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 NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat has said the Congress party won the recently held general elections as a result of people’s concern for a stable and secular government. Talking to reporters here on Monday, Karat said, “Congress party’s success is mainly due to the fact that people were concerned having a stable and secular government in the center. The divisive communal politics of the BJP was rejected by the people and this was to the benefit of the Congress party.”
 MUMBAI - State-run carrier Air India has targeted slashing annual salary costs by Rs.500 crore, it said here Monday. Air India has appointed a four-member committee to examine existing wage agreements, including flying allowances and productivity-linked incentives, signed with the unions associations and the Indian Pilots Guild. The committee has been directed to go into all aspects of cost rationalisation and reduction of wasteful expenditure with the unions and submit its report by July 15.
 KABUL - Twin suicide bombings Monday rocked Khost province in east Afghanistan, leaving six people dead and six injured, a police official said. “Two people strapped explosive devices on their bodies. One riding a motorbike and the other walking on foot blew themselves up next to the department of electricity directorate in Khost city. Six people were killed on the spot,” said police official Abdul Wali Tofan.
 MELBOURNE - Parents will soon be able to “keep an eye” on their kids’ mobiles phones, thanks to technology already in use by American cops. Parents can receive alerts in the form of SMS and email every time their child gets a call from an “unapproved” number. My Mobile Watchdog, which is set to be launched in August for about 12 dollars per month, will also let parents to view any text messages, emails, pictures and calls made to and from their kid’s mobile.
 BANGALORE - Infosys Technologies Ltd chairman and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy Saturday admitted that with many of its clients reducing their IT budgets, the bellwether’s growth would be impacted this fiscal.
 LALGARH - Security forces claimed to have gunned down four Maoists and marched through the forest to establish their control over Lalgarh Saturday before the rebels hit back, injuring six policemen in a landmine blast on the third day of the West Bengal government’s offensive against the left-wing radicals.
 Fierce Tehran clashes between police, protesters
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