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  • BJP condemns brutal Maoist attack on Congress in Bastar

    The BJP Sunday condemned the Maoist attack on a Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh in which 16 people, including two senior Congress leaders, were killed, and appealed to political parties to come together and fight the extremist menace. "The incident in Chhattisgarh due to Naxal violence is very unfortunate. I condemn it in strong words and express my sympathy towards the victims," BJP president ...

  • Organ transplant Online network to connect donor recipient

    Families of patients needing an immediate organ transplant for their survival would soon find it easy to locate a potential donor with the Indian government coming up with an online network containing necessary details like the blood group and organs available for transplant. The online network, which is being set up under the soon to come up National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation ...

  • BCCI suspends Meiyappan promises to assist police

    The Indian cricket board has suspended Chennai Super Kings' Chief Executive Officer Gurunath Meiyappan, who is now under arrest for his alleged involvement in the spot fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Announcing the decision Sunday, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Sanjay Jagdale also promised to assist the police and regulatory authorities in the ...

  • Middle East businessmen caught in Kerala CPI-M feud

    Two prominent Middle East-based businessmen who hail from Kerala appear to be caught in the factional feud of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Kerala. The Ernakulam unit of the CPI-M has accused M.A. Yusuf Ali, owner of the Emke Group, of encroaching upon the government land for his Rs.1600-crore Lulu Shopping Mall project here that opened in March this year. The Ernakulam ...

  • Shimla kids to learn through film festival on disability

    Public welfare trust Umang Foundation will organise a film festival on disability, the first such programme in Himachal Pradesh, an organiser said here Sunday. A total 19 national and international award winning short films will be screened at Portmore Government School Monday, foundation chairman Ajai Srivastava said in a statement. He said more than 1,600 students along with principals of ...

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Army of Shadows (L'Armée des ombres) [DVD]

Army of Shadows (L'Armée des ombres) [DVD]

Disparaged by French critics during in its initial run in 1969, Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows (L'Arme des ombres) has enjoyed a critical re-evaluation in recent years, culminating in a restoration of the original negative and its first theatrical release in t ... ...

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  • Mumbai police raid Gurunath Meiyappans residence

    A Mumbai Police team Sunday raided the house of Gurunath Meiyappan, the team principal of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and son-in-law of Indian cricket board's chief N.Srinivasan. A Mumbai court Saturday sent Meiyappan to police custody till May 29 in connection with the raging spot fixing scam in Indian cricket. On May 23, a Mumbai Police team served summons on Meiyappan at his residence in ...

  • BCCI suspends Meiyappan

    The Indian cricket board has suspended Chennai Super Kings chief executive officer Gurunath Meiyappan, who has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the spot fixing scandal. "Pending further investigations and any subsequent hearing by the BCCI Disciplinary Committee or the IPL Code of Behaviour Committee, Mr. Meiyappan has been suspended by the BCCI from any involvement in the sport of ...

  • Force India boss Mallya apologises to downcast Di Resta for botching Monaco chances with wrong tyre call

    Force India boss Vijay Mallya has issued a public apology to team driver Paul di Resta after a fumbled tyre call wrecked his hopes of a career-best finish on the podium ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix. The Scot is set to start from a distant 17th position in Monaco after Force India botched his chances to be in the top five with a wrong tyre call, the Mirror reports. Apologising to the ...

  • Himachal literacy rate up 6.3 percent in decade Census

    The literacy rate in Himachal Pradesh, with a population of over 68 lakh, has registered an increase of 6.3 percent over a decade, says a Census report. The literacy rate has increased to 82.8 in 2011 from 76.5 in 2001, with male literacy rate increasing by 4.2 percent and female by 8.5 percent, said the final Census report for 2011 released here recently. Census Joint Director R.K. Ram told ...

  • Hot Sunday morning in Delhi

    It was a hot morning in the capital Sunday with the minimum temperature settling at 29.3 degrees Celsius, two notches above average for this time of year. The weather office has forecast a clear and hot day ahead. "A clear and hot day is in store for Delhi. The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 43 degrees Celsius," an official at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) told ...

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