Wednesday, November 24, 2010

US blacklists Pakistan-based charity with Lashkar ties

US blacklists Pakistan-based charity with Lashkar ties

US blacklists Pakistan-based charity with Lashkar ties

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As part of its ongoing crackdown against Pakistan-based terror groups, US has slapped sanctions against more key Lashkar-e-Toiba leaders and its affiliates. Sanctions have also been slapped against Pakistan-based Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), which is closely connected to banned terrorist group LeT and also to its front Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD).


Kiran Kumar Reddy to be sworn in as Andhra Chief Minister today

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Kiran Kumar Reddy will be sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh today after K Rosaiah resigned on Wednesday citing health reasons. The two big challenges for the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, a rebellious Jagan Mohan Reddy and the Telangana issue, will now be tackled by the new Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy whose name was announced late on Wednesday night as K Rosaiah's replacement.


Loan scam: It’s a case of individual greed, says Banking Secretary

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A day after the very top rung of some of India's public sector banks and financial institutions were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly sanctioning loans in return for bribes, the government has sought to play down the episode.


Meet Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy

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Four-time MLA Kiran Kumar Reddy takes over as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh at a time when the state awaits the Srikrishna committee report on Telangana, which could once again throw Andhra Pradesh into political turmoil.


Man, father arrested for killing brother-in-law

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A man was arrested on Wednesday along with his father for allegedly killing his brother-in-law in Dhora village here, police said.


College student shot dead by friend in Moga

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A 21-year-old college student was allegedly shot dead here by his friend over his relationship with a girl, police said today.


Andhra Pradesh to have Deputy Chief Minister

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Andhra Pradesh will have a Deputy Chief Minister from Telangana region. Law Minister M Veerappa Moily, who was one of the observers for the Congress Legislature Party meeting on Wednesday said, "the Congress President has decided that Andhra Pradesh will have a Deputy Chief Minister from the Telangana region".


Who is Kiran Kumar Reddy?

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Son of late Congress leader Amarnatha Reddy, who was was the political guru of TDP chief Naidu, Reddy graduated from the Nizam College in Hyderabad and later studied law. An avid cricketer during his college days and a batch-mate of former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin, Reddy has represented Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy.


Girl from North East gangraped in Delhi

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A young BPO employee hailing from Manipur was gangraped early Wednesday morning after she was kidnapped from a south-west Delhi locality, police sources said.


Bihar Assembly Polls: Nitish to NDTV on victory, Narendra Modi

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Will he allow Narendra Modi to attend his swearing-in? During this interview to NDTV's Prannoy Roy, Nitish Kumar takes that tough question, and explains whether he has any interest in being PM someday.


Bihar Results: What provoked Lalu's slide

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Nitish Kumar's biggest victory – and Bihar's most decisive mandate ever – has taken the biggest toll on Lalu Yadav. For the first time in 30 years, not a single member of the former chief minister's family has been elected to the Bihar Assembly. His wife, Rabri Devi, lost the election from both the constituencies she contested - Raghopur and Sonepur.


Not in race for chief minister, says Jaipal Reddy

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Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy today said he was not in the race to succeed K Rosaiah as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, even as he met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee before he left for Hyderabad to attend the Congress Legislature Party meeting.


South Korea in mourning

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Rescuers found the burned bodies on Wednesday of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack - the first civilian deaths from a skirmish that marked a dramatic escalation of tensions between the rival Koreas.


CBI statement on loan scam arrests

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested eight people including senior executives of different banks whose executives gave loans to private builders in exchange for bribes.


Top bank managers arrested for loans-for-bribes scam

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A total of eight people have been arrested by the CBI. Among them: Ramchandran Nair, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LIC Housing Finance; R. N. Tayal , General Manager of Bank of India; and Venkoba Gujjal , Deputy General Manager of Punjab National Bank.


Protests over Obama's portrayal as Lord Shiva

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A Malaysian Hindu organisation has urged the government to ban the latest issue of American magazine Newsweek for "insulting Hindus" by depicting US President Barack Obama as Lord Shiva.


Parliament session likely to be cut short

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The winter session of Parliament might be cut short, with no end in sight to the impasse over the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) inquiry into the 2G spectrum scam.


In cybertherapy, avatars assist with healing

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For more than a decade, a handful of therapists have been using virtual environments to help people to work through phobias, like a fear of heights or of public spaces. But now advances in artificial intelligence and computer modeling are allowing them to take on a wider array of complex social challenges and to gain insight into how people are affected by interactions with virtual humans — or by inhabiting avatars of themselves.


Bridge sway set off Cambodian stampede: Probe

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A swaying bridge loaded with thousands of people sparked mass panic and set off a raging stampede that killed more than 350 people in Cambodia's capital.


Bihar poll results: Lalu congratulates Nitish, 'not BJP'

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Lalu Prasad Yadav, routed in the Bihar elections, has congratulated Nitish Kumar on his victory and assured the new government of his party's cooperation. But he was pointed in saying that he was not congratulating the BJP.


We'll be there, say 26/11 heroes still on duty

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They were on duty that day when terrorists struck in Mumbai two years ago. The memories of 26/11 run deep, but policeman Sanjay Govilkar, railway constable Jillu Yadav and announcers Bablu Kumar and Vishnu Zende, who saved hundreds of lives, are still at their job - more resolutely than before.


2G spectrum scam: Enforcement Directorate questions Nira Radia

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Corporate lobbyist Nira Radia was on Wednesday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for her firm's alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Radia, whose taped conversations with various people is reportedly available with the Directorate, is being questioned about allocation of the 2G Spectrum to certain telecom players, ED sources said.


Special underwear for airport screening

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It's a special kind of underwear - with a strategically placed fig leaf design - and a Colorado man says it'll get you through the airport screeners with your dignity intact. Jeff Buske says his invention uses a powdered metal that protects people's privacy when undergoing medical or security screenings.


Eight days of adjournment of Parliament cost nation Rs.63 crore

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The eight successive days of adjournment of Parliament without any major business translate into a loss of a staggering Rs.63 crore with the expenditure for each day of a session calculated at Rs.7.8 crore.


Amateur pilot strays into flypast in Britain

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An amateur pilot in Britain misread air restriction timing and was left stunned when he found himself flying alongside a huge formation of 29 military aircraft at an RAF flypast.


Panchayat directs rape accused to marry victim

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A community panchayat at Dadheru village here has directed a youth, accused of raping a 14-year-old girl, to marry her, police said. The panchayat was called after the accused had refused to marry the victim, who was pregnant.


Powered by BJP, Nitish scripts 'nayi kahani' in Bihar

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The JD(U)-BJP combine won 206seats in the 243-seat Bihar Assembly, up 63 seats from the 143 it had in 2005. The Lalu-Yadav-led RJD-LJP combine managed to win in only 25 seats, down 39 from last time.


Bihar polls: What happened to 'Rahul factor' in Bihar, asks BJP

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BJP on Wednesday took a dig at Congress in the wake of its poor showing in the Bihar Assembly elections saying 'Rahul factor' did not work in the polls. "Congressmen were blowing their trumpet and chanting Rahul Gandhi's name. Where is that Rahul factor," wondered senior BJP leader Ananth Kumar.


Who will replace Andhra Chief Minister K Rosaiah?

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As senior Congress leaders headed to Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister K Rosaiah has announced his resignation. The party in Andhra Pradesh has faced a public and massive attack from one of its own against the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi.


Sonia defends PM, targets BJP on Yeddyurappa

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After the Congress was decimated in the Bihar elections, Sonia Gandhi congratulated the Nitish Kumar-BJP alliance for its clean sweep. She said her party "will start from scratch" in the state. "We did not have much hope. We took a deliberate decision not to work in alliance with other parties," she said.


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