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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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SC warns against lapses in filling primary teaching jobs
The Supreme Court Wednesday said it was concerned with the quality of the primary teacher and warned against a populist approach on appointments that could endanger India's future. "It is too serious a matter for us. We are concerned with the future of the country," said the apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Dipak Misra while hearing a petition by the Gujarat government on ...
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Cadbury ordered to pay Rs.30000 compensation says will move higher court
A consumer court in Tripura has ordered Cadbury India to pay a compensation of Rs.30,000 to a complainant who found an iron pin inside a chocolate bar made by the company. But the company said it disagreed with the findings of the consumer court and would file an appeal against the order in the higher court. "The quality and safety of our products is our highest priority. Cadbury India follows ...
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JMM rules out poll pact for 2014 polls
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Wednesday ruled out any pre-poll tie-up in the state assembly and Lok Sabha polls in 2014. "Our party will go alone in Lok sabha and assembly polls," said Hemant Soren, former deputy chief minister and son of JMM chief Shibu Soren. He was talking to reporters after the end of a two-day executive committee meeting of the JMM in Bokaro. President's rule was ...
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Sports was clean during fathers time Deepika Padukone
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, daughter of badminton icon Prakash Padukone, says sports was pure and clean during her father's time. She rues how malpractices such as spot-fixing can give any sport a bad name. Following news of actor Vindu Dara Singh's association in the recent spot-fixing scandal of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Deepika says it is sad how because of a few people, ...
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PM to lay foundation stone of defence university
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will May 23 lay the foundation stone of the Indian National Defence University (INDU) at Binola in Gurgaon district, Haryana, as an unique autonomous institution of national importance, officials said Wednesday. The INDU would provide higher education for management of defence forces and keep military leadership abreast of emerging security challenges through ...
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Sherlyn Chopra grooves in Indian attire at Cannes
Actress Sherlyn Chopra grabbed the paparazzi's attention by grooving at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival wearing a white and gold Indian lehenga choli. She is there to promote her movie "Kamasutra 3D" with the team. The film's director Rupesh Paul told IANS how Sherlyn was "very excited and she grooved for the paparazzi without any hesitation". "It was the midnight screening of an ...
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Government asked to respond to plea on Bose ashes
The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central government to respond to a plea for directions to it to bring back to India from a museum in Germany what the petitioner claimed to be the ashes of freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose. A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath asked Additional Solicitor General Rajeeve Mehra to inform it about the government's ...
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Sensex closes in red capital goods stocks plunge
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets fell Wednesday for the third day in a row amid profit-booking. Scrips of capital goods, oil and gas, realty, bank and metal companies plunged. However, there was healthy buying spree in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), healthcare and technology, media and entertainment (TECk) stocks. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock ...
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Comedian Bharti expresses love for Dharmendra
Comedian Bharti Singh used TV show "Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe" as a platform to confess her love for veteran actor Dharmendra. Dharmendra came on the set of the show to promote his upcoming film "Yamla Pagla Deewana 2", and Bharti didn't miss the chance to declare: "I love you Dharam ji." Dharmendra was accompanied by his younger son Bobby Deol on the show, and he was overwhelmed with the love ...
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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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