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  • SEBI warns against investing in two Bengal ponzi firms

    Continuing the heat on ponzi firms in the wake of the Saradha scam, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Sunday issued caution advertisements against two West Bengal based companies which have been raising funds under the collective investment schemes (CIS). In the advertisement carried in leading national and local dailies, SEBI warned the general public against investing in Rose ...

  • KKR sets 131 target for Sunrisers

    Kolkatta Knight Riders set a target of 131 for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the must-win match for the latter, if they want to reach play-offs of the sixth Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL), at the Rajiv Gandhi international stadium Sunday night. With 12 points from 15 matches, KKR are at the seventh position and the result will make no difference to their standing. For Sunrisers, it is a must-win ...

  • Before his death Delhi Police inspector filed FIR on spot fixing

    A day before he was found dead under mysteriouos circumstances last week, Delhi Police Inspector Badrish Dutt had filed a police complaint that spot fixing was to take place in the multi-crore IPL tournament and players would under-perform during agreed upon overs in exchange for huge amounts. Dutt filed the First Information Report(FIR) in the case just a day before his and his ...

  • DU students petition Sonia Gandhi on four-year course

    Teachers and students of Delhi University Sunday marched towards the residence of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, demanding the scrapping of the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP). They also submitted a memorandum to her. "The Delhi University has implemented the four-year graduation course when there is already a huge crunch of resources in terms of teachers, classrooms, libraries and ...

  • IPL Knight Riders score 1307 against Sunrisers

    Kolkata Knight Riders scored 130 for seven against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here Sunday. Yusuf Pathan top scored for the Knight Riders with 49 off 29 balls. Dale Steyn picked up two wickets for the hosts giving away 24 ...

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Ronin [DVD]

Ronin [DVD]

In John Frankenheimers Ronin, Robert De Niro stars as Sam, a modern-day version of the movies title. According to opening title cards, a ronin was a Japanese samurai warrior whose lord had been killed. Having sworn to protect his lord, the samurai was greatly shamed and spent the rest of h ... ...

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  • PM stresses need to maintain peace on border with Li

    The importance of maintaining peace and tranquility on the border was stressed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his informal talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang here Sunday night. Holding restricted talks with the Chinese premier who arrived earlier in the afternoon on a three-day state visit, Manmohan Singh is believed to have firmly raised the issue of the border as well as India's ...

  • Bengal textile policy to help sector grow say chambers

    With the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal coming up with a draft textile policy to attract investment to revive the sector, leading industry lobbies have expressed hope that the policy roadmap would help the industry to grow significantly. States like Maharashtra and Gujarat unveiled their new textile policies last year to woo investors. "A policy was necessary. It will surely help ...

  • PM Li talk border at dinner diplomacy

    Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan held informal talks, in which the border stand-off figured, ahead of a dinner hosted by the latter at his official residence here Sunday. The restricted talks between the two leaders, the first ever between the two leaders since Li assumed office, with no members of their delegations present, are believed to have seen the border issue ...

  • Karnataka CM allots portfolios retains key departments

    Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah late Sunday allocated portfolios to his new 28-member ministry, keeping key posts such as finance, energy, industries, IT and Bangalore city with himself. According to a Raj Bhavan communique, Governor H.R. Bhardwaj allocated the various portfolios on the advice of the chief minister to 20 cabinet ministers and eight ministers of state. Besides the key ...

  • Searing heat across north west India mercury to rise further

    It was a blazing weekend across northern plains and central plateau of India which reeled under the intense summer heat. Temperatures Sunday soared to 47 degrees Celsius in Maharashtra's Nagpur, and over 43 degrees even in Himachal hills. No respite is expected as the dry heat is likely to continue. According to the Met office, Delhi saw its hottest day of the season with the mercury at 44.6 ...

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