Wednesday, February 23, 2011

CWG scam: Kalmadi's aides to be produced in court today

CWG scam: Kalmadi's aides to be produced in court today

CWG scam: Kalmadi's aides to be produced in court today

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Suresh Kalmadi's close aides Lalit Bhanot and V K Verma, who were arrested yesterday by the CBI, will be produced in court today. Both men were charged with the intent to cheat and criminal conspiracy.


Orissa hostage crisis: Maoists set new demands for release of Malkangiri Collector

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Malkangiri Collector Vineel Krishna has been held hostage by the Maoists in Orissa for eight days now. After extensive negotiations between the government and the Maoists, Krishna was meant to be released on Tuesday night along with junior engineer, Pabitra Majhi, who had been kidnapped with him from Malkangiri on February 16. However, the Maoists now say they will hold onto him till they get custody of five of their leaders who are currently in jail.


Exam fear drives fifteen-year-old girl to suicide

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Examination stress allegedly drove a 15-year-old girl to jump to her death from the seventh floor of an apartment building in J P Nagar in the district on Wednesday, the police said.


Stranded in Libya, families wait in India

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Even as the government said it was putting in place plans for possible evacuation of 18,000 Indians in Libya - with communication lines cut off in most places - it has been difficult for even the Indian embassy to help the stranded. The Indians in Libya, through any means of communication they can, are trying to send a message for quick and more help.


Court allows petition seeking probe against Achuthanandan

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A court today admitted a petition seeking a probe into the charge that Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan had sought to influence a judicial inquiry into the 2000 hooch tragedy that left 31 persons dead.


2G spectrum scam: JPC to have 30 members

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2G scam: The government today conceded the Opposition's demand for having 30 members in the JPC to probe the 2G spectrum issue, giving up its earlier plan for a 21-member panel to accommodate smaller parties like AIADMK, sources said.


Libya: Pilots crash warplanes, refuse to bomb countrymen

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Militiamen loyal to Moammar Gaddafi clamped down in Tripoli, but cracks in his regime spread elsewhere across the nation, as the protest-fueled rebellion controlling much of eastern Libya claimed new gains closer to the capital. Two pilots let their warplane crash in the desert, parachuting to safety, rather than bomb an opposition-held city.


Raymond Davis threatens hunger strike: Report

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US official Raymond Davis, who shot dead two men here, has threatened that he would go on hunger strike if his demands, including an early decision on his diplomatic immunity, were not met, a media report said.


Naked sisters with guitars a big hit in Australia

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The Wau Wau Sisters are part of the Spiegeltent hit show - "Naked as the Day They Were Born Again!". The sisters had to get more security due to the attention they were getting, Adelaide Now reported Wednesday.


Fighting nears Tripoli, where Gaddafi keeps grip on power

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Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi of Libya kept his grip on the capital on Wednesday, but large areas of the east of the country remained out of his control amid indications that the fighting had reached the northwest of the country around Tripoli.


Orissa hostage crisis: Collector still not freed

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District Collector Vineel Krishna has been held hostage for a week by Naxals in Orissa. After extensive negotiations between the government and Naxals, Mr Krishna was meant to be released last night along with an engineer, Pabitra Majhi, who had been kidnapped with him from Malkangiri. However, the Naxals now say they will hold onto him till they get custody of five of their leaders who are currently in jail.


TV channel outs gay men, women in Hyderabad

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A TV channel in Hyderabad has offended and upset many viewers by outing members of a gay club on air.


Ex-minister says Gaddafi ordered Lockerbie: Report

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Swedish tabloid Expressen says Libya's recently resigned justice minister claims Moammar Gaddafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988.


Court seeks Centre’s response on action against Emotional Atyachar

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The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the Centre on an NGO's plea for appropriate action against a private TV channel for telecasting an allegedly obscene programme.


Ex-Brazilian Pres Lula to be probed for misuse of public funds

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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is likely to be investigated for alleged misuse of public funds, a media report said, quoting state prosecutors.


New Zealand quake: 75 dead, over 300 missing

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Rescuers used their bare hands, dogs, and heavy machines on Wednesday in an urgent search for survivors still trapped in crumbled buildings more than 24 hours after an earthquake devastated one of New Zealand's largest cities.


Beware. Internet group promotes eating disorders

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A secretive social support group emerging on the web is promoting negative behaviour associated with eating disorders.


A highway that spurned farmers now embraces them

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When the state of Uttar Pradesh announced plans to confiscate farmland for a toll road to the Taj Mahal, a grimly predictable plotline ensued. Protesting farmers, angry over low compensation, blocked road work. Frustration boiled into fatal clashes with the police. Then opposition politicians arrived to pillory the state government and pose for photos with farmers.


CWG scam: Kalmadi's right-hand man, Lalit Bhanot, arrested

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Lalit Bhanot arrested: The CBI has arrested two men who worked closely with Mr Kalmadi. Lalit Bhanot served as the Secretary General of the Organising Committee, and was seen as a trusted lieutenant of Mr Kalmadi, who was the Chairman of the Committee till he was sacked four weeks ago. VK Verma was the director General of the Games.


IAS officer slapped child for scratching her car

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Sujata Dass, a 1978-batch Punjab-cadre IAS officer who is posted as secretary, vigilance inquiries, Punjab, has been booked by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). She had slapped the child, Garima, who is a nursery student, in full public view. Garima was returning from school in an auto rickshaw when the incident took place. The auto rickshaw driver stopped the vehicle in the Sector 38 market to drop a child and stepped out with the ignition on.


In Pakistan, government jobs for eunuchs

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Pakistan's national database has appointed three eunuchs as data entry operators, the first time in the country's history that trans-gender people have been given jobs by the government.


Two reported dead in anti-president protests in Yemen

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Two protesters were reportedly killed and around 11 were wounded on Tuesday evening when supporters of Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire in front of the Saana University. Government supporters swinging clubs tried to drive anti-government protesters from a square in Yemen's capital late on Tuesday, as tens of thousands rallied across the country in a widening campaign to bring down the president.


CWG scam: CBI questions Kalmadi aide Lalit Bhanot

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CWG scam: CBI questions Kalmadi aide Lalit Bhanot - Former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot was today questioned by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in a Rs 107 crore contract that had been awarded to a Swiss time-keeping company.


Telangana uproar in Parliament; Lok Sabha adjourned thrice

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The demand for a separate Telangana state paralysed proceedings in the Lok Sabha with the TRS, TDP and Congress members from the region, vying with each other to raise


Team India has Muhammad Ali for inspiration

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Look who's helping Team India realise their biggest dream; Muhammad Ali, arguably the greatest living sportsman. The American boxer's quotes figure in a 125-page document handed out to India's World Cup team in their journey to regain world cricket's greatest prize. The manual, entitled 'Let's Make Our Dream Come True' is put together by chief coach Gary Kirsten, mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton and explorer/adventure traveller, Mike Horn.


Rahul Gandhi gets out of car, helps accident victim

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The Congress General Secretary lent a helping hand to a 43-year-old man who had fallen down from his motorcycle after being hit by a car on Krishna Menon Marg.


It is embarrassing to enter a brothel, say teachers on Census duty

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In the second phase of the Census, some of the city's teachers entrusted with collecting data for the exhaustive unique identification project had the task of enumerating the residents of the largest red-light area in the world.


Jagan's fast divides Congress again in public

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Congress MLAs and MLCs loyal to former party MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy today undertook a 'padayatra' from Indira Park in Hyderabad in support of the fast being held by him for the last six days on the tuition fees reimbursement issue.


In earthquake, mother dies with baby in arms

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A mother died with her baby in her arms as she reportedly tried to run out of a store in panic in a shopping district in Christchurch when the devastating 6.3 magnitude quake struck. Passers-by went to her aid, but the woman was already dead. It was not clear how badly the baby was injured when mother and child were hit by falling debris, the Age reported Wednesday.


Court frees rapists, agrees they can pay victim

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In an unusual order, the Supreme Court today let off three gang rapists after they claimed a "compromise formula" with the victim and agreed to pay her a fine of Rs 50,000 each for their offence.


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