Friday, October 29, 2010

Ex-Gujarat minister Amit Shah gets bail

Ex-Gujarat minister Amit Shah gets bail

Ex-Gujarat minister Amit Shah gets bail

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The Gujarat high court has granted bail to former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah.


Full text: Australian envoy to India welcomes decision to expel officers involved in racist email

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Four police officers in Australia have been dismissed while seven officers have been fined for circulating racist emails, including one that contained footage of a man being electrocuted while travelling on a train in India. Australia's envoy to India has welcomed the action. The Australian High Commission released a press statement regarding the same.


How Mumbai's gearing up for Obama visit

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Usually at this time of the year the only thing Mumbai would be getting ready for would be Diwali.


RSS leaders meet to discuss charges on Indresh Kumar

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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is holding a three-day national executive committee meeting in Jalgaon. Indresh Kumar, the Sangh leader accused by the Rajasthan anti-terror squad of plotting the 2007 Ajmer blast is also attending the meeting.


CBI slammed by Supreme Court over alleged 2G scam

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The Supreme Court expressed its displeasure after the CBI said it needs another six months to investigate the alleged 2G scam. "You haven't done anything…it's a slipshod investigation…the same Minister is continuing. Do you follow the same standards for everyone?" asked the court.


How religion is helping save the dolphin in UP

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In Karnavas in UP, street plays make frequent and reverent references to the dolphins in the Ganga.


He gave up a fat salary to feed the hungry

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He was our Catch last week, an incredible story of a young chef who shunned the lure of a job abroad and a fat salary to feed the hungry and abandoned of Madurai. This is Naryanan Krishnan, in the race for CNN's hero of the year, telling his story to NDTV.


Mukesh Ambani’s housewarming in November

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The newest and most exclusive residential tower for this city's superrich is a cantilevered sheath of steel and glass soaring 27 floors into the sky. The parking garage fills six levels.


Army officer completes first-ever base jump in India

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This army officer intercepts and disrupts enemy communications for a living but also loves jumping off high rising buildings. Lt Colonel Satyendra Verma carried out India's first ever base jump from a 450-ft tall Pitampura TV tower building in the Capital early morning on Friday.


Maharashtra's bank of corruption?

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It's the largest cooperative bank in Asia, a bank controlled by the NCP with politicians from several parties on its board. Now an audit of the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank reveals shocking losses - how the bank's powerful management has run it to the ground.


Wasted foodgrain ends up as manure

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Even as millions die of hunger in the country, foodgrain damaged due to improper storage will now be auctioned off by the warehouse where the Food Corporation of India had kept it. Unfit to be eaten by humans, the foodgrain will be converted into manure.


Karnataka govt safe: Court upholds disqualification of rebel BJP MLAs

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A windfall for the BJP government in Karnataka - the High Court has said that 11 BJP rebel MLAs who had withdrawn support to the government were correctly disqualified by the Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly.


Sohrabuddin case: Will Amit Shah get bail today?

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The Gujarat high court is expected to deliver its verdict on the petition filed by former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah challenging the rejection of his bail plea by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court today.


PM asks China to be sensitive to India's 'core issues'

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In the backdrop of concerns over stapled visas being given by China to Kashmiris, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday asked it to be sensitive to India's "core issues" as he met Premier Wen Jiabao in Hanoi, even as the two sides agreed to work their way to solutions to the "difficult" problems.


Rahul Gandhi undertakes train journey from Gorakhpur to Mumbai

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Rahul Gandhi undertook an unpublicised train journey in the ordinary sleeper class from Gorakhpur to Mumbai ten days ago. His mission was to acclimatise himself with the problems of the people who migrate to the metropolis in search of livelihood.


Deadline expires, Lalit Modi buys more time

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The deadline for the suspended IPL chairman to respond to the Enforcement Directorate's blue corner notice expired on Thursday but there is still no sign of the man. A fugitive on the run he may not be but with Lalit Modi's stubborn refusal to return to India for questioning, the various agencies investigating his case are now getting impatient.


Battle for Bihar: Nitish targets PM, Sonia slams Nitish

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3 phases of polling over, 3 to go and clearly no one in Bihar is pulling the punches. While the Congress and the Lalu-led RJD-LJP are trying to bust Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's development plank, Nitish is busy lambasting the centre for 'ill-treating' Bihar.


India Matters: Homeless in Hyderabad

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Under the Supreme Court's orders, there has to be one shelter for 100 homeless people for every one lakh population. Hyderabad with its 56 lakh population should have 56 shelters. The city, famous across the world as an IT, pharmaceuticals and entertainment hub, does not have a single government night shelter.


Humayun tomb, private dinner with Singhs, first on Obamas plan

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The nearly 450-year-old Humayun's tomb will be the first stop for President Barack Obama when he arrives here with his wife Michelle on November 7, followed by a private dinner with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur.


2 cops suspended after MMS captures police brutality in Punjab

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The Punjab police is investigating an MMS which shows a man being beaten mercilessly by police officers. The MMS does not reveal the victim's face clearly. Police sources say that one of the constables seen in the MMS has been identified.


BJP battles: Gadkari meets Advani to discuss Sushma vs Modi

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Bharatiya Janata party president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday met LK Advani at the latter's residence in Delhi to discuss the embarrassing public battle between party leaders Sushma Swaraj and Narendra Modi.


Accused in hand-chopping case wins poll from jail

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Contesting from prison, Anas Vazhakulam, accused of chopping-off hand of Kerala lecturer TJ Joseph, has won a panchayat seat from Ernakulam, in the recently held civic polls, with a margin of over one thousand votes.


Indian origin professor wins Financial Times award for book on recession

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A book analysing the flaws in economy that led to the current financial crisis by an Indian-origin professor of finance at the University of Chicago has won the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award for 2010.


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