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Vijay Jolly offers prayers for victory

BJPNew Delhi, Nov 19 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Vijay Jolly, contesting against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, from New Delhi Assembly constituency offered prayers for his victory here today.

Jolly, after offering prayers told reporters that he sought God''s blessings to solve drinking water crisis of the people of the constituency.

IB to host top-level security meet on Nov. 22-23

Bajrang DalNew Delhi, Nov 19 : The Intelligence Bureau will host a two-day meeting of the Directors General of Police of all 28 states and 35 Joint Directors of IB in New Delhi on November 22-23.

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will be interacting with the top security and intelligence officers from across the country during the meeting.

Home Minister Shivraj Patil will preside over the inaugural session of the meet.

National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan will also participate in the meeting.

Maruti says sales shouldn''t fall in 2008-09

Maruti Suzuki LogoNew Delhi, Nov 19 : Maruti Suzuki India, the country''s top car maker, is worried about adverse economic conditions but expects new models to help it maintain last year''s production and sales volumes, said Chairman R. C. Bhargava at the launch of Maruti''s A-star hatchback on Wednesday.

Maruti, 54.2 per cent-owned by Suzuki, has more than half of the Indian car market. It sold 711,824 cars in the local market in the fiscal year ending March and exported
51,669 cars, industry data showed.

Home Ministry team visits Assam

Assam, GuwahatiNew Delhi, Nov 19 : A Central team led by the Secretary (Border Management) in the Ministry of Home Affairs Jarnail Singh visited Assam on November 17-18 .

On November 17th, the team held discussions with the State Government officials on issues relating to the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The team also held a meeting with the State Government officials and representatives of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC).

India, Britain to work together to strengthen impact evaluation in India

New Delhi, Nov 19 : United Kingdom''s Department for International Development (DFID) and India''s Planning Commission have decided to work together to strengthen impact evaluations in India.

Douglas Alexander, UK''s Secretary of State for International Development met Deputy Chairman for Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia here to address the need to improve methods for assessing the polices and programs being implemented in the interest of the poor.

A joint press statement released after the meeting quoted Ahluwalia saying that the Indian Planning Commission will take steps to ensure that the tax payer''s money is being put to right use.

Indian markets pare gains, end in the red

SensexNew Delhi - India's benchmark Sensex pared gains from early trading Wednesday to close down nearl

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