack

In what reads more like an indictment of the Indian defence establishment, a government working paper Monday suggested the foreign investment cap in the military manufacturing sector be raised to 74 percent from the present 26 percent to attract established players to the area, save tremendous foreign exchange and revive the country's industry at large.

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Raising FDI cap in defence manufacturing to 74 percent will save forex

A day after two people were killed and many injured in a stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station, scores of survivors were Monday looking for their missing family members or lost belongings. A 10-year-old boy, the second victim of the stampede, was Monday identified by his father in the mortuary.

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Second stampede victim identified; survivors look for lost kin

The Indian government's provisional revenue from the sale of third-generation (3G) airwaves Monday crossed the Rs.65,000 crore ($14.2 billion) mark and nationwide licence price reached over Rs.16,000 crore ($3.5 billion) at the end of 176 rounds of an auction to award the spectrum for telecom services.

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Revenue from 3G auction crosses Rs.65,000 crore mark

Hindus have applauded Delhi Metro for reportedly giving copy of Bhagavad-Gita to its senior managers as a management-text and urged other international and domestic corporations in India to do the same.

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Hindus laud Delhi Metro for using Gita as management-text and urge all corporations to follow

Defence Minister AK Antony on Monday asked the top brass of the Armed Forces to work in unison and make cyber systems as secure and as non-porous as possible, adding that cyber-warfare is becoming a serious threat to security. The paradigms of security in the age of Information Technology are seldom constant.

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Antony cautions Indian Army commanders on dangers of cyber-warfare

She can twist, twirl, flip and toss the pizza dough on her hands, and now Italian chef Oriana Tirabassi has redrawn the menu at Rhapsody restaurant in Chennai. So get set to dig into some heavenly handmade pastas, antipasti and dessert pizzas – that too under candlelight! The restaurant, located at the Courtyard Marriott hotel here, is repositioning itself to attract family crowds with some fine d…

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With the government failing to introduce the women's reservation bill in the Lok Sabha this session, women's organisations Tuesday demanded that the proposed legislation should not be put into cold storage again and should be tabled in the monsoon session of parliament.

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Table quota bill in monsoon session, demand women's groups

Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to working for the successful completion of the Doha Round of talks on freer world trade and said the two countries will continue to explore opportunities for strengthening economic ties.

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India, Australia to continue strengthening economic ties

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj said Tuesday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had spoken to her on the nuclear safety bill and indicated that her party will not object to its introduction in parliament if the government redrafts it to increase the liability of nuclear plant operators in case of an accident.

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PM speaks to Sushma on n-bill, BJP says redraft it

Flaunting the letters of unequivocal support from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), Indian Olympic Association (IOA) secretary general Randhir Singh Tuesday said it is none of government's business to limit the number of terms for office-bearers of national sports federations or their retirement age.

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IOC and Asian council extend support to IOA

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's absence from parliament Tuesday irked opposition MPs, and a few from the ruling benches also, as they demanded a statement on the strike by the motormen of Mumbai's suburban trains, which was called off later in the day.

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Mamata's absence irks MPs, stalls Lok Sabha's functioning

Harping upon the country's same old jaded tune of resolving the long pending Kashmir issue in accordance with the United Nation's (UN) resolution, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that any resolution to the issue would not be durable until the Kashmiris are not made a part of it.

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Pak back to singing K-issue settlement through UN resolution tune

It carries a sea of humanity – over seven million commuters – to and fro daily. Mumbai's suburban rail network, the city's lifeline which is used by people come floods, terror attacks, or accidents, has been paralysed since Monday evening due to a strike by train drivers.

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Mumbai's highly-efficient suburban rail network is its lifeline

More than 70 lakh goods-carrying vehicles are likely to be off the roads across the country as the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) – India's largest apex organisation of road transporters – Wednesday threatened strike from April 5 if the increased duty on diesel was not rolled back

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Transporters threaten strike from April 5

In a heartening development for Indian sports, more money is being pumped into Olympic disciplines as sponsorship to individual sportspersons. The latest to benefit are five boxers, who signed a three-year sponsorship deal with leading entertainment media and communications company Percept Ltd here Wednesday.

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Percept signs sponsorship deal with five boxers

Amid the ongoing stir to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh for creating a separate state of Telangana, the Supreme Court has reiterated that the state capital Hyderabad would continue to be a 'free zone' entitling people from other parts of the state to compete for government jobs.

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Hyderabad is a free zone for job-seekers, rules apex court

The Telugu film industry will observe a shutdown on March 19 to demand Andhra Pradesh government to deal firmly with piracy even as producer Yalamanchi Ravichand's fast-unto-death over the issue entered the third day Wednesday with leading film personalities expressing solidarity with him.

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With the political standoff over the civil nuclear liability bill persisting, the government Wednesday offered to 'discuss coolly' all issues relating to the legislation and urged the opposition not to be 'obstructionist' in the country's drive to ramp up nuclear energy.

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Government offers talks on nuclear liability bill