<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.it"	xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166"	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss"><channel><description>Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day. Part of this analysis extracts entities and entity related information from clusters of stories.The selection and placement of stories are determined automatically by a computer program.
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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.</description><link>http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/24393.html</link><language>en</language><title>EMM Entities: News about Bal Thackeray</title><item><title>Maha-Karnataka border row picks steam</title><link>http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mahakarnataka-border-row-picks-steam/644937/</link><emm:origLink>http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mahakarnataka-border-row-picks-steam/644937/</emm:origLink><description>Ashok Chavan plans to lead an all-party delegation to meet the PM, to convey the strong feelings of Maharashtrians on the issue.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">financialexpress-87342f34c60922dbbdd5b0158499a0e3</guid><source url="null">financialexpress</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>HC rejects CBI plea against BJP brass</title><link>http://www.financialexpress.com/news/HC-rejects-CBI-plea-against-BJP-brass/621546/</link><emm:origLink>http://www.financialexpress.com/news/HC-rejects-CBI-plea-against-BJP-brass/621546/</emm:origLink><description>Providing relief to LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and 19 others in the Babri Masjid demolition case, the Allahabad High...</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">expressindia-0b924907df3fce4d332367ec97678f71</guid><source url="null">expressindia</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Motormen&#39;s stir paralyses Mumbai, Govt invokes ESMA</title><link>http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Motormens-stir-paralyses-Mumbai-Govt-invokes-ESMA/614829/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20expressindia/iKgY%20%28Expressindia%29</link><emm:origLink>http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Motormens-stir-paralyses-Mumbai-Govt-invokes-ESMA/614829/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20expressindia/iKgY%20%28Expressindia%29</emm:origLink><description>Railway authorities said only 20 pct suburban trains were operating as a result of the hunger strike by motormen demanding pay hike.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">expressindia-f2e8c665634cb3440f466eaac321e461</guid><source url="null">expressindia</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza wed after controversial engagement</title><link>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article7095764.ece</link><emm:origLink>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article7095764.ece</emm:origLink><description>Shoaib Malik, the former Pakistani cricket captain, yesterday wed Sania Mirza, India’s top women’s tennis player after an engagement marred by revelations that the groom-to-be had married another Indian woman over the telephone in 2002.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">thetimes-b85204ec4457d38c7fa3cc17dfb72f2c</guid><source url="null">thetimes</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>‘Brides’ in battle over cricket star</title><link>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article7086706.ece</link><emm:origLink>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article7086706.ece</emm:origLink><description>The fairytale wedding between a Pakistani cricket legend and one of India’s biggest tennis stars has been overshadowed by allegations that the bridegroom is already married to a woman who may have duped him into matrimony.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">sundaytimes-cab5f8ff916ca4d17d67cbedad319772</guid><source url="null">sundaytimes</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Shoaib visits Sania</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/04/stories/2010040463951800.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/04/stories/2010040463951800.htm</emm:origLink><description>PHOTOS: NAGARA GOPAL Surprise visit:Reporters and lensmen throng Sania Mirza&#39;s house after Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik was spotted at the place in Hyderabad on Saturday. HYDERABAD: The former Pakistan cricket captain, Shoaib Malik, was spotted at the house of tennis star Sania Mirza here on Saturday morning.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Hindu-81cd2438d99349e865cde7d07763ad78</guid><source url="null">Hindu</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Sania should have chosen an Indian: Thackeray</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/03/stories/2010040362181800.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/03/stories/2010040362181800.htm</emm:origLink><description>Sania Mirza MUMBAI: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has criticised tennis star Sania Mirza for deciding to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik saying “had Sania&#39;s heart been Indian, it wouldn&#39;t have beaten for a Pakistani.” “Henceforth, Sania will not remain an Indian.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Hindu-80d37ef834592c8326a7adf2b1c4c0e3</guid><source url="null">Hindu</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>India says Pakistan talks to focus on terrorism</title><link>http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=ts&amp;nid=4247&amp;ad=23-02-2010</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=ts&amp;nid=4247&amp;ad=23-02-2010</emm:origLink><description>LONDON (Reuters): Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said on Monday that Indian concerns about militant groups based in Pakistan would form the main focus ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">TheFrontierPost-en-b8ef8c6fedeec1ecc7c02c1f17d39ab2</guid><source url="null">TheFrontierPost-en</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>SRKs film scaled back over row</title><link>http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=224037</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=224037</emm:origLink><description>MUMBAI: Cinemas in the Indian city of Mumbai scaled back the release on Friday of top actor Shah Rukh Khan’s new film, in the face of violent threats</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">NewsJang-en-a49264fca9aae6de22f860fe4a23a1b6</guid><source url="null">NewsJang-en</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Now, Thackeray attacks Chavan</title><link>http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/mumbai/Now-Thackeray-attacks-Chavan/Article1-508642.aspx</link><emm:origLink>http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/mumbai/Now-Thackeray-attacks-Chavan/Article1-508642.aspx</emm:origLink><description>The Shiv Sena has now turned its ire towards Chief Minister Ashok Chavan for “playing Shah Rukh Khan’s bodyguard”.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">HindustanTimes-40cb6cd01763c20631a89fd22f2a5b37</guid><source url="null">HindustanTimes</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Khan movie hits Mumbai amid row</title><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8511917.stm</link><emm:origLink>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8511917.stm</emm:origLink><description>A new film featuring Shah Rukh Khan opens in Mumbai amid tight security after protests by hardline Hindus.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bbc-70755f0412d3dcf925daacb5aac5c5fc</guid><source url="null">bbc</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>With security in place, it’s for theatres to take a call: Chavan</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/12/stories/2010021261402000.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/12/stories/2010021261402000.htm</emm:origLink><description>MUMBAI: If cinema owners decide not to screen Shah Rukh Khan’s My Name is Khan , the government could do nothing about it. Their decision is not a failure on the part of the government, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said on Thursday . Talking to journalists here, he said he could not bring audiences to theatres.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Hindu-e9d05bf2a2889518fbf4e9647d6aeb58</guid><source url="null">Hindu</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Bollywood star angers party</title><link>http://www.news24.com/Content/Entertainment/CelebNews/1048/b29de0e72e9a4ab48672e338d20b5bd6/10-02-2010-07-07/Bollywood_star_angers_party__</link><emm:origLink>http://www.news24.com/Content/Entertainment/CelebNews/1048/b29de0e72e9a4ab48672e338d20b5bd6/10-02-2010-07-07/Bollywood_star_angers_party__</emm:origLink><description>Hindu nationalist mobs have rampaged through India&#39;s cultural centre in protest at Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan&#39;s comments in support of Pakistani cricketers.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">news24-eb6983de97dfba3e3ba6cd844a0bbc11</guid><source url="null">news24</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Sena vandalises multiplexes</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/10/stories/2010021053920100.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/10/stories/2010021053920100.htm</emm:origLink><description>Rahi Gaikwad MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government’s assurances of security fell flat on Tuesday as the Shiv Sena, smarting from its botched attempt at disrupting Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s visit, vandalised theatres in Mumbai where advance booking for actor Shah Rukh Khan’s film My Name Is Khan had opened.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Hindu-d80a7ecf64ba9309d4b0208ad8e78e25</guid><source url="null">Hindu</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>We have assurance of full protection: Karan Johar</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/10/stories/2010021052551000.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/10/stories/2010021052551000.htm</emm:origLink><description>Rahi Gaikwad — Photo: Vivek Bendre Presenting his case: Director Karan Johar coming out of the Police Commissioner’s office in Mumbai on Tuesday. MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena’s attack on multiplexes in the city where advance booking for actor Shah Rukh Khan’s film My Name Is Khan had opened took place....</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Hindu-7a05811adcaf17b687129f9e5336d94f</guid><source url="null">Hindu</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Pawar will be finished if he goes with Sena: Vilasrao</title><link>http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/mumbai/Pawar-will-be-finished-if-he-goes-with-Sena-Vilasrao/Article1-506867.aspx</link><emm:origLink>http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/mumbai/Pawar-will-be-finished-if-he-goes-with-Sena-Vilasrao/Article1-506867.aspx</emm:origLink><description>The Nationalist Congress Party, including its president Sharad Pawar, deny it vehemently. But the Union Agriculture Minister’s visit to Matoshree to call on Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Sunday evening has sat the cat among the pigeons, reports Sujata Anandan .</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">HindustanTimes-143dd98ad8d3b561f3b67faac7f794fc</guid><source url="null">HindustanTimes</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Decision on taxi licence dangerous: Lalu</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/08/stories/2010020854570100.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/08/stories/2010020854570100.htm</emm:origLink><description>NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday and termed “dangerous” the Maharashtra government’s recent decision to give taxi licences only to Marathi speaking drivers and those who have stayed in Mumbai for 15 years. He also sought Chief Minister Ashok Chavan’s dismissal. In an interview to Hindi news channel News 24, Mr.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">hinduonnet-a7a14b77dd949b944e3ba02d2e987e19</guid><source url="null">hinduonnet</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Sharad Pawar meets Bal Thackeray on IPL</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/08/stories/2010020859530100.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/08/stories/2010020859530100.htm</emm:origLink><description>Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray meeting Union Minister Sharad Pawar and BCCI president Shashank Manohar in Mumbai on Sunday. Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party president and Union Minister Sharad Pawar met Bal Thackeray on Sunday and made an appeal to the Shiv Sena chief to withdraw the Sena threat....</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Hindu-a330a0105322683728f4f4704e2f2153</guid><source url="null">Hindu</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Rahul entrains, tames ‘tigers’</title><link>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Rahul-entrains-tames-tigers/articleshow/5540874.cms</link><emm:origLink>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Rahul-entrains-tames-tigers/articleshow/5540874.cms</emm:origLink><description>MUMBAI: Thackerays, masters of street politics laced with violence, for once found themselves outmanoeuvred. 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I am pro good relationship with countries. I am not pro some other country and not my own country. How is it possible?,&quot; he told media persons outside the airport on his arrival from London amid tight security.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">rediff-35db1d55433c501cf506683ba846b136</guid><source url="null">rediff</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Rahul Gandhi raids Sena den</title><link>http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/mumbai/Rahul-Gandhi-raids-Sena-den/Article1-505772.aspx</link><emm:origLink>http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/mumbai/Rahul-Gandhi-raids-Sena-den/Article1-505772.aspx</emm:origLink><description>Rahul Gandhi abruptly veered off from his convoy on Friday to get on to an overflowing Mumbai local, one of the city’s most enduring symbols, as if to tell its passengers: I am one of you. HT reports. 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Its unstated message is the Pakistani absence.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">watchingamerica-ad49c0cd1519ee00d22b7b4ebcc86ce6</guid><source url="null">watchingamerica</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Enough is enough, says R.R. Patil</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/05/stories/2010020554681100.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/05/stories/2010020554681100.htm</emm:origLink><description>Staff Reporter MUMBAI: Ahead of All-India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Mumbai on Friday, the State machinery is geared to meet the challenge posed by the Shiv Sena. Mr. Gandhi, visiting the city as part of the Youth Congress’ membership drive, is scheduled to hold....</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Hindu-409d2217b372be2044b646a9f65feed3</guid><source url="null">Hindu</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Analysis: India – a nation develops</title><link>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/445586ac-fe13-11de-9340-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/445586ac-fe13-11de-9340-00144feab49a.html&amp;_i_referer=</link><emm:origLink>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/445586ac-fe13-11de-9340-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/445586ac-fe13-11de-9340-00144feab49a.html&amp;_i_referer=</emm:origLink><description></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ft-7af98432ccfb2eca7f306bda42188c43</guid><source url="null">ft</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Smita Thackeray may join Congress</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/29/stories/2009112950430100.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/29/stories/2009112950430100.htm</emm:origLink><description>MUMBAI: Smita Thackeray, daughter-in-law of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray appears headed for the Congress after publicly expressing her admiration for Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. — ...</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Hindu-54d4c3a5de75c3862f04f81ac6a99ad7</guid><source url="null">Hindu</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Shiv Sena takes on Sachin Tendulkar again</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/23/stories/2009112359330900.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/23/stories/2009112359330900.htm</emm:origLink><description>Sachin Tendulkar Pune: Hailing Sunil Gavaskar as a “true Maharashtrian,” the Shiv Sena again criticised Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday. In an article in the party mouthpiece Saamna , Sena MP Sanjay Raut wrote: “There has been no instance of Sachin extending a helping hand to other Marathi cricketers. Forget others, he did not even support Vinod Kambli.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">Hindu-b3fb03d14f6bf425254912b101dc8ef1</guid><source url="null">Hindu</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Editors Guild condemns attacks</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/22/stories/2009112260010800.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/22/stories/2009112260010800.htm</emm:origLink><description>NEW DELHI: The Editors Guild of India and the All India Milli Council have condemned the attack by Shiv Sena workers on the offices of IBN 7 and IBN Lokmat in Mumbai and Pune on Friday. 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Jamir addressed the Legislature. He said any attempt to disrupt communal harmony on grounds of language would be dealt with firmly. 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A single assembly seat could not be important, but....</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">timesofindia-45b143f3eade933fcb22d237d53fc091</guid><source url="null">timesofindia</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>BJP-Shiv Sena pact hangs in balance</title><link>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2100737.cms</link><emm:origLink>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2100737.cms</emm:origLink><description>MUMBAI: With both the Shiv Sena and the BJP reiterating their claim to the Chimur assembly seat, the crisis in the saffron alliance showed no signs of abatement on Thursday. Upset with the BJP for coveting Chimur, the Sena threatened to pull out of alliance. 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Doctors treating Mr Mahajan, a former federal minister, said he succumbed to bullet injuries at 1610 (1040 GMT). His brother, Praveen, has been charged with attempted murder and police are questioning him in Mumbai (Bombay).</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bbc-91e479fefa8da8dbfc254127a5867a87</guid><source url="null">bbc</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>State of mind: Debate on in court</title><link>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1510428.cms</link><emm:origLink>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1510428.cms</emm:origLink><description>The police on Saturday placed before the court CCTV shots of Pravin Mahajan walking in at the Worli police station with a revolver.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">indiatimes-c04d461ae476dadc2c42df61fcedbba5</guid><source url="null">indiatimes</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Mahajan&#39;s health shows improvement, say doctors</title><link>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1502149.cms</link><emm:origLink>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1502149.cms</emm:origLink><description>The BJP General Secretary is being monitored for his pancreatic and hepatic injuries after bleeding from the liver stopped. 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                result-oriented leadership.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">HindustanTimes-b8373de1d8f153bcf2fa4be0545241c9</guid><source url="null">HindustanTimes</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Ranes move to disqualify MLAs will fail: Uddhav</title><link>http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=50401</link><emm:origLink>http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=50401</emm:origLink><description>Claiming that supporters of Bal Thackeray would
                be &#39;victorious&#39;, Uddhav Thackeray said the proposed move
                by Narayan Rane to seek disqualification of 25 MLAs for
                not attending legislature party meet convened by him as
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                meeting of party legislators and office bearers.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">HindustanTimes-1e89c0a9f835fa8b144849a59137d3e9</guid><source url="null">HindustanTimes</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>2005 is year of Bachchan typhoon</title><link>http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1401816,00110003.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1401816,00110003.htm</emm:origLink><description>Well past the average heroes&#39; age, he has been
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                demonstrations all over Maharashtra against their party
                leaders Uddhav and Thackeray senior.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">HindustanTimes-d05d1058ab3eadda889db8dbdd219568</guid><source url="null">HindustanTimes</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>No promise on Savarkar: Azad</title><link>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/826317.cms</link><emm:origLink>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/826317.cms</emm:origLink><description>NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Ghulam Nabi Azad clarified that the government had, at no point, promised to restore the Savarkar plaque at the Cellular Jail memorial, as is being alleged by BJP. He said that he had met leader of Opposition L K Advani on Friday and had told him that &quot;the....</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">timesofindia-c40f3ae21964dbdda6acac4107df1232</guid><source url="null">timesofindia</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Maharashtra Govt decides to give free power to farmers</title><link>http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_928254,000900040001.htm</link><emm:origLink>http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_928254,000900040001.htm</emm:origLink><description>The decision will place an additional burden of
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