| Pranab Mukherjee: Government's No. 2 is Nation's No. 1 |
New Delhi, July 22: During his more than four decades of public service, Pranab Mukherjee (76) elected on Sunday as India’s 13th president, was the government’s principal trouble-shooter during its most tumultuous days as he commanded tremendous respect across the political spectrum.
That eventually tilted the balance in his being named the ruling UPA’s nominee for the... |
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| Pratibha Patil's new Pune retirement home not yet ready |
Pune, July 22: With her earlier choice of post-retirement home mired in controversy, President Pratibha Patil, whose term ends on July 24, will now settle down in a consideably smaller bungalow in this city, popularly known as Maharashtra’s pensioners’ paradise. The house is however not yet ready and she will temporarily move to a bungalow at 2 Tughlaq Lane in New Delhi before shifting... |
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| Kolkata celebrates Pranab's victory with tea party |
Kolkata, July 22: From a tea party at a posh five-star hotel to processions on the streets, Kolkata on Sunday erupted with joy as Pranab Mukherjee was elected the country’s President - becoming the first Bengali to hold the highest office in the land. Emotional scenes were witnessed on the roads as people smeared each other with gulal, danced and burst crackers to celebrate the momentous occ... |
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| Pranab celebrates with sandesh, laddoos |
New Delhi, July 22: Motichoor laddoos, malai kulhars and the evergreen sandesh....sweets were being distrubuted galore on Sunday after Pranab Mukherjee was elected President of India. The supporters had begun celebrating early in the day in anticipation of his expected victory. Besides the sweets, the supporters who had gathered at his house were treated to khasta kachoris, dahi bhallas and idli s... |
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| BJP loses faces in Karnataka as Pranab gets more votes |
New Delhi/Bangalore, July 22: The Bharatiya Janata Party was stunned on Sunday as around 16 of its legislators in the faction-ridden Karnataka unit seem to have voted for UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential poll. Mukherjee, the veteran Congressman, got 117 against 103 votes polled by PA Sangma, who was backed by the BJP and other opposition parties. Sangma’s vote count shows t... |
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| Presidential election: Break-up of votes polled |
New Delhi, July 22: The break-up of the votes cast in the July 19 presidential polls in which ruling UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee emerged the winner.
Among MPs’ votes, Mukherjee bagged 527 to opposition-backed PA Sangma’s 206, while 15 votes were declared invalid. The value of each MP’s vote is 708.
There were 4,120 assembly members eligible to vote. The value ... |
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| India has got a very able President: Somnath |
Kolkata, July 22: Terming President-elect Pranab Mukherjee as one of the best parliamentarians and statesmen of India, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Sunday said the country has got the most able man for the top job. “I am very happy for Pranab babu. He has been a great parliamentarian and statesman. I have known him for years as a fellow parliamentarian. India has got the mo... |
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| President Patil hosting At Home for ministers, judges |
New Delhi, July 22: Outgoing President Pratibha Patil is hosting an At Home at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening - among the last few events she will be hosting before she demits office on July 24, an official said on Sunday. The At Home is to be attended by the council of ministers, senior judges and senior officials, Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson Archana Datta said. It is among the farewell... |
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| Mamata telephones Pranab to congratulate him, to attend swearing-in |
Kolkata, July 22: Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday telephoned Pranab Mukherjee, who is slated to become India’s 13th President, to congratulate him and assured him she would attend his swearing-in July 25. “Yes, Mamatadi had called up Pranabbabu after it became clear that he had won the presidential election. Pranabbabu thanked her and... |
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| Achuthanandan escapes with public censure |
Thiruvananthapuram/Delhi, July 22: Contrary to speculation that discipilniray action would be taken against VS Achuthanandan, Kerala’s veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader on Sunday escaped with only a public censure. “Yes, some of the things that I raised have been addressed. The details of all this, you will know when general secretary Prakash Karat tells you about... |
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| Mining baron Reddy's kin arrested in cash-for-bail case |
Hyderabad, July 22: Andhra Pradesh’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested Dasaradharami Reddy, a relative of former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy in the cash-for-bail scam. The ACB announced Dasaradharami’s arrest on Sunday though there were reports that he was picked up in Tirupati on Friday night. The key accused in the case was produced before an ACB... |
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| 'Errant judges may not be able to abort impeachment' |
New Delhi, July 22: Judges of the higher judiciary under cloud for professional misconduct may not be able to frustrate impeachment proceedings against them simply by resigning, if a Rajya Sabha MP’s constitution amendment proposal goes through.
The option of quitting ahead of the impeachment, like former Sikkim High Court chief justice PD Dinakaran and former Calcutta High Court ... |
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| Of Indian women changing with globalization and time |
New Delhi, July 22: Sohana Badshah is a carefree rich “Bombay girl”, who moves to London to study interior designing. She falls in love with Jagdish Sachdev, a man of refined intellect. The dream match falls apart, with Jagdish blaming bad blood between the families.
Sohana returns home to discover Mumbai is full of her kind - girls with dyed brown tresses, plucked eyebrows,... |
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| Slums to royalty: Oprah showcases shades of India |
New Delhi, July 22: From heart wrenching poverty to majestic heritage as well as the glitz, glamour and royalty, international talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has offered viewers a glimpse of different layers of India, speaking highly of its culture and value system. But the paradox between the beauty of the country and the prevalent poverty also left her “confused”. Winfrey came d... |
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| Asin wants to move beyond comedy |
New Delhi, July 22: After featuring in back-to-back comedies - Ready, Housefull 2 and Bol Bachchan - Asin Thottumkal wants a change! She says she has no special corner for the genre and is definitely looking forward to performance-oriented roles.
Asked for the reason behind the string of comedy projects, Asin said: “I would like to change that. I have a soft spot for these univers... |
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| This 'iband' creates music on their palms |
Mumbai, July 22: Gone are the days when a music band had to hire a truck to move expensive equipment during a concert tour. Here is a unique music band that has done away with this bulky requirement and yet dishes out foot tapping numbers at its performances.
Meet Bangalore-based Rave iBand. All members of the band are armed with iPhones and iPads and use various applications to play mu... |
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| Break in at Bachchan home |
Mumbai, July 22: The Bachchan family had some anxious moments after a man broke into their house Jalsa. “Spent some anxious moments yesterday since we had a break in! The guy was caught and is with the police now under investigation. Seems like a professional, for he had entered the most sensitive area of the house, Jalsa,” Amitabh wrote on his blog , on Saturday. “Cops and secur... |
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| Jism 3 on cards, to be in 3D |
Mumbai, July 22: Pooja Bhatt’s Jism 2 is yet to hit the screens but the actress-turned-director has started working on the third film in Jism franchise, with plans to make it in 3D. “I had my script ready a long time back. I want to get it out of my system. I will make Jism 3 in 3D. It will be interesting to make an erotic film in 3D,” Pooja said. “In fact we had plans to m... |
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| I'm moving at my own pace, says actor Ali Fazal |
New Delhi, July 22: He was seen in a miniscule role in 3 Idiots and then featured in Always Kabhi Kabhi, which didn’t get the expected response at the box-office. But actor Ali Fazal is moving at his own pace and says he doesn’t want to burden himself with expectations. “I don’t want to build pressure on myself. At the end of the day it is that one camera or one set which e... |
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| Ekta Kapoor again unhappy with censors |
Mumbai, July 22: Ekta Kapoor is again at loggerheads with the censor board over her forthcoming film Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum for its adult content. The filmmaker feels “we are going backward”. Ekta has already sold the satellite rights of Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum. After The Dirty Picture was barred from TV due to its explicit scenes, she has tried to play it safe with the new film.&nb... |
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| Blessed to be singer Mukesh's grandson: Neil |
Mumbai, July 22: Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh remembered legendary singer and grandfather Mukesh on his birth anniversary on Sunday and says he feels blessed to be his grandson. “Today is my grandfather Mukeshji’s birth anniversary. Cannot tell you how blessed I am to be his grandson and my father’s son. I pray to almighty that he bless me this way all my life to be born as their crea... |
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