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  • Man held in Odisha for rape in moving bus

    A man was arrested in Odisha for raping a woman passenger in a moving bus, police said Tuesday. Sushanta Hembram, 25, a helper in the bus, allegedly climbed on to the sleeper section of the bus where the woman was sleeping and raped her after gagging her, investigating officer Sujata Jena told IANS. The incident took place in the early hours of Monday. The bus was going from Mayurbhanj to ...

  • Yamuna flows over danger mark in Delhi

    The Yamuna river is flowing over the danger mark in the national capital, an official said Tuesday. "By 9 a.m. today (Tuesday), the water level in Yamuna had reached 204.98 metres. The danger mark is 204.83 metres. We are keeping a close eye on the level of the river," an official from irrigation and flood department told IANS. The official said about 8.06 lakh cusecs of water from Haryana was ...

  • Shiv Sena to celebrate foundation day Wednesday

    The Shiv Sena will celebrate its 47th foundation day at a major function here Wednesday. This is the first time when it will be held in the absence of party founder Bal Thackeray, who died last year. Party president Uddhav Thackeray will address a crucial meeting that will set the tone for next year's Lok Sabha elections, a party official said Tuesday. The party has invited all leaders from ...

  • Himachal CM dozen tourists airlifted

    Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who was stuck in Kinnaur district for the past three days since the area was cut off due to landslides, was airlifted Tuesday. Over a dozen sick and old tourists were also evacuated, an official said. When the heavy rainfall stopped in the morning, the state deployed a government chopper to ferry the tourists stranded across Kinnaur. "The chief ...

  • Realtors bat for reforms urge Girija Vyas to play ball

    An apex body of realtors Tuesday reiterated its commitment to reforms in the realty sector and called upon the new Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister, Girija Vyas, to continue the unfinished task of her predecessor. The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) has "taken up the realty reforms as a mission. We want the government to accord 'Industry ...

Movie Review

Spartan

Spartan

In Spartan, David Mamet takes his signature elliptical approach to the well-worn Tom Clancy-ish spy genre, deflating it of its emphasis on straightforward plot-point-to-plot-point narrative structure and refilling it with a politically charged undercurrent thats all too timely. As with so ... ...

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