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  • Delhi sizzles as mercury soars

    The heat wave continued unabated in the Indian capital Thursday with the minimum temperature settling five notches above average at 31.4 degrees Celsius and the maximum expected to hover around the 45 degrees Celsius mark. 'Heatwave conditions would continue across the national capital. The maximum temperature Thursday is expected to be around 45 degrees Celsius,' an India Meteorological ...

  • New mango named Nirbhaya after gang-rape victim

    A new variety of mango, harvested at Uttar Pradesh's famous mango centre Malihabad, has been named Nirbhaya after the 23-year-old Delhi girl who was brutally gang-raped Dec 16 last year and died of her injuries two weeks later. The new variety, its grower Kaleemullah Khan said, was his way of honouring the bravery and spirit of the young physiotherapist, whose rape and death galvanised the ...

  • LeT militant killed in Srinagar three policemen injured

    Security forces killed a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant in a gunfight in the heart of Jammu and Kashmir capital Srinagar Thursday morning, police said. "Hilal Molvi of LeT was killed in an encounter with police in Narparistan (Fatah Kadal) area of old Srinagar city," Syed Ashiq Bukhari, senior superintendent of police (SSP), Srinagar, told IANS. Three police officials -- one sub inspector and ...

  • Royals down Sunrisers for Qualifier spot

    Scandal-hit Rajasthan Royals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by four wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Eliminator here at the Ferozeshah Kotla Wednesday to enter Qualifier 2. With a small target of 133, Rajasthan Royals had a jittery chase losing wickets at regular intervals but Australian middle-order batsman Brad Hodge (54 not out) made sure that the 2008 champions reached home with four ...

  • IPL scoreboard Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Rajasthan Royals

    The scoreboard of the Indian Premier League Eliminator between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Wednesday. Sunrisers Hyderabad innings: Parthiv Patel c Samson b Malik 1 Shikhar Dhawan c Trivedi b Faulkner 33 Hanuma Vihari c Cooper b Malik 1 Cameron White c Cooper b Trivedi 31 Darren Sammy run out (sub (R Shukla)/Yagnik) 29 Thisara Perera c Yagnik b ...

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American Outlaws

Most of the would-be young movie stars donning cowboy hats and six-shooters in American Outlaws were probably barely in their teen years when Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, and Lou Diamond Phillips did the same thing 13 years ago in Young Guns (1988). And, while Young Guns was hardly a masterpiece of the Western genre, at least it had the integrity to maint ... ...

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  • Royals beat Sunrisers in IPL Eliminator

    Rajasthan Royals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by four wickets in the Indian Premier League Eliminator at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Wednesday. Chasing 133, Rajasthan Royals got home in 19.2 overs. Brad Hodge remained unbeaten on ...

  • Tendulkar out of IPL with hand injury

    Sachin Tendulkar will not take further part in the Indian Premier League owing to an injury on his left hand, his team Mumbai Indians said Wednesday. Tendulkar, who did not play the Qualifier I against Chennai Super Kings here Tuesday, has been ruled out of action for three weeks, according to a Mumbai Indians statement. "Sachin Tendulkar has injured his left wrist and hand while batting in ...

  • Ghaziabad trader six of family murdered valuables looted

    A businessman and six members of his family, including his three grand-children, were murdered in their house here Wednesday and cash and valuables worth over Rs.1 crore looted, police said. Satish Goel, 62, his wife Manju, 60, son Sachin, 40, daughter-in-law Rekha, 38, and grandchildren Medha, 13, Honey, 11, and Aman, 7, were found in pools of blood in their house in Nai Basti neighbourhood, ...

  • Spot fixing fails to dampen IPL fans spirit

    The spot fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League seems to have had little impact on the enthusiasm of cricket fans as there was a huge crowd in attendence for the eliminator between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Wednesday. A Delhi and District Cricket Association official told IANS that around 33,000 spectators enjoyed the game in the 45,000-capacity ...

  • Firemen still battling Coca Cola yard blaze

    Firemen were still trying to douse a fire that broke out in the stock yard of Coca Cola company here in Udyog Vihar a day before, an official said Wednesday. The fire broke out Tuesday around 8 a.m. in the yard. "Eighteen fire fighter tenders were pressed into the service to control the blaze. By the Wednesday morning it was controlled but six fire tenders and 40 firemen were trying to douse ...

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