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  • Sanjay Dutt shifted to Pune jail

    In a surprise move, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was secretly shifted from a Mumbai prison to a Pune jail early Wednesday, official sources said. The actor was taken from the high-security Arthur Road Central Jail in south Mumbai in a van around midnight and delivered to the Yerawada Central Jail in Pune early Wednesday. The shifting took place exactly a week after Dutt surrendered before the ...

  • Afghanistan Seeks Military Aid from India

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met with Indian leaders in hopes of securing more military aid before international troops leave the country next year. Mr. Karzai held talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh late Tuesday in New Delhi, after meeting with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee. The Afghan president is expected to seek India's assistance to help strengthen Afghan ...

  • Coke Ad Hawks Pop Peace to India Pakistan

    Massive corporations like Coca-Cola have a primary goal: Sell their products to make money. Sometimes, if they're lucky, that goal aligns with another endeavor: Make peace. A new three-minute advertisement released by the beverage company this week aims to do both. Coca-Cola filmed the advertisement in two locations: Pakistan and India, South Asia's nuclear-armed neighbors mired in ...

  • Chennai through to fourth consecutive IPL final

    Blistering unbeaten knocks by David Hussey and Suresh Raina took two-time champions Chennai Super Kings to their fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) final in six seasons with a comprehensive 48-run win over Mumbai Indians in the first qualifier at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Tuesday. Hussey struck an unbeaten 86 off 58 balls, with the help of 10 boundaries and two sixes, and Raina, who remained not ...

  • Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians

    Scoreboard of qualifier 1 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Tuesday. Chennai Super Kings: Mike Hussey not out 86 Murali Vijay c Smith b Pollard 23 Suresh Raina not out 82 Extras (lb 1) 1 Total (for one wicket in 20 overs) 192 Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Vijay, 7.2 overs) Bowling: Mitchell Johnson 4-0-40-0 Munaf ...

Movie Review

Ted

Seth MacFarlanes feature film debut Ted delivers pretty much exactly what you would expect from the creator of the animated sitcom Family Guy, and it will no doubt appeal primarily to those who eat up his particular stew of nonsequitor humor, surreal digressions, 70s and 80s pop-culture ad ... ...

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  • IPL CSK beat Mumbai by 48 runs reach finals

    Chennai Super Kings secured yet another final berth after a convincing 48-run win over Mumbai Indians in qualifier 1 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Tuesday. Super Kings, electing to bat, scored a daunting 191 for one with Michael Hussey top scoring with 86 off 58 balls. Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo picked up three wickets each and helped CSK bowl out Mumbai ...

  • Aam Aadmi Party criticises new CAGs appointment

    Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Tuesday criticized the appointment of former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the new Comptroller and Auditor General, accusing the United Progressive Alliance government of accusing of weakening constitutional institutions. "Government is slowly but continuously appointing persons who are weak and who don't have spine to watchdog bodies like CAG, CVC (Central ...

  • UPA losing ground PMs image taking beating say opinion polls

    On the eve of the fourth anniversary of UPA-II, opinion polls have not brought any cheer to the government, predicting slide in the ruling alliance's tally amid rising dissatisfaction among large sections of urban voters over its performance. Headlines Today-CVoter opinion poll predicted that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)'s tally was set to crash by 95 in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. ...

  • Get Raj Prithviraj back to make Awara again Ranbir Kapoor

    Actor Ranbir Kapoor Tuesday said he was not aware of any plans for his father Rishi Kapoor and him to reprise his great-grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor and grandfather Raj Kapoor's roles in "Awara", saying one will have to get them and Nargis back to this world to make the film again. "I live with my mom and dad but so far my dad has not told me anything about this.. I even read about this for ...

  • Jessica murder Court decision on hostile witnesses Wednesday

    The Delhi High Court Wednesday is likely to pronounce its verdict whether to prosecute Bollywood actor Shyan Munshi and 18 others on charges of perjury for turning hostile during their deposition in model Jessica Lall's murder trial. A division bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice G.P. Mittal are likely to decide the case two years after the court reserved its order May 4, 2011. The ...

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