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Free dental check-ups from Colgate

Chennai, Sep 13 (UNI) Colgate-Palmolive (India), the market leader in oral care, in association with the Indian Dental Association (IDA), has organised free dental check-ups here through out this month.

The free check-up was being arranged as part of an Oral Health Month, a company release here said.

Besides Chennai, it was being offered in other cities across India and would see 5000 dentists in 102 cities committing a part of their time for this initiative everyday, throughout September 2006.

These free dental check-ups in clinics of dentists, instead of at public camps, gave consumers the confidence of having a check-up in the environment of a clinic, the release said.

People interested in availing of the free dental check-up should collect information leaflets available at select retail stores in their cities, identify the participating clinic that was conveniently located, call for an appointment and schedule the check-up.

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India and Brazil to hold strategic dialogue

Brasilia, Sept 13: India and Brazil have decided to initiate a strategic dialogue on issues of mutual concern, encompassing energy security and the international security situation, including the menace of terrorism, while announcing a series of steps aimed at upgrading their political and economic ties to the level of a ''strategic partnership''.This strategic dialogue will be conducted by National Security Adviser M K Narayanan on the Indian side and his Brazilian counterpart.According to a joint communique issued.....

Karnataka Rakshana Vedike activists arrested

Bangalore, Sept 13: The city police have arrested 12 activists of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike when they tried to picket the room of BJP Legislator Abhay Patil at the Legislators' Home this afternoon.The activists shouted slogans against the Legislator in protest against the stand taken by the latter on the issue of merging Belgaum with neighbouring Maharashtra. They locked up the MLA's room and sat on a dharna. The agitators were, however, removed from the place by.....

Union ARI minister to open workshop on Coir schemes for 11th Plan

Kochi, Sep 13 (UNI) Union Minister for Small Scale and Agro and Rural Industries (ARI) Mahabir Prasad will inaugurate a workshop on the schemes and programmes for the coir sector for the 11th Five Year Plan here on September 16. Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac will preside over the inaugural session of the workshop, which is being organised by the Coir Board. A spokesman for the Coir Board said here today that the workshop.....
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