Provides the latest RSS feeds for India News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Calcutta News.net http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/cat/701ee96610c884a6/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:38:20 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:38:20 -0400 30 A man was arrested in Odisha for raping a woman passenger in a moving bus, police said Tuesday. Sushanta Hembram, 25, a helper in the bus, allegedly climbed on to the sleeper section of the bus where the woman was sleeping and raped her after gagging her, investigating officer Sujata Jena told IANS. The incident took place in the early hours of Monday. The bus was going from Mayurbhanj to ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215263199/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:00:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215263199/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Yamuna river is flowing over the danger mark in the national capital, an official said Tuesday. "By 9 a.m. today (Tuesday), the water level in Yamuna had reached 204.98 metres. The danger mark is 204.83 metres. We are keeping a close eye on the level of the river," an official from irrigation and flood department told IANS. The official said about 8.06 lakh cusecs of water from Haryana was ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215263200/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:00:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215263200/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Shiv Sena will celebrate its 47th foundation day at a major function here Wednesday. This is the first time when it will be held in the absence of party founder Bal Thackeray, who died last year. Party president Uddhav Thackeray will address a crucial meeting that will set the tone for next year's Lok Sabha elections, a party official said Tuesday. The party has invited all leaders from the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215263192/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215263192/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who was stuck in Kinnaur district for the past three days since the area was cut off due to landslides, was airlifted Tuesday. Over a dozen sick and old tourists were also evacuated, an official said. When the heavy rainfall stopped in the morning, the state deployed a government chopper to ferry the tourists stranded across Kinnaur. "The chief ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262666/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:40:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262666/scat/701ee96610c884a6 An apex body of realtors Tuesday reiterated its commitment to reforms in the realty sector and called upon the new Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister, Girija Vyas, to continue the unfinished task of her predecessor. The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) has "taken up the realty reforms as a mission. We want the government to accord 'Industry ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262298/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262298/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Dozens of people were injured in a communal clash that broke out here Monday following a cricket match. Peace was restored by Tuesday morning, said police. Police said two groups clashed at the city's Ram Lila ground Monday after one of the teams lost a cricket match, and soon shop owners in the Bijlighar, Chipi tola and Shivaji Market area downed shutters in haste. By late evening, tension ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262297/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:20:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262297/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Ending years of uncertainty, union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has cleared a civil aviation terminal at the Kheria Air Force Base in this Taj city, raising hopes of increased tourist traffic, a senior tourism industry official said. Once it is functional, passengers will not have to pass through the air base to board their aircraft. "This is a welcome development and work must begin ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262292/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:10:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262292/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Rains lashed Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh for the fourth consecutive day Tuesday, taking up the toll to 58 and leaving over 58,000 people wet and miserable after they got stranded. The met department predicted more rains over the next two days in northern India. Officials continued with the rescue operations in rain-hit areas as the toll in the two states climbed to 58. While 40 perished in ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262291/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262291/scat/701ee96610c884a6 ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262290/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:50:09 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262290/scat/701ee96610c884a6 ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262289/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:50:08 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262289/scat/701ee96610c884a6 ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262288/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:50:07 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262288/scat/701ee96610c884a6 ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262287/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:50:06 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262287/scat/701ee96610c884a6 NATURAL DURATION: 1.26 SOURCE: ANI (QUALITY AS INCOMING) TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS: NO ACCESS BBC Protesters resort to violence to vent their fury against gangrape in northern India Police in northern Indian state batoncharge activists of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) protesting against gangrape of a girl from Uttar Pradesh, to vent their anger locals set the stationed ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262285/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:50:04 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262285/scat/701ee96610c884a6 ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262284/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262284/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Delhiites woke up to a pleasant weather Tuesday morning with overcast skies and light drizzle. The weatherman has forecast rain in parts of the city. The minimum temperature settled at 23.5 degrees Celsius, five notches below the season's average. "The skies will remain cloudy with the possibility of rain and thundershowers," an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. The maximum ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262070/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:40:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262070/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Former Bihar police chief Aanand Shankar will replace Vijay Kumar as Jharkhand governor's advisor, said an official Tuesday. "The union home ministry Monday issued a notification regarding appointment of Shankar as advisor of the governor," said an official Tuesday. Vijay Kumar, a former director general of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), was appointed as advisor of Jharkhand Governor Syed ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215261556/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215261556/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Locked away with hardened criminals, Suraj Pancholi seems to be coping well with his condition, according to his sister who met him at the Arthur Road Jail here. Suraj's sister Sana visited Suraj in prison Saturday. To the family's relief the boy seemed to be in a good mental and physical health. "Sana went with a lot of dread and despair in her heart. She came away hopeful, and confident that ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215261369/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:40:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215261369/scat/701ee96610c884a6 With the introduction of sophisticated techniques in cancer detection and therapy like PET-CT scan, preventive oncology has become a critical part of modern healthcare, said West Bengal Governor M.K.Narayanan here Monday. "Preventive oncology has become important part. With passage of time, more sophisticated technologies have come forward. PET-CT scans are a quantum leap forward in tomography," ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215252452/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215252452/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The body of a young woman was found stuffed in an unattended box in a train compartment at a railway station in Rajasthan's Bikaner district Monday, police said. A police officer told IANS that the victim seems to be about 25 years old and had burn injuries on her face. The body was spotted at Lalgarh junction in the district, 500 km from Jaipur. "Some passengers in the Awadh-Assam Express ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251332/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251332/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The body of an unidentified man, appearing to be in his mid-30s and bearing multiple wounds, was found in a local train here, police said Monday. "Several injury marks from a sharp-edged weapon, were found on the body parts of the deceased. The body was spotted by a passenger in a train at Shakur Basti railway station in west Delhi Monday early morning," said a police officer. A murder case has ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251337/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251337/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Seven people were killed and five injured when a bus carrying pilgrims rammed into a stationary truck in Muzaffarnagar, police said Monday. A mini bus carrying pilgrims was headed to Haridwar from Hathras when the driver lost control at the Mansuri-Delhi-Haridwar highway and rammed into a truck parked by the roadside. Police rushed the injured to hospital where the condition of three is ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251330/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251330/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Watchmaker Timex Group India, which currently enjoys eight to nine percent market share in organised watch sector, Monday said it is aiming to grab one to two percent market share in every year from 2014. "Our company currently has 8-9 percent share in the Rs.5,000 crore organised watch market of the country. Due to the difficult economic conditions, the market share is likely to remain stagnant ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251335/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251335/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A gun battle ensued in Meghalaya's restive West Garo Hills district Monday after Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels tossed a faulty grenade at a police team. No casualty was reported, police said. The gun battle, which lasted for 10 to 15 minutes, began when GNLA rebels lobbed a grenade at towards a police team in Rangdapara area. The rebels were on the way to a market to collect ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251331/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251331/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Britain's deputy high commission in Chennai will issue visas on the day of application from Tuesday to Indians in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu,, an official said Monday. "The new visa service will facilitate urgent travel to Britain and compliments our fast track service with online payment options," UK Visas and Immigration regional director Thomas Greig said in a statement ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251329/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251329/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The state-run Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) have jointly set up a research facility here to test bird strikes on aircraft using air guns, the institute said Monday. "The integrated impact and crashworthiness research facility is equipped with capability for bird strike testing using one of the largest air guns in the world," ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251334/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251334/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A 19-year-old was stabbed to death by four of his neighbours here over an enmity, police said Monday. Shobin was attacked with sharp-edged weapons and sticks near his house in south Delhi's Ambedkar Nagar area Sunday late evening. "All the accused have been identified and will be arrested soon," said a police officer. He added that a few days ago, the victim and the accused had a heated ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251333/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251333/scat/701ee96610c884a6 In a bid to increase pressure on the West Bengal State Election Commission, hundreds of activists of the Trinamool Mahila Congress Monday took out a rally in the heart of the city demanding it carry out its duties for the coming panchayat polls "impartially". Carrying banners demanding "impartiality" on the part of the SEC, the activists marched from the Birla Planetarium till they were stopped ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251336/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251336/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The stately charm of Rashtrapati Bhavan's Durbar Hall was an appropriate setting for the cabinet expansion of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Monday as eight ministers took oath in its hallowed precincts that has seen history being made. Durbar Hall has great historical significance as the first government of free India was sworn in its precincts, Rashtrapati Bhavan officials ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251327/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251327/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A 30-year-old factory worker was killed by his colleague during a scuffle over allegation of theft, police said Monday. Mohammad Kalam's throat was slit by another factory worker, Qaiser Saturday evening in east Delhi's New Usmanpur area. Qaiser had blamed Kalam for stealing his money, which led a heated argument and the murder. Kalam, who denied the allegation, was rushed to hospital where he ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251326/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251326/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress of mobilising criminals to attack opposition party activists ahead of the panchayat polls, the Left Front Monday sought West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan's intervention for deployment of security forces. In a memorandum, the Left Front drew Narayanan's attention to the law and order situation and claimed that dacoity, theft, extortion, murder and other ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251328/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251328/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Heavy, continuous rains hit life in several north India states and wrought havoc in Uttarakhand where the death toll has reached 29 while thousands were stranded after landslides, officials said Monday. With more rains expected, the situation is likely to worsen in the hill state while flood warnings have been issued in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Ten deaths, including five members of a family, ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251325/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:30:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215251325/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The induction of two Congress leaders from Andhra Pradesh in the union ministry Monday has increased the southern state's representation to an all-time high. The inclusion of Kavuri Sambasiva Rao and J. D. Seelam has taken to 12 the number of ministers from the southern state, an electorally significant state for Congress. It is the highest representation for any state. Both Rao and Seelam come ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215250427/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:00:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215250427/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Global search engine Google is offering a new format in India to advertise products and brands for users, the company's Indian subsidiary said Monday. "The new format on Google.co.in under 'product listing ads' menu will help users to find and compare products and prices with their images and links," the company said in a statement here. The facility will appear on the right side of the search ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249928/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249928/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A veteran Congress loyalist, E.M.Sudarsana Natchiappan, the new union minister of state for commerce and industry, had once humbled present Finance Minister P. Chidambaram at the hustings. The 65-year-old, curly-haired Natchiappan had defeated Chidambaram at the Sivaganga constituency in 1999 Lok Sabha polls when the latter had floated his own party. He will be now the second person in the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249927/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249927/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) has decided to expel R. Kannan, a former member of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, for financial misconduct, said a member. "IAI's top governing council met Saturday in Mumbai and decided to expel Kannan from the institute's membership for life and also levy a fine of Rs.500,000," council members told IANS preferring anonymity. The ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249926/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249926/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A special court here ordered an accused in the July 2006 Mumbai serial train blasts case to deposit Rs.10,000 if he wanted to visit his ailing mother with an escort, his lawyer said Monday. The accused, Mohammed Sajid M. Ansari, who is booked under the dreaded Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), had filed a plea seeking four weeks' interim bail to visit and care for his dying ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249925/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249925/scat/701ee96610c884a6 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday questioned "yet another" cabinet reshuffle of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre. "I am surprised to know that UPA-II has made yet another cabinet reshuffle today. So how many times, in the last four years, UPA-II Government has reshuffled the cabinet," said Banerjee. "After Trinamool, how many times has the minister ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249924/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249924/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Delhi government Monday began evacuating people from low-lying areas along the banks of the Yamuna river after 8.06 lac cusecs of water was released from Hathnikund barrage in Haryana. At a meeting chaired by Delhi Chief Secretary D.M. Spolia to review the preparedness to tackle floods, the revenue department was asked to complete the evacuation of all families in low-lying areas by Tuesday ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249922/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249922/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Odisha created 537 posts of police sub-inspectors Monday to deal with crimes against women and children in the state, officials said. The police officers will be recruited by the state-run Odisha Staff Selection Commission and one each will be posted in the state's 537 police stations, an official of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's office told IANS. The state has already set up a women and ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249302/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:00:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249302/scat/701ee96610c884a6 J.D. Seelam, who was Monday inducted in the union council of ministers as minister of state, is a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Karnataka cadre. Seelam, a member of the Rajya Sabha, hails from Bapatla in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. The 60-year-old has been made minister of state for finance. Jesudasu Seelam did his post-graduation in chemistry and also served as ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249301/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:00:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249301/scat/701ee96610c884a6 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's belated bid to soothe the family of a murdered gang-rape victim in North 24 Parganas Monday turned sour when she lost her cool after facing noisy protests from villagers. Banerjee rebuked protestors as "CPI-M people" when some women shouted slogans about the lack of security while she was leaving after visiting the gang-rape victim's family at Kamduni ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249300/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:00:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249300/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A 14-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her home here, police said Monday. Kiran's body was recovered hanging at her residence in west Delhi's Aman Vihar area Sunday night. "We are yet to ascertain the reason behind the extreme step taken by the girl as no suicide note was recovered from the spot," said a police ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249299/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:00:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215249299/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Accusing the Trinamool Congress government of inaction in tackling the "deteriorating" law and order situation ahead of the panchayat polls in West Bengal, the Left Front Monday met Governor M.K. Narayanan seeking his intervention in the matter. "We wanted to draw the attention of the governor on the present law and order situation of the state. The state government is not acting against those ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248713/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248713/scat/701ee96610c884a6 After football, hockey could be another field for possible cooperation in training between Argentina and India, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Monday after talks with visiting Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman here. Addressing a joint media conference after the talks, Khurshid said both countries have vast scope for cooperation in sport and youth affairs. "Argentine ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248712/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248712/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Fifteen people were killed in heavy rains and floods in Uttar Pradesh Monday and a flood alert was sounded in several districts of the state, officials said. All the casualties were reported from Saharanpur, where many pilgrims are trapped in the Shakumbhari Devi area following the rain and floods. The flood alert was sounded in many districts as rivers like the Ganga, Ghaghra and Sharda are in ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248711/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248711/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Spelling cheer for the people, farmers and industry, Maharashtra has received an average of nearly one-fourth of its total annual rainfall in just the first fortnight of June, officials said here Monday. Of the state's total annual average of 115.99 centimetres (cm), the state has so far received an average of 25.52 cm so far, figures released by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's office said. ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248710/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248710/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A day after the Congress touted its most youthful team of office bearers with an average age of 52 years, the UPA-II Monday inducted eight new ministers, most of them in the 65-plus age group. Of the new cabinet ministers, Sis Ram Ola is 86, Oscar Fernandes 72, Girija Vyas 66, and K.S. Rao 63, while of the ministers of state, Santosh Chowdhury is 69, Manik Rao Gavit 77, E.M.S. Natchiappan 65, ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248709/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248709/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday charged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of maintaining an "apathetic silence" on the issue of Indian fishermen being attacked by the Sri Lankan navy. She also urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the matter with the Sri Lankan government to release all the 57 Indian fishermen in the island nation's custody and five fishermen ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248708/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:30:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248708/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The opposition BJP Monday called the Congress' cabinet reshuffle a "lame exercise" and said that it would fail to make any impact on the 2014 general elections. "It is a lame exercise which may not have any impact on the country," BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman told IANS. "If their objective was to send the message that economic and policy paralysis will be gotten over, the message will ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248707/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:30:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248707/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Eight new ministers were inducted into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's team Monday in the fourth major reshuffle of the cabinet and the council of ministers. The first cabinet appointments of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), led by the Congress, were made May 23, 2009, when seven cabinet ministers were appointed. Another 30 ministers were inducted May 28, 2009. Since then, there have been ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248319/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248319/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that India was working towards finding the rightful place for all communities in Sri Lanka. In a letter to DMK president M. Karunanidhi dated June 11 - a copy of which was released to the media Monday - Singh said: "The government of India has consistently worked for all communities in Sri Lanka, including Sri Lankan Tamils to find their rightful place and ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248317/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248317/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the central government and the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on a plea of a candidate seeking cancellation of the CGL examination in April on grounds the paper was leaked a day before the test. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, issuing show cause notice to department of personnel and training and the SSC, asked them to file their responses by July 17. ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248315/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248315/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday inducted eight veterans into the union council of ministers, evidently with an eye to state assembly elections this year-end, but the exercise was seen as lacklustre with no new or young faces and a preponderance of senior citizens. With general elections less than a year away, the prime minister evidently played safe and brought in only people with a proven ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248314/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215248314/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Kavuri Sambasiva Rao, who took oath as a cabinet minister Monday, is an engineer and industrialist who is serving his fifth term in parliament. Rao, 63, represents Eluru constituency in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in the Lok Sabha. Elected to the lower house for the first time in 1984, he is serving his fifth term. He has served as Congress secretary and has been on several ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247574/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247574/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The 10th edition of "Star Parivaar Awards" was not just about the grand sets and trophies, it was also about entertaining and scintillating dance sequences choreographed by Shiamak Davar. This was the first time Shiamak choreographed something for the small screen and the performances by the celebrities turned out to be a visual delight for the audience. Sooraj-Sandhya from "Diya aur Baati ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247573/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247573/scat/701ee96610c884a6 In a dramatic turn on the last day of filing of nominations for the June 27 Rajya Sabha polls, AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Monday announced her party's support to CPI's candidate and withdrawal of one party candidate. After much dilly-dallying, the principal opposition party DMDK also entered the poll fray with its candidate A.R. Elangovan filing his nomination. In a statement ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247572/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247572/scat/701ee96610c884a6 State-owned Dena Bank would focus on West Bengal, Haryana and Punjab by opening more branches in the three states to grow its business, a top bank official said Monday. "Our strategy would be to focus on particularly two to three states and grow business there. West Bengal is one of the focus areas. Then we are opening branches in Haryana and Punjab," Dena Bank chairman and managing director ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247571/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247571/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The water level of the Yamuna in Delhi would start rising Tuesday evening as an unprecedented over eight lakh cusecs of flood water released from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana's Yamunanagar district reaches the capital, officials said. All downstream districts in Haryana along the Yamuna river have been put on high alert for flooding as nearly 13 lakh cusecs of water has been released from ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247570/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:40:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247570/scat/701ee96610c884a6 England's past would enchant you with paintings of its historic monuments, courtesy a month-long exhibition by an Indian artist that began at the iconic British-era Victoria Memorial here Monday. City-based artist Swaroop Mukerji takes viewers on a picturesque journey of Britain in the exhibition titled "English Heritage Monuments". Displaying 10 paintings of landmark edifices like Marble Hill ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247569/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:40:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247569/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tamil filmmaker K. Balachander has lauded the efforts of the makers of "Thillu Mullu", a remake of his own film of the same name starring superstar Rajinikanth, saying the new version is apt for the audiences of this generation. The 1981 "Thillu Mullu" was an official remake of Hindi classic "Golmaal" featuring Amol Palekar. "I'm happy the makers have taken efforts and made my film into a ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247568/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:40:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247568/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday announced compensation of Rs.5 lakh each to the three people who tested HIV-positive after receiving blood from a state-run hospital, and said the government would bear the expenses for their treatment. The Assam government had already instituted a one-man inquiry commission by the state's Additional Chief Secretary P.P. Varma into the incident. The probe ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247567/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:40:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247567/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The BJP Monday staged a rally in Bangalore and a few other places in Karnataka demanding withdrawal of recent hike in bus fares in the state. However, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy ruled out reversing the hike. This is the first public protest by the Bharatiya Janata Party which lost power to the Congress in the May 5 assembly elections. The fares went up by 16 percent in Bangalore and ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247566/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:40:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247566/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Indian army on Monday said militants might attack Hindu pilgrims going to revered Lord Shiva shrine in Jammu and Kashmir. Lieutenant General, Kaiwalya Trivikran Parnaik, intelligence reports pointed that rebels could disrupt Hindu pilgrimage as well as tourism in the state. "As far Amarnath pilgrimage and tourism are concerned, I would say in the last two years, we witnessed very fruitful ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247564/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247564/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Prime Minister Singh Monday said BJP leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is not a "threat" to the Congress as people know what he "stands for". "(He is) No threat to us. People of India know what Modi stands for," he said to queries about the Gujarat chief minister, who was appointed the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) election campaign committee at the party's national ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247563/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247563/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The autopsy conducted on a suspected auto lifter who allegedly died in police custody revealed 12 ante-mortem injuries even as his kin accused police of offering them Rs.15 lakh as bribe to withdraw their complaint. Mohammad Shakeel's body bore abrasions on the back, legs and arms, the report stated. The family's counsel said residents of Dasna in Ghaziabad, where Shakeel lived, would go to ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247562/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247562/scat/701ee96610c884a6 After a cloudy morning that saw intermittent rain, Delhi had a sunny and pleasant Monday afternoon as the maximum temperature settled nine notches below average at 30.3 degrees Celsius. The Met office has forecast more rains Tuesday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the city received 58.5 mm of rain from 8.30 p.m. Sunday to 8.30 a.m. Monday and the minimum temperature ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247559/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:10:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247559/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The government is likely to remove foreign direct investment (FDI) ceilings from sectors where these are not serving any purpose, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said Monday. Addressing a meeting of the parliamentary consultative committee here, Chidambaram said: "The government is looking at FDI caps to see if they are indeed serving the purpose." "Otherwise the caps could be revisited," the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247557/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:10:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247557/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Following is the list of the council of ministers after Monday's cabinet reshuffle: - Manmohan Singh: Prime minister, Minster of Personnel and Public Grievances and Pension, Minister of Planning, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space. - A.K. Antony: Defence minister - Sharad Pawar: Minister of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries - P. Chidambaram: Finance minister - Ghulam ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247227/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:00:04 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247227/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Zack Snyder-directed gripping story "Man of Steel" seems to have connected with its Indian audience and garnered Rs.21 crore in the opening weekend. The Warner Bros' movie that features Henry Cavill and Amy Adams in the lead roles, was given a wide release in the country. It hit 800 screens nationwide and was dubbed in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu as well. "We're thrilled at the tremendous response ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247225/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247225/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said he would be happy to see Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi become the prime minister. "I will very happy to see Rahul Gandhi step into my shoes," Singh said when asked about Rahul Gandhi's candidature for prime ministership. Talking to reporters after the oath-taking ceremony of eight new ministers in his ministerial council at Rashtrapati Bhavan ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247224/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247224/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Himachal Pradesh's two major hydropower projects remained shut Monday due to high silt level in the Sutlej river, sparking a power crisis in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. The country's biggest hydropower plant, the Nathpa Jhakri power project and Jaypee Karcham Hydro Corp Ltd's 1,000 MW Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Project, both in Kinnaur district, have been closed since Sunday due to sudden rise ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247223/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215247223/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Formula 1 team Marussia has handed Tio Ellinas of Cyprus his first Formula 1 test. The Marussia young driver programme member Ellinas will conduct a scheduled straight-line aerodynamic evaluation with the team at United Kingdom's Kemble Airfield Tuesday. The 21-year-old Cypriot is now in his second season competing with Marussia Manor Racing in GP3 and currently leads the championship. Last ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246499/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246499/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Karun Chandhok is banking on past experience for a top five finish in his class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, zooming off this weekend at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Chandhok will be competing in the LMP2 category for Murphy Prototypes, an emerging outfit which led its class for five hours before retiring following a technical snag. "It is a new class and much bigger one than LMP1. It is going to ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246497/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246497/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Congressman Mallikarjun Kharge will be the new Railways minister while Rajasthan MP Girija Vyas will replace Ajay Maken as the housing and poverty alleviation minister. The labour ministry will go to Sisram Ola. Oscar Fernandes will be the minister for road transport and highways, official sources said. Manikrao Gavit will be the minister of state for social justice and empowerment, Santosh ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246496/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246496/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday went visiting a village in North 24 Parganas district rocked by the brutal gang-rape and murder of a teen, the victim's family and the villagers say they were unable to put forth their grievances. Banerjee, who visited the gang-rape victim's family at Kamduni village - 25 km from the metropolis - ten days after the incident, said the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246494/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:30:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246494/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Craftsvilla.com, an online luxury brand, has plans to open more then 50 franchise stores in the coming months. This move will help craftsvilla.com in connecting with all those customers who are yet not online but are looking for a variety of Indian products including jewellery, saris, salwar suits and handicrafts at one place. "We see this as a step towards quantum growth in our business by ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246493/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:30:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246493/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Actor Emraan Hashmi, who is gearing up for the release of "Ghanchakkar", his first comedy, says the film's director Raj Kumar Gupta is the biggest 'ghanchakkar'. Co-written by Gupta and Parvez Sheikh, "Ghanchakkar" features Emraan as a forgetful Maharashtrian guy Sanjay Athray and Vidya Balan as his loud Punjabi wife Neetu. "In this film, Raj Kumar Gupta has made us 'ghanchakkar'. Raj looks ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246492/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:30:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246492/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Actress Manisha Koirala, who has successfully battled ovarian cancer, maintained a vibrant and cheerful demeanour as she stepped out for a public function in New York recently. The 42-year-old was seen wearing trousers, a white shirt, a casual white coat and a red hat. Manisha covered her head with a tied-up stole, and then further concealed it with the bright red hat -- and she not only looked ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246489/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246489/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday reshuffled her cabinet, dropping two ministers and adding two, and also reallocating three portfolios. In a statement issued by the Raj Bhavan here, Governor K. Rosaiah on Jayalalithaa's recommendation dropped S.T. Chellapandan, minister for labour, and A. Mohammedian, minister for backward classes and minorities' welfare. According to the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246488/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:20:03 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246488/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Becoming a minister for the first time in the UPA-II government Monday, Oscar Fernandes, a senior Congress leader from Karnataka, has held key posts in the party and the previous Manmohan Singh government. Fernandes, 72, was junior minister for labour and employment 2006-08 in the first United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. Before that, he held portfolios such as statistics and programme ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246487/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:20:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246487/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Goa government has to act against those responsible for illegal mining, and it does not, at present, appear to be taking any action, a top industry official said Monday. Speaking to reporters in Panaji, outgoing president of the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Manguirish Pai Raikar said the trade body would sack any of its members if they were hauled up for illegal mining. "The ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246486/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:20:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246486/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Girija Vyas, who was sworn-in as cabinet minister in the Manmohan Singh government Monday, has a long eventful political career, serving as union minister, Congress's women's wing chief and chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW). She is also a prolific poet, having published three volumes of poetry in Hindi, Urdu and English. Currently the Chittorgarh MP, Vyas, 66 started her ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246485/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:20:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246485/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monday kept key policy rates unchanged, after lowering them in each of its three previous monetary policy reviews, and warned that the rupee's weakness and rise in administered prices, for instance of diesel, could fuel inflation. In its mid-quarter review of the monetary policy for 2013-14, the central bank kept the repo rate, the rate at which the RBI borrows ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246482/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:10:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246482/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Monsoon weather can wreak havoc on your hair, but worry not. Homemade remedies can keep your tresses healthy and shinning, say experts. According to Aparna Santhanam, dermatologist and cosmetologist, it is important to avoid dryness. She has some tips for monsoon hair care: Eggs-honey-curd pack: Mix two eggs, two tablespoon of curd, juice of half lemon and few drops of honey and spread it ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246091/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246091/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The prime accused in a cheating case that saw two members of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's office lose their jobs last week, was arrested from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu Monday, according to the man's counsel. The other accused in the case, Saritha S. Nair, was arrested on June 3. Her telephone call details showed that she had been in close contact with Chandy's personal assistant, Teny Jopan, ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246090/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246090/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Eight minister, mostly Congress party veterans, were inducted into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ministerial council Monday in possibly the last rejig before the 2014 general elections. Four cabinet ministers and four ministers of state were administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Pranab Mukherjee in the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Those inducted as cabinet ministers ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246088/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246088/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said he is confident that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will get a third term. "I have always believed that we will have a third go as UPA and the people will again repose their faith in us," the prime minister said in a tweet Monday shortly after eight new union ministers were sworn in at Rashtrapati Bhavan. This is the second term in government for ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246093/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246093/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Students belonging to the Democratic Youth Federation of india took out a demonstration here today, demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Oomen Chandy. They accused him of involvement in a financial scam. The protest turned violent and the police used tear gas shells and water cannons to disperse the protesters. The demonstrators were seen taking refuge behind police barricades to save ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246089/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246089/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Inducted into the Manmohan Singh government Monday, Sis Ram Ola, a veteran Congress leader from Rajasthan, had also served as cabinet minister in the first UPA government, holding charge of the labour and employment ministry and then mines. The 86-year-old leader started his political career as a legislator in 1957 and has served a record eight terms as MLA. He has also served as minister in the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246092/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246092/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party sparred in Bihar Monday, a day after their 17-year-old alliance ended in bitter acrimony. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said it is difficult to work with BJP's new era leaders while BJP decided to expose his "double-speak". Nitish Kumar Monday criticised the BJP's present leadership, saying it had forgotten its senior leaders like Atal Bihari ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245469/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245469/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Actor Ranbir Kapoor has been signed by Disney for "Jagga Jasoos" franchise and the film's shooting will commence in September next year. Franchise "Jagga Jasoos" will be co-produced by Picture Shuru -- Ranbir and Anurag Basu's new production company. As the shooting is scheduled for next year, till then Anurag, Ranbir and UTV will work together on developing the script for the first and the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245468/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245468/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Uttar Pradesh government Monday gave its nod to the construction of an international airport in Agra. The proposal already has the approval of the central government, and a site for the project will soon be earmarked. In another gift for Agra, the state cabinet, at its meeting Monday chaired by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, also approved a scheme to upgrade and broaden roads leading to the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245464/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:30:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245464/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Temperature takes a dip when the monsoon season arrives, but makes everything moist. The rise in moisture level not only affects our rooms and furniture, but also the kitchen. Anurag Saxena of German kitchen furnishing brand, Hacker Kitchens, explains how to take care of kitchen during monsoon season. - Wiring is one of the most important parts of the kitchen. Get good quality wire connections ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245466/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:30:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245466/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Congress is watching carefully the political situation in Bihar where the JD-U and BJP parted ways and is willing to align with "likeminded and secular" parties, newly-appointed party general secretary Ajay Maken said Monday. Maken, in his first press conference after taking over his powerful party post, also said the Congress party was set to play "a major role in Bihar". Terming the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245463/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:30:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245463/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A day after its 17-year-old alliance with the JD-U ended, an angry BJP Monday decided to expose the "doublespeak" of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over Narendra Modi by distributing CDs of an old video in which he praised the Gujarat Chief Minister. Nitish Kumar, however, made light of the the threat, contending these were comments at official events, where it is the protocol not to attack ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245462/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:30:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245462/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Eight new faces were inducted into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's council of ministers Monday -- possibly the last reshuffle before the 2014 general elections. The fresh-inductees included Oscar Fernandes, Sis Ram Ola, Girija Vyas and K.S. ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245460/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245460/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Faced with demonstrations from villagers over a gang-rape and murder in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday lost her cool and branded the perpetrators of the crime as well as the protestors as "CPI-M people". Banerjee, who visited the gang-rape victim's family at Kamduni village - 25 kms from the metropolis - 10 days after the incident, assured that the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245461/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245461/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Ten people were killed, including five members of a family, as 1,500 tourists, mainly from West Bengal, remained stranded in remote Kinnaur district after incessant rainfall triggered landslides in Himachal Pradesh, officials said Monday. Those stranded include Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who was electioneering for the Mandi parliamentary by-poll slated June 23. The chief minister and his ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245459/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:20:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245459/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Hundreds of pilgrims, cut off in Uttarakhand's Chamoli following incessant rains and landslides, were Monday evacuated to safer places by Indian Army troops, a defence spokesman said. Further evacuation was disrupted due to extensive landslides in the area. Food, medical aid and shelter has been provided to hundreds of stranded pilgrims in the area between Govindghat and Joshimath, the spokesman ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245457/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:20:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245457/scat/701ee96610c884a6 At least 11 people were killed and 50 others reported missing as thousands remained stranded by landslides set off by incessant rain in Uttarakhand, a disaster management official said here Monday. With more rains expected, officials warned that the situation in the hill state may worsen. As a result, the annual Kailash Mansarovar yatra has also been suspended owing to the incessant rains and ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245455/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:20:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215245455/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India's trade deficit widened to $20.14 billion in May on higher gold imports, putting further pressure on the country's current account balance, official data showed Monday. The country's exports declined by 1.11 percent to $24.50 billion in May, while imports jumped by 6.99 percent at $44.64 billion, Commerce Secretary S.R. Rao said at a media briefing here. The cumulative value of exports ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244978/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:00:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244978/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The monsoon is often linked to romance and this rainy season brighten up your wardrobe by adding outfits in hues of red, green, and bright purple. "Dark colours are popular as they don't make mud and water stains prominent. Red, green, bright purple and blue are good choice. However navy and black are good evening wear options," suggests designer Pam Mehta. In terms of fabrics, Mehta feels one ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244475/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:50:03 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244475/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The picturesque town Kalpa in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, where incessant heavy rain wreaked havoc, Monday recorded the highest precipitation on a single day in the past 15 years, an official said here. In the last 24 hours, Kalpa, some 275 km from state capital Shimla, recorded 202 mm of rain till 8.30 a.m. "This is the highest ever precipitation on a single day of this month. Last ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244476/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:50:03 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244476/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Newly-promoted I-League club Shillong Lajong FC have signed up Trinidad and Tobago World Cupper Cornell Glen for their forthcoming 2013-14 seasons. Glen is a regular for Trinidad and Tobago since 2002, with 66 international caps and 23 goals to his name. He was also in the squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he appeared in all three games. Glen's shot nearly upset Sweden in the Caribbean ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244470/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244470/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Veteran actress Deepti Naval, who has made a friendly appearance in forthcoming movie "BA Pass", was sceptical about doing the erotic human drama, but the film's lead actress Shilpa Shukla convinced her. The film is about a relationship based on lust, lies and deceit "There is a particular scene in the film and I needed Deepti Naval for that. When she heard the script, she was reluctant about ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244472/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244472/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Rescue teams evacuated 52 villagers, including 15 children, from a riverine island as the waters of the Yamuna river swelled Sunday in Yamunanagar district of Haryana, an official said here Monday. A team of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters rescued them. The rescued villagers are from Lapra village in Yamunanagar district, 120 km from ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244468/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244468/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Charlotte Claire, who won Gladrags Mega Model 2013, will display her acting skills in Tamil film "Jai Hind 2", but her wish is to work with Salman Khan some day. "I have a crush on the 'Dabangg' tiger Salman Khan. It would be a dream come true to work with him," Charlotte, who makes it a point to watch the first day first show of every movie of the Bollywood star, told IANS. The 23-year-old has ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244471/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244471/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will build state-of-the-art storage facilities at 42 places in 10 states to meet the emerging need for distribution of grains under the forthcoming food security law. The silos will come up in Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Gujarat. The facilities will have a storage capacity of 2 million ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244466/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244466/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The joke doing the rounds in Delhi Police circles is that they are investigating the betting and spot fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL) more to keep their chief in the news till his retirement early next month. Jokes apart, the police are aware that not only in Delhi but in most cities the investigations may not go beyond the sensational breaking-news stage for want of follow-up ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244464/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:40:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244464/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A Delhi court Monday sent suspended Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila, arrested in connection with the IPL spot fixing scam, to three days' police custody for interrogation. Sending Chandila to police custody, Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Kumar Jain posted for June 22 the bail pleas of the cricketer and five other five accused. Besides Chandila, the other accused who moved bail pleas are ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244463/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:40:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244463/scat/701ee96610c884a6 India's cricket selectors Monday have retained the 15-member Champions Trophy squad for the tri-series in the West Indies starting June 28. India are in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy after having won all their group matches against South Africa, the West Indies and Pakistan. Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be leading the side that will have five seam bowlers in Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244462/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:30:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215244462/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Veteran actors Zeenat Aman and Manoj Kumar's chemistry in the classic number "Hai hai yeh majboori" from the movie 1974 movie "Roti Kapda Aur Makaan" has been recreated for a monsoon special episode of TV show "Jeannie Aur Juju". Inspired by the classic monsoon romance, Jeannie, played by actress Giaa Manek, has adorned Zeenat's look, while Juju, essayed by actor Ali Asgar, will be seen ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243907/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243907/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Watching fun-filled youth-based film "Fukrey" took superstar Shah Rukh Khan down memory lane. He has heaped praises on the movie's cast and director Mrighdeep Singh Lamba. "Mrigh, way to go. Transported me back to Delhi days. Varun (Sharma), Pulkit (Samrat), Manjot (Singh), Ali (Fazal), Pankaj (Tripathi), Richa (Chadda) and all of 'Fukrey', thanks. Screen mein 'chhedh ho gaya'," tweeted Shah ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243905/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243905/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has reduced national roaming calls and SMS tariff ceilings from next month and said it would allow telecom service providers to offer national mobile roaming to subscribers for a fixed fee from the same date. The ceiling tariffs prescribed by TRAI in 2007 were Rs.1.40 per minute for outgoing calls and Rs.2.40 per minute for outgoing STD calls ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243593/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243593/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Asserting that those who gang-raped and murdered a 20-year-old college student in North 24 Parganas district will be punished within a month, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said the administration will push for death penalty for the culprits. "The charge sheet will be submitted before the court within 15 days and the trial will be fast-tracked to ensure the perpetrators are ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243595/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243595/scat/701ee96610c884a6 There was a time TV actors found it hard to establish a foothold among the stars of Bollywood, but the tide has turned and the likes of Prachi Desai and Sushant Singh Rajput have blazed a trail in filmdom. Here's looking at actors who have lately made the crossover without tripping over their ambitions. Sushant Singh Rajput: He was a household name on television with his lover boy's act in in ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243590/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243590/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Thousands of tourists, pilgrims and residents have been rescued by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), involved in the rescue operations in Uttarakhand, as heavy rains continued to wreak havoc in the hill state, an official said here Monday. At least 10 people are dead and another 50 were missing in the heavy downpour that began Saturday night and has continued for the past two days. The met ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243588/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243588/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to effect a cabinet reshuffle Monday evening with Mallikarjun Kharge, Oscar Fernandes and Sis Ram Ola likely to be included in the council of ministers, sources said. The swearing in of new ministers is scheduled for 5.30 p.m. at Rashtrapati Bhawan. "I have been given a very important responsibility," Sis Ram Ola told newspersons. The exit of the erstwhile ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243574/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:20:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243574/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Policemen in Uttar Pradesh are under attack. Literally! Amid spiralling crime, policemen now face threats of assault. More than a dozen policemen have been attacked in the last one year in the state while half a dozen have been shot dead by criminals. The dead include a deputy superintendent of police, an inspector and constables. The situation has seemingly spun out of control, with three ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243572/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:20:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243572/scat/701ee96610c884a6 West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Monday said he hoped the panchayat elections in the state would be held on time. "I will be meeting the panchayat minister (Subarata Mukherjee) today (Monday) and hopefully the panchayat elections will be held on time," Governor Narayanan said. Following a bitter legal battle, the election commission and the state government finally concurred on the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243488/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:10:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243488/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Reserve Bank of India Monday called for a conducive environment for private investment and faster clearance of projects to stimulate economic growth which slowed to a decade low of 5 percent in the last fiscal. "Key to reinvigorating growth is accelerating investment by creating a conducive environment for private investment, improving project clearance and implementation and leveraging on ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243489/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:10:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243489/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Vivke Oberoi feels women keen to empower themselves and be successful should take inspiration from actress Vidya Balan, who has set an example for others with her journey. Vidya's career graph has been interesting - after making an impressive Bollywood debut with period love story "Parineeta" in 2005, she made an unsuccessful transition to glamorous roles with "Heyy Babyy" and "Kismat ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243485/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:10:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243485/scat/701ee96610c884a6 TV actor Ashish Sharma, seen as Ranveer in "Rab Se Sona Ishq", says nervousness is the key to a good performance. "Whenever you give a shot, the nervous energy in your stomach is the key to that emotional breakdown, that kick that is needed to perform," said Ashish, an alumnus of actor Anupam Kher's Actor Prepares institute. "If you don't have that kick, that means you are not made for this ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243487/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:10:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215243487/scat/701ee96610c884a6 National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala will confer an honorary Doctor of Science degree on CERN Director General Rolf-Dieter Heuer and eminent scientist Bikash Sinha later this week, an official said Monday. President Pranab Mukherjee will be the chief guest at the fifth convocation ceremony at the institute, the official said. "The president would give the convocation speech at the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242921/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:00:04 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242921/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Pakistani actress Meera wants to sort out issues with "Bhadaas" producer-director Ajay Yadav who had reportedly filed a case of non-cooperation against her when she refused to dub for the psychological thriller. Keen to kiss and make up, she is here for the film's promotion. "There was some misunderstanding and I had informed the director earlier that I can't be here in May as I had other ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242894/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242894/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Higher prices of foodstuff such as cereals and vegetables continue to put pressure on India's overall inflation rate, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said Monday. Elevated food inflation, particularly in respect of cereals and vegetables, "sustained upside pressures on overall inflation," the RBI said in its mid-quarter review of the monetary policy. "Headline WPI (wholesale price index) ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242892/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:40:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242892/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tamil producer C.V. Kumar, known for films like "Attakathi", "Pizza" and "Soodhu Kavvum", credits word-of-mouth promotion as one of the reasons for his success, adding that it's vital for any low-budget movie. "If the budget of a film is less than Rs.5 crore, then it's unlikely that a producer can shell out more on promotions. In such cases, word-of-mouth is very important for low-budget films ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242891/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:40:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242891/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The appointment of the controversy-prone Congressman Digvijay Singh as general secretary of three states, including Goa, has already sparked off banter in the virtual and political circles here. In a reshuffle of party posts Sunday, Digvijaya Singh was appointed Congress in-charge of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Goa and the one quarter which appears most invigorated by his new brief is the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242888/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242888/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The state government of Jammu and Kashmir recently organized an Urdu counseling cum workshop for promotion of the language. Teachers and professors from different states attended the event to enhance their understanding of the language. "We teach the students in Urdu language and explain things to them. So, these people who are all in service teachers in different schools come here to learn in ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242883/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:20:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242883/scat/701ee96610c884a6 An excellent actor and a wonderful dancer, Mithun Chakraborty, recently turned 63, but he didn't allow anyone to celebrate the occasion, says his son Mahaakshay aka Mimoh. The three time National Award winning actor, known to have die-hard fans both outside and within the film industry, never celebrates his birthday. What's more he doesn't allow his family to celebrate either. Mimoh seems ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242219/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242219/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Telecom services provider Bharti Airtel Monday completed the allotment of 199.87 million new equity shares, representing 5 percent equity stake in the company, to Qatar Foundation Endowment, it said in a communication to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Bharti Airtel, which has operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has issued the equity shares, with a face value of Rs.5, at Rs.340 each on ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242217/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:50:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242217/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, rebutting allegations of the Left opposition over a cheating case involving a woman in frequent contact with members of his staff, Monday ruled out his resignation over the matter. He also said that a judicial probe, as demanded by members of the opposition, was out of the question. "You have been demanding my resignation for long on various issues, and I ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242215/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242215/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Southern star Dhanush makes his Bollywood debut with "Raanjhanaa" and says his family members, including his father-in-law Rajinikanth, are waiting to see him speak Hindi for the first time when the love saga hits the screen Friday. "We all are waiting for the release and till now he (Rajinikanth) hasn't made any comment. I am sure once the film is out, he will have his comments. (His wife) ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242216/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242216/scat/701ee96610c884a6 All legislators of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were Monday suspended for two days from Andhra Pradesh state legislative assembly for stalling the proceedings of the house. Speaker N. Manohar suspended 22 members of the two parties after Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy moved a resolution. All 17 members of TRS including party floor leader E. Rajender ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242214/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242214/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) has decided to expel R. Kannan, a former member of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, for financial misconduct, said a member. "The twelve member IAI's top governing council met Saturday in Mumbai and decided to expel Kannan from the institute's membership for life and also levy a fine of Rs.500,000," council members told IANS preferring ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242005/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:20:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242005/scat/701ee96610c884a6 After penning dialogues, writer duo Sajid-Farhad are ready to go behind the camera to direct their first film "It's Entertainment" and they give credit to Akshay Kumar for not only motivating them to go for direction, but also being part of their project. Sajid told IANS: "I would say Akshay Kumar is our godfather. He is the one who encouraged us to get into direction. We are happy that we are ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242009/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:20:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242009/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A minor fire broke out in the paediatric ward of the central government-run Safdarjung Hospital here Monday. No one was hurt, officials said. According to fire department officials, the fire broke out in a second-floor ward where nearly 16 children were admitted. Five fire tenders were rushed to the spot, and the fire was controlled in 15 to 20 minutes. No one was hurt. Officials added that ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242010/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:20:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215242010/scat/701ee96610c884a6 It is difficult to work with Bharatiya Janata Party's new era leaders, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Monday, a day after his Janata Dal-United (JD-U) ended a 17-year-old alliance with the saffron party. Nitish Kumar criticised the BJP's present leadership, saying it had forgotten its senior leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani and had forced the JD-U to end the alliance. ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215241535/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:10:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215241535/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Scores of Kashmiri Pandits Monday kept their tryst with the deity at the north Kashmir Khirbhawani Temple, arriving in large numbers from different parts of the country to pay obeisance. Using different modes of transport, Kashmiri Pandits started arriving at the Khirbhawani Temple in Ganderbal district since Sunday to attend the annual Mela at the seat of the Hindu deity, Mata Ragnya, believed ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215241534/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:10:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215241534/scat/701ee96610c884a6 She is young, vivacious and has played the love struck romantic in reel life, but Sonam Kapoor confesses that she has not been lucky when it came to love in real life. Born with a silver spoon, the daughter of actor Anil Kapoor and former model Sunita was said to be dating "I Hate Luv Storys" director Punit Malhotra and was also romantically linked to her "Mausam" co-star Shahid Kapoor. But in ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215241533/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:10:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215241533/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The national capital witnessed intermittent to heavy rain Monday morning, with the minimum temperature plunging five notches below average for this time of the year to 23.5 degrees Celsius. The Met department forecast rain for the next 24 hours to Tuesday morning. Commuters faced traffic snarls in parts of the city as major roads got waterlogged on account of poor drainage. With traffic ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215241435/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215241435/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Actress Sonam Kapoor says she loved delivering catchy dialogues in her forthcoming film "Raanjhanaa". "The writer, Himanshu Sharma writes very catchy dialogues. The trailer tells you all about it and dare I say, the dialogues are very local in taste. I loved speaking them. Like, 'Ek thappad marungi toh saari rangbaazi nikal jaegi ek minute mein (One slap will put you in your place)'," the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240850/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:10:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240850/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A reduction in syphilis, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) was seen after peer-based prevention programs provided condoms and treated STIs among sex workers and their clients in addition to other activities, a study has found. The study, led by Professor Prabhat Jha from U of T's Dalla Lana School of Public Health and St. Michael's Hospital's Centre for Global Health Research ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240844/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:04 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240844/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The concluding ceremony of war games named 'Azm-e-Nau 4' took place in Pakistan on Sunday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the war games were meant to operationalize new strategies against evolving threats in the country. According to the Express Tribune, security officials said at the conclusion of four years of war gaming and exercises that Pakistani military has now adopted a ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240842/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:03 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240842/scat/701ee96610c884a6 One of India's foremost security experts and one of the founders of India's external intelligence wing-the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Bahukutumbi Raman passed away in Chennai on Sunday evening after a prolonged fight with cancer. He was 77. Described as an asset by the Indian intelligence community, Raman was a former additional secretary with the Cabinet Secretariat. He was also the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240840/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:03 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240840/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is expected to visit national capital New Delhi on Tuesday to meet senior BJP leader L.K. Advani. Bhagwat, who had played a significant role in asking Advani to withdraw his resignation from key posts of the BJP last week, has decided to meet the latter despite him voicing grievance over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's elevation as ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240838/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:03 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240838/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading flat at 0.17 percent during the pre-noon session Monday. Selling pressure was seen in the banking index (bankex), metals, public sector units (PSUs) and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG); while healthcare and consumer durables stocks inched up by some points. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Samp;P Bombay Stock Exchange ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240835/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240835/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will effect a cabinet reshuffle Monday evening, official sources said. The swearing in of new ministers is scheduled for 5.30 p.m. at Rashtrapati Bhawan. The exit of the erstwhile allies DMK and the TMC, as well as the resignations of Pawan Kumar Bansal, Ashwani Kumar, C.P. Joshi and Ajay Maken, have created vacancies in the cabinet. Bansal resigned after his ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240827/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240827/scat/701ee96610c884a6 National award-winning actress Dolly Ahluwalia, who played the effervescent mother in "Vicky Donor", will be seen in a lead role in upcoming film "Bajatey Raho". The movie's script is said to have been "modified" for her. "I feel blessed. It was very heart-warming to know that the story was modified keeping me in mind," Dolly, who is in her mid-50s, said in a statement. The movie is directed ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240833/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240833/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A man has been arrested for raping a three-year-old girl in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar after luring her with snacks, police said. The incident took place in a slum in Mancheswar area of the city Saturday night. A day later, the local residents nabbed the offender and handed over him to police. Sukalal Soren, 22, who lives in the same slum lured the girl when she was playing with her friends. ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240832/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240832/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Over 10 people are feared dead and 50 were washed away as heavy rains continued to lash Uttarakhand Monday, officials said. The rains which began Saturday night have continued for the past two days and the met department has predicted more thunder showers. A cloud burst in Rambada has taken place in which 50 people have gone missing, officials said. The worst hit areas include Rudraprayag and ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240836/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240836/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A school dropout, Jenpu Rongmei, 29, was as disillusioned and angry as many youngsters in Dimapur, Nagaland, till one day he lost his younger brother to a drug overdose. It completely shattered him, but the simmering anger drove him to a mission to reform many disenchanted youth like his brother. "It is difficult to cope up with the loss of a dear one and it took me three years to overcome the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240336/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240336/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Yash Raj Films (YRF) has settled for a quirky title for its project starring actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra. The movie, directed by Maneesh Sharma, is titled "Shuddh Desi Romance". The movie will be a "fresh and very real love story about the hair-raising minefield between love, attraction and commitment", read a statement from YRF. "Finally, a romantic comedy that tells it ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240339/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240339/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Actress Vidya Balan was set to promote her forthcoming film "Ghanchakkar" in a mall here Sunday, but she had to cancel the plan thanks to the heavy rain in the city. "Vidya was ready to leave despite heavy downpour, but due to heavy rain, her staff, which was travelling from various corners (of the city) could not reach her house in time," said a source. "Even members of UTV were stuck due to ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240334/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:00:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240334/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Southern actress Tamannaah Bhatia, known for films such as "Tadakha" and "Rachcha", has landed a role opposite superstar Mahesh Babu. They will be seen together in Telugu action-thriller "Aagadu". "Tamannaah has been paired opposite Mahesh in 'Aagadu'. As soon Mahesh completes the film he is currently working on, 'Aagadu' is expected to go on floors," a source from the film's unit told IANS. ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240331/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:50:00 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240331/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Anju Singh, the daughter-in-law of a Congress corporator, was found hanging in the bathroom of her home here Sunday, police said Monday. Anju's parents have accused the corporator and his family of harassing her and making repeated dowry demands. Anju's husband Pradeep Singh, a dentist, denied all charges and called it baseless. A police official said that "the body was found hanging". "We ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240332/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:50:00 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215240332/scat/701ee96610c884a6 The much awaited Tamil remake of Telugu blockbuster "Maryada Ramanna", titled "Vallavanuku Pullum Aayudham", was supposed to go on floors a few months back. But the cameras will start rolling for it in July. "We were busy finalising few things all these days. The film is expected to go on floors from July, and we are planning to wrap it up in few schedules," the film's director Srinath, told ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215239732/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:30:01 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215239732/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Global automobile major Ford Motor Company considers India as a major market for it to grow as well as ship out more cars to other markets even as it is bringing down production in line with the demand in Europe, said a top company official. Betting big on the 'B' or compact car platform/chassis, the company also hopes to generate higher sales volume from the Asia Pacific region in few years ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246491/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:30:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215246491/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Water flows over a Hindu statue during heavy monsoon rains in Rishikesh town in the state of Uttrakhand on Monday, June 17. Heavy rains lashed parts of north India, as the annual monsoon covered the country nearly two weeks ahead of schedule, officials ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262642/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:10:45 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262642/scat/701ee96610c884a6 In the India Today-Nielsen Best Colleges survey, the number one ranked colleges in science, arts and commerce are from Delhi University. Significantly, five of the top 10 colleges nationwide in arts and science are from Delhi University, as are four of the top 10 colleges in ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262643/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:06:55 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262643/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Pakistani judicial commission is likely to visit India soon to cross-examine witnesses in the 2611 attack case.The Indian government has finally agreed to allow the Pakistani panel to cross examine four key witnesses hoping that the move will force Islamabad to go in for a reciprocal gesture and expedite the Mumbai attack trial across the border.The witnesses include the investigating officer of ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262644/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:06:54 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262644/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Ghaziabad : A Delhi Police head constable died in a car accident near Hafizpur area on Monday night, police said today.The victim, identified as Tujendra Sharma who lived in Gulawathi village in Bulandshahr district, was enroute Delhi from his home last night.The car he was traveling in was hit by a speeding bus and Mr Sharma died on the spot. Some other passengers in the bus were also injured, ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262646/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:06:10 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262646/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Patna : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a day-long bandh in Bihar today to protest against what it calls the "betrayal" of the Janata Dal United or JD(U).The party has planned a protest march in Patna this morning. BJP leaders like Shahnawaz Hussain and Ravishankar Prasad are likely to take part in it. Most commercial establishments in the state are expected to remain ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262645/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:06:10 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262645/scat/701ee96610c884a6 NEW DELHI, India - Foreign tourist arrivals to India grew by about 4.5% from 6.30 million in 2011 to 6.57 million in 2012. While this is a sharp drop from the about 9% growth that was seen in 2011 as compared to 2010, it is still twice the world average according to latest data from the Bureau of Immigration. Incidentally, the US continued as the top source country, reaching 1 million tourists ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262490/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:24 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262490/scat/701ee96610c884a6 ET presents five missives of India Inc's leading lights to their daughters...Be passionate about things other than your work. Learn and enjoy music, books, environmental protection and enjoying nature, writes Gopinath to his daughters Krithika & ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262399/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:58:21 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262399/scat/701ee96610c884a6 WAM NEW DELHI, June 17, 2013 (WAM) -- The 1st UAE-India Joint Consular Commission meeting in New Delhi has concluded. The two-day meeting was co-chaired by Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Ministry and Indian Under-Secretary for East Affairs, Ashok Kantha . Present in the meeting were Ambassador of the UAE to India, Mohamed Sultan Abdalla Al-Owais, ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262648/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:48:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215262648/scat/701ee96610c884a6 End ie2013-contentLeft--> Cloudbursts, floods and landslides brought on by incessant rain over the past 48 hours have left a trail of destruction across north India, killing at least 60 people, injuring scores and leaving thousands stranded. Uttarakhand has borne the brunt. At least 30 people have died and floods have washed away four hundred roads, scores of telephone towers, vehicles ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215261819/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:10:17 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215261819/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mumbai : A three-year-old girl died in Mumbai late on Monday night after being run over by a car. The accused driver, 19-year-old Raunak Desai, has been arrested. Raunak is the son of former Congress Corporator Sameer Desai who is senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat's nephew. The accident took place on Monday night. The victim's uncle told reporters "We were standing on the road. ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215261820/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02:35 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215261820/scat/701ee96610c884a6 New Delhi : India's underwater combat arm - the submarines fleet - is sinking. India has 14 conventional submarines, of which half are available for deployment. This is because ageing submarine fleets is being forced to spend more and more time at the docks for repairs and maintenance.The Navy says the shortage is a serious concern. "The possibility of submarines lurking underneath the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215261647/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02:34 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215261647/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:19pm EDT * India relies heavily on roads to move domestic freight * Govt to help fund road projects to attract developers - official * Govt also taking steps to reduce red tape By Matthias Williams and Swati Pandey NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, June 18 (Reuters) - K. Ramchand, managing director at one of India's biggest road builders, is doing something unusual to help dispel the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215261617/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:19:13 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215261617/scat/701ee96610c884a6 (MENAFN) Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), D Subbarao, announced that the country's interest rate will not be changed, reported Times of Oman.The governor sees that escalating prices of food, the declination of the rupee in addition to uncertainty over foreign fund inflows all led to that decision.It is worth noting that the Rupee decreased 5.8 percent since the beginning of the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260982/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:16:50 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260982/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Monsoon woes gripped several parts of north India yesterday as heavy rains wreaked havoc in the hill states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, leaving over 60 people dead and hundreds stranded, while several parts in Haryana were flooded after water level of the Yamuna rose alarmingly. Flashfloods in the Ganga and its tributaries triggered by incessant rains for over 48 hours left a trail of ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260983/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:09:29 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260983/scat/701ee96610c884a6 New Delhi : Monsoon has brought bumper showers this year, with the country receiving a remarkable 68 per cent surplus rainfall till June 17, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.Statistics released by the IMD yesterday say 29 out of the 36 subdivisions have received excess rainfall so ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260984/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:59:03 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260984/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Torrential rain and floods washed away buildings and roads, killing at least 23 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said Monday. More than a dozen people died in the ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260722/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:12:40 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260722/scat/701ee96610c884a6 were valued at $24.5 billion, falling 1.1 percent from $24.8 billion in the same month in the previous year, and imports were valued at $44.6 billion, rising 7.0 percent from May 2012's $41.7 billion, according to the country's Ministry of Commerce & Industry.India's trade deficit in the first two months of fiscal year 2013-14 was about $37.9 billion, widening 22.5 percent from ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260219/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:10:45 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260219/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Air France-KLM and Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, will offer their customers more destinations between Europe and India thanks to mutual code-share agreements. This arrangement will significantly improve the choice of beyond flights for Air France-KLM customers to Indian cities. The new codeshare arrangement is open for sales as of today and for travel on June 19, ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215259962/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:07:21 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215259962/scat/701ee96610c884a6 NEW DELHI: While the entire country is happily bathing in early monsoon showers, now at 40% in excess for the time of the year, torrential downpours have sent mounds of earth crashing into homes, toppled trees and buildings and overflowing rivers have swallowed vast swathes of north India, leaving at least 50 people dead and thousands homeless in the muddy aftermath. Nearly 20,000 people are ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260220/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:02:34 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260220/scat/701ee96610c884a6 A software engineer from Bangalore was arrested by Andhra Pradesh police on the charge of sending emails containing obscene photos of his wife who had sought divorce for allegedly hiding his first marriage."Nanda Kumar Jai was arrested from his residence in Bangalore on June 14 by the Cyber Crime police of Andhra Pradesh CID after his role was established for sending objectionable photos of ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260221/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:54:29 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215260221/scat/701ee96610c884a6 CII conclave at Hotel Taj Mahal and release a book at the Bombay Stock Exchange auditorium at Dal al Street. "Modiji has chosen Mumbai to unveil his agenda for good governance," RSS ideologue Vinay Sahsrabuddhe said. Ashish Shelar, newly-appointed chief of the city BJP, "As India's commercial capital, Mumbai is admired the world over for its grit and entrepreneurial skills. It ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215259262/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:59:03 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215259262/scat/701ee96610c884a6 monsoon and news reports about stranding of tourists following landslides in various parts of north India is likely to take its toll on tourism industry of ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215259263/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:59:02 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215259263/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Planning Commission to discuss the state's annual plan for 2013-14 on Tuesday. The UPA attack is expected to focus around claims that Modi's growth model is not inclusive as revealed by social indicators. This will be Modi's first official meeting at the Centre after his elevation as head of BJP's campaign committee for the 2014 general elections. During the meeting, Planning ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215258304/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:56:34 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215258304/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Manmohan Singh in May last year, had recommended a permanent CoSC chairman to exercise "administrative control" over the nuclear arsenal, head a separate joint special forces command, prioritize modernization of the armed forces and prepare annual defence operational status reports. The permanent CoSC chairman, a four-star general like the Army, Navy and IAF chiefs who currently ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215258303/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:56:33 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215258303/scat/701ee96610c884a6 CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday said the ministry of external affairs has continued to maintain a 'stoic and apathetic' silence on repeated attacks on Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy. She expressed regret that there was no strong reaction from the Centre on the issue. "There appears to be no effort to engage the Sri Lankan government in any ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215258306/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:56:32 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215258306/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Congress party could be way off the goal post but the in-house rivalry has reached a feverish pitch as the race for the crown heats up in Madhya Pradesh. While chief ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215258305/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:56:32 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215258305/scat/701ee96610c884a6 central monitoring system (CMS) that will involve limited access, authorization procedures and ensure an electronic trail for every phone put under surveillance. The CMS was conceived in the wake of 26/11 Mumbai attacks to allow security agencies access to telephone and internet communications without going through a service provider. This allows real-time interdiction but the access can raise ... http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215258307/scat/701ee96610c884a6 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:56:28 -0400 http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215258307/scat/701ee96610c884a6