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In a rare spectacle in Indian politics, the Bharatiya Janata Party's first chief minister in south India did not try to conceal his helplessness as he told a TV channel that under pressure from the dissidents, he had let down people who trusted him.
Maharashtra gets Govt 17 days after verdict
Ending a 16-day tussle with its ally over power sharing, Ashok Chavan took oath as the chief minister of Maharashtra today evening along with 37 more ministers. The new government has 18 ministers from the Congress and 20 from its ally the Nationalist Congress Party, including Deputy CM Chhagan Bhujbal.
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    The narrow loss in Hyderabad pushed India on to the backfoot in the seven-match series as Australia took a 3-2 lead. Psychologically, the pressure is on the home team as they need to win the remaining two games to stop the visitors from clinching the series, reports Atreyo Mukhopadhyay.
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    Michael Hussey chose a fitting way to describe Shane Watson. "You get two players at the price of one," the Australia vice-captain said on Saturday when asked how the all-rounder adds to the balance of the side when in form, reports Atreyo Mukhopadhyay.

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