| 'BJP leaders want chair as early as possible' |
Chennai, Aug 25: Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office V Narayanasamy on Saturday criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for disrupting Parliamentary proceedings in the wake of CAG report on coal blocks allocation and not allowing a debate to take place on the issue, saying the opposition leaders want the chair as early as possible and are planning is to create a situation whe... |
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| Question mark over Mamata's democracy, investment promises |
Kolkata, Aug 25: The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government is facing flak for failing in its election promises of restoring democratic and promoting an investment-friendly climate in the State.
The government recently denied former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee permission to hold a party programme, drawing widespread criticism.
Now, an industry body says it is app... |
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| Kejriwal calls for protests against Congress, BJP |
New Delhi, Aug 25: Former Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal accused both Congress and BJP of looting Rs 1.85 lakh crore through the allocation of coal blocks to private players, and called for protest against them on Sunday.
Kejriwal on Saturday asked the people to protest outside the residences of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Bharatiya Janatya Party... |
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| Kanda's police custody extended by three days |
New Delhi, Aug 25: A Delhi court on Saturday extended three days police custody of Haryana’s former minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of his employee and former flight attendant Geetika Sharma.
Metropolitan Magistrate Devender Kumar Jangala sent Kanda to three days’ police custody for questioning.
Police sought an extension of Kanda’s... |
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| BJP rejects zero-loss theory on coal scam |
New Delhi, Aug 25: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday rejected the Congress-led UPA government’s no-loss theory on the allocation of coal blocks to private players, alleging it was trying to mislead the people. “When coal blocks are allocated, the right to mine rests with the private allottees, not government of India. Even without actual mining, the government has lost contr... |
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| Anxiety in BJP over move to make Virbhadra Himachal Congress chief |
Shimla, Aug 25: There is anxiety in the ruling BJP in Himachal Pradesh with the Congress likely to appoint former chief minister Virbhadra Singh as the party’s State chief ahead of the assembly polls due in December.
BJP leaders, hoping for the party to win the polls again, feel Virbhadra Singh’s appointment can make things difficult for them.
“Most of the BJP ... |
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| Send back Lankan defence personnel: Jayalalithaa |
Chennai, Aug 25: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday charged the Central Government with having a “reprehensible attitude” in training two Sri Lankan defence personnel in the State and asked the Prime Minister to send them back. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Jayalalithaa said: “Such a reprehensible attitude on the part of the Government of India i... |
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| Trinamool will be formidable force nationally, says Mamata |
Kolkata, Aug 25: Exuding confidence that her Trinamool Congress would emerge as a formidable force in national politics, party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said no other government has carried out so much development as her regime in its first 15 months in power. Banerjee, who was addressing the maiden convention of her party’s youth arm - Trinamool Yuva... |
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| Israeli embassy car attack: India to press Iran to help in probe |
New Delhi, Aug 25: Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Tehran, India on Saturday said it will press Iran to cooperate in the investigation into the February 13 attack on an Israeli embassy car here in which some Iranians are allegedly involved. “We have not received the report of the police team which went there. As soon as we receive it, we would be able to decide what n... |
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| Marriages can be ended before cooling period: Apex court |
New Delhi, Aug 25: By invoking provisions of Article 142, the dissolution of marriage through mutual consent can be permitted before the cooling period of six months under the Hindu Marriage Act, the Supreme Court has said. “We are of the opinion that in appropriate cases invocation of such power would not be unjustified and may even prove to be necessary,” said the apex court... |
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| China's foreign policy on top of weekend titles |
New Delhi, Aug 25: The bookshelf this week has an inclusive feel - from the continent’s geopolitics to the dark comedy. The books which are in book shelf these weeks are the following:
Book: Restless Empire; Written by Arne Westad; Published by Random House India; Price: Rs 599 A prize-winning historian and expert on Chinese foreign relations examines the country’s relations... |
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| 'Drink green tea, kick the butt' |
Thiruvananthapu-ram, Aug 25: Drink green tea to get over the nicotine urge, say Chinese researchers -- and this is a finding that medical professionals in Kerala have reacted positively to.
A recent study titled A Revolutionary Approach for the Cessation of Smoking, published in Science China Life Sciences, a peer-reviewed open-access journal, cites how researchers used custom-developed... |
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| India test-fires Prithvi-II missile |
Bhubaneswar, Aug 25: India on Saturday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile from a military base in Odisha, an official said. The surface-to-surface missile with a range of 350 km was fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore district, about 230 km from here. “The test was a 100 per cent success,” MVKV Prasad, director of the test ra... |
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| No improvement in AK Hangal's condition |
Mumbai, Aug 25: There is no improvement in the condition of veteran actor AK Hangal and he is “still serious”, his son said on Saturday. Hangal was recently admitted to hospital here following a hip fracture. Hangal, who has been part of the Hindi film industry since 1967, was admitted to the Asha Parekh Hospital here on August 16. He was admitted following a hip fracture, which he suf... |
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| KJo confirms India's Got Talent stint |
Mumbai, Aug 25: Filmmaker Karan Johar has finally confirmed that he is joining the judges’ panel of the fourth season of talent hunt show India’s Got Talent. “Shooting for India’s Got Talent 4!!! It’s back to back reality television,” tweeted Johar, who is currently judging dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5. The last season of India’s Got Talent saw ... |
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| I don't think I can get better than Raaz 3: Bipasha |
Mumbai, Aug 25: Bipasha Basu admits she has given her best shot for Vikram Bhatt’s Raaz 3 and says she doubts if she can deliver a better performance than this. “For me, in my filmography of work, this is the most challenging role I have done and I don’t think I can get better than this,” said Bipasha. “Everyday was a struggle, I was emotionally drained, exhausted. I ... |
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| I'm different, but being myself: Kalki |
NEW DELHI, Aug 25: Actress Kalki Koechlin, known for bringing freshness to her role with movies like Dev D, Shaitan and That Girl In Yellow Boots, says even though people perceive her as being different, she is always just herself. “I am myself. It’s not that I try to be different. I am myself. My upbringing and everything has made me different,” Kalki, whose style and choices ar... |
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| Alia Bhatt to be paired opposite Arjun Kapoor for 2 States |
MUMBAI, Aug 25: Alia Bhatt, the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt will be making her Bollywood debut with Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year and it seems that Alia has already found a mentor in KJo, as he is fondly called. Buzz it that Johar has been rooting for Alia and also asked her to audition for the role of the female lead in the film adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s best-seller 2 S... |
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