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Protest ahead of Chinese premiers India visit
Ahead of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India, about 50 people Saturday held a protest here demanding suspension of talks with China. The protest was organised at Jantar Mantar by the Nationalists Forum of India and support by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad - the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh - and the Swadeshi Jagran Manch. The protestors burnt an effigy of ...
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Would like to finish with a win KKR coach
Already out of contention for a place in play-offs, Kolkatta Knight Riders is keen to finish off this Indian Premier League (IPL) with a win against Sunrisers Hyderabad here Sunday, its coach said. "It is a must-win game for us. We would like to finish with a win. It has not been greatest tournament for us. We didn't play as well as last year. We would like to finish off with a positive," KKR ...
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Heavy rain delays last IPL league tie in Bangalore
Heavy rain late Saturday delayed the start of the Pepsi IPL-6 T20 tournament's last league tie between hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Chinnaswamy stadium here. "The 8 p.m. match is delayed by at least 30-45 minutes as it is still raining and the outfield is wet all over though the pitch has been well covered," an official of the Karnataka State ...
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Ansari heading to Uzbekistan in first vice presidential visit
Vice President Hamid Ansari is heading to Uzbekistan, a key Central Asian country, from May 21-24 for talks with President Islam Karimov that are expected to focus on Afghanistan and counter-terrorism cooperation among other issues. It will be the first visit by an Indian vice president to the land-locked country, with which India shares deep-rooted historical and cultural ties. Ansari will ...
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Li will get chance to explain incursion to Manmohan
The recent incursion by Chinese troops cast a "pretty dark shadow" on India-China relations, but the issue was handled "maturely" by both and probably Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will "get a chance to explain why, what happened" during his talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, sources said Saturday. The shadow of the 20-day boundary stand-off, caused by the April 15 incursion of Chinese ...
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IPL Scoreboard Kings XI vs Mumbai Indians
Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium here Saturday. Kings XI Punjab: Adam Gilchrist b Coulter-Nile 5 Mandeep Singh c Pollard b Dhawan 1 Azhar Mahmood lbw Malinga 80 Shaun Marsh b Harbhajan 63 David Miller c Coulter-Nile b Pollard 6 Manan Vohra not out 20 Gurkeerat Singh lbw ...
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Kings XI beat table toppers Indians by 50 runs
Playing their final league match, Kings XI Punjab finished on a winning note by beating table-toppers Mumbai Indians by 50 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) clash here at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium Saturday. It was also the last match of their captain, Adam Gilchrist, who has announced his retirement from the format. Put into bat, the home team posted a challenging ...
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IPL scam Sreesanths phones laptops seized arrested quizzed jointly
The probe into the IPL spot-match fixing scam was intensified Saturday with Mumbai police seizing the mobiles, iPhones and laptops of cricketer S.Sreesanth and his relative, bookie Jiju Janardhan while the three arrested players were jointly quizzed. Police are also scanning the diaries of Sreesanth which contain significant information pertaining to the scam, Mumbai Police's Joint Commissioner ...
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Sleepless nights no baths for Sreesanth
For fast bowler S. Sreesanth, it was two days of sleepless nights and no bath as the disgraced cricketer was not "comfortable" with the bathroom. Alone in the small cell of the Delhi Police, he mostly looks glum, depressed and breaks down often during questioning, police sources said Saturday. On the second day of questioning by the interrogators of the Delhi Police Special Cell, which busted ...
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Top Mumbai cop says phones used to contact IPL bookies in India Dubai and Pakistan
Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Mumbai, Himanshu Roy revealed on Saturday 30 phones were used during the spot-fixing episode in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He said these phones were used to connect with bookies in India, Pakistan and Dubai via conference calls. "We raided premises in the Kalbadevi area on 14 May and arrested bookie Ramesh Vyas. 92 mobile phones ...
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Spot fixing Three cricketers questioned together
Three Rajasthan Royal players, S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan, arrested for alleged spot fixing in IPL cricket matches, were Saturday questioned in each others presence by Delhi Police, an official said. The suspects confessed their crime but blamed each other for dragging them into spot fixing, police sources said. The accused cricketers, who are in police custody, were brought ...
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Rahul Gandhi praises Chandy slams Kerala CPI-M
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday praised Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and asked the CPI-M to introspect and rethink its ideology. Gandhi was addressing the valedictory function of a yatra by state Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala, who travelled across Lerala's 140 assembly constituencies. "The opposition here and their ideology are being systematically used to unleash ...
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15 percent funds earmarked for sanitation projects
The government is earmarking 15 percent of the total outlay of all projects in any district for proper sanitation and clean drinking water, officials said Saturday. More emphasis has been put on Information Education Communication (IEC) by earmarking 15 percent of the total outlay of district projects for IEC activities, they said. The rural development ministry is working out a conjoint ...
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Wansuk becomes first Meghalaya woman to scale Everest
Wansuk Myrthong Saturday became the first woman from Meghalaya to conquer the 8,848 ft Mount Everest. This is the second time that a Meghalayan scaled the highest peak of the world after Gary Jarman Lamare, a photographer with Discovery Channel, became the first from Meghalaya to summit it last year. The 30-year-old Wansuk, a woman armed police constable in the 1st Meghalaya Police battalion, ...
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The Lunchbox at Cannes actress Nimrat Kaur not surprised
Actress Nimrat Kaur, who features in Ritesh Batra's "The Lunchbox", says she is not surprised to see that the film has been selected for the ongoing 66th Cannes International Film Festival. "I am really proud of the film. It is a very personal film for the director. It is an honest film and is not trying to be something which it is not. It is very true to the place it is trying to create. While ...
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Saradha promoter says happy with scam probe
Days after submitting an affidavit in the court opposing a Central Bureau of Investigation probe, Saradha chit fund scam's suspected kingpin Sudipta Sen Saturday said he was happy with the course of the investigation being carried out by the West Bengal Police. "I am happy, happy, happy," Sen - now behind bars - replied to journalists, as he was being taken to the court during the day. With the ...
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When Farhan Akhtar started missing Don
While shooting a TV commercial in Kuala Lumpur, actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar constantly feared 'Don' might emerge out of somewhere. He reminisced the days when he shot his 2006 film "Don" in the city. "Just filmed a TV commercial in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I kept thinking 'Don' is going to suddenly pop out around some corner," tweeted the 39-year-old. Akhtar's remake of the 1970s Amitabh ...
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Meira Kumar leads parliamentary delegation to Belarus
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Saturday left for Belarus leading an Indian parliamentary delegation to the east European country. According to an official release, the delegation will call on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich and chairman of the house of representatives of the national assembly Vladimir Andreichenko. Meira Kumar will address the faculty ...
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Let RBI be sole regulator for all home loan providers SBI chief
The country's largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), Saturday the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should become the sole regulator for all home loan institutions - banks as well as housing finance companies. "Where is the justification for a separate home loan regulator? Why should not the RBI become the sole regulator," asked SBI chairman Pratip Chaudhuri while talking to reporters on the ...
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Ghaziabad eases land policy for weaker sections
The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has liberalised its policies to benefit small land holders, farmers and economically deprived section of the society, an official said Thursday. GDA chairman Santosh Yadav said under the new rule even a building built-in an area of 90 square metres can be raised to a height of 15 metres (four-storeys). The builder can even further raise its height if ...
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Another hot day in Delhi no respite Sunday
The hot, sunny weather continued in the national capital Saturday as the maximum temperature settled four notches above average at 43.2 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is in store Sunday, the Met office said. According to an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Sunday will see sunny skies and high temperature in the afternoon. The maximum and minimum temperatures are ...
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Conservationists hail decision to ban dolphineriums
Animal conservationists have hailed the central government's decision to ban dolphineriums in India, even as several states had been gearing up for parks and zoos with captive dolphins as the star attraction. In a statement issued here Saturday, the Federation for Indian Animals Protection Organisations (FIAPO), an NGO which has been campaigning against captivity of dolphins, said that the ...
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Chhabaria unveils auto design studio in Bangalore
Renowned automobile designer Dilip Chhabaria Saturday unveiled his design studio here to showcase his award-winning and innovative designs. "It's a defining moment to have a design studio in Bangalore where the demand for luxury cars is growing. We will also set up a design school soon to train auto designers," Chhabaria said on the occasion at the studio, a joint venture with Emvee ...
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Aurangzeb mints Rs.3.75 crore on opening day
Arjun Kapoor-starrer "Aurangzeb" has drawn a decent response at the box office with an opening day collection of Rs.3.75 crore. The film, made on a budget of Rs.25 crore has managed good business in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and East Punjab territory, said a statement. "Aurangzeb", a film from Yash Raj Film's stable, tells the story about the land mafia. Directed by Atul Sabharwal, it also ...
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High-flying Sunrisers keen to ensure play-off berth
On a high after a comprehensive win against Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad will looking to ensure their place in the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs when they take on Kolkatta Knight Riders here Sunday. With 23-run win against Royals Friday night, the home side had an off-day Saturday to rest and recover for the crucial tie. With 18 points, Sunrisers have climbed to third place in ...
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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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