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Antony is my guru says Rahul
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday described Defence Minister A.K. Antony as his "guru". Gandhi kept a quiet conversation going with Antony when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released the UPA government's "Report to the People 2012-13" at the prime minister's 7 Race Course Road residence. Asked later what he spoke with Antony, Gandhi told the media: "I consider Antony as my guru. I ...
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Megha Aarja score upset wins in girls tennis
Megha Muthukumar of Tamil Nadu and Aarja Chakraborty of West Bengal scripted upset wins en route to the girls singles quarter-finals of the Karle Infra ATF under-14 Asian junior ranking tennis tournament here Wednesday. Megha prevailed over the fifth seed K. Sai Shivani of Andhra Pradesh 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) in a marathon tie lasting nearly three hours. Both played a very defensive game marked by ...
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We all stand by PM says Sonia
Strongly backing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi Wednesday said he has been carrying out his responsibilities with "great dignity" in the face of "unrelenting hostility" and the alliance stood solidly by him. "The PM (prime minister) is carrying out his responsibility with great dignity in the face of unrelenting hostility and abuse from ...
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Doctors want quality in medical education
Condemning the alleged casual approach of the Medical Council of India (MCI) in regulating medical education, a group of doctors said Wednesday the country is facing a deep quality crisis. A team of doctors from the Delhi Medical Association (DMA) said most of the new doctors were products of a system which was compromising merit in entrance exam and education. "The private colleges, who hold ...
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Kochi to host INK Fellows Programme 2013
Kochi May 22 (IANS) Applications have been invited for the INK Fellows Programme 2013 for using the physical and digital platform for sharing innovative ideas, an organiser said Wednesday. The programme will be hosted in Kochi. The initiative aims to identify young path-breakers from diverse fields in arts, science, technology, social work, music and architecture and give them a platform to ...
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Home Minister Shinde in Washington India seeks access to Rana Headley
India has sought access from the US to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Rana, both of undergoing sentence awarded by a Chicago court after being found guilty of terrorism charges. While there was no official word from either side on the issues discussed in particular those with reference to Headley and Rana, officials said it was prominently ...
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BCCI places onus of IPL fixing probe on police
A senior official of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday placed the onus of catching bookies and others involved in the recent spot-fixing scam on the police. BCCI vice-president and chairman of the IPL Governing Council Rajiv Shukla, said that it was not BCCI's job to probe who are the bookies and which Bollywood personalities are involved. "It is the job of ...
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UPA-II regime invites wrath of opposition over corruption
Opposition parties in India trained guns at the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) on Wednesday over rampant corruption, even as the latter completed the fourth year of its second term in power. A series of high-profile scandals has eroded trust and stymied policymaking in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's administration in recent months. The corruption saga has dented ...
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Bookie tried to play Yadav in Bangladesh league too
Former Ranji cricket player Baburao Yadav, arrested in the IPL spot fixing scandal, had planned to play in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) with the help of one of the arrested bookies, police said Wednesday. Yadav, who was arrested Monday, was taken to Bangladesh by bookie Sunil Bhatia in 2009 to introduce him to some of his contacts who could help Yadav play in the BPL, said a police ...
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Court query on shielding kids from online exploitation
The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked Facebook and other social networking sites how Indian children could be prevented from knowingly or unknowingly getting exploited by adults online. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru said that in the US the rights of the children were protected by Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) but what about the children in ...
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Chandila was to spot fix in another IPL match
Ajit Chandila of Rajasthan Royals was about to spot fix in another Indian Premier League (IPL) match too, for which he had taken Rs.15 lakh from a Punjab-based bookie, when he was arrested May 16, police claimed here Wednesday. During interrogation Chandila has revealed the name of another bookie, Deepak Kumar, 35, a resident of Patiala, in Punjab. "Kumar contacted Chandila April 4 and a ...
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Russian delegates meet Sheila Dikshit
A five-member Russian delegation Wednesday met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit here and offered expertise in the area of water treatment. The delegation was led by S.E. Cheremin, minister of the Moscow city government, an official statement said. "The visiting leader expressed his willingness to offer expertise in the field of water treatment and water distribution," it said. Dikshit said ...
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India will do everything to promote security stability in Afghanistan
In the backdrop of reports that Afghan President Hamid Karzai may have sought increased security assistance from New Delhi during his two-day visit, his third in two years, India said Wednesday it would do everything within its means to promote stability and security in that country. Karzai, who was in India from May 20-22, held talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday evening. There ...
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UPA made growth more inclusive PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said that the UPA government had improved the performance of the economy, made growth more inclusive and ensured better delivery of welfare programmes. Speaking at a function at his official residence to mark four years of the United Progressive Alliance-II government, the prime minister said his government had improved India's relations with the changing ...
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Himachal minister resigns
Himachal Pradesh Transport Minister G.S. Bali submitted his resignation to senior Congress leaders as he was allegedly unhappy with his portfolio, party sources said. The minister himself refused to comment on the issue. Bali was allegedly upset with the style of functioning of the five-month-old Virbhadra Singh cabinet, they said, adding that Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh was in Delhi. "No ...
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India China favour more cooperation in health sector
India and China Wednesday decided to strengthen bilateral cooperation, specially in the fields of maternal and child health, infectious diseases and other emerging health challenges, officials said here. The discussions were held between union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad with his Chinese counterpart Li Bin on the sidelines of the world health assembly in Geneva. Both sides favoured a ...
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Hottest morning in Delhi mercury to rise Thursday
Searing heat Wednesday continued to add to the discomfort of Delhiites with the mercury shooting five notches above average at 44.9 degrees Celsius as the city experienced its hottest morning, Met department said. Thursday is likely to be hotter, said an official of India Meteorological Department (IMD). The minimum temperature Wednesday morning settled four notches above average at 30.3 ...
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Karnataka Congress for ending debate on migrant members
Since Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is viewed in a section of the Congress as a "migrant" because he moved over from the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in 2006, the state party Wednesday sought to end the insider-outsider debate. "Once someone joins the Congress, there is no discrimination on the basis of 'mirgant' and 'original' Congress members," Karnataka Congress unit president G. ...
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Netxcell joins hands with Funmobile in Nigeria
Netxcell Limited, a leading telecom technology services provider, Wednesday announced its association with Funmobile, a leader in the mobile content domain in west Africa. Through this partnership, Netxcell will implement services for MTN, one of the leading telecom operators in Africa with GSM licenses in 21 countries, across Africa and Middle East leveraging the local know how of Funmobile, ...
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Bengal panchayat polls notification Friday likely
The state Election Commission may notify the West Bengal panchayat elections Friday, an official said. "The commission is eager and hopeful of resolving the impasse and it will Thursday meet Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Bani Brata Basu and Home Secretary Basudeb Banerjee," a commission official said Wednesday. "The meeting will be regarding security issues and we are ...
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Sunrisers elect to bat against Royals
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Cameron White won the toss and elected to bat against Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Wednesday. Squad: Sunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan, Parthiv Patel, Hanuma Vihari, Cameron White (captain), Biplab Samantray, Darren Sammy, Thisara Perera, Karan Sharma, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Ishant ...
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BJP targets government over new CAG
The BJP Wednesday targeted the UPA government over appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India, and said there was "institutional conflict of interest" as he will be auditing defence deals which were finalised during his term as defence secretary. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley said he was not making remark about the individual but it was an ...
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Jnanpith Award conferred on Pratibha Ray
President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday conferred the 47th Jnanpith Award, the country's highest literary award, for the year 2011 on noted writer Pratibha Ray. Mukherjee said on the occasion that Ray has been described as a complete writer with novels, short stories, children's stories, autobiography, translations and also a volume of lyrics to her credit. "I would like to see our schools and ...
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LampT Q4 profit drops near 7 percent
Engineering and construction conglomerate Larson amp; Toubro Wednesday posted a 6.8 percent drop in net profit at Rs.1,787.94 crore for the fourth quarter ended March. The company had declared a net profit of Rs.1,920.41 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal. Total income rose to Rs.20,668.21 crore for the fourth quarter, as against Rs.18,775.04 crore in the same period of 2011-12, ...
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Malegaon blast NIA names four in charge sheet
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Wednesday filed its charge sheet against four men, accused in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast case, before a Special MCOCA court, officials said. The charge sheet, filed before Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court Judge Prithviraj Chavan has named Lokesh Sharma, Dhan Singh, Rajendra Choudhary and Manohar Narwaria, who were ...
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Tensions raised over translocation plans for Asiatic lions
In the tranquil wilderness of the Gir forest sanctuary one would never think a political storm was raging over a proposal to move some of the endangered lions that inhabit the reserve.
As the sun sets over the lush, sprawling forest in Gujarat where India’s only Asiatic lions live, they wander majestically through the wild, unaware of the conflict they are creating between Gujarat, the central government and other states that want to share in some of their success. Read more
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