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India were 307 for one at tea on the first day of the second test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
Scores: India 307-1 (G. Gambhir 140 not out, V. Sehwag 131) v Sri Lanka

New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the mother organization of Bharatiya Janata Party, on Tuesday owned the Ayodhya movement but refused to apologise about what happened in Ayodhya in 1992 which led to demolition of the Babri mosque.

New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): The United Progressive Alliance government finally presented the much-awaited Librehan Commission report over the Babri mosque demolition after the Opposition stage uproar on Monday over the leakage of repot to media before tabling it in Parliament as per the propriety.

Indian army Chief Deepak Kapoor said on Monday in New Delhi Indian sub-continent is prone to nuclear war. Kapoor said that Indian-subcontinent has gradually emerged as one of the epicentres of conflict and instability.

Mylswamy Annadurai, Project Director of Chandrayan Mission II, on Monday in Coimbatore said that there will be more indigenous components in India's second moon mission.

India's Environmental Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday pitched for the use of eco-friendly vehicles to meet the challenge of climate change and global warming.

The Bombay Stock Exchange is preparing for a listing and hopes to cut over-reliance on revenues from cash equity trading in two years, Madhu Kannan, the chief executive of Asia's oldest bourse, said on Tuesday.

The Bombay Stock Exchange, whose data pipelines are burdened by the need to carry pricing of more stocks than any other bourse, will next week launch a feed that is several times faster than its existing offering, a top official said.

Even as international attention on Kashmir has invariably been focused on the tensions and conflict between Islamabad and New Delhi, people living in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir are more worried about the military occupation of the region in the virtual absence of the civil administration in these areas.

Subir Gokarn on Tuesday took over as the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, the RBI said in a statement.

Poonch (J-K), Nov 24 (ANI): A free artificial limbs camp has been organised by the Indian Army in association with an NGO in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.

Srinagar, Nov 24 (ANI): Youth from across the country are opting to pursue hotel management courses in Srinagar, which is considered a perfect tourist destination.

The Bombay Stock Exchange is preparing for a listing and hopes to cut over-reliance on revenues from cash equity trading in two years, Madhu Kannan, the chief executive of Asia's oldest bourse, said on Tuesday.

Panaji, Nov 24 (ANI): Veteran Bollywood actress Waheeda Rehman inaugurated the 40th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) by lighting the lamp at a glittering function here on Monday.

Aurangabad, Nov 24 (ANI): Onion prices have fallen with rains halting in Maharashtra.
Farmers earlier could not bring their onion stock to the market due to heavy rains, resulting in a steep rise in the prices of onions.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (ANI): Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh has threatened to launch road blockade in Uttar Pradesh if the state government fails to resolve the issue with sugarcane growers in the next two days.

India gold futures traded near their record highs on Tuesday helped by a weaker rupee, making the dollar-quoted asset expensive, analysts said.

Concentrations of greenhouse gases, the major cause of global warming, are at their highest levels ever recorded and are still climbing, the U.N. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Monday.

Indian private-sector lender Axis Bank will stay focused on its mainstay corporate advances, and not accelerate retail lending as analysts had expected it to do given signs of improving economic activity.

Tata Consultancy Services, India's top outsourcing company, said on Monday it does not expect volume growth in the December quarter to match the September quarter as firms are still deciding on IT budgets.