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Buddhadeb's 'light' moment
A tubelight performs many duties at capital’s Banga Bhawan, the state guest house of West Bengal in New Delhi. On Saturday, Chief Minister Buddhadab Bhattacharjee addressed a press conference in the Bhawan auditorium. On his table was a packed tubelight used to help set up a few dozen TV microphones. Bhattacharjee was initially amused but soon understood the purpose of the arrangement. http://smallpersonalloans.org.uk

MLR Motors gets time till March for financial closure
Hyderabad-based MLR Motors, which failed to achieve financial closure for its Rs 1,250-crore project, got a fresh lease of life with the Andhra Pradesh government agreeing to extend the deadline till March 31, 2010.

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BCCI shifts 2nd ODI to Nagpur due to security reasons
The Indian Cricket Board today shifted the second one-dayer of the five-match series between India and Sri Lanka to Nagpur after police in Visakhapatnam expressed inability to provide security for the tie in the wake of political crisis in Andhra Pradesh.
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US clears Isro launch of Algerian satellites

The US has allowed the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) to launch Algerian satellites having American components using an Indian launch vehicle, following a Technical Safeguards Agreement (TSA) between the two countries. - Isro eyes mission to Mars in 6 years - ISRO eyes mission to Mars; Govt sanctions Rs 10 cr - ISRO unveils beta version of 3D mapping tool "Bhuvan" - India to launch ocean satellite in second half of next month - Here comes the moon - Stars foretell medical marvels A TSA, covering launches of satellites having US components on Indian launch vehicles, was signed between India and the US on July 20 during the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to New Delhi. “Following the signing of the TSA during Secretary Clinton’s recent visit to India, the US government has given clearance for the launch by Isro of Algerian satellites ALSAT-2A and ALSAT-2B, which have US components, on board an Indian space launch vehicle,” the Indian Embassy said in a statement.


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