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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:16:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey suggests major reforms ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Recommending an end to all cesses and surcharges on taxes, and free pricing of fertiliser and fuel ahead of the Union Budget for 2009-10, the Economic Survey suggested on Thursday aggressive disinvestment and financial sector reforms to bring the economy back to high growth track.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget ]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[This is what the Survey says ]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Highlights ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday tabled the Economic Survey for 2008-09 that prescribes doing away with cess, surcharges on taxes, including fringe benefit tax, and sweeping refroms in areas like petrol pricing and financial sector.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why mangoes will be cheaper in the US]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[India's first suspected swine flu death in Kerala]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 52-year-old non resident Indian, who was suspected to have contracted swine flu, died shortly after he was admitted to a hospital in Kerala's Kollam district on Wednesday night, a health official said on Thursday. The throat swabs of Stanley Pelis, who arrived in Kerala two weeks ago from the United Kingdom, have been sent to the National Institute of Communicable diseases, New Delhi, today morning. If confirmed, he would be the first victim of swine flu in the country. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LS adjourned after uproar over fuel price hike]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Accusing the government of 'violating Parliamentary propriety', BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said the move to hike petrol and diesel prices "raises suspicion as to which companies will be benefited by this decision." "The government has been saying that the public sector oil companies have been making profits and giving dividends to it. Then why this secrecy," she asked. Swaraj attacked the Congress for 'betraying' the common people.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top Taliban commander Fazlullah killed?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Although the report could not be confirmed, sources in the Pakistan army said that the troops had intercepted a phone call of Fazlullah, which indicated that he was hiding in Swat.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Prescription drugs: The ticking time bomb]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The sudden demise of King of Pop Michael Jackson has reopened a can of worms.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gay sex legalised by Delhi High Court]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA['Ready for a debate on Liberhan report']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA["The government should table the report at the earliest along with ATR. The Commission has submitted the report after a delay (about 17 years) and the government should not delay it any further," Singh told media persons outside Parliament. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[3 Indian origin men convicted of drug trafficking]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Three Indian-origin persons have been convicted by a California court for their alleged involvement in a massive cocaine smuggling operation and its distribution to the Asian gang members in Toronto in Canada. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[3 Indian origin men convicted of drug trafficking]]></title>
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