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Daruvala wins British Karting opener
Young racing driver Jehan Daruvala began his 2013 season in style winning the opening race of the KFJ British Karting Championship at Rowrah in Cumbria, England. The Sahara Force India Academy driver took pole position and won all his heats Saturday, before taking victory in the first final Sunday. In the second final he finished fourth after staging a brilliant recovery drive from last ...
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Trinamool destroying development democratic systems Left Front
West Bengal's Left Front Tuesday charged the Trinamool Congress government with destroying the process of development and participatory democracy in the state over the past two years it has been in power. "Before the 2011 assembly polls, the Trinamool Congress had campaigned across the state that it will usher in change and build a new Bengal. But instead of bringing any change, they are ...
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Qatar National Bank to start operation in India
Qatar National Bank (QNB), one of the Gulf region's largest lender, Tuesday said it will set up a fully-owned subsidiary in India and start operations in the third quarter of 2013. The Doha-headquartered lender said it has received "all regulatory approvals" to establish a fully-owned subsidiary under the name of "QNB (India) Private Limited". "QNB (India) will take the role of extending ...
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Viewers acceptance makes Toral Anandi Rasputra happy
Toral Rasputra, who replaced Pratyusha Banerjee as Anandi on popular show "Balika Vadhu", is happy that finally the viewers are accepting her in the role. Sharing an incident, she said: "Recently, we went to Kashmir for the shoot, and many tourists were there. Many people came to me and told me that 'we liked your work in the show'," she said on the set of the show here. "This was a positive ...
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Vodafone Indias revenue up by 10.6 percent in 2012-13
Vodafone India, the second largest mobile operator in the country clocked Rs.35,600 crore revenue for financial year 2012-13, a 10.6 percent rise, a top company official said here Tuesday. "While ending the year our customer base was 152.4 million, which is up by 2 million from last fiscal," managing director and CEO Marten Pieters said at a press meet here. The company's adjusted operating ...
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Karzai seeks more Indian investment in Afghanistan
Afghan president Hamid Karzai Tuesday called for Indian investment in critical sectors such as healthcare, telecom, agri-business and capacity building. In an interaction with a group of company chief executives, Karzai spoke about emerging business opportunities in Afghanistan and asked the Indians to benefit from a business friendly regime and investment climate. On a three-day visit, Karzai ...
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Modi in limelight at BJP parliamentary board meet
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, attending his first BJP parliamentary board meeting after his re-induction, was in the limelight when the panel met here Tuesday to draw the party's strategy for the 2014 general elections. Among his suggestions were use of social media to reach out to the youths, and informing the people about the failures of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance ...
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Shashi Kant Sharma to be new CAG
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Kashmiris in London protest against the killing of their leader in Pakistan
Protesters from the Kashmir National Party (KNP) demonstrated in front of the Pakistan High Commission in London against the recent killing of their leader Arif Shahid in Pakistan. "It was a targeted killing and the purpose was to get rid of Arif Shahid because of the struggle he was pursuing. He was a thorough nationalist and many people admire his struggle. He becomes a martyr in the freedom ...
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General Motors to hike prices in June
American automobile company General Motors' Indian subsidiary Tuesday said it will increase the prices of its vehicles from the first week of June, 2013. "We have decided to increase the prices of all our vehicles up to Rs.10,000 depending upon the model with effect from the first week of June on account of increase in transportation costs due to hike in diesel price," said P. Balendran, vice ...
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Shankar Mahadevan sings for Maharana Pratap
Music composer-singer Shankar Mahadevan recorded the title track of the upcoming television series "Bharat Ka Veer Putra Maharana Pratap". He is thankful that he got an opportunity to sing a song about such a big hero. "Everybody knows that Maharana Pratap was a brave personality, who made our country proud. The song is about him, his braveness," said Mahadevan who recorded the song Monday ...
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Ashwin named brand ambassador for Cavins Milkshakes
FMCG major CavinKare Pvt. Ltd. has roped in cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin as brand ambassador for its new dairy product Cavin's Milkshakes. Ashwin will also endorse the entire range of dairy products under the brand. Speaking on the association, joint managing director of CavinKare Pvt. Ltd. T.D. Mohan said: "We are extremely glad to have Ravichandran Ashwin represent Cavin's Milkshake. He ...
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SC refuses to ban IPL slams cricket board on spot-fixing
Refusing to ban the remaining IPL matches, the Supreme Court Tuesday slammed the Indian cricket control board saying that spot-fixing incidents had taken place due to its lackadaisical approach to reining in erring players. An apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Dipak Misra said it was incumbent upon the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to "maintain and sustain" the ...
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Sun continues to scorch Himachal hills
Himachal Pradesh continued to experience hot weather Tuesday with temperatures in some parts touching 44 degrees Celsius and Shimla recording a high of 30.1 degrees Celsius, seven notches above average. "Most of the towns recorded a maximum temperature of three to seven notches above the average for this time of the year," an official of the meteorological office here told IANS. He said heat ...
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Rajpal does whatever roles come his way
Actor Rajpal Yadav has not only impressed with his comic skills in films like "Hungama", and "Mujhse Shaadi Karogi", but also played the lead in films like "Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon!" and "Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh". The actor says he never decides about which role he has to play. "I never decide (that I have to do comedy). Fortunately, I have got the space and opportunities to do ...
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Chinese Premier visits TCS centre in Goregaon
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) global development centre in suburban Goregaon east here Tuesday. Tata Group Chairman Cyrus P. Mistry hosted Keqiang and his delegation at the centre. Keqiang was given an overview of the Tata Group's operations in China with special focus on the Jaguar Land Rover SUV and TCS's growing investments and operations across the ...
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Indian mission in Jeddah working to fix passport problem
The Indian consulate in Jeddah is using diplomatic channels to make passport authorities in Saudi Arabia accept newly-designed Indian passports, which they are refusing saying they were not officially informed about the change. According to Consul General Pranav Ganesh, the consulate is aware of the "unexpected problem", the Arab News reported Tuesday. "The matter has been taken up with the ...
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UP cops question SPs bid to appease minorities
The ruling Samajwadi Party's decision to withdraw cases against terror accused and slap cases against police officers, apparently to appease Muslim voters in Uttar Pradesh, would play havoc with the morale of the police, serving and former officers say. "Who will work to nab terrorists after this? If vote bank politics is allowed to continue like this, no sane cop will put himself in danger ...
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Indias growth needs more opening foreign funding Powell
US Ambassador Nancy Powell Tuesday called for greater economic opening and more foreign investments for India's higher economic growth, saying "there is more yet to do" in the area of reforms to return to 10 percent growth. "The road to higher growth will require more economic opening and more foreign investment. Since GDP growth is not an end in its own right, since the ultimate goal is to ...
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Tibetans faced religious repression US report
A US report said people of Tibet faced severe religious repression and societal discrimination throughout 2012 in China, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said here Tuesday. The Chinese government's respect for and protection of religious freedom in Tibet deteriorated markedly with a substantial increase in official interference in religious practices, a CTA spokesperson said, quoting ...
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Three militants surrender in Tripura
Three militants who had fled from their hideout in Bangladesh along with two CPI-M leaders, who were kidnapped April 1 from Tripura, have surrendered to the security forces, officials said Tuesday. "Three NLFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura) extremists aged around 30 years to 45, surrendered to the security forces at Gandachara (in northern Tripura) Monday night. They came to the ...
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Hyundai Motor commences Trophy Tour for ICC Champions Trophy 2013
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Veena Malik Promotes Zindagi 50-50 by distributing condoms in red light area in Mumbai
Veena Malik was spotted distributing condoms in Mumbai's oldest red light area, Kamathipura, to promote her upcoming movie 'Zindagi 50-50'. The actress also interacted with the prostitutes of the area to aware them about various sex related diseases. Accompanied by her co-star Rajan Verma, the star looked stunning in a revealing red top and denim hot pants. The bold and raunchy Malik, who ...
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Did witty Li score brownie points over India
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UPA has served only khaas admi Biman Bose
On the eve of the UPA completing four years in office, the Left Front Tuesday accused the regime of having failed to frame pro-people policies and instead favouring the "khaas aadmi" (special interests). "The UPA government during last four years could not implement any pro-people policy," said West Bengal Left Front chairman Biman Bose here. "Before coming to power, they in their election ...
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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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