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No need to ban IPL guilty will be punished R.P.N. Singh
Minister of State for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh Friday said it would not be right to ban the Indian Premier League (IPL) in view of fresh revelations in the spot fixing scandal, and promised to act tough against guilty. "If there is a problem somewhere, it does not mean the whole organisation should be shut. It will not be right as so many people in the country watch IPL. We need to clean it ...
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BJP protests near Sheila Dikshits residence
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday staged a demonstration near Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence here demanding her resignation over alleged misuse of public money ahead of the 2008 assembly polls. Delhi Lokayukta Manmohan Sarin has indicted Dikshit for misusing public money by carrying out an advertisement campaign with a "political purpose" ahead of the assembly elections ...
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Karthi to spend bday on All In All Azhagu Raja sets
Tamil actor Karthi Sivakumar, who will turn 35 Saturday, will spend his birthday on the sets of his upcoming Tamil comedy "All In All Azhagu Raja" (AIAAR). "We are currently shooting the second schedule of the film in Kumbakonam. Karthi will celebrate his birthday on the sets with the entire crewand we have planned for a small party for him in the evening," a source from the film's unit ...
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Satyagraha promotions to begin in Bhopal
Filmmaker Prakash Jha will start the promotions of his upcoming film "Satyagraha" in Bhopal, where the movie was majorly shot. "Bhopal is a city very close to Prakashji since all his experiences of filmmaking are deeply rooted in Madhya Pradesh. So, Prakashji will start the promotional campaign of 'Satyagraha' in Bhopal from June-end," said a source close to the project. "Satyagraha", a ...
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Shruti Haasan might write for films
Actress Shruti Haasan enjoys acting but, unlike her father Kamal Haasan, she isn't too keen on film direction. However, writing for films is something she won't mind in future. "Everyone says, 'I want to become director'. It is easy to be a director, but it is very difficult to be a good director. I haven't thought about it. I like writing though. That is something I enjoy the most. I have ...
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IPL spot fixing Mumbai Police rejects CSK boss Gurunath Meiyappans plea to appear on Monday
Mumbai Police on Friday rejected Chennai Super Kings boss Gurunath Meiyappan's plea to give him time till Monday to appear before its crime branch for questioning with regard to his role in betting and spot fixing ion the current edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Meiyappan was issued with a summons to appear before the Mumbai crime branch between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. today, as he was ...
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Russia keen to help India establish 16 more nuke power plants Envoy
Russia's Ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin has said that his country is ready to help India establish 16 nuclear power generating stations. Welcoming the Supreme Court of India's green signal to the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), Ambassador Kadakin said: "It (apex court verdict) was a good development, and also the cabinet clearance for ministry, and so forth, was ...
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Five suspected militants arrested in Jammu and Kashmir
Five suspected militants have been arrested with heavy arms and ammunition in connection with a botched plot to kill security personnel near the Thathri Police Station in Doda District. According to reports, the ultras have been identified as Abdul Rashid, Akhter Hussain, Mohammad Rafi, Altaf Hussain and Mohammad Yaqoob. Police also confirmed the seizure of one AK-56 rifle, three magazines of ...
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Another hot day in store for Delhi
A day after Delhi recorded it's hottest day in May in the last 10 years, the mercury is expected to rise further Friday, the India Meteorological Department said. "The heatwave conditions will prevail over the city Friday. The maximum temperature is expected to be around 46 degrees Celsius," an IMD official said. The minimum temperature early Friday was three notches above average at 29.5 ...
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Kashmirs famed countryside yielding to concrete
Thanks to the skyrocketing land prices in the countryside, Kashmiri villagers are basking in their newfound financial affluence, caring little for the land of their ancestors that are being sold to buy modern-day luxuries. Amid alarming pollution in the Valley's rivers and streams because of growing commercial activities, ancestral lands on which were once grown rice, maize and oilseeds are ...
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Kerala welcomes classical language status for Malayalam
Kerala Thursday welcomed the central cabinet's decision to approve classical language status for Malayalam, subject to the outcome of a case in the Madras High Court, even as the government and opposition sough to take credit for the measure. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in a statement issued here Thursday night thanked the central government for taking language to greater heights. "Through ...
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Bengal to acquire closed Saradha TV channels Left opposes
In the wake of the shutting down of the scam-tainted Saradha Group media house, the West Bengal government Thursday announced it would acquire two of the closed TV channels. The Left questioned the decision on moral and legal grounds and sought its reversal. "We have decided to acquire Tara Muzik and Tara News and, on grounds of humanity, will give ex-gratia payment of Rs.16,000 each to the 168 ...
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AIDS programme gets Rs.2550 crore
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Thursday approved a proposal for the implementation of National AIDS Control Support Project (NACSP) under the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) at an outlay of Rs.2,550 crore, an official statement said. The NACSP will contribute towards intensifying and consolidating prevention services with a focus on highly vulnerable populations, high risk ...
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10 including bookie nabbed in Kolkata for IPL betting
A bookie, who had produced a Bengali film, and nine of his associates were arrested in Kolkata, police said Thursday, adding that they were investigating if the culprits had links with the ongoing IPL spot fixing controversy. Bookie Ajit Surekha and others were nabbed Wednesday night from their hideout in the Ultadanga area of north Kolkata during a joint operation by police's special task ...
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Kerala district Congress condemns Hindu leaders
The Alappuzha District Congress Committee Thursday passed a resolution condemning the frequent outbursts of Hindu group leaders against top party leaders in Kerala. The Congress party is upset over the manner in which leaders of groups like SNDP (Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana) general secretary Velapally Natesan and NSS (Nair Service Society) general secretary Sukumaran Nair recently slammed ...
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Notice to centre Delhi on high security number plates
The Delhi High Court has issued notice to central and state government on a PIL seking quashing of contract given to a private company to manufacture high security registration plates (HSRP) on grounds they are defective. A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath also issued notices to Automotive Research Association of India, Utsav Safety Systems Pvt Ltd, Rosmerta ...
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Cop arrested for smuggling drugs in Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir Police Thursday arrested a police constable involved in drug smuggling from mountainous Rajouri district, an officer said. Rajouri's Superintendent of Police (SP) Mubassir Latifi told reporters that the constable was caught at a special check-post in Rajouri town while he was travelling with an associate, also a policeman, in a car. "On seeing the police party, senior ...
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Detained man part of Chinese espionage Tibetan exiles
A day after the detention of a Tibetan, suspected to be a Chinese spy, from McLeodganj, the Tibetan government-in-exile Thursday said it was part of a "Chinese espionage and terror plot against Tibetan community in exile". Police had earlier said they had arrested Pema Tsering Wednesday following a tip-off from the Tibetan government-in-exile, but later claimed he was kept under detention. "We ...
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Shiv Sena foots Bal Thackeray funeral bills
The Shiv Sena Thursday ended the controversy over its late chief Bal Thackeray's funeral expenses by handing over the billed amount to the municipal authorities concerned, an official said. A top Shiv Sena functionary handed over a cheque of Rs.500,000 Thursday morning to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai administration to cover the expenses incurred by the civic body in making ...
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PM two others vie for two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two others are in the contest for two Rajya Sabha seats from Assam, officials said here Thursday. The poll is slated for May 30. Officials said the prime minister's four sets of nomination papers, which were endorsed by 40 legislators, were found in order. Manmohan Singh had filed a fresh affidavit two days before the scrutiny, correcting his age in his ...
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Hindustan Copper Q4 net jumps 37 percent to Rs.188 crore
State run Hindustan Copper Ltd Thursday announced a 36.86 percent jump in its net profit to Rs.188.09 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 as compared to Rs. 137.43 crore for the same period last year. Total income of the Kolkata-headquartered firm, however, decreased from Rs.622.89 crore for the fourth quarter of 2011-12 to Rs.550.45 crore for the same quarter of 2012-13, it said in a ...
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Woman jumps to death from Gurgaon high-rise
A woman employee in a private company here Thursday jumped to her death from a multi-storey building, police said, adding she left a suicide note saying she was "fed up" with her life. Isha Madan, 24, jumped from 18th floor of Princeton Estate here in DLF-5 area under Sushant Lok police station, a police officer said, adding she came to the building just to end her life. A resident of Delhi's ...
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Soaring temperatures can affect quality of pills Doctors
Extreme heat can affect medicines and these can become life threatening for those using them, doctors said Thursday. "Quality of medicines can deteriorate during summers because of high temperatures. As most medicines are designed to be stored at normal room temperatures, no drug should be exposed to temperatures higher than 86 degrees fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius)," the Delhi Medical ...
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Sachin bowls at nets likely to play against Rajasthan
Mumbai Indians are hopeful of having a fit Sachin Tendulkar for their playoff against Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens here Friday. The batting legend has missed his team's last three matches due to a wrist and hand injury. "He has recovered well and we are very hopeful that he will be in for the game (Friday)," MI batsman Dwayne Smith told media persons here on match eve. Tendulkar hurt ...
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After Rahul rap Delhi Congress vouches for unity
Leaders of the faction-ridden Delhi Congress Thursday said they will drop their differences and fight the coming assembly elections unitedly following a stern talking to by party vice president Rahul Gandhi. "Rahul told the leaders sternly that he will not tolerate any indiscipline in the party," a party source told IANS against the backdrop of concerns about the party's prospects in the Delhi ...
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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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