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US wants Pak to extend Kayani’s term

Islamabad, July 21: The Pakistan government is under pressure from the US to extend the tenure of Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani “for effective continuity” of the war on terror in the lawless

Services to get dear, goods cheap

New Delhi, July 21: First the bad news — your monthly telephone bills, for mobiles as well as landlines, will rise if the new GST regime is implemented. Other services, which include DTH, credit card

Kilimanjaro, Blink excel

July 22: Blink, Kilimanjaro and Alaric impressed most in the workouts when the following horses were exercised on the trial track here on Thursday.

Outer sand

600 metres: Enduring Star (Afsar) 42.

Pranab moots 3-tier GST formula

New Delhi, July 21: The finance ministry on Wednesday came out with the proposed rate structure for the Goods and Services Tax (GST), where the goods will be taxed at 20 per cent, services 16 per cent

Acceptances for Bengaluru races

July 22: Following are the acceptances for Saturday races.

1. The Azhar Plate (Div.II) 1100 metres 2 pm: Sky Rider 60, Nectar Crown 59.5, Enduring Speed 58, Spark of Harmony 57.5, Absence 56, Spring

Sprucespringstien wins feature

July 22: Rank outsider Sprucespringstien, trained by F. Hassan and superbly ridden by jockey R. Rupesh won The Madras Race Club Cup, the main event of the Hyderabad monsoon races held here on Thursday

Jobbers exit saps out liquidity

July 22: The Sensex has been moving in a range for nearly ten months since September 2009, and analysts say they have never in 20 years seen a market range bound for so long.

Mr Aneesh Srivastava of

India enters top 10 FDI recipients list in 2009

July 22: India has joined the elite club of top ten destinations of FDI in 2009, according to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). India was the 9th largest re

Lack of exclusivity hits DRL, profit dips 14%

July 22: Pharmaceutical major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) on Thursday reported a 14 per cent net profit in the first quarter of fiscal 2011 compared to the year ago period on the back of slow sales

Murali, the eighth wonder

July 22: The wait was nearly unbearable. After nearly 24 overs and four hours, those gun slinging eyes narrowed, a perfect off-break was floated and then the eyes lit up as it has for nearly 18 season

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