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Dikshit announces Rs.10 crore for Uttarakhand
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday announced Rs. 10 crore for those affected in the devastating floods in Uttarakhand. She expressed grief over the widespread devastation and loss of lives in the hill state. Over 100 people have died while thousands are reportedly missing due to the ...
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Newly married woman gang-raped in Delhi
A 20-year-old newly-married woman was gang-raped by four men here, police said Wednesday. Two of the accused have been arrested. The incident happened at Gokalpuri area in east Delhi Saturday. "The victim, a native of Bihar came to Delhi with her husband a few days ago. Two men, Digambar and Ravi assured her husband that they will get him employed in a factory," said a police officer. On ...
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Gold import curbs may have adverse impact Trade lobby
A trade body Wednesday said the restriction on import of gold imposed recently by the government may bring short-term benefits but warned it would do more harm than good for the nation in the long run. The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF), the country's nodal and largest single trade body representing over 600,000 traders in gems and jewellery sector, said duty on gold has ...
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Army Air Force step up rescue effort in Uttarakhand Himachal
The Army and the Air Force Wednesday stepped up relief operations in flood- and landslide-affected areas of Uttrakhand and Himachal Pradesh. An official release said the relief and rescue operation in the two states were the largest such operations undertaken in several decades. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has also deployed 3,000 of its personnel to clear roads in these states. The ...
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Sonam teary-eyed at Bhaag Milkha Bhaag promo launch
Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor was teary-eyed at the promo and music launch of her film "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag", and said she was emotional because of the effort put into the film. "The promo shows the blood, sweat and toil of everyone who has worked in the film. This is why I started crying," she said at the launch held here Wednesday. Produced and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, "Bhaag ...
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Jayalalithaa requests Gogoi for rhino pair
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa requested her Assam counterpart Tarun Gogoi to spare a pair of the greater one-horned rhinoceros in exchange for a pair of Indian gaur. In a letter to Gogoi, the text of which was released to the media here Wednesday, Jayalalithaa said the Arignar Anna Zoological Park near here has a collection of 1,400 individual animals consisting of 143 species but ...
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Kamdunis women want probe on Mamatas allegations
Two women of this sleepy village, who led the anti-gangrape protests in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee only to be dubbed Maoists and CPI-M activists by the angry leader, Wednesday sought a probe by the CBI to clear their names. "Never in my life have we carried the flags of any political party. Neither have any member of our family. We only protested against the ...
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Thousands missing in Uttarakhand flood fury death toll could mount
Thousands are said to be missing in Uttarakhand after unprecedented rains and cloudburst led to landslides and flash floods killing more than 100 people and leaving 62,000 stranded, officials and survivors said. Such was the magnitude of the disaster that a worried Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna told IANS: "It is a calamity that has numbed me by its sheer magnitude." Bahuguna said ...
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Kolkata Tagore hub praised for starting without much money
A central government official Wednesday lauded the efforts of the Tagore Centre for Natural Sciences and Philosophy (TCNSP) to go forward with its establishment "without much money". Inaugurated at the Bose Institute here, TCNSP is a collaborative venture between the Centre for Natural Sciences and Philosophy, Kolkata, and the Bose Institute to integrate science, philosophy and culture. It is ...
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Two degree rise in temperature will hit Indias agriculture Report
An expected two degrees Celsius rise in the world's average temperatures in the next few decades would make India's summer monsoon unpredictable, affecting crop production, a World Bank report said Wednesday. "Turn Down The Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts and the Case for Resilience" examines the likely impact of two- and four-degrees Celsius warming on agricultural production, water ...
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Tata Coffee opens extraction unit at Tamil Nadus Theni
Asia's largest plantation firm Tata Coffee Wednesday unveiled its premium extraction plant at Theni near Madurai in Tamil Nadu to process the beans into freeze dried powder for exports to global markets. Set up at a cost of Rs.80 crore with an installed capacity of 2,000 tonnes per annum, the hi-tech plant will produce spray dried, agglomerated and freeze dried instant coffee, retaining its ...
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SC to hear PIL for curbing official work on private internet providers
The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear a PIL seeking direction to central government to prosecute the heads of the nine cyberspace giants for endangering the country's sovereignty and security by sharing data on Indians with American intelligence agencies. A bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Ranjan Gogoi agreed to hear the PIL next week after senior counsel S.N. Singh told the court ...
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Odisha announces compensation for rain-hit farmers
Odisha Wednesday announced compensation for the farmers who sustained losses due to heavy rain and consequent floods last week in various parts of the state. According to a statement issued by the office of the chief minister, farmers would be compensated at the rate of Rs.2,000 per hectare, if they have sustained losses of 50 percent of their crops, or more. Farmers will also be entitled to ...
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HC stays ban on advertisements on auto-rickshaws
The Delhi High Court Wednesday stayed a government order prohibiting auto-rickshaws from displaying advertisements and posters. A division bench of Justice P.K. Bhasin and Justice V.P. Vaish also issued notice to the transport department of Delhi and sought a response by July 8. It blocked any coercive action against the auto-rickshaw drivers. Appearing for the auto drivers, Aam Aadmi Party ...
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Omar chairs meeting to review Amarnath Yatra arrangements
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday chaired the unified headquarters meeting which took stock of the security situation in the state and the arrangements for the forthcoming annual Amarnath Yatra. An official statement issued here said the chief minister received a briefing on the prevailing security and law and order situation in the state during the meeting, as well as ...
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Seven acquitted in Jharkhand cop murder case
A court here Wednesday acquitted due to lack of concrete evidence seven people accused in the murder of Ranchi Deputy Superintendent of Police U.C. Jha in 2000. Jha was killed near Rajendra roundabout when protesters from a particular community attacked police Dec 28, 2000 after a police vehicle had crushed a girl to death. Police had fired on the mob, leaving two people dead. During the ...
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Displaced by Yamuna ignored by Delhi
The Yamuna river in Delhi, which resembled a drain only a week ago, swelled up after the rains, breached its banks this week and flowed again with the fury of a river in spate, rendering many who had built shelters on its banks homeless. Though authorities claim they have been providing aid to those affected by the rising river water in east Delhi, many residents complain they have received ...
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Event managing director booked for rape
A Mumbai-based event management company's managing director has been charged with raping and blackmailing a woman teacher and threatening her, police said Wednesday. Police officer Dinesh Kumar said a team was likely to go to Mumbai to arrest Sarasjeet Srivastav, 62. The woman, in her mid-30s, hails from Pathankot in Punjab and came to be with her sister in Gurgaon in 2012 after she had some ...
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Team India would not focus on individual Lankan players Dhoni
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday said Sri Lanka is a dangerous side, and hence his team would not focus on individual players. "They are a dangerous side, hence we cannot focus on individual players. If you look at their top six or seven, they are good. But yes, the duo has done really well and will always pose a threat," he said, when asked whether Kumar Sangakara and Mahela ...
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MMK to support Kanimozhi in Rajya Sabha polls
Muslim party Manithaneya Makkal Katchi's (MMK) two legislators in the Tamil Nadu assembly would vote in favour of DMK's Kanimozhi in the June 27 Rajya Sabha biennial elections, said a party official. Speaking to reporters here Wednesday, MMK leader M.H. Jawahirullah said: "We met DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and expressed our support to Kanimozhi in the Rajya Sabha elections." DMK has 23 members ...
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National Conference blasts Congress leader Fotedar
Reacting strongly to Congress leader M.L. Fotedar's claim that the National Conference (NC) gave up its autonomy demand in 1975, senior NC leader Muhammad Shafi Wednesday said the likes of Fotedar had become irrelevant. Fotedar had said Tuesday said the NC's demand for restoration of autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir had no basis as its leadership gave up the demand when it signed the 1975 accord ...
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IMA slams Shahrukh Khan over surrogacy reports
The Indian Medical Association (INA) Wednesday slammed Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan over reports that he and his wife were planning to have a baby boy through surrogacy. "IMA strongly opposes any attempt or activity for pre-natal determination of sex of foetus," the association said. "We strongly feel that public figures like Shahrukh Khan, who are role models for the youth, should set a ...
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Rs.55 lakh jewellery stolen from Delhi metro station
An unidentified man stole a Haryana-based jeweller's bag containing jewellery worth Rs.55 lakh from a baggage-scanning machine at a metro station here, police said Wednesday. The man walked off with Ravinder Soni's bag while he was being frisked at Chandni Chowk metro station. Soni, 35, had placed the bag in the scanning machine. "Soni said he had bought the jewellery from Delhi's Katra Nawab ...
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Mamata has CPI-M phobia Biman Bose
West Bengal Chief Minister is suffering from a CPI-M phobia, the Left Front said Wednesday, accusing her of violating the model code of conduct for the panchayat elections. "When she visited Kamduni (village), she had said there were CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist) people there. But actually there was no one (from CPI-M). It seems she is having CPI-M phobia," Left Front chairman Biman ...
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Eurocopter Ramco Systems ink deal for chopper maintenance software
City-based enterprise solution provider Ramco Systems Ltd Wednesday announced the signing of a deal with the Franco-German-Spanish Eurocopter Group to provide maintenance software for helicopter operators. In a statement issued here, Ramco Systems said both the companies will join forces to offer helicopter maintenance software for operators and maintenance centres. This agreement enables ...
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Mumbai taxis to be better ambassadors of the city
Taxi drivers in Mumbai are going to be educated on the finer points of etiquette, according to Mumbai news reports, and the local government insists this will improve tourism and local transport in the city and wider state.
All residents of Mumbai know that their city is the largest in India, the richest by GDP in South and Central Asia and the second biggest city in the world by population. It is the economic powerhouse of the country and is advanced to a world-class level in many ways, such as the Bombay Stock Exchange, the oldest in Asia, major development initiatives such as Nairman Point and the location in Mumbai of five Fortune 500 companies. Read more
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