President rejects Dhananjoy's mercy petition
New Delhi: The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has rejected the mercy petition of the death row convict, Dhananjoy Chatterjee.

He was given the death sentence for raping and murdering a 14-year-old schoolgirl in 1990.

The decision was conveyed to the Union Home Ministry yesterday and it would be officially communicated to the West Bengal Government, official sources said.
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More gas for Reliance off the east coast
Mumbai: Reliance Industries has made two gas discoveries — one of them major — in exploration blocks off the east coast of India.

Niko Resources, Reliance's 10 per cent partner in both the D-6, made the announcement of these discoveries on Tuesday.

Reliance's first major discovery was one of 14 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Krishna-Godavari basin in October 2002.

Among the new finds, the exploration discovery well, M-1, is the 11th successful well drilled in the 1.9-million-acre D-6 block, said the statement from Niko.

This is the fourth consecutive exploration gas discovery in NEC-25, said the statement. With respect to the NEC-25 block, plans are progressing for fast track gas production, said the Niko announcement.
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Maersk's terminal proposal amongst 46 cleared
New Delhi: The proposal of Denmark-based Maersk A/S for setting up a joint venture company for the redevelopment of a bulk terminal and turn it into a container terminal involving foreign direct investment (FDI) worth Rs.317.80 crore was among the FDI proposals cleared by the Government on Wednesday.

A total of 46 proposals involving FDI worth Rs.408.22 crore was approved by the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, here.

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