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Edwards focused on winning it for West Indies

Dhaka, Oct 31 (IANS/CMC) West Indies fast bower Fidel Edwards has hailed his 11th five-wicket haul in Tests but says his focus is on ensuring the Caribbean side emerge victorious in the second Test against Bangladesh.

Seven billionth baby’s dad wants her to be a doctor

Mal (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 31: Ajai Kumar, the proud father of Nargis – the girl child who was Monday announced as the world’s seven billionth baby – wants his daughter to become a doctor and serve society.

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Advani’s yatra comes to Mumbai Nov 4

Mumbai, Oct 31: Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K.

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India should focus on its young, say experts

New Delhi, Oct 31: As the world welcomed the ‘symbolic’ seven billionth babies Monday, social experts said that India should stop worrying about capping the population and focus instead on the needs of the young.

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Moratorium on new projects in coastal Maharashtra extended

New Delhi, Oct 31: The union environment ministry has extended till December 2011 the moratorium on considering new projects in Maharashtra’s coastal Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts, officials said Monday.

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Prince Charles can veto government legislation

London, Oct 31: Prince Charles has the right to veto any British government legislation that affects his private interests, a media report said Monday.

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Pushkin Chandra killing: Life term for two upheld

New Delhi, Oct 31: The Delhi High Court Monday upheld the life sentence awarded to two men for murdering United Nations Development Programme employee Pushkin Chandra and his friend Kuldeep in south Delhi in 2004.

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CPI-M’s ex-minister meets Mamata on land policy

Kolkata, Oct 31: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and former West Bengal land reforms minister Abdul Rezzak Mollah Monday met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the issue of the state’s agricultural land policy.

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Sunny day in Delhi, similar weather Tuesday

New Delhi, Oct 31: The skies remained clear and sunny in Delhi Monday and the maximum temperature settled a notch above average at 31.6 degrees Celsius.

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