Saturday, April 23, 2011

Man who gave us the compact disc dies

Man who gave us the compact disc dies

Man who gave us the compact disc dies

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Former Sony president and chairman Norio Ohga, credited with expanding the company from electronics hardware to software and entertainment and developing the compact disc, died on Saturday at age 81.


Beijing's Confucius statue mysteriously removed

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The mysterious removal of a statue of Confucius opposite Beijing's Tiananmen Square sparked an online flurry of speculation Saturday by Chinese looking for an explanation. One report says the monument was simply moved inside a nearby museum.


Bengal polls: PM takes on Left, calls for change

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Taking on the Left Front in its own backyard for its "overall failure", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern over the law and order situation in West Bengal and called for a political change by ousting the Front and electing the Congress-Trinamool Congress alliance.


Hazare's nephew joins Congress

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A nephew of noted social activist Anna Hazare today returned to the Congress fold amidst allegations that the party was behind the smear campaign against the civil society members of the joint Lokpal Bill drafting committee.


Bengal polls: Somnath Chatterjee campaigns for CPM

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Initially spurned by the party, Chatterjee had agreed to campaign for the ongoing poll after CPM general secretary Prakash Karat recent remarks that whosoever wanted to support the Left Front was welcome.


Careful search for mementos slows Japan rebuilding

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Sakuji Funayama watched intently as a giant steel claw tore chunks off the remains of his two-story home, ripped open like a dollhouse by last month's tsunami and washed up onto a pile of debris. Suddenly, he spied something, waved his arms and pointed.


First US Predator strike carried out in Libya

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The Pentagon has said that the US Air Force has carried out its first Predator missile strike in Libya. A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Captain Darryn James, said the airstrike happened on Saturday. He provided no details.


Government sets up committee to probe Tawang chopper crash

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A Committee of Inquiry was today set up to investigate the circumstances that led to the recent crash of a Pawan Hans helicopter in Arunachal Pradesh even as the chopper company declared interim compensation for relatives of the 17 people killed and those injured.


Justice Santosh Hegde to continue as Lokpal Bill committee member

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Karnataka's Lokayukta, Justice Santosh Hegde, will stay on the Lokpal drafting panel. Sources say Mr Hazare convinced Justice Hegde to stay on during a meeting of the civil society members this evening.


Man who ragged, killed fellow student surrenders

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John David, the man who ragged his junior in a Tamil Nadu college and then killed him and cut up his body, surrendered today at the Cuddalore Central jail.


Outrage over CPM leader's comments on Mamata

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Mamata Bannerjee has had many insults hurled at her by her rivals, the CPM. But nothing has perhaps sparked as much outrage as what a former CPM MP said about her at a public rally at Arambagh today.


In Meerut, RTI queries on husbands-to-be

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In what can be called making unique use of the Right to Information (RTI), Meerut police has received as many as 375 requests under the Act seeking to know the criminal backgrounds of prospective grooms.


Mumbai airport is operational again

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Mumbai airport: The runways at the Mumbai airport were operational again after they were shut down for five hours earlier in the day.


We have broken terrorists' backbone: Kayani

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Pakistan's army has broken the "backbone" of Islamist militants in the country, the army chief said on Saturday in an apparent rebuttal to rising American criticism over the country's campaign against extremism.


Digvijaya backs Mayawati on Lokpal panel

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Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today backed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's demand for inclusion of a Dalit representative in the Lokpal drafting committee while Justice Santosh Hegde does not seem to find any merit in it.


Tattoo solves seven-year-old murder case

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A murder in the US that took place in 2004 was solved after the police noticed a detailed image of the crime tattooed on the chest of a street-gang member. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department homicide investigator Kevin Lloyd couldn't believe his eyes when, flipping through photos of gang members, he saw Rivera 13 gangster Anthony Garcia sporting a tattoo that depicted the 2004 murder in Pico Rivera.


Four killed in plane crash in US

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Four people have been killed in a small plane crash in Kansas state in the US, a media report said. A Beechcraft Baron 58 - a six-seater two engine plane - flying out of Scott City, crashed into a field Friday en route to state capital Topeka, spokesman Tony Molinaro of the Federal Aviation Administration was quoted as saying by Fox News.


Mohandas Pai considering Bangalore University offer

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T V Mohandas Pai, who in a surprise move quit Infosys and its Board of Directors, said he is considering the Bangalore University's offer to co-chair the its proposed school of economics.


US teen found guilty of molesting, drowning boy

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A teenager accused of molesting and drowning a 4-year-old neighbor boy has been convicted of first-degree murder. A judge found 15-year-old Raul Castro guilty of murder today, as well as lewd and lascivious conduct and sodomy. The judge found Castro not guilty of kidnapping.


28-year-old Indian stabbed to death in Australia

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A 28-year-old Indian man has been stabbed to death in Rushworth in Australia. The victim, Lakhwinder Singh, is a native of Rajpura in Punjab.


Sathya Sai Baba 'still very critical', say doctors

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Spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba, seen as the incarnation of God by his devotees in India and abroad, continues to be in the same medical condition as yesterday. He is "still very critical," his doctors have said.


Kerala: Doctors go on 'caesarean spree' allegedly to suit holiday plans

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After the scam involving doctors performing unnecessary hysterectomies on unsuspecting women in Rajasthan, now doctors of a government- run hospital in Kerala are at the centre of a controversy.


I’ll agree to whatever Anna says: Hegde on quitting Lokpal panel

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Lokpal panel: The meeting of civil society members on the Lokpal Bill panel is currently under way. This is the first time the members are meeting after the recent spate of controversies.


Rahul Gandhi meets families of road accident victims

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AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday met families of the victims of a recent road accident that claimed 14 lives in Amethi. The Amethi MP arrived in his constituency on a two-day visit to meet people and review various development schemes.


85.32% polling in phase 2 of West Bengal polls

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An estimated 85.32 per cent of the electorate today exercised their franchise in the second phase of assembly poll in 50 constituencies in three districts of West Bengal which was entirely peaceful.


Gujarat police officer's driver backs his claim, says he went to Modi's house on Feb 27, 2002

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A senior police officer in Gujarat has implicated Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the communal riots in 2002. Sanjiv Bhatt was posted in the Intelligence Department when India saw its worst communal riots since the partition. Riots that killed 1,200 people across Gujarat.


Mumbai airport runways to remain closed for 5 hours today

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Both runways at the Mumbai airport will remain closed for five hours today. Lights at the intersection of the runways have to be realigned because the runways have been made wider. So from 11.30 am to 4.30 pm, the runways will be off-limits.


Posted by Harshad at 7:16 PM

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