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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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Kolkata hosts global photo exhibition
Various facets of India in the last 50 years have been brought to life through a bouquet of photographs by international photographers at an exhibition here, the organisers said Wednesday. Organised by Magnum Photos, an international photographic co-operative forum, the 11-day event titled "Magnum Ke Tasveer" displays an oeuvre of 56 vibrant pictures by eight noted lens masters, set across the ...
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Akali Dal-BJP sweep Punjab rural polls
The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine swept the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Punjab, the state election commission announced Wednesday. The Akali Dal-BJP combine won 297 zila parishad seats out of the 329 whose result were declared, an official said. The main opposition Congress won 26, while others won six seats, he said. Out of the total ...
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Fire damages timber factory in Delhi
A timber factory located on the outskirts of New Delhi was damaged on Wednesday by the fire. As many as 23 fire tenders headed to douse the fire. Fire fighters at the spot said that the situation was under control. No loss of human life has been reported. In most industries and residential dwellings across India, fire safety regulations are lax, rarely implemented and not periodically ...
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Warner to face Cricket Australia hearing via teleconference
Australian opener David Warner is expected to plead guilty before a Cricket Australia (CA) hearing via teleconference from India with regard to a series of hostile tweets that he directed at News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn while playing for the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Warner could face sanctions ranging from a fine, suspension, reprimand or ...
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Jessica Lall murder case Shayan Munshi another witness to face perjury trial
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ruled that Bollywood actor Shayan Munshi and another witness in the Jessica Lal murder case will be prosecuted on charges of perjury for turning hostile during their deposition in the case. Munshi, who had lodged the FIR in the case, had pleaded to the court not to prosecute him saying, "He cannot be termed hostile as even the apex court had used part of his ...
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BJP urges Andhra governor to sack tainted ministers
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday urged Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan to sack six allegedly tainted state ministers. A delegation of BJP leaders called on the governor and submitted a memorandum, seeking the dismissal of the ministers facing corruption allegations. BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya told reporters that they urged the governor to take action as the head of the ...
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Delhi warns discoms over load shedding
The Delhi government Wednesday sternly told electricity distribution companies that it will not tolerate load shedding in the capital as power is available in surplus. In the wake of reported load shedding by these companies in the last three days, the government called a review meeting Wednesday. "Principal secretary (power) has asked the power companies to pull up their socks to ensure ...
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My father my inspiration Shruti Haasan
Actress Shruti Haasan, daughter of veteran actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, says her father has been very inspiring for her. She marvels at her father's dedication and says he has the same enthusiasm that a newcomer has for his work. "He has been an inspiration for me, personally. Just the way I look at him deal with his career, how he works," Shruti said here. "Even at this time, he does so much ...
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Film production a thankless job Preity
Actress Preity Zinta, who is gearing up for the release of her debut production venture "Ishkq in Paris", finds production work difficult. She says it's more like crisis-management and is a thankless job. "The toughest part was crisis-management. Production, of course, is a thankless job," she said at a promotional event of the film. "What happens is that everybody's problem is your problem. ...
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Woman gang-raped friend assaulted in Bihar two held
A day after a 22-year-old woman was gang-raped and her friend was beaten up by three men in Bihar, two of the accused were arrested Wednesday, police said. The two attackers were arrested in the Banka district, police said. "We will arrest the third accused soon and will file charge sheet within 24 hours," Superintendent of Police Pushkar Anand told IANS over telephone from Banka, about 180 km ...
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BCCI blames Sahara for arbitration failure
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Wednesday blamed Sahara Adventure Sports Limited for the failure of the arbitration and said the body "cannot be held responsible" for the breakdown of the process. Sahara, who own the Pune Warriors India franchise, pulled out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Tuesday due to BCCI's refusal to bring down the franchise fee for the IPL. "While it ...
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Bihar rights panel seeks report on scribes plight
Taking cognizance of prolonged harassment faced by a journalist and his family by their landlord for not paying an exorbitant rent here, Bihar's rights panel Wednesday sought a report from the city police chief on the issue. The Bihar Human Rights Commission has directed Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj to submit a report soon in the matter, an official said. "We deliberated ...
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Maoists attack Chhattisgarh police camp
The Maoists early Wednesday attacked two police camps in Chhattisgarh but there were no reports of casualty in the firing, police said. The rebels attacked Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) personnel in camps at Minpa and Burkapal in Sukma district and the intermittent firing lasted for an hour, police said. Coming under fire from the Maoists, the CAF personnel retaliated till the attackers ...
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Tamil Nadu police issues alert for cricket bookie
Tamil Nadu's Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) Wednesday said a lookout notice has been issued to all airports for Kitty alias Uttam alleged to be a bookie with links in spot fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). In a statement issued here, CBCID said: "Sustained efforts are being taken to apprehend Kitty alias Uttam who has emerged as one of the most important ...
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Andhra local body elections to be held next month
The local body elections in Andhra Pradesh will be held in June, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy said Wednesday. Addressing a state-level convention of the Congress here, he said panchayat elections would be held in the third or the fourth week of June while elections to urban local bodies like municipalities and corporations would be conducted in the third week of August. The chief ...
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Indian Banks ex-chief gets 1 year jail for cheating
A CBI special court here Wednesday sentenced M. Gopalakrishnan, former chairman-cum-managing director of Indian Bank, and another official to one-year jail terms for cheating and abusing their official position. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court also sentenced the bank's zonal manager A.V. Shanmugasundaram to one-year jail and gave a two-year jail term to S. Dhanasingh, ...
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Bihar launches aerial land survey
Bihar Wednesday launched a survey using aerial photography for updating land records, officials said. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar flagged off the aerial land survey from Suryagarha in Lakhisarai district. "The aerial survey will be conducted in 33 of the 37 districts," said Hukum Singh Meena, revenue and land reforms secretary. In the remaining four districts -- Banka, Nawada, Jamui and ...
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Tourists can now get Turkish visa in minutes
Turkey has launched an online visa system that enables tourists from 94 countries, including India, to obtain a visa in just a few minutes, officials said Wednesday. The new system replaces the old 'sticker' and 'stamp-type' visas which were issued at the border gates. "Those who would like to travel to Turkey for tourism or business purposes will not have to go to Turkish embassies or ...
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Mamata violated model code Congress tells poll panel
Leaders of the Congress in West Bengal Wednesday met Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath to lodge a complaint against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly violating the model code of conduct ahead of the June 2 Lok Sabha by-poll from Howrah. State Congress spokesperson Abdul Mannan alleged that Banerjee had defied the model code by announcing schemes and sops at a media meet in the ...
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Saradha scam Suicide abetment case slapped on Sudipta Sen
A suicide abetment case was registered Wednesday against suspected kingpin of Saradha Group chit fund scam Sudipta Sen and two others following the suicide of an investor, police said. A Group employee also killed himself. "We have registered a case of abetment of suicide against Sen and two other company employees - Satyajit Basu and Arindam Das - under section 306 of the IPC," said an officer ...
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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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