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  • Sunday hottest day of season so far Monday to be worse

    Mercury rose to a blazing 44.6 degrees Celsius - five notches above average - Sunday, making it the hottest day in the season so far. Monday is expected to be hotter, the weatherman forecast. The scorching heat Sunday kept Delhi's streets and roads deserted as the weekend revelers chose to stay indoors. "It seemed as if I was being baked when I was riding my two-wheeler. At one point of ...

  • Three newspaper employees murdered in Tripura

    Three newspaper employees, including a manager, were killed by two unidentified assailants at their office here Sunday, police said. "Two armed assailants came by a motorcycle and stormed into the office of the 'Dainik Ganadoot' (a vernacular daily) and stabbed to death proof reader Sujit Bhattacharjee, 32, and seriously wounded manager Ranjit Chowdhury, 60, and driver Balaram Ghosh, 40, both ...

  • Muslims in Maharashtra start 300-km march for job quota

    People here trooped out Sunday on the streets to welcome and offer chilled soft drinks to over 1,000 Muslims who embarked on a 300-km Gandhian march to Mumbai demanding reservations in job, an official said. The protestors started from the sensitive power-loom town of Malegaon after the Friday prayers for Mumbai's Azad Maidan as their destination, which they hope to cover by May 26, according ...

  • For Lis visit Chinese embassy hotel turn into fortresses

    The Chinese embassy was Sunday turned into a fortress as Premier Li Keqiang arrived on a state visit while a tight security ring was thrown around the Taj Palace Hotel where he is staying. Delhi Police have deployed more personnel and shut down certain roads, including those near the Chinese embassy, as a precautionary measure. All the inner roads leading to the hotel have been barricaded and ...

  • Ex-Ranji player two others arrested for IPL scam

    Three more people have been arrested in the Indian Premier League spot fixing case, Delhi Police said Sunday, taking the number of arrested to 18, including India fast bowler S. Sreesanth and two other players of the Rajasthan Royals. The three - Sunil Bhatia, 44, Kiran Dole, 43, and Manish Gudewa, 32 - all natives of Nagpur were arrested from Maharashtra's Aurangabad city early Sunday morning ...

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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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  • Shinde to attend India-US security dialogue

    Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will lead a high-level delegation to the US next week to attend the Indo-American Homeland Security Dialogue, a statement said Sunday. During his May 19-23 trip, Shinde would meet Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and attend the plenary session of the Homeland Security Dialogue. Shinde will also meet other top security and legal officials including ...

  • IPL Kolkata bat against Hyderabad

    Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League match here Sunday ...

  • Serves our interests to coexist peacefully says Li in India

    Arriving in India days after a border stand-off, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Sunday that China regards India as an important partner and friend, and it serves their bilateral interests and the world to coexist peacefully. In a written statement issued on his arrival here Sunday afternoon, Li said "it serves the fundamental interests of the two countries and their people and is a blessing to ...

  • IPL Scoreboard Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils

    The following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Pune Warriors and Delhi Daredevils at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium here Sunday: Pune Warriors: Robin Uthappa c Warner b Yadav 24 Aaron Finch c Sehwag b Kaul 52 Manish Pandey b Nadeem 10 Yuvraj Singh c Sehwag b Pathan 3 Angelo Mathews not out 30 Luke Wright c Sehwag b Kaul 44 Raiphi Gomez not out 4 Extras ...

  • Saradha boss aide to face police questions in fresh case

    Sudipta Sen, Saradha Group chief and alleged mastermind of the chit fund scam, and one of his close aides were Sunday sent to 10 days' police custody by a West Bengal court in a fresh case. Sen and his employee Arvind Chauhan were sent to police custody by a South 24-Parganas district court on a complaint lodged by Manik Chakrabarty, an agent of a Saradha Group chit fund company who claims to ...

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