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Himachal gets some relief from scorching heat rain in store
The hills of Himachal Pradesh Saturday saw marginal fall in the maximum temperatures but still most of the prominent tourist spots recorded temperatures two to five degrees above the average, the meteorological office said here. However, the met office has indicated relief in the offing with rain and thundershowers predicted across the state Sunday. "Temperatures across the state remained on ...
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Delhi sees hot Saturday no change Sunday
It was another scorching day for Delhi Saturday though the maximum temperature slightly dipped from the highs of the week but was still three notches above average at 43.5 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is expected Sunday. Like in the past few days, the heat continued to discomfort daily life. While minimum temperature settled four notches above average at 30.5 degrees, the humidity wavered ...
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Omar confident of positive approach from new Pakistani leadership
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday expressed confidence of warm India-Pakistan relations due to a "positive approach" by the new ruling dispensation in the neighbouring country. Addressing a public meeting at Chak Mohammad Yar, about 25 km west of Jammu, Abdullah said: "A healthy change in the mindset of politicians in Pakistan towards Kashmir issue and India-Pakistani ...
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Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik returns land given by Odisha
Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Saturday said he has returned a piece of land the state government had allotted him in Odisha as he was not allowed to construct on it. Pattnaik said the state government had given him about half an acre of land at the district headquarters town of Puri, his home town, about 56 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, in 2011 for setting up a ...
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Abdul Kalam calls for space solar power research
Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has called for drawing up a workable research document for marketing space solar power to space-faring nations in six months. "Within the next six months, we need to bring out a workable research document for marketing space solar power to space-faring nations," Kalam said Friday at the 32nd International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in his acceptance ...
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PM the laughing stock social media is proof BJP leader
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has become a laughing stock for the country and comments on the active social media world are proof of it, a BJP leader said here Friday. "This prime minister has become an object of ridicule," Goa BJP general secretary J.P. Nadda told reporters here after announcing the agenda for the national executive committee scheduled in June. He added that no prime minister ...
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Cops say arrested spot boy linked to many cricketers
Mohammad Ahya alias Yusuf, a Bollywood spot boy arrested in the connection of the spot fixing scandal, was in touch with several cricketers apart from the three arrested Rajasthan Royals players, Delhi Police said Saturday. During the interrogation, Ahya claimed that knew many Indian as well as foreign players and contacted them for spot fixing, said an officer who did not want to be ...
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Mahaakshay found it nerve-wracking to work with dad
Actor Mahaakshay Chakraborty, who has shared screen space with his father, veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty in his forthcoming film "Enemmy", says it was a "nerve-wracking" experience for him. Directed by Ashu Trikha, "Enemmy" is a cop action drama, which features Mithun and actor Suneil Shetty in lead roles, while Mahaakshay plays a CID officer in the film. "For me, it was a nerve-wrAcking ...
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Varanasi seminar to mull over condition of widows
Hindu seers and Sanskrit scholars are set to gather in Varanasi Monday to oppose the treatment meted out to widows and seek ways in which the plight of such women can be improved. At a seminar organised by NGO Sulabh International, the scholars and seers would dwell on ways in which the plight of the widows of Varanasi could be improved. Sulabh International recently launched a pension and ...
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BJP launches campaign for Himachal parliamentary by-poll
Taking the lead, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday formally launched its campaign for the June 23 Mandi parliamentary by-election in Himachal Pradesh. "We have launched the campaign and our entire leadership, including (former chief minister) Prem Kumar Dhumal, will be touring the constituency," state BJP chief Satpal Satti told IANS. The BJP central leadership Saturday announced that ...
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Andhra Pradesh to get third manufacturing zone
Andhra Pradesh will get another National Investment Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ), Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma announced Saturday. It will come up at Ongole in Prakasam district. This will be in addition to two NIMZs already cleared in principle by the central government for Medak and Chittoor districts. Sharma told reporters here that Andhra Pradesh would be the second state after ...
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N.Srinivasan denies any knowledge of Gurunaths involvement in betting
The Board for Control of Cricket in India President N.Srinivasan has denied any knowedge of the involvement of his son in law,Gurunath Meiyappan in betting on IPL matches. Commenting on the arrest of Gurunath, he said whatever steps or action have been taken in case of anybody else, same will apply to him. "There will be no discrimination", he added. Srinivasan also claimed ignorance when ...
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India is regressive depressing says Mallika Sherawat
India is "regressive for women" and a "depressing" place to be, says Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat, explaining why she divides her time between India and the US. She was speaking the 66th Cannes International Film Festival, at an interaction at The Variety Studio. Mallika has flaunted the link of her interview on her Twitter page. Talking to Variety's Steve Gaydos, the 36-year-old Indian ...
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VM Go around Asia on luxury cruise this summer
Aspiring to give every passenger a best-ever cruise experience, Royal Caribbean International's groundbreaking Voyager-class ship Mariner of the Seas, will begin its maiden Asian journey from Singapore in June. The grand liner docked here Friday on its voyage from Dubai to Singapore. It will dock at Kochi Sunday before heading for Singapore, from where it will begin its maiden Asian journey ...
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CBI probe demanded into Ghaziabad family murders
Politicians, traders and social activists here are demanding a CBI probe into the arrest of a man for the gruesome murder of a family of seven, claiming that the accused has been framed by police. Local Congress leaders led by former minister Satish Sharma are on an indefinite sit-in here to press for the demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the case. Sharma said that ...
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Fugitive Andhra murderer extradited to US
Nerusu Lakshminivasa Rao, a software engineer from Andhra who murdered his wife and two children in the US in 2008, has been extradited to face trial there, police said. The fugitive, against whom an international arrest warrant was issued by a US court, was sent to the US by an American Airlines flight late Friday night. Additional Director General of Police (CID) T. Krishna Prasad said in a ...
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Dunno Y...Na Jaane Kyun sequel to be light breezy
The sequel to controversial Bollywood drama film "Dunno Y...Na Jaane Kyun", which released in 2010, will be light, breezy and romantic, unlike the original. The sequel is directed by Tonje Gjevon, a Norwegian. Made by a Norwegian production house The Hungry Hearts, the film will be shot in Norway, and it will be made in Norwegian, English and Hindi. The genre of the sequel will be unlike the ...
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Delhi offers no shelter for mentally challenged girls CWC member
There are no shelter homes for mentally challenged girls in Delhi, a member of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) said Saturday. "There are no shelter homes for mentally challenged girls in the national capital. We need to look into this matter," Charu Makkar, a member of the CWC said, in the course of a day-long discussion on government schemes for underprivileged children at India ...
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Cops probe link between Chennai hotel owners wife bookie
Investigations are on to find out why the wife of a Chennai-based five-star hotel owner telephoned a cricket bookie, now under arrest, over a 100 times, police said Saturday. Without naming the woman, her husband or the name of the hotel, an official of Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) of Tamil Nadu Police told IANS: "The woman has made more than 100 calls to Uttam C. Jain a ...
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Need to bring transparency in sports Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of State for Sports minister Jitendra Singh said Saturday that there is a need for good governance, cleansing of sports and bringing transparency in the working of sports federations. Speaking at the conclusion of a two day conference of state sports ministers, in the presence of eminent sports persons and members of sports federations, Singh added that his ministry is working ...
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Deepika fortunate to be Prakash Padukones daughter Gavaskar
Hailing former All England champion Prakash Padukone as "the greatest sportsman India has produced", cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar Saturday said actor Deepika Padukone is lucky to be the badminton player's daughter. "Deepika is the daughter of who, in my view, is the greatest sportsman India has produced. She is fortunate to have the same genes," Gavaskar said at the Eden Gardens, which ...
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Banerjees plans to take over Saradha channels triggers controversy
Known for her penchant for stoking controversies, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given fresh fodder to her detractors with her announcement that the government would acquire two television channels owned by the chit fund funded Saradha Group that has gone bust. Banerjee's announcement about taking over the two channels - Tara Muzik and Tara News - 'on grounds of humanity' came a ...
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Gurunath Meiyappan sent to police custody till May 29
A magistrate here Saturday sent Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI chief N. Srinivasan to police custody till May 29 in connection with the IPL spot fixing scam. He was produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate Court in south Mumbai a little more than 12 hours after he was formally placed under arrest a little after midnight Friday. The police sought seven days custodial interrogation ...
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Cyber unit to be set up to deal with defence issues Antony
Kannur (Kerala) May 25 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony said that a separate cyber unit would be formed for the armed forces to counter the threat to the country from cyber space. "A formalised architecture for cyber defence in the armed forces is on its way," the defence minister said in an informal interaction with journalists at the Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala, in Kannur ...
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BCCI chief should resign Kamal Nath
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath Saturday said BCCI chief N. Srinivasan should quit following the arrest of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in the IPL spot fixing scandal. But Kamal Nath clarified that this was his personal view. "It is absolutely untenable for the BCCI chief to continue, he has no credibility left," Kamal Nath told TimesNow television. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...
Calcutta Spotlight
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Stephen Court disaster: any lessons learned?
Over 700 buildings in Calcutta are not compliant with safety regulations with regard to the risk of fire, and the Stephen Court disaster was a tangible example of what can happen when a fire breaks out in an unsafe building. Following that disaster, the local government seems to be taking a harder line on fire safety.
At 2.30pm on the 23 March, 2010, a devastating fire, allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit, ripped through the iconic Stephen Court building in Calcutta, destroying a large part of the 150-year-old office and residential block and killing over 30 people. Read more
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