(Saturday, 18 May 2013 18:00)
The last league tie of the Pepsi IPL-6 between hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Super Kings Chennai (CSK) was reduced to eight overs after heavy rains delayed its start by three hours at the Chinnaswamy stadium late Saturday. "Both teams will play eight overs each instead of the stipulated 20 overs as heavy and extended rains put off its start to 11pm instead of the scheduled 8 p.m.," ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 17:42)
- Aadil Khan and his two siblings had been playing as usual behind their house in the village of Diver, 110 kilometres north of Kashmir's capital, Srinagar, when they came across what they thought was a "plaything" laying on the ground. But no sooner had they picked the object up than it literally shattered their innocent lives into ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 17:28)
Darbhanga: The simmering tension between allies BJP and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) has increasingly spilled over into public spats recently. And in the latest installment of the war of words, former cricketer and BJP leader Kirti Azad decided to interrupt Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at a meeting today in Darbhanga in north Bihar. The incident occurred when Mr Kumar was reviewing various ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 17:10)
Holding the opposition's "disruptionary tactics" responsible for not allowing passage of the food security and land acquisition bills in parliament's budget session, the Congress Saturday expressed its willingness for a special session if the other parties were agreed. Congress spokesperson P.C. Chacko also said that the party will take "disruptionary tactics" of the opposition to the people, ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 17:00)
A Delhi-based couple were arrested from Kolkata for duping several banks by forging documents, police said Saturday. Kamal Kishore Shukla, 60, and his wife Shashi Shukla, 53 were arrested May 15 from Kolkata. The duo had obtained housing loans from different banks against a single property in Vaishali area of Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, adjoining Delhi, with the help of fake documents and had ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 17:00)
Taking cognisance on its own of the death of a class 3 student in West Bengal after being mercilessly beaten by his school teacher, India's apex child rights panel Saturday said it has sought a detailed report from the state's Mamata Banerjee government. "We have taken a suo motu cognisance of the case and directed the state government to send us a report on the incident within 10 days," ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 17:00)
Kerala and Himachal Pradesh Saturday announced they will strengthen implementation of their rural development projects by sharing information about feasible models and best practices. Ministers and senior government officials from the two Congress-ruled states met here to discuss ongoing projects and ways to enhance cooperation. Kerala's Panchayats and Social Welfare Minister M.K.Muneer gave ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:50)
Rejecting the bail plea of Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen and one of his close aides, a West Bengal court Saturday sent them to judicial custody till May 31. Before entering the court, Sen said he was happy over the government probe. "I am happy, happy, happy," said Sen, before entering the court, on a query related to the investigation being carried out by the Mamata Banerjee government ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:50)
Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the serial blasts at Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad in 2007, died of 'heat stroke' Saturday when he was being taken back to the Lucknow prison after a hearing at a Faizabad court, police said. A probe has been ordered. Confirming the death, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Faizabad, Dharmendra Singh Yadav told IANS that Mujahid apparently died of heat while in ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:47)
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India says all issues will be "on the table", including a recent border spat and a festering trade imbalance, during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the South Asian giant which starts on Sunday.At the same time New Delhi thinks "very highly" of Li's decision to make India his first overseas stop since taking charge as premier, Indian foreign ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:40)
Rain gods played spoilsport for thousands of fans late Saturday with a heavy shower delaying the Pepsi IPL-6 T20 tournament's last league tie between hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Chinnaswamy stadium here. What started as a drizzle after a hot and humid day, turned into a heavy rain 90 minutes before the game was to start at 8 p.m., forcing the ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:32)
Narendra Modi addressing a public meeting in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district during state CM Raman Singh's Vikas Yatra on May 18, 2013. (PTI ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:32)
Karnataka Legislature is likely to be convened for a few days from May 29. After expanding the ministry inducting 28 members, he chaired a Cabinet meeting and told reporters later: "Most likely the Legislature session will be convened from May 29." He said senior Congress leader and former minister Kagodu Thimmappa would be elected as the speaker of the Assembly. Thimmappa won from ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:32)
End ie2013-contentLeft--> A Delhi court today dismissed the bail plea of one of the accused in Rs 10-crore Railway bribery case in which former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew was also arrested, saying that granting his relief would have "demoralising" effect on those who work "honestly". Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected the bail plea ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:32)
End ie2013-contentLeft--> With Mamata Banerjee government completing two years in office in West Bengal, the Congress today claimed that its former ally's achievements were nil, and the state was hurtling towards devastation. "The achievements of Trinamool Congress regime in the last two years are zero. They are taking the state towards complete devastation," WBPCC ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:32)
End ie2013-contentLeft--> Bhuvanya Vijay, a girl from Dehradun, has done Uttarakhand proud by emerging the all India topper this year in ICSE class XII board examinations with 99 per cent marks. Ecstatic over her results declared yesterday Bhuvanya said she used to study for 12-14 hours every day while preparing for her exams. A student of one of Dehradun's leading schools St ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:32)
End ie2013-contentLeft--> Police today said the minor daughter of the couple , who was murdered last week, was sexually abused by one of the culprits.Police have slapped Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act against the culprit.The six-year-old girl and her four-year-old brother were strangled and dumped along a ghat section on Goa-Karnataka border, but both survived. Their ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:32)
End ie2013-contentLeft--> The BCCI and the Inidan Premier League (IPL) should be brought under the purview of RTI Act, Congress national secretary Pankaj Sharma demanded today.Sharma said that an inquiry should be held into the working of the IPL, which was giving India a bad name.The AICC secretary told reporters here that the Board of Control for Cricket in India, IPL and the companies ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:32)
End ie2013-contentLeft--> Army today foiled an infiltration bid in North Kashmir's Machil sector. Two army men including an officer were killed in the encounter that is still in going on.This is the first infiltration that has been foiled by the Army in Machil sector. So far there are no reports about the militant causalities.Sources said that Army's patrolling party spotted a ...
(Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:32)
End ie2013-contentLeft--> A 33-year old man was arrested today for alleged indecent acts and obscene dance near a government nursing college hostel.The accused had scaled the compound wall of the hostel and stripped himself before dancing, shocking the students, police said.He was arrested on a complaint by the Resident Doctor of the hostel, police said adding the accused along with two ...
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