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 |  | Opener Gautam Gambhir slammed a fighting half-century to steady Indian innings after the early loss of Sehwag and Dravid on the second day of the third and final Test match in Cape Town on Monday. |
 | | Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said the ties between the DMK and Congress were "strong". |
 | | The Government will introduce a Bill in Parliament, most probably on Thursday, to provide interim relief for one year to thousands of people against the continuing sealing and demolition drive, Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy announced. |
 | | Team India captain Rahul Dravid smashed a superb unbeaten 78 to steer India to a series evelling five-wicket win with 15 balls to spare over South Africa in the fifth and final ODI at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. |
 | | Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers will meet in Islamabad in October to discuss bilateral relations and the progress achieved so far in the ongoing peace process. |
 | | Sania Mirza failed to repeat her Wimbledon performance and went down 4-6, 3-6 to Akiko Morigami of Japan in the quarter-final of the 170,000 dollar Cincinnati Open in Ohio. |
 | | Former Test allrounder and one of India's greatest close-in fielders, Eknath Solkar, 58, passed away following cardiac failure, on way to the Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai, according to family sources. |
 | | The Supreme Court issued notices to Zahira Sheikh and Gujarat on an application by Teesta accusing the key witness in the Best Bakery case of changing her statement to suit the accused and seeking a CBI probe into it. |
 | | Thirty-two children have died of a mysterious disease over the last two days while several others have been admitted to various hospitals in parts of Western Uttar Pradesh, official sources said. |
 | | About 35 more rocket shells were found in metal scrap in three trucks that arrived at Bhushan Steel Factory in Ghaziabad. The recovery follows an explosion at the factory on Monday and the recovery of six more live munitions by the Army and the police. |
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 Cannes film festival curtain up with comedy, chaosComedy will dominate the opening of the Cannes film festival on Wednesday, with Wes Anderson's child fantasy "Moonrise Kingdom" in a tussle with Sacha Baron Cohen's anarchic alter ego General Aladeen for the attention of the world's media. |
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