Friday 28 March 2014

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Congress candidate who threatened to kill Narendra Modi arrested
Congress candidate from UP's Saharanpur, Imran Masood, has been arrested from his residence for his hate speech against BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

TOI manifesto for minority voices: Will this poll listen to the rainbow voice?
Although there are no exact estimates, the government last year told SC that India has about 25 lakh gays.

Modi apart, he's the only other CM in Lok Sabha race
Other than Narendra Modi, Neiphiu Rio, 63, is the only serving CM contesting these LS elections.

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Ponzi plans: Sebi gets more power
Sources familiar with the development said the ordinance is going to be formally notified later in the evening and will allow the market regulator to perform its duties till it is ratified by Parliament.

Over 75? SBI to deliver your pension at home
The country’s biggest bank will start this pilot project from April 1 in Kolkata.

Goldman thumbs up for Gujarat model
The report comes at a time when there is an intense debate over the Gujarat development model which is being showcased by BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi while his critics have slammed his claims.

More Business News»

'Pollution check can save 2 billion life years'
India can save up to 2 billion life years if the places that exceed the national air quality standards (very polluted) were brought within standards, US based economist, Michael Greenstone has estimated.

Teachers to help create wildlife awareness in Assam
A wildlife NGO in Assam has launched a training programme for teachers not only to spread the message of wildlife conservation but also to help them with environment education so that they can work as experts in the field.

New study exposes panda's sweet tooth
In a new study, scientists put the panda taste receptors to the test, wondering whether the cuddly critters would even notice the difference between plain water and the sweet stuff.

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Obama defends not using force in Syria
President Barack Obama on Friday defended his administration's decision not to use military force in Syria, saying that the United States has its limits.

Norway's former PM named Nato chief
Nato chose former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg as its next leader on Friday at a time when the Western military alliance must deal with a resurgent Russia following its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea.

UN human rights panel criticizes US on drone strikes
The United Nations Human Rights Committee, a panel of 18 independent experts from different countries, expressed concern that the United States government had not clarified the criteria or legal basis for drone strikes and called for independent oversight of the program.

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Salman Khan to play a baddie in 'Dhoom 4'?
After getting A-listers like Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan and John Abraham to play villains in Dhoom series, now gear up for Bollywood's Dabangg Salman Khan to don the hat of a baddie.

'People would make fun that my father had 2 wives'
Alia Bhatt, 21, considers herself a true Piscean, who is temperamental and moody. She is strong-headed, but emotionally weak when it comes to people close to her. She is impulsive and lives in the moment. While she has the stubbornness of her father, she has got the ability to empathise and adjust from her mother. Over an hour-long conversation ahead of her upcoming film 2 States,

LOL: Jokes on Rakhi Sawant VS KRK go viral

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Online gaming boosts players' social lives: Study
Online gaming is expanding players' social lives, a new research has claimed.

Rosetta gets first look at its destination comet: ESA
European Space Agency's (ESA's) Rosetta spacecraft has caught a first glimpse of its destination comet since waking up from deep-space hibernation on 20 January, according to an ESA announcement on Friday.

Discoveries challenge beliefs on humans' arrival in Americas
Niede Guidon still remembers her astonishment when she glimpsed the paintings.

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MS Dhoni offers to quit CSK captaincy
Under fire for holding positions in conflict with his roles, Dhoni has offered to step down as CSK captain and vice-president of India Cements, it is learnt.

ISL: Ganguly, Atletico come together!
Leading La Liga club Atletico Madrid have bid for the Kolkata franchise of upcoming Indian Super League along with former India captain Sourav Ganguly.

Sunil Gavaskar takes guard at BCCI
The SC appointed two interim presidents -- Gavaskar to ensure fair play in IPL 7, and Shivlal Yadav for the remaining affairs of the world's richest cricket board.

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Facebook to use drones to beam internet from the sky
"In our effort to connect the whole world with Internet.org, we've been working on ways to beam internet to people from the sky," Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook.

First impressions: Microsoft Office for iPad
What you see in each app is a clean and simple version of the Office ribbon with the Home, Insert and Review tabs plus extra tabs for each app.

iPhone 6 in two screen sizes coming in Sept: Report
Apple is likely to release its newest iPhone globally in September with a higher resolution and bigger screens.

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Karnataka HC prevents transfer of 172 KV students
The high court on Friday passed an interim order restraining the principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), Kudremukh , from issuing transfer certificates (TCs) to 172 students.

IIT no big deal for GATE topper
Bangalore has done it again. An engineer from the city is the all-India topper in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2014. The results were declared on Friday.

Tiny tots move high court over admission to LKG
They are three or four year olds aspiring to get into private schools. And they have knocked on the high court’s door to realize their dreams.

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Principals demand clarity on poll duty
In a Catch-22 situation, while the election commission has reiterated that schools can exempt certain staffers from election duty if they send in replacements, city principals are furious that the collector’s office has asked them to put their entire teaching as well as non-teaching staff on poll duty.

Poll impact: Delay in university exams could push back results
Mental trauma caused to Mumbai University students a day before their first paper is far from over this exam season, all due to the Lok Sabha elections. Around 750 papers have been rescheduled till now owing to the elections.

Students turn up at exam centres despite rescheduling
Hundreds of students from colleges affiliated to Mumbai University landed up at their exam centres on Friday even as all the exams on the day were postponed.

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Wife, sons go all out to aid Kabil Sibal in his 'toughest' battle
Promila Sibal, wife of incumbent Chandni Chowk MP Kapil Sibal, has been on a campaign spree for the past few days.

Kejriwal to kick off campaign in capital on Monday
Aam Aadmi Party's chief and start campaigner, Arvind Kejriwal, will launch his Delhi campaign on Monday with a jansabha in West Delhi constituency.His first road show will take place in Chandni Chowk .

Campaign trail: Tireless Harsh Vardhan draws warm vibes
He’s been out campaigning since 6am, and after moving through five assembly constituency areas BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Chandni Chowk, Harsh Vardhan, calls a halt for lunch at an ashram in Pitampura

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Hydrogen blast severs man's legs
A 45-year-old man lost his legs and his 7-year-old daughter was severely injured after a hydrogen cylinder used for inflating balloons , exploded in Jayanagar 8th Block on Friday afternoon.

Trains to get extra coaches
South Western Railway will add an extra first class AC chair car coach on Bangalore City-Chennai-Bangalore City Shatabdi Express for six months . The train will have 14 coaches from April.

Financier poisons wife and 2 kids, hangs himself
A 40-year-old financier from Mangalore allegedly poisoned his wife and two children to death before committing suicide at his house in Talagattapura, Ramanagaram Rural.

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Tough bargaining holds up BJP-TDP alliance talk
BJP-Telugu Desam Party alliance talks are stalemated over a disagreement on seat sharing with the saffron party protesting the offer of just a handful of Lok Sabha and assembly seats in Seemandhra.

Jittery Congress, TRS talk poll pact
Waking up to the reality that a lack of electoral alliance might sound the death knell for both the parties, the Congress and TRS are preparing to go back to the drawing board. 

Netas may be funnelling cash through pvt banks
Crores of unaccounted cash has been seized at various checkposts, but this has not stopped huge sums of money from being transported to various places across the state.

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'The booze comes from money swindled from us'
Elango , a 40-year-old labourer , ekes out a meagre living in a slum near the Besant Nagar beach.

On the canpaign trail, Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation shop sales soar
It was a day in 1965. Rajaji was addressing a public meeting in Triplicane . For this young man, who had just graduated and was awaiting his first job, attending the meeting was one of the things the average Triplicane resident did.

AAP names 9 new candidates
Aam Aadmi Party has announced its second list of nine candidates for Tamil Nadu. It has chosen political novices who are in their 30s and have professional backgrounds. 

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Young minds focus on healthcare tech
Their mission is to provide quality healthcare at affordable prices.These young Indians from IITs and other universities have come up with innovative ideas to address this challenge.

'India had arbitration laws even before Raj'
The two-day seminar on international arbitration law began at Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) on Friday.

Cyclothon for Earth Hour today
A city-based organization will mark the Earth Hour on Saturday with a cyclothon, 'Pedal4ThePlanet', in the city to create awareness about climate change.

More Ahmedabad News»

Scanner over SP's 'Holi milan'
A Holi milan organized by Samajwadi Party (SP) at Kariyakhurd village of Shankargarh block in Allahabad city Lok Sabha constituency came under the scanner of the district administration after election officers received reports of girls dancing to Bollywood songs at the event.

Arvind Kejriwal is an RSS agent: AAP volunteer
Chaos and confusion prevailed in the press meet of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national spokesman Sanjay Singh when two women volunteers - Shraddha and Naaz Fatima Khan — created a scene, alleging the party fielded unknown faces despite the fact that there has was a considerable strength of good workers and volunteers.

Panel to decide High Court Bar Association polls date
In an important development, the Elders' Committee of High Court Bar Association (HCBA), Allahabad on Thursday decided to hold its next meeting on April 4 to decide the date for the next general election of the HCBA office-bearers.

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Osakothi treat for city connoisseurs
Three artists from Ganjam district have brought traditional Osakothi paintings to the city.

Centre tells state to woo investors
The Centre has asked the state government to take necessary steps to attract more investors to Odisha in food processing sector.

Royals try luck in Ganjam
There is a royal touch to elections in Ganjam district.

More Bhubaneswar News»

CBI catches female I-T officer accepting bribe of Rs 10 lakh
The anti-corruption branch (ACB) of CBI’s Bhopal unit on Friday arrested deputy commissioner of Income Tax department and her husband in Bhopal for allegedly taking bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a builder in lieu of settling his tax penalty case.

CCTVs must at exam centres from next semester
Rajiv Gandhi Technical University (RGTU) on Thursday has decided to make installation of CCTV mandatory in all exam centres from next semester.

MP epicentre of pro-Advani activities: Aslam Sher Khan
Congress is gleefully watching the infighting in BJP, even in Madhya Pradesh where the ruling party was recently engaged in a controversial poster publicity campaign inviting LK Advani to the Bhopal constituency.

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Setback for SAD Faridkot candidate
Sheetal, son-in-law of veteran Akali leader Gurdev Singh Badal, declared his candidature against Gulshan and Joginder Singh Pangrain of the Congress.

Finally, PGI starts nomination process for new dean
After much hue and cry by senior faculty at PGI for granting extension to the dean, the institute has started the nomination process for the selection of a new dean.

Pawan Kumar Bansal woos lawyers
Sitting MP and former union minister of Railways Pawan Kumar Bansal on Friday visited Chandigarh District Court bar.

More Chandigarh News»

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