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  • Talwar denies charge evidence given by witnesses

    Murdered teenager Aarushi's father and accused Rajesh Talwar Monday answered 231 questions in a court here and denied the allegations of his involvement in the crime while claiming that the CBI was influencing witnesses. Talwar denied the allegations made by the CBI and countered by saying that the prosecution agency was influencing witnesses to deviate from their original statements and thus ...

  • IPL scam Delhi Police ask spectators to lodge complaint

    Delhi Police Monday appealed to the spectators and general public to lodge their complaints if they felt "cheated" while watching the three Indian Premiere League (IPL) matches which were spot-fixed. According to Delhi Police, an over each was "fixed" in the IPL matches played on May 5 between Rajasthan Royals and Pune Warriors, on May 9 between Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab, and on May ...

  • A Mughlai treat for the Chinese premier in Delhi

    A delectable ensemble of Mughlai dishes was on the lunch menu for visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Hyderabad House here Monday. The lunch was hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the visiting dignitary after the signing of agreements and their media statements. On the menu was tamatar aur dhaniya ka shorba (tomato and coriander soup), and for starters, there was motia uttappam ...

  • Three men acquitted of rape charges after victim recants

    A Delhi court acquitted three men facing charges of abducting and gang-raping a woman after the victim denied that the accused raped her. Additional Sessions Judge T.R. Naval acquitted Nazeemuddin, Deepak Aggarwal and Idris Malik of the rape charges, saying that the victim failed to support the prosecution case. It added that she had specifically denied that these accused took turns to rape ...

  • Illegal structures on Yamuna Hindon banks to be demolished

    The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Monday ordered the demolition of all unauthorised structures on the flood plains and river beds of Yamuna and Hindon rivers in Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, officials said. "All illegal and unauthorized constructions either temporary or permanent and raised without the permission of any competent authority are to be demolished in Haryana, UP (Uttar Pradesh) ...

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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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  • No questions for visiting leaders

    Media interactions with visiting leaders are becoming little more than photo-ops with journalists being given no opportunity to ask questions of the dignitaries. This was also the case during the signing of agreements and media statements Monday at Hyderabad House after talks between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Both Li and Manmohan Singh, after their ...

  • Tibetans protest near Lis hotel

    Three Tibetan activists Monday defied security and managed to stage a small protest here near the Taj Palace Hotel where Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is staying, police said. Another group of 300 Tibetans held a march elsewhere. Three Tibetan students climbed a structure in a filling station near Li's hotel and shouted slogans for a free Tibet, an official said. Displaying a banner that read "Li ...

  • Infosys to appeal against tax demand

    Indian IT bellwether Infosys Ltd Monday said it would appeal against the notice of the income tax department demanding Rs.577 crore as outstanding dues for fiscal 2008-09. "We are in the process of filing an appeal before the commissioner of income tax as the demand notice does not take into consideration the clarification issued Jan 17, 2013 by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)," the ...

  • 1993 Mumbai blasts convict comes on wheelchair to surrender

    Two elderly and ailing convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case were respectively brought on a stretcher and a wheelchair to surrender before a TADA Special Court here Monday to serve their sentence. While Zaibunissa Kazi, 75, suffering from multiple ailments including cancer, was brought on a wheelchair, Sharif 'Dada' Parkar, 80, was brought in an ambulance on a stretcher before ...

  • Is Preity Zinta serious about joining politics

    Saddened by the current situation in the country, actress-businesswoman Preity Zinta is "thiking" about joining "politics" as she wants to be part of a movement to bring positive changes in India. Currently busy promoting her first production venture "Ishkq in Paris", Preity said: "Off late, I have been thinking that I will join politics because it's so sad what is happening to our ...

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