Friday, December 31, 2010

ULFA chief Arabinda Rajkhowa released

ULFA chief Arabinda Rajkhowa released

ULFA chief Arabinda Rajkhowa released

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United Liberataion Front of Asom (ULFA) chief Arabinda Rajkhowa has been released today after a year in jail. Rajkhowa was granted bail on Thursday by a designated TADA court with the Assam government filing no objection to it. The court granted bail to Rajkhowa in six TADA cases.


Bomb hits Egypt church at New Year's mass, 7 dead

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A car exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early Saturday, killing at least seven people, officials said. After the blast, enraged Christians emerging from the church clashed with police and stormed a nearby mosque, prompting fights and volleys of stone throwing with Muslims, police and witnesses said — a sign of the sectarian anger that has been arising with greater frequency in Egypt.


Citibank fraud: Reserve Bank of India to probe scam

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Citibak fraud: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has begun a probe into the Rs 300 crore fraud at Citibank's Gurgaon branch. RBI Executive Director G Gopalakrishna told reporters on Friday, that soon a statement in this regard would be made.


Dispel air of despondency, says PM in new year message

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Against the backdrop of a series of scams, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight pitched for a "new beginning" in 2011, saying the "air of despondency" should be dispelled as efforts would be redoubled to cleanse the governing processes.


House collapses; one killed, ten injured

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One person was killed and 10 others, including three children and two women, were injured when their house collapsed in Sarna village near here, police said.


Two-year-old charred to death

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A two-year-old boy was charred to death and two labourers were injured in separate incidents of fire in the capital on Friday. A fire reported from a Tuglaqabad slum where a blaze gutted 150 shanties at around 12:30 pm. In this incident, a two-year-old boy was killed.


Student strips at US airport to protest pat-downs

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A 21-year-old man stripped down to his underwear and socks at an airport in Richmond, Virginia to protest the new security measures, including a pat down at American aerodromes, a media report said on Friday.


Buddhadeb's letter to Home Minister Chidambaram

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After receiving two letters from Home Minister P Chidambaram on December 30, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya replied to the Home Minister saying he will be unable to travel to Delhi during the period suggested by the Home Minister (January 3 to January 7).


Home Minister Chidambaram's letter to Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

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As a part of the ongoing war that's being fought publicly and bitterly between the Home Minister P Chidambaram and West Bengal's Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Chidambaram on December 30, wrote two letters to Buddhadeb, addressing his concerns and inviting him to talks in Delhi.


Home Minister P Chidambaram's letter to Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

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As a part of the ongoing war that's being fought publicly and bitterly between the Home Minister P Chidambaram and West Bengal's Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Chidambaram on December 30, wrote to Buddhadeb, addressing his concerns and inviting him to talks in Delhi.


Mumbai's deadline tonight extended to 5 am

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Despite the in-your-face security blanket thrown over the city, there is some respite for Mumbaikars this new year's eve. The deadline for restaurants and bars to serve liquor has for tonight been extended till 5 am.


Aarushi Talwar case: No evidence, but CBI says Rajesh Talwar was only suspect

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The CBI believes that Rajesh Talwar killed his daughter, Aarushi, but decided to close the investigation into the 14-year-old's murder because it did not have enough evidence against him, and could not establish motive.


Benazir murder plot hatched at Pak brigadier's home: Report

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The plot behind the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto was hatched at the home of a Pakistani army brigadier, claimed a media report, which was dismissed as "totally concocted" by Interior Minister Rehman Malik.


RBI starts inquiry in Citibank fraud

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today said it has initiated a probe into the Rs 300 crore fraud at Citibank's Gurgaon branch and would soon issue a statement in this regard.


Citibank fraud: CFO of Hero Group questioned

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The Hero Group today acknowledged that it invested close to 29 crores in schemes suggested by Shivraj Puri, the Citibank executive who is believed to have pulled off a 300-core scam at the Gurgaon branch of the bank. However, the group clarified that its flagship company, Hero Honda Motors, had not been impacted by the scam.


Pakistan national interrogated in Meerut

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A Pakistani national allegedly living here illegally was interrogated by police on charges of leaking information to the ISI, police said.


New letters frontline Chidambaram-Buddhadeb war

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"I cannot accept the deliberate leakage of letters to the press…I am unable to accept your attitude towards Left Front workers….you have chosen not to mention the Trinamool-Maoist links in your letters." Three angry lines from the latest letter sent by the West Bengal Chief Minister to Home Minister P Chidambaram.


Spiderman lands in Gurgaon

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With his masked face, webbed fingers and nimble limbs popular superhero Spiderman enthralled children and adults with his trademark acrobatic stunts at a live performance here today.


2,000 vehicles caught in China traffic jam

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Nearly 2,000 vehicles were stuck in a massive traffic jam on a highway in China's Gansu province due to an ongoing road project and inclement weather, authorities said.


Nithyananda sex scandal: I am not the person in the tapes, says actress Ranjitha

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South Indian actress Ranjita today claimed she was not the woman in the sleazy video involving the controversial self-styled godman Nityananda Swami and alleged that this footage aired by a TV channel was 'fabricated.'


Hopefully, a charger that works for all mobiles

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World's 14 most prominent mobile manufacturers have been sent details by the European Commission of a new standard charger, after they agreed to sign up to it in June 2009.


Braving snow for new year prayers at Vaishnodevi

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The cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi in Trikuta hills of Reasi district today received the season's first snowfall, even as pilgrims made a beeline to the shrine to pay obeisance on New Year.


Aarushi Talwar case: Moily intervenes, tells CBI to get serious

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Aarushi Talwar case: Moily intervenes, tells CBI to get serious - As public outrage builds over the CBI's decision to close the Aarushi Talwar murder investigation, Law Minister Veerappa Moily has met the agency's director, Amar Pratap Singh, and told him to take the case seriously.


Custodial death case: Rs 50,000 fine on police officer, doctor

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On directives of the National Human Right Commission cell in Uttar Pradesh, the state government has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each on a police officer and a doctor of the district jail here in connection with custodial death of a prisoner, officials said.The rights body ordered the state government to conduct an inquiry against the then SHO of Titawi police station Subodh Kumar and jail doctor A Saxena for the custodial death of Manoj Kumar two years ago, they said.


Hero Group firms victim of Citibank fraud

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A leading corporate house Hero Group is a victim of the alleged Rs 300 crore Citibank fraud, says the conglomerate, but did not disclose details of financial involvement.


Cheap liquor in branded bottles this New Year

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The possibility of cheap 'taste-alikes' being packaged and sold in bottles of high-end brands this New Year's has been thrown up again with the arrest of three bootleggers.


BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain's impersonator arrested

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The man who had travelled to Bihar by train assuming the name of Member of Parliament Shahnawaz Hussain has been arrested.


Shoot-at-sight order for Corbett man-eater

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Forest officials in Uttarakhand have issued a shoot at sight order for a tiger in the Corbett Tiger Reserve after it allegedly killed three women in the last one month. Villagers living in Sunderkhal region, that encroaches on forest land, staged a protest outside the park demanding the tiger be killed.


Sheila ki Jawani lands Mumbai students in trouble

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If setting the Indian hearts racing wasn't enough, Sheila ki Jawani has claimed some student victims. Three boys from an ICSE school in Nalasopara are now in trouble.


Auto, taxi strike withdrawn

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The two-day old strike by autorickshaw and taxi drivers in the state was called off last night following an assurance from the government that fare revision would be announced by January 12 next.


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