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  • Focus is on playing good cricket Rohit Sharma

    Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma doesn't want his team to get distracted by the spot-fixing controversy in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and says the focus is on playing good cricket against two-time champions Chennai Super Kings in the first qualifier here Tuesday. "We don't want to think too much about it (spot-fixing). We are all professional cricketers and we have an important task at ...

  • Patnaik seeks early nod for Odisha bill on chit funds

    Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday sought an early presidential nod to a bill which the state passed about a year and a half ago to protect the interest of small depositors. Patnaik wrote to Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde seeking his intervention for expediting the presidential assent to the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Bill, 2011, an ...

  • Comedian Kapil turns producer

    Actor-comedian Kapil Sharma marks his debut as a producer with TV show "Comedy Nights With Kapil". Adding to the madness, he will be seen donning multiple avatars, that of an actor, scriptwriter and producer in his production debut. Known for his strong comic timing as well as his ability to find humour in any situation, he will present a distinctive take on everyday life in a fresh way. The ...

  • Royals file police complaint suspend players contracts

    The Rajasthan Royals Monday filed a police complaint against their three players arrested for alleged spot-fixing in IPL matches and, pending inquiry, suspended the trio's contracts. "Based on the information provided by the authorities, the contracts of all three players have been suspended pending enquiry. We have already filed a complaint with the Delhi Police against all three players ...

  • Lodge FIRs against two BSP ministers UP Lokayukta

    The noose tightened against BSP leaders Monday with the Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta asking Chief Minister Akhlish Yadav to lodge first information reports (FIR) against two former ministers for corruption. While Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former chief minister Mayawati got off the hook in the multi-crore memorial scam being probed by the Lokayukta, two of her senior ministers -- Babu Singh ...

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Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones

Three years ago, when The Phantom Menace, the first installment of George Lucas' prequels to his original Star Wars trilogy, was set to be released, the hype was so far in the stratosphere that it was impossible to imagine that the movie could fulfill everyone's desires of what it should be. As is well known, The Phantom Menace raked in the bucks in both theaters and on home v ... ...

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  • Man accused of violence against Dalit woman activists arrested

    The man accused of bullying and physically abusing five Dalit woman activists in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur district last week, was arrested there Monday, police said. He was presented before a court which sent him to 14 days' judicial custody. Lalitpur's Superintendent of Police J.P. Singh told IANS that they were on the trail of Sahab Singh Yadav for the last five days and succeeded in nabbing ...

  • SC slams lapses in posting primary education workers

    The Supreme Court Monday gave vent to its ire over state governments flouting guidelines for the appointment of 'Shiksha Sahayaks' for promoting primary education saying it amounted to "spoiling the future of the future generations". As senior counsel U.U. Lalit, appearing for the Gujarat government, rose to make his submission, the apex court vacation bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice ...

  • Now posh residents protest lack of water

    Residents of the posh DLF City here Monday staged a noisy protest against the developer, saying the area was getting very little water despite the scorching heat. People from DLF City Phase III, including women and the elderly, blocked the Moulsari Venue Road for more than two hours. Joginder Singh, president of the Resident Welfare Association, said the DLF management had been told about the ...

  • India-China stress on peace boosting economic ties

    India and China Monday stressed on maintaining peace and tranquility along their border and on boosting trade ties, including inviting Chinese firms to invest in India in infrastructure development and increasing banking and financial cooperation. In a joint statement issued after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, both sides reaffirmed that ...

  • Heat scorches north India

    Most parts of north India reeled under intense heat Monday with no respite in sight Tuesday, with the temperature touching a scorching 46.2 degrees Celsius at Palam airport here. It was a hot start to the week in the national capital Monday with the temperature shooting up to five notches above average at 44.5 degrees Celsius, recorded at Safdarjang airport. No respite seems to be in sight as ...

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