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  • India and China agree to boost trade and paper over border differences India and China agree to boost trade and paper over border differences

    NEW DELHI - India and China Monday played down a recent border stand-off and agreed to maintain peace along their disputed boundary as well as boost economic relations. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, who decided to make India the first stop of his maiden foreign jaunt as premier, stressed that the population of the two nations comprised one third of the world. Both countries have ...

  • Chennai Super Kings set 193-run target for Mumbai Indians

    Blistering unbeaten knocks by Mike Hussey and Suresh Raina took Chennai Super Kings to a mammoth 192/1 in 20 overs against Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 1 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Tuesday. Mike Hussey remained not out on 86 off 58 balls while Raina struck an unbeaten 82 off 42 ...

  • Goa hospital faces water shortage because taps are stolen

    The Goa Medical College (GMC), the state's top health facility, regularly faces water shortage because people steal taps installed in the hospital premises, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Tuesday. The water shortage is putting patients and their kin to hardships, especially during the scorching summer season. "The reason why there is water shortage is because people keep stealing taps. ...

  • India will stand by people of Afghanistan says president

    India will stand by the government and people of Afghanistan in the critical period of transition, development and nation-building, President Pranab Mukherjee said here Tuesday. Mukherjee, who met Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, said India was prepared to increase bilateral contribution to institution-building, training and equipment in Afghanistan, said an ...

  • Chavan invites investments from China

    Maharashtra is willing to set up a special investment zone for Chinese companies in the state, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan told the visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang here Tuesday. During the meeting, Chavan briefed Li about the immense investment opportunities across various sectors, including automobiles and textiles. Chavan called on the Chinese premier at Taj Mahal hotel. Li arrived ...

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Grease 2 [DVD]

Grease 2 [DVD]

There was a time when I might have tried to mount a vigorous defense for Grease 2, arguing that it is not nearly as bad as it is often made out to be. Following the original Grease, a Broadway hit and the most successful movie musical of all time, how could Grease 2 be anything but a disappointment? It lacked the star power of then-red-hot John Travolta, the chance to exploit ... ...

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  • Bank employee arrested for defrauding Canadian customer

    A phone banking officer of ICICI Bank here has been arrested for hacking the bank account of a Canadian customer and fraudulently withdrawing over Rs.32 lakh from his account. Cyberabad police took into custody Bijjala Raghu Kishore Reddy, an employee of ICICI Bank International Banking Group call centre, who opened a fake account in connivance with another person and hacked into ICICI Bank ...

  • Karnataka CM promises cheaper rice for lower middle-class families

    The Congress, which wrested power from BJP in Karnataka early this month, is taking forward its pledge of 30kg rice at Re.1 a kg for poor families with a plan to offer rice at less than Rs.9 a kg for the lower middle-income group in the state. "We are thinking of providing rice to APL (above poverty line) card holders also at cheaper price. Now it is sold at Rs.9 a kg while the market price is ...

  • Bengal to give Rs.750 stipend to 4000 folk artistes

    The West Bengal government would provide monthly stipends of Rs.750 to nearly 4,000 folk artistes across the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here Tuesday. The list of artistes would be finalised by the information and cultural affairs department. The services of these artistes will be used for advertising state government schemes through song, dance or instrumental music. They would ...

  • Chinese PMs touching meet with Kotnis family

    Keeping alive the traditions of past Chinese leaders, visiting Premier Li Keqiang Tuesday had an emotional audience with Manorama Kotnis, the 92-year- old sister of medico Dwarkanath Kotnis, considered the symbol of India-China friendship. Li warmly and humbly welcomed Manorama, her granddaughters Shalmali Borkar and Sanika Jain, her husband Abhay Jain and a cousin Kishore Khot from the ...

  • Bangalore hospital offers day care breast surgery

    Leading multi-specialty healthcare chain Narayana Hrudayalaya Tuesday announced it will offer day care breast surgery, keeping in view the emotional, physical and financial stress a patient undergoes. "The day care, one-night, out-patient and ambulatory breast surgery centre manages a patient's expectations through a pre-operative assessment and communication to her family about the surgical ...

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