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  • Shukla has multiple bullet injuries Doctors

    The 84-year-old Congress leader V.C. Shukla, critically injured after Maoists ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, has received multiple bullet injuries, doctors treating him at a Gurgaon hospital said Sunday. "Shukla was flown with gun shot injuries in an air ambulance around 8.15 today (Sunday) morning to Delhi. He has multiple bullet injuries and he remains ...

  • PM Sonia meet victims of Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Sunday met victims of the Chhattisgarh Maoist attack, which left at least 16 dead, including two senior Congress leaders, and 25 people injured. Both the prime minister and the Congress cheif visited the hospital in Raipur where the injured have been admitted, and interacted with members of victims' families. "This is a black day ...

  • Omar Abdullah condemns Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

    Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday condemned the Maoist strike on Congress party leaders and activists in Chhattisgarh. "Attacks in Chhattisgarh should be condemned strongly, our condolences with the family of the deceased," Abdullah said Meanwhile, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari, has conveyed his sympathies to the families of those killed in the ...

  • Get catty with cat-eye makeup

    Remember the classic cat-eye makeup of Asha Parekh, Sadhna, Sharmila Tagore and Helen that elongates the eye and gives it a feline look? If the style was popular back then, even now it continues to be a favourite for actresses over the years and, hence, of their fans off-screen, makeup gurus say. Capital-based makeover expert Aashmeen Munjaal says it is "evergreen". "Cat-eye makeup is ...

  • 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 ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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