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Woman dies of swine flu in UP
A woman died here of swine flu late Friday, health officials said Saturday. Neelam Singh had recently returned from Delhi and had complained of breathlessness and other complications. Her husband, a doctor at the King George's Medical University (KGMU) here, got her admitted to a medical facility in the city. Tests conducted on her confirmed that she was infected with H1N1 swine flu virus and ...
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Indias bleeding insurgencies Lessons from Latin America
The tiny northeast Indian state of Tripura has turned into the second largest producer of natural rubber in the country largely because several hundred former militants of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) were rehabilitated a decade ago and allotted land. On the other side of the world, Latin America has been no stranger to violent insurrections over the past decades, most ...
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Sunrisers beat Royals cement place for play-offs
Sunrisers Hyderabad brightened their chances of entering the semifinals of Indian Premier League (IPL) by beating Rajasthan Royals by 23 runs in a crucial tie at Rajiv Gandhi international stadium here Friday night. Chasing a target of 137, Royals, who were playing their first match after the arrests of their three players in spot fixing scandal, could only score 113 for nine in 20 overs. With ...
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IPL Scoreboard Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals
Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here Friday. Sunrisers Hyderabad Parthiv Patel b Faulkner 2 Shikhar Dhawan c Rahane b Faulkner 1 Hanuma Vihari c Sachin Baby b Trivedi 19 Cameron White c Trivedi b Watson 0 Biplab Samantray c Cooper b Faulkner 55 Darren Sammy c Hodge b Faulkner 23 Thisara ...
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IPL Sunrisers beat Rajasthan by 23 runs
Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by 23 runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here Friday. Sunrisers, electing to bat, scored 136 for nine and later restricted Rajasthan to 113 for ...
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Aurangzeb Mesmering well-cast family drama of flawed people
Film: Aurangzeb; Starring: Arjun Kapoor, Prithviraj, Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Amrita Singh, Swara Bhaskara, Sasheh Agha, Tanve Azmi; Directed by Atul Sabharwal; Rating: Sapna se badaa apna hota hai...It's okay to sacrifice one's dreams for the sake of those you love. This is a recurrent thought in this hard-hitting family drama about fatally flawed people who flock together, in search of a ...
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Aarushi case Rajesh Talwar records statement
Recording his statement in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, accused and Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar Friday answered questions raised by the court from the evidence of the witnesses. To the about 180 questions asked, Talwar either denied the allegations or alleged the prosecution was trying to influence the witnesses, deviating from original statements recorded under section 161 of the ...
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Mukherjee Karzai to attend varsity convocation in Jalandhar
President Pranab Mukherjee will confer the first honoris causa degree of the Lovely Professional University (LPU) to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai at the varsity's convocation to be held in this Punjab city Monday (May 20), a varsity official said. LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal said: "President Pranab Mukherjee will be the chief guest at the convocation. It is one of the rare occasions as ...
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Two CBI officers arrested in Delhi for bribery
Two officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), including one reportedly investigating the coal scam, were arrested here while taking a bribe of Rs.7 lakh for settling down a land dispute, an officer said Friday. Superintendent of Police Vivek Dutt and Inspector Rajesh Karnatak were arrested by the internal vigilance unit of CBI from Lodhi Colony area in south Delhi. "Dutt was ...
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Rajasthan Royals seemed out to prove a point
It was a game held under the shadow of spot fixing scandal and the way Rajasthan Royals played Friday night against Sunrisers Hyderabad, it looked they were keen to put behind the ugly episode to focus on the game. Their body language right from the word go showed they were out to prove a point. Spearheaded by Jamed Faulkner, the Royals bowlers were unplayable in the initial overs. By sending ...
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First Chappell now Sreesanth feel bad for Dravid Sourav
Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly Friday said he felt bad for Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid who had to "contend with people like Greg Chappell and S. Sreesanth" during his captaincy stints for the country and the IPL franchisee respectively. A day after Sreesanth and two other Royals players - Ankit Chauhan and Ajit Chandila - were arrested for spot fixing, Ganguly told a ...
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BJP raises 2G scam issue at recast PAC
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members Friday raised the issue of the 2G spectrum scam at the first meeting of the reconstituted Public Accounts Commitee of parliament, said informed sources. According to the sources, BJP's Prakash Javadekar raised the issue of PAC's draft report on 2G scam, noting it was still pending and asking when would it be taken up. The report of the previous PAC on 2G ...
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One arrested for spying for Pakistan
Rajasthan Police Friday arrested a clerk posted in the Indian Army's south-west command here on charges of spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency, an officer said. B.K. Sinha, 43, is an upper divisional clerk (UDC) in Jaipur, Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) Dalpat Singh Dinkar told mediapersons. "Sinha had come in contact with an ISI agent ...
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Host of celebrities to be get Bengal government awards Monday
A host of sports celebrities including former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, and country's soccer legends P.K. Banerjee, Chuni Goswami and Tulsidas Balaram would be presented the Banga Bibhushan award Monday. Mountaineer Aung Narvu Sherpa would also be among the Banga Bhushan awardees at a function where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be present. Governor M.K. Narayanan would hand ...
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Faulkner claims five Royals restrict Sunrisers to 136
James Faulkner had a dream spell, claiming five for 16 as Rajasthan Royals restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad to 136 in their crucial Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium here Friday. Electing to bat after winning the toss, Sunrisers reached 136 after being reduced to three for five in third over, thanks mainly to Biplab Samantray's 55 (46 balls, 6x4,1x6) and some useful ...
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Woodland to re-position Woods footwear sub-brand
Footwear major Woodland, owned by the Aero Group, is looking to re-position its sub-brand 'Woods' in the luxury footwear segment, focusing primarily on women's footwear, a top company official said Friday. The Delhi-based company is also planning to invest about Rs.60 crore to unveil a string of 30 small boutique stores in high-end shopping malls across the country in this financial ...
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Bengal opposition demands central forces for Panchayat polls
Opposition parties in West Bengal Friday demanded deployment of central paramilitary forces in an all-party meeting convened by the State Election Commission to ensure proper, free and fair panchayat elections. "We need adequate protection for candidates and the voters though every state of the polls - filing of nomination, campaigning, polling day as also counting. The ground situation is not ...
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Delhi Police officer shot dead in Chitrakoot
A Delhi Police assistant sub-inspector was shot dead by an unknown attacker in the outskirts of Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh, police said Friday. The officer had gone to Chitrakoot for a raid to nab a criminal. Additional Commissioner of Police Sanjay Kumar said that Jai Bhagwan, who was to retire in August, had gone to Chitrakoot to nab an accused in a theft case in Delhi. He was accompanied by ...
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BJP slams CBI chiefs remarks on ex-railway minister
The BJP Friday took exception to CBI director Ranjit Sinha's remarks that former minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has a strong defence in the case of alleged bribery involving his nephew. BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Sinha's remarks were "very unfortunate". "The matter is sub judice and the investigative agency is saying that there may not be concrete evidence," Naqvi told ...
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Police response sought on Swamys plea for quashing article FIR
The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the city police on a plea of Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy seeking quashing of an FIR lodged against him for writing an inflammatory article in a Mumbai daily in 2011. Justice Kailash Gambhir sought the police response by Aug 26. Swamy, in his plea, said: "Whatever investigation has been done by the police in the past 21 months, no ...
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IPL fixing Sreesanth seeks copy of FIR
India fast bowler S. Sreesanth, arrested and being quizzed for alleged spot fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Friday moved a Delhi court seeking a copy of the FIR registered against him. The application, filed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Lokesh Kumar Sharma, asked for a copy of the FIR for preparing his defence. Sreesanth and his Rajasthan Royals colleagues Ankeet ...
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Sunrisers score 1369 against Rajasthan Royals
Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 136 for nine against Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League (IPL) tie at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here Friday. Biplap Samantray top scored for the hosts with 55 off 46 balls while James Faulkner was the pick of the Rajasthan bowlers at ...
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Three arrested for rapes in Gurgaon
A policeman, a physiotherapist and an engineer were arrested here Friday in connection with three separate rape cases here, police said. Policeman Mange Ram, 45, a resident of Hisar, who was posted in Gurgaon, was arrested for raping his business partner's wife. He had a dispute of Rs.7 lakh with his travel agency business partner. The business closed down two years ago. "The victim, 34, ...
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Super Kings not to take game against RCB easy
Two time IPL title-holder Chennai Super Kings (CSK) would not be taking their last league tie Saturday against hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) easy and would go all out to win for consistency, coach Stephen Fleming said Friday. "We are not going to throw away this opportunity because consistency has been our key. If Rajasthan (Royals) wins (against Sunrisers Hyderabad late Friday), then ...
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ONGC deciding whether to bid for HPL stake Vasudeva
State-owned energy major ONGC Friday said it is at present "examining" whether to bid for cash-strapped Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) as the West Bengal government has recently invited expressions of interest for selling its stake in the beleaguered firm. "It is to be decided in the boardroom. We are examining now," Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) chairman and managing director Sudhir ...
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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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