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Bhajjis Bangnam Style Tendulkars fitness keeps social network abuzz
Move over Psy's 'Gangnam Style'. Mumbai Indians (MI) fans were awestruck with Bhajji's 'Bangnam Style' as the Mumbaikars took on the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League play-off at the Eden Gardens here Friday. There was speculation over Tendulkar's fitness through the day, till the late evening heartbreak that he would not take the ground. The supporters of 'paltan' or MI rallied to ...
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Spot fixing helped Rajasthan Royals to gel stronger Gavaskar
Praising Rajasthan Royals'(RR) effort at "getting everybody gell together" after the side was rocked by the spot fixing scam, cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar feels the developments have further boosted the bonding between the squad. "I think it's a question of getting everybody gelling together and that is what has happened. Yes I think they have had a traumatic last 10-15 days and ithat is in ...
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With Knights out Eden low on cheer quotient
The absence of home team Kolkata Knight Riders, wet weather and perhaps the spot fixing scandal played a part as the otherwise boisterous Eden Gardens was low on the "cheer quotient" for the second IPL qualifier between Mumbai Indians and the Rajasthan Royals Friday. Despite a knock out game featuring two of the bigger teams, the iconic venue was half full with a Cricket Association of Bengal ...
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Nothing new in India-China treaty on water sharing NGO
The flood data agreement signed between India and China during the recent visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is just a renewal of the existing treaty between the two countries, an NGO alleged here Friday. "The central government has failed to get any assurance from China on India's concerns regarding China's large scale activities for diversion of Brahmaputra (river) waters. China has ...
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Mumbai police whisk off Gurunath Meiyappan for IPL probe
Mumbai police whisked off Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan, to the police headquarters shortly he landed here Friday evening. Police are likely to interrogate Meiyappan in connection with the IPL spot fixing scam after his name was revealed by Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh Randhawa, currently in police custody. A team of Crime Branch sleuths had ...
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Rajasthan elect to bat first at Eden
Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat first in the Indian Premier League second qualifier against Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens here Friday. While Rajasthan play an unchanged side from the last game, Mumbai's sole change is all-rounder Rishi Dhawan replacing pacer Munaf Patel. The start of the game was delayed by an hour due to a wet outfield following a ...
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Searing heat across plains hills no respite Saturday
Searing summer heat continued to scorch the plains and hills across north India as temperatures remained over 45 degree Celsius Friday. There will be no respite from the intense heat Saturday, the weather office said. Delhi reeled under blistering temperature that shot up to five notches above the season's average at 45 degrees Celsius. "It felt I was getting baked by the hot winds while ...
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Nuclear power the future for India Russian Ambassador
Nuclear power is the future of energy for India, said Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin, contending that even if the country buys all the oil in the world, it will not be sufficient for its energy requirements in the near future. Kadakin was speaking to reporters after inaugurating the Russian consul office here Friday. "Nuclear power is the only way out of the situation. It can make India ...
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Punjab Haryana can help Africa ensure food security Patil
India's food grain states Punjab and Haryana can help African countries in ensuring food security through exchange of knowledge and technological knowhow, Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil said here Friday. Addressing the seventh Africa Day lecture at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) here, Patil said India and Africa were set to explore immense possibilities in ...
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Rahul Gandhi reviews politics in Jharkhand Odisha
Amid speculation that the Congress is exploring government formation in Jharkhand -- which is under President's rule -- party vice president Rahul Gandhi reviewed the political situation with state leaders Friday. A section of the Congress has been in favour of exploring ways to form a government in the state with the support of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), said party sources ...
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Heat wave claims 84 lives in Andhra Pradesh
The severe heat wave conditions in Andhra Pradesh have so claimed 84 lives from April 1, officials said. The state remained in the grip of heat wave Friday, with many towns recording maximum day temperature of over 43 degree Celsius. Munuguru in coal mines area of Khammam district was the hottest place Friday with the mercury shooting up to 50 degrees, the highest this season. Rentachintala in ...
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Captive breeding helps revive endangered vulture in India
After the population of the vultures dropped alarmingly in India, a local non-government organization (NGO) in Assam is running a successful programme to raise the population of the fast disappearing vultures. The captive breeding process for preservation of vultures has been used to increase the population of these extinct scavengers, in an environment controlled by the humans and in ...
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UP CMs Ghaziabad visit postponed after family-murder
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's visit to Ghaziabad has been postponed after the gruesome murders of seven members of a family, an official said. "No further date has been intimated," said Ghaziabad District Magistrate S.V.S. Ranga Rao. Businessman Satish Goel, 62, his wife Manju Goel, 60, their son Sachin Goel, 40, Sachin's wife Rekha, 38, her daughters Megha, 13, and Neha, 11, ...
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ICRA Q4 net profit rises 22 percent
Rating agency ICRA Ltd Friday announced a 21.64 percent rise in its net profit to Rs.27.49 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 from Rs.22.60 crore for the same period a year ago. The firm's total income for the fourth quarter last fiscal stood at Rs.56.41 crore compared to Rs.52.96 crore for the same period previous fiscal, reflecting growth of seven percent, it said in a release ...
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Rain delays IPL play-off at the Eden Gardens
The start of the Indian Premier League play-off game between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals was delayed by an hour Friday due to rain. The city, which has been experiencing inclement weather over the past few days, was lashed by showers in the evening, prompting the organisers to put on the covers on the Eden Gardens turf. Though the rain stopped after some time, the soggy outfield ...
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Moily refutes charges of favouring RIL on gas price
Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily Friday refuted allegations of government favouring Reliance Industries (RIL) as "malicious" and said the proposed revision in natural gas price would apply to all companies. The allegations of favouring RIL were made here at a press conference Thursday by CPI member of parliament Gurudas Dasgupta. "The proposed pricing guidelines shall be equally ...
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NHRC issues notice to IP University for exam goof up
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notice to Delhi's Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University for an anomaly in its admission exams in which aspirants were allotted an examination centre which had been shut for the past 10 years. "Seventy aspirants to the engineering programme of the varsity lost nearly an hour because of this goof up. No extra time was given to them," ...
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PM to talk civil n-cooperation during Japan visit
Civil nuclear cooperation talks will be high on the agenda, besides economic and regional and international issues, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh goes to Japan on a three-day visit Monday to attend the postponed bilateral summit. The prime minister, who will also go to Thailand from Japan, will hold talks with Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe. The bilateral summit was originally slated to be ...
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IAF chief reviews induction of new technology in Bangalore commanders conference
Indian Air Force Chief Norman Anil Kumar Browne inaugurated an annual commanders' conference here on Friday and reviewed the induction of new technology and weapon systems. In recent years, India has emerged as the world's largest weapons importer, but procurements are periodically held up by allegations of corruption. Earlier in the year, AgustaWestland, a division of Italian defence group ...
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President prime minister greet people on Buddha Purnima
President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice President Hamid Ansari Friday greeted the countrymen on the eve of Buddha Purnima. The president said Lord Buddha taught the path of right action so that mankind may overcome its suffering. "Lord Buddha's teachings of non-violence, love and compassion are of eternal significance. We must strive to make these teachings part of ...
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Multiple sclerosis striking youth in India say doctors
Multiple sclerosis, a disabling disease which strikes mostly young people, is fast becoming a cause for worry in India, doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here said Friday. AIIMS has carried out a study on the patients of multiple sclerosis it treats. It found that around 70-80 percent of patients were in the age group of 18-35 years. They all had relapsing remitting ...
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Will not sponsor Indian team if Srinivasan continues Sahara
Having pulled out its franchise Pune Warriors from the Indian Premier League (IPL), Sahara chief Subrata Roy fired another salvo saying he would immediately stop sponsoring the Indian team if N. Srinivasan continues to be the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). "Person like Srinivasan does not know how to run cricket. Sahara will not sponsor team India as long as N ...
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Bollywood spot boy arrested for IPL spot fixing
A spot boy in Bollywood movies was Friday arrested from Hyderabad for the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal, Delhi Police sources said. Mohammad Ahya alias Yusuf, 45, was arrested at the Hyderabad airport while trying to flee to Dubai, the sources said. "One of the arrested bookies, Chandresh Patel, revealed Ahya's name. We will be bringing him to Delhi," a Delhi Police official ...
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Jet Airways shareholders approve Etihad deal
Jet Airways Friday said its shareholders have approved the company's plans to offload 24 percent stake to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways for around $379 million (Rs.2,058 crore). According to the company, the deal was ratified at an extraordinary meeting of Jet's shareholders held here. However, the adoption of a new set of rules relating to 'articles of association' was deferred and will be ...
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PM asks SEBI to stop insider trading
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday asked the capital market regulator SEBI to root out the "pernicious disease" of insider trading, saying the future effectiveness of the institution would depend on this. Addressing the silver jubilee celebration of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) here, the prime minister said: "A key indicator of SEBI's future effectiveness will be its ...
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Mumbai as a city must look to a progressive future
Homosexuality was only decriminalised last year in India, so it is natural that some old ways of thinking will linger, but the recent discrimination against a transgender individual in the city is an ugly reminder of the work yet to be done.
Mumbai is a massive city of over 11 million people, it is the capital of the world’s largest democracy, and is home to a cosmopolitan mix of people from all over the country and the world. Yet some in Mumbai remain, in many ways, social backward in many of their views toward traditional taboo issues such as homosexuality, bisexuality, transgender and cross-dressing. Read more
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