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  • With Sonia backing PM vows to build better India

    Marking nine years of the UPA government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday promised to build "an economically resurgent and socially just India" and unveil a transparent regime to do away with corruption. Speaking at a function at his 7 Race Course Road residence, the prime minister was effusive in his praise of the Congress-led government since taking power in 2004 and sounded confident ...

  • Jessica case Shayan Munshi to face trial for perjury

    The Delhi High Court Wednesday ordered that a case of perjury be registered against Bollywood actor Shayan Munshi and ballistic expert Prem Sagar Manocha for turning hostile during their deposition in the murder trial of model Jessica Lall here. A division bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice G.P. Mittal discharged 17 other witnesses in the case, while passing directions on ensuring ...

  • Punjab orders probe into vulgar school books

    The Punjab government has initiated a probe into the distribution of text books containing allegedly vulgar and irrelevant content in government schools, a minister said Wednesday. Bathinda District Education Officer Surjit Singh Khuram was put under suspension for laxity in this connection. Punjab Education Minister S.S. Maluka inspected the books supplied to the schools in the state which ...

  • Dikshit misused public money Lokayukta

    Delhi Lokayukta Manmohan Sarin Wednesday came down heavily on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for misusing public money to "gain favour" for her and her political party ahead of the assembly polls in 2008. He also asked President Pranab Mukherjee to "advise" Dikshit to reimburse either herself or through her party a sum of Rs.11 crore as half the cost of the advertisements. In his order, Sarin ...

  • Government misleading people BJP

    While the UPA counted its achievements in the nine years of its rule, the BJP Wednesday said the government was "misleading" the people. "The government is misleading the people," BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi told IANS. "They are talking about achievements which is actually portraying their failure. They talk about MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) without ...

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Zodiac [DVD]

Zodiac [DVD]

Despite being a return to the serial killer film, the genre that first earned him recognition with 1995's brilliantly disturbing Seven, in Zodiac director David Fincher dials down the stylistic amplitude that has characterized his previous films and in the process cements his status ... ...

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  • Highlights of PM Sonia speeches

    Highlights of what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said Wednesday at the UPA-II's fourth anniversary: PM: We can legitimately claim, and with pride, that the UPA government has taken our country forward on all these four fronts (economy, inclusive growth, governance/welfare programmes and bilateral relations) in the nine years. PM: Taking a longer term view, we ...

  • Sonia appeals to opposition to help pass key bills

    Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday appealed to the opposition parties, including the BJP, to cooperate with the UPA government in passing the food security and land acquisition bills in the interest of the people. She expressed disappointment that parliament was not allowed to function to enable the passage of the crucial legislations. "I make a plea to the National Democratic Alliance ...

  • Royals restrict Sunrisers to 1327

    Rajasthan Royals restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad to 132/7 in their Indian Premier League eliminator being played here at the Ferozeshah Kotla Wednesday. Shikhar Dhawan top scored with ...

  • PM rebuts opposition charges of governance deficit

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday spoke of the UPA having improved economic performance, rebutted opposition allegations on 2G spectrum and coal blocks allocations, and talked of the country's re-emergence through transformation. Here are excerpts from the prime minister's speech: On faster growth We are confident that growth in 2013-14 will be better than 2012-13 and could exceed 6 ...

  • Nine years of UPA saw average 8 percent growth PM

    Detailing economic growth during the UPA regime, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday the slowdown last year was "temporary" and a longer term view would show that India has notched up an average "8 percent growth" in the past nine years. The prime minister, presenting the ruling United Progressive Alliance-II's report card, said the economic situation was "turning around" and economic ...

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