| India for probe into US deadly attack on fishermen |
New Delhi, July 17: India on Tuesday asked the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to thoroughly investigate the deadly US attack on a motorboat in the Persian Gulf that left an Indian fisherman dead and three more wounded.
As the US offered its condolences to the families of the victims saying it was probing the Monday incident, India said it was taking up the matter with the governments of UAE... |
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| Trinamool to vote for Pranab Mukherjee |
Kolkata, July 17: The Trinamool Congress will vote for UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee in Thursday’s presidential election, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Tuesday.
Terming the decision to support Mukherjee as a sad and tough one, Banerjee said her party tilted in his favour as Trinamool was not willing to waste its votes.
“We have decided to sup... |
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| Pranab will win, claims UPA |
New Delhi, July 17: Two days ahead of the presidential poll, the UPA on Tuesday claimed its nominee Pranab Mukherjee will win comfortably with Mamata Banerjee also extending her support even if grudgingly.
Both Mukherjee and his rival PA Sangma had been wooing the Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister.
According to government sources, Mukherjee has around 7 lak... |
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| Maoist strategist held in Bengal |
Kolkata, July 17: Bikram alias Arnab Dam, a State committee member of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), considered its top strategist after the late Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji, has been arrested in West Bengal, police said on Tuesday. The security forces have been looking for Bikram who headed a Maoist squad and is accused of being involved in several incidents of violence... |
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| Is Pakistan serious about Mumbai terror attack, asks BJP |
New Delhi, July 17: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday questioned if the Pakistan government was serious about giving justice to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack victims in the wake of a Pakistani court rejecting a report submitted by the country’s panel probing the incident. “We have come to know that a court in Pakistan has called the Pakistani judicial committee which came to invest... |
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| Don't raise retirement age: Achuthanandan |
Thiruvananthapuram, July 17: Leader of opposition in the Kerala Assembly VS Achuthanandan on Tuesday warned the government against raising the retirement age of its employees and starting a contributory pension scheme for them.
Before leading the entire opposition out of the house, he said the Oommen Chandy-led government was trying to play hide-and-seek on this issue by already giving ... |
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| Why back Pranab, BJP asks Trinamool |
New Delhi, July 17: Miffed over Trinamool Congress’s decision to support Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential polls, the BJP on Tuesday said it was unable to understand what “compulsion” could have made its leader Mamata Banerjee change her mind. “Whether it was NCTC or FDI in retail, she was the first to take a pro-people line on all issues,” BJP's Nirmala Sitharaman... |
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| Government committed to passing Lokpal bill soon: Narayanasamy |
New Delhi, July 17: Ahead of Team Anna’s indefinite fast from July 25 for a strong anti-corruption law, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on Tuesday said it is committed to passing the Lokpal bill provided it is according to the wishes of parliament. Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office V Narayanasamy in a letter to social activist Anna Hazare said the ... |
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| Decision on vice president later: Mamata |
Kolkata, July 17: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced her party would not contest the vice presidential poll and instead consider Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s plea to support Hamid Ansari for the post. “The issue of vice president will be decided later on, as there is still time. We are not contesting. Krishna Bose would hav... |
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| Sonia meets Congress MPs ahead of presidential poll |
New Delhi, July 17: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday met party MPs as part of efforts to ensure full participation and hassle-free voting by its representatives in the presidential election on July 19. Members of parliament from various states met Gandhi in batches along with party office-bearers. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Harish Rawat said later that it was... |
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| No ministry, so Karnataka BJP legislator quits |
Bangalore, July 17: Karnataka’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday suffered a jolt as legislator Halady Srinivas Shetty quit the assembly after he was not made a minister. Shetty’s resignation is embarrassing for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) also though it claims that it does not interfere in BJP politics. Shetty’s supporters are blaming a RSS leader from coa... |
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| Hazare to support Ramdev's on August 9 protest |
Pune, July 17: Criticizing the government for failing to tackle corruption and black money, yoga guru Baba Ramdev and social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday said that they would hold a protest in New Delhi from August 9 to press for strong action against corruption and black money stashed abroad. The protest comes close on the heels of an indefinite fast announced by Team Anna in the national capi... |
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| Kachroo ragging death: Justice in suspended animation |
SHIMLA, July 17: Justice seems to be in a State of suspended animation in the sensational case of of medical student Aman Kachroo who died after being ragged by four seniors in Himachal Pradesh.
Almost one-and-a-half years have passed since four students of the Rajendra Prasad Medical College and Hospital at Tanda town in Kangra district were convicted and sentenced to four years’... |
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| Popular self-help author Stephen Covey dies at 79 |
NEW DELHI, July 17: Popular American self-help author Stephen R Covey, whose 1989 book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People shot him to international fame, died on early Monday in Idado from complications arising from a bicycle accident in April. He was 79.
Described as “one of business world’s most creative thinkers” from the US media, Covey was recognised as one o... |
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| MSF battles kala azar in Bihar |
PATNA, July 17: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), which provides medical humanitarian aid worldwide, is waging a war against kala azar medically called visceral leishmaniasis, in Bihar.
Hundreds have benefited since MSF started its project in Vaishali in 2007. In March 2012, the Switzerland-headquartered body formally joined hands with the Bihar Government.
A disease transmitted b... |
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| Piyush Jha's novel to be turned into movie |
MUMBAI, July 17: Filmmaker Piyush Jha, whose last film Sikander failed to click at the box office, is gearing up to make a movie on his novel Mumbaistan, which is about serial killers. “I have been signed by Rupa Publication to write a series of crime-fiction novels based on the mean streets of Mumbai. My first novel is coming in the first week of August. It is titled Mumbaistan. The novel i... |
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| Neeta Lulla to present Radha at LFW |
MUMBAI, July 17: Neeta Lulla will present a collection named Radha at the Lakme Fashion Week winter-festive 2012 and clarifies that it is not traditional. “The name of my collection is Radha. It’s not very traditional. We can see the designs culminating from Rajasthan going up to even London, Paris, New York and everywhere,” said Lulla. The five-day fashion extravaganza starts he... |
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| Old is gold: Revival time for Bollywood's defunct banners |
NEW DELHI, July 17: Exorbitant budgets, corporatisation of the filmmaking process and the rise of new ‘costly’ stars pushed Bollywood’s old production houses into oblivion. But some dormant and some defunct production banners like Shakti Films and Pramod Films are coming back to life and they are banking on the evergreen genre of love to start afresh.
Director Prateek ... |
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| Akshay rides Rs 1 mn bike in Oh My God! |
MUMBAI, July 17: Bollywood’s action king Akshay Kumar will be seen riding a specially designed motorcycle worth about Rs 1 million in his upcoming movie Oh My God! The motorcycle, Vardenchi Chopper, has been especially conceptualised for the movie, keeping in mind its theme and concept. “It took Vardenchi 45 days to make the Chopper. It is designed keeping in mind the look of the film ... |
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| Chunky Pandey to turn producer |
MUMBAI, July 17: After two-and-a-half decades in filmdom, Chunky Pandey is keen to widen his horizon - from comedies he wants to shift to darker films like D and he is also contemplating movie production. “I don’t think I have had my fill of comedy, but it requires a lot of guts for someone to cast me in something else. I had done a film for Ram Gopal Verma called D with Randeep Hooda.... |
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| Shekhar Kapur not replacing Hrithik with Ranbir |
NEW DELHI, July 17: Shekhar Kapur is surprised that his casual meeting with Ranbir Kapoor has sparked speculation that the actor will replace Hrithik Roshan in the filmmaker’s ambitious Paani project. “Can’t I meet an actor I like without setting of rounds of speculation? And would anyone be silly enough to give up Hrithik for a film,” tweeted Kapur. According to reports, t... |
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| Shilpa Shetty's upcoming film is not based on Protima Bedi?s life |
MUMBAI, July 17: It was recently reported that Shilpa Shetty’s next film, The Desire - The Journey Of A Woman is inspired by the late dancer Protima Bedi’s life. However, the director, R Sarath, has clarified that it is not true. The director maintains that the film revolves around the life of an Odissi dancer, but it was only Protima Bedi’s dance that was an inspiration. He clar... |
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| Sonakshi starts shooting Dabangg 2 |
MUMBAI, July 17: Sonakshi Sinha is back to playing Rajjo. The actress has started shooting for the sequel to her blockbuster debut Dabangg. “Latest news. Rajjo has arrived on the sets of Dabangg 2! Shoot starts today,” tweeted the 25-year-old on Tuesday. Dabangg 2, directed by Arbaaz Khan, features Salman Khan in the lead role. (IANS)... |
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| Deepika roped in for Namak opposite Shahid |
MUMBAI, July 17: A few weeks back, we had reported that Prabhu Deva, who tasted immense success with Rowdy Rathore, is planning another massy flick named Namak, which will have Shahid Kapoor as the male lead. Sources now claim that the director has roped in Deepika Padukone as the female lead to star opposite Sasha, as he is known. It is being said that Prabhu was highly impressed with the dimpled... |
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| Farah, Boman's Kuch Kuch Hota Hai moment |
MUMBAI, July 17: First time director Bela Sehgal has managed to pull off a spoof on Karan Johar’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai by making actors Boman Irani and Farah Khan pose just the way Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol did for the 1998 blockbuster. The latest poster of Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi features Boman and Farah in Shah Rukh-Kajol’s cool and casual avatar and Karan is taking the spoof in... |
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