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Friday, May 18, 2012

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May 18, 2012

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Mamata, Bollywood back SRK; IPL should be closed, Lalu says
The Mumbai Cricket Association has banned Shah Rukh Khan from entering the Wankhede Stadium for five years for misbehaving with its officials.

Molestation case: Arrested IPL player collapses in court, gets interim bail
IPL player Luke Pomersbach's conduct prompted RCB owner Vijay Mallya to suspend the batsman, till the time he is cleared of the charges.

Rupee fall: Students abroad bear the brunt, fees shoot up
The sharp depreciation of the rupee has spooked parents of students studying abroad. With rupee plunging to a new low of 54.89 many of them are an anxious lot.

Cities

Sex racket busted in Pune
The Pune crime branch has arrested a 50-year-old person from Mumbai for allegedly running a sex racket in Pune.

Varanasi sizzles at 45.6 degrees Celsius
Varanasi sizzled at 45.6 degrees C on Thursday to make it the hottest day of the season so far in the region.

Business

Sensex above 16,000 as markets recover
The BSE Sensex sharply cut earlier losses to edge higher on Friday, recovering nearly 300 points from the day's low.

SBI Q4 profit surges to Rs 4,050.27 crore
SBI profits had taken a big hit in Q4 of 2010-11 on account of higher provisioning for bad loans and increased tax outgo.

Sports

We want to continue in same vein, says Chris Gayle
RCB's Chris Gayle has been giving bowlers sleepless nights with his brutal hitting in the IPL and the Jamaican insists he wants to continue in the same vein.

Last-gasp IPL thrillers stressful, says Albie Morkel
CSK all-rounder Albie Morkel said last-gasp thrillers in the Indian Premier League can be stressful for both players and spectators.

Entertainment

Suhel accuses Mahesh Bhatt, Subhash Ghai of unfair practices
In a short video uploaded on the internet, Suhel Seth accuses Mahesh Bhatt and Subhash Ghai of unethical practices, asks them to focus on good cinema.

My wife's threatening to kill me: Aryan Vaid
A shocking post appeared on Aryan's Facebook page which alleged his wife Alexandra Copley is abusing him badly.

Infotech

ISPs block torrent sites on HC order
If you've been unable to watch several videos online or access any top torrent file-sharing websites over the last few days, blame it on kolaveri.

How Samsung, iGate retain talent during tough times
Bangalore-based product services firm NetApp pays extra attention to a set of 400 employees across levels.

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

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May 17, 2012

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This is no joke! 'Honesty' is as unparliamentary as 'liar'
'Honesty' was blacklisted when a member said about ministers "honesty is no where near the mark as far as these gentlemen opposite are concerned."

Naveen Patnaik backs Sangma as President, gets Jaya's nod
The backing of PA Sangma seems a clever political move as it would make it difficult for Cong to keep the UPA together during presidential polls.

I was very angry, but not drunk: SRK on stadium fiasco
"I was not under the influence of alcohol. I only misbehaved when I was provoked. Security officers bullied me," SRK said.

Cities

Mumbai grows on paper, adds another Andheri West
Mumbai has 'grown' by roughly the size of Andheri (West) in the last two decades.

Spurned lover stabs girl, mother
A 23-year-old private company employee allegedly stabbed his girlfriend and her mother in their Goripalya residence near JJ Nagar on Wednesday .

Business

Trade policy on June 5, exports seek sops
Ahead of the foreign trade policy on June 5, exporters on Thursday pitched for interest subsidy and focus on new markets.

Sensex closes 40 points higher
The BSE benchmark Sensex on Thursday closed 40 points higher as trading sentiment weakened with the rupee trading near its record lows.

Sports

Chennai in deep trouble against Punjab
Chennai Super Kings struggle as they lost wickets at regular intervals against Kings XI Punjab in their IPL 5 match at HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala.

Jaipur band to be part of Olympics
Millions of lovers will get to listen to the tunes played by Jaipur's Kawa Brass Band at London Olympics.

Entertainment

No Khans for Kareena Kapoor?
A rival bitchy actress says, "what Khans is she talking about when she has no films with any of them in the pipeline?"

Abhishek feels jealous of wife Aishwarya
With a deadpan expression, AB Junior says that he is jealous that his wife has relegated him to the background.

Infotech

Facebook: India, Brazil to power our growth
Nearly one in two Indian internet users is now on Facebook.

Intel plans to get 'inside' cars in India
Intel Corporation is in talks with Indian car makers to introduce a new 'in-vehicle infotainment' (IVI) system in passenger cars.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

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May 16, 2012

Top Headlines

Pranab hints at debt relief for three states, not just Bengal
The finance minister also said that a group of officers had been constituted to look at possible ways to help states that have high debt levels.

Amid raids, Yeddyurappa seeks anticipatory bails for himself, sons
With raids at the residences of Yeddyurappa on, the former Karnataka CM has sought anticipatory bails for himself and on behalf of his two sons.

Michelle contemplated divorcing Barack Obama in 2000: Book
According to the book, Michelle prepared divorce papers in 2000 following Barack's disastrous attempt to win a House seat in Chicago.

Cities

Techie loses hands, eyesight in blast
A software engineer from Bangalore lost both his hands and eyesight in an explosion when he was allegedly making a time bomb.

Student stabs classmate over girl
A class 12th student of a government school was allegedly stabbed by his classmate with surgical blade in northeast Delhi's New Usmanpur.

Business

Govt to make efforts to match 4% agri growth target: PM
Manmohan Singh assured the Lok Sabha that government will make all efforts to match the four per cent agriculture growth target in the 12th Plan period.

Euro falls below $1.27, lowest level in four months
The euro tumbled against dollar in Asian trade on Wednesday, falling to its lowest level in four months amid rising concern over the eurozone.

Sports

How can an injured player fix matches, questions Shalabh Srivastava
Shalabh Srivastava said his only fault was to consider strangers as friends and speak to them about cricket in general.

Michael Clarke marries Kyly Boldy
Australia cricket captain Michael Clarke has married his model girlfriend Kyly Boldy in a secret ceremony in the Hunter Valley north of Sydney.

Entertainment

'Gopi Bahu' to quit Saathiya?
Jiaa Manek has reportedly been approached to participate in the upcoming season of the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, slated to air in June.

Omi Vaidya turns director
Omi Vaidya aka Chatur of "3 Idiots" is just five films old, but he's decided to turn director. "I've written a film which is a psychological thriller," he says.

Infotech

General Motors to stop Facebook ads
The decision by GM, the third-largest advertiser in the United States, marks the first highly visible crack in Facebook.

Apple fixes Siri bug calling Nokia Lumia 'best smartphone'
Apple has fixed a bug that caused personal assistant app Siri to declare that Nokia Lumia 900 was the best smartphone ever.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

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May 15, 2012

Top Headlines

A Raja gets bail, Jayalalithaa says 2G case getting diluted
Former telecom minister Raja was directed by the court to not visit Tamil Nadu without prior permission and to not go to the office of the Department of Telecom.

IPL spot-fixing: Rajiv Shukla promises action against guilty players
The IPL's governing council will have a tele-conference to discuss a sting operation which claims to have blown the lid off "murky deals" in the T20 league.

Gurgaon hit-and-run: Son of BMW owner surrenders, gets bail within hours
Suraj Sehrawat, the accused in the BMW hit-and-run case in which two people, including a pregnant woman were killed, was granted bail.

Cities

Passenger jumps out of Air India flight in Chennai
"Grow up please. This is sport. Let's play it like a sport. We keep on talking about Kings and Khans... This is crap to be honest," said Shah Rukh Khan.

Woman kills self over ice cream
A 38-year-old woman burnt herself at her residence in Chennai allegedly after being chided by her husband for buying their children ice creams.

Business

India decides to cut crude oil import from Iran by over 11 pc
Succumbing to US pressure, India has decided to cut crude oil import from Iran by over 11 per cent this fiscal to 15.5 million tons.

Moody's cuts 26 Italian banks' ratings
Moody's Investors Service cut the long-time credit ratings of 26 Italian banks on Monday, underlining the banking woes in the euro zone.

Sports

Spot-fixing: Shalabh Srivastava claims innocence
Kings XI Punjab pacer Shalabh Srivastava said that the reporters, who conducted the sting, approached him posing at sports managers.

Stop comparing me with Sourav Ganguly: Shah Rukh Khan
"Grow up please. This is sport. Let's play it like a sport. We keep on talking about Kings and Khans... This is crap to be honest," said Shah Rukh Khan.

Entertainment

'Paa' child actor Taruni dies in Nepal plane crash
The 14-year-old child actress was last seen in the Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Paa'. Her mother Geetha Sachdev also died in the crash.

Censor bans Department's police song
The song about the workings of the police department goes, "Laal batti aati hai, sab ki p**t jaati hai, Mumbai police hai sab ka bhai."

Infotech

Yahoo denies severance package to CEO
Yahoo ended Scott Thompson's four-month stint as its CEO without giving him a severance package.

PC market: Lenovo beats HP, Dell in India
For the first time, Chinese personal computer maker Lenovo has cornered the largest share in the overall Indian PC market, overtaking Dell and Hewlett-Packard.

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