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163 people rescued from flooded areas in Uttarakhand Himachal
A total of 163 people were rescued Tuesday from flood-affected areas caused by torrential rains in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, disaster management officials said. While 71 people were rescued in Uttarakhand, National Disaster Management Authority's (NDMA) teams rescued 86 people in Haryana and five in Uttar Pradesh, an NDMA official said. Twenty-six teams of the National Disaster ...
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Barasat gang-rape Protests rock Kolkata web after Mamatas village visit
People protested on the streets of Kolkata, women government staff took out a march at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's seat of power, while the web users poured scorn on her Tuesday, a day after she shouted back at demonstrators in a village while on a visit to the house of a gangrape-murder victim. Joining angry women, youths, rights organisations and college and school students, who held ...
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Modi discusses poll strategy with BJP leaders
After being made head of BJP's poll campaign panel, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi discussed with senior leaders the strategy for the five assembly elections scheduled this year-end as well as the 2014 Lok Sabha battle, party sources said Tuesday. In his first meeting with the party general secretaries after being named the head of Bharatiya Janata Party's election campaign committee, ...
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Bengal election panel working half-heartedly BJP
The BJP Tuesday accused the West Bengal State Election Commission of playing its role "half-heartedly" in the upcoming panchayat elections, and demanded that the commission call for an all-party meeting within two days to announce the roadmap for the polls. "We demand that the state election commission call for an all-party meeting to announce its plans of conducting the election," said West ...
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Namaste Jackie Chan gives back love to Indian fans
Indian movie buffs have loved his action avatar for years, but Hollywood actor Jackie Chan, here for the inauguration of the China Film Festival Tuesday, showed his jolly side much to the delight of the star-struck audience. He says he is growing old, but it's the audience's love that keeps him going. "Namaste! Please sit down, sit down," Chan told the over-enthusiastic audience, which stood up ...
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Congress high command to decide on Jharkhand alliances State chief
Jharkhand Congress president Sukhdeo Bhagat Tuesday said the central leaders of the party would decide on issues like formation of a government in the state and whether any alliance has to be forged for the upcoming polls. "The local leaders of the state are against any form of alliance with any party in the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly polls. Now it is up to the central leaders to decide ...
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Minor raped video uploaded on social media
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Rajasthan's Alwar town and the video of the crime then uploaded on a social networking website, police said Tuesday. According to police, the victim's father registered a first information report (FIR) Tuesday with a police station at Alwar, some 150 km from Jaipur. "The man says that a youth befriended his daughter on Facebook. He raped her a few ...
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Man kills wife suspecting extra-marital relations
A 37-year-old man was arrested for killing his wife for suspecting she was having an extra-marital relationship, said police Tuesday. Sanjay Kumar, a resident of Bihar, was arrested Sunday from east Delhi's Anand Vihar railway station for the murder of his wife Kanti Devi, 35. Kumar revealed during interrogation that he suspected that his wife was having an extra-marital relationship and told ...
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Mulayam calls on hospitalised Chautala
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Tuesday visited Medanta hospital here to meet INLD chief and former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, a party spokesperson said. During the meeting which lasted for 45 minutes, Mulayam Singh asked about Chautala's health and wished him a speedy recovery. They also discussed current issues. Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) secretary general Ajay ...
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Big Bs plea to help Bijlee evokes response
Big B's heart beats for a gentle, female elephant called Bijlee, who is ailing and needs urgent help to survive. After an appeal by mega-star Amitabh Bachchan on the plight of Bijlee, Mumbaikars, NGOs and even political parties have rushed to her aid. The 58-year-old Bijlee, owned by a family of priests, was found lying injured and seriously ill on the busy Mulund-Bhandup Link Road, northeast ...
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Add union home ministry as respondent in Bengal poll row Court
The Calcutta High Court Tuesday asked the West Bengal State Election Commission to include the union home ministry with regard to the panel's ongoing legal battle with the state government on the upcoming panchayat polls. Acting on a fresh application moved by the panel, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed it to include the union ministry ...
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PM assures all help to flood-hit Uttarakhand
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday directed all central government agencies to assist in rescue and relief operations in flood-affected Uttarakhand and assured Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna of all help, a statement said. "The prime minister has shared the anguish and distress of the flood-affected people of Uttarakhand who see their homes facing the ravages of floods. He has directed all ...
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Monsoon fury toll mounts in north India rescue efforts on
New Delhi/Haridwar, June 18 ((IANS) Swollen mountain rivers fed by heavy rains destroyed homes and property in many areas in north India even as the monsoon downpour continued, leading to flooding and many rivers rising dangerously. The death count in floods reached 60 while 60,000 tourists and pilgrims are stranded at various locations following floods and landslides. More than a dozen ...
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Daimler India starts truck exports to Sri Lanka
Daimler India Commerical Vehicles Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of German automobile major Daimler AG, Tuesday announced shipment of 64 FUSO trucks to Sri Lanka. In a statement issued here, the company said the FUSO trucks make at its plant near here are headed towards Sri Lanka as a part of its commitment to export to various Asian and African countries. Last month, Daimler India along with ...
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Entire SBI ATM stolen in Bangalore suburb with cash
In a daring heist, a gang of six unidentified men stole an entire ATM, containing Rs.10-15 lakh, from a branch of the state-owned State Bank of India (SBI) in the city's northeast suburbs early Tuesday, police said. "The incident came to light when our patrolling team detected the ATM missing from the bank outlet during its late night beat and no security guard around," Deputy Commissioner of ...
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Women secretariat employees protest Barasat rape incident
The protest against the Barasat gangrape incident reached West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's seat of power Tuesday, as women employees of the state secretariat marched down its corridors in silence Tuesday, demanding justice in the case. In a rare happening at the over two century old Writers' Buildings, the female workforce quietly made their way from the building's third floor to ...
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Sonam not doing any Hollywood project
Refuting rumours that she has signed a Hollywood project titled "Curry In Love" with Tamil filmmaker P. Vasu, Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor said Tuesday that she hasn't been approached for any English film as of now. "The news about me part of an English film is just a rumour. Nobody has approached me for a Hollywood project," Sonam told reporters. It was reported Sonam Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, ...
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Business school announces social service course
To engage students in social development and community service, a premium business school here announced a course for their new batch of 2013-14, officials said Tuesday. The social innovation programme by School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL) requires a student to dedicate one day of each week to social causes. With the help of 25 NGOs attached with SOIL, students can participate in different ...
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Mamata now scared of entering any village CPI-M
Ridiculing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to Kamduni village, the opposition Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday said she was now "scared" to enter a village in the state and was only doing it "secretly like thieves". "For the first time since her government came to power two years back, the chief minister is now scared to enter a village. She is now entering a ...
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Dhanush keen to go behind the camera soon
Tamil actor Dhanush, who is awaiting the release of his debut Hindi film "Raanjhanaa", said Tuesday that he is keen to direct soon. In all probability, he is likely to wield the megaphone by the end of 2014. "I have been thinking of directing for quite some time now. In fact, I would have started my directorial project had 'Raanjhanaa' not come my way. Currently, I have signed two more projects ...
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Rashtrapati Bhavan nurturing the sports stars of tomorrow
Vidya Sagar was a sports enthusiast and an avid tennis player in his youth. But financial crunch forced him to work as a gardener in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Years later, his daughter has got an opportunity to fulfill his dream courtesy President Pranab Mukherjee. Nisha Sagar, a squash player, is one of the 15 youngsters who were short-listed by the coaches at the president's house for their talent ...
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Nasha 2 shooting to start this year
A sequel to Poonam Pandey-starrer "Nasha" will go on floors this year, says its director Amit Saxena. "Yes, we are already in talks about the sequel. Most probably I will be directing the sequel and I would be more than happy if Poonam is there in 'Nasha 2' as well. The sequel will not be a continuation, but it will explore sensuality just like 'Nasha'," Saxena, known for directing "Jism", told ...
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Odisha gives free cellphones to 5000 farmers
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday distributed free mobile phones to thousands of farmers here as part of his government's efforts to empower the farming community with latest technology, an official said. The chief minister distributed the cellphones to 5,000 farmers at a special function organised by the government. The farmers would receive agriculture-related information from the ...
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Azam Khan assures action in Ghaziabad custodial death
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohammad Azam Khan Tuesday met the father of a suspected auto lifter who allegedly died in police custody here and assured him of action against the police personnel if they were found guilty. Khan met the victim Mohammad Shakeel's father Mohammad Khaleel a day after the family's counsel said residents of Dasna in Ghaziabad, where Shakeel lived, would go to Lucknow ...
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Wah Taj completes shooting schedule
The shooting of Shreyas Talpade and Manjari Phadnis-starrer "Wah Taj!" has been wrapped up and the makers are happy that the director canned the film within schedule. Directed by debutant Ajit Sinha, the movie is a co-production of Pawan Sharma and Abhinav Verma's Pun Films Pvt. Ltd. and Spider Wave Films, respectively. It was majorly shot in Agra, Uttar Pradesh and Bhopal, Madhya ...
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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