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  • BJP targets government over new CAG

    The BJP Wednesday targeted the UPA government over appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India, and said there was "institutional conflict of interest" as he will be auditing defence deals which were finalised during his term as defence secretary. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley said he was not making remark about the individual but it was an ...

  • Jnanpith Award conferred on Pratibha Ray

    President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday conferred the 47th Jnanpith Award, the country's highest literary award, for the year 2011 on noted writer Pratibha Ray. Mukherjee said on the occasion that Ray has been described as a complete writer with novels, short stories, children's stories, autobiography, translations and also a volume of lyrics to her credit. "I would like to see our schools and ...

  • LampT Q4 profit drops near 7 percent

    Engineering and construction conglomerate Larson amp; Toubro Wednesday posted a 6.8 percent drop in net profit at Rs.1,787.94 crore for the fourth quarter ended March. The company had declared a net profit of Rs.1,920.41 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal. Total income rose to Rs.20,668.21 crore for the fourth quarter, as against Rs.18,775.04 crore in the same period of 2011-12, ...

  • Yadav planned to play in Bangladesh league

    Former Ranji cricket player Baburao Yadav, arrested in the IPL spot fixing scandal, had planned to play in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) with the help of one of the arrested bookies, police said Wednesday. Yadav, who was arrested Monday was taken to Bangladesh by the bookie Sunil Bhatia in 2009 to introduce him to some of his contacts who could help Yadav play in the BPL, said a police ...

  • Malegaon blast NIA names four in charge sheet

    The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Wednesday filed its charge sheet against four men, accused in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast case, before a Special MCOCA court, officials said. The charge sheet, filed before Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court Judge Prithviraj Chavan has named Lokesh Sharma, Dhan Singh, Rajendra Choudhary and Manohar Narwaria, who were ...

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Zodiac [DVD]

Zodiac [DVD]

Despite being a return to the serial killer film, the genre that first earned him recognition with 1995's brilliantly disturbing Seven, in Zodiac director David Fincher dials down the stylistic amplitude that has characterized his previous films and in the process cements his status ... ...

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  • SC warns against lapses in filling primary teaching jobs

    The Supreme Court Wednesday said it was concerned with the quality of the primary teacher and warned against a populist approach on appointments that could endanger India's future. "It is too serious a matter for us. We are concerned with the future of the country," said the apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Dipak Misra while hearing a petition by the Gujarat government on ...

  • Cadbury ordered to pay Rs.30000 compensation says will move higher court

    A consumer court in Tripura has ordered Cadbury India to pay a compensation of Rs.30,000 to a complainant who found an iron pin inside a chocolate bar made by the company. But the company said it disagreed with the findings of the consumer court and would file an appeal against the order in the higher court. "The quality and safety of our products is our highest priority. Cadbury India follows ...

  • JMM rules out poll pact for 2014 polls

    The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Wednesday ruled out any pre-poll tie-up in the state assembly and Lok Sabha polls in 2014. "Our party will go alone in Lok sabha and assembly polls," said Hemant Soren, former deputy chief minister and son of JMM chief Shibu Soren. He was talking to reporters after the end of a two-day executive committee meeting of the JMM in Bokaro. President's rule was ...

  • Sports was clean during fathers time Deepika Padukone

    Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, daughter of badminton icon Prakash Padukone, says sports was pure and clean during her father's time. She rues how malpractices such as spot-fixing can give any sport a bad name. Following news of actor Vindu Dara Singh's association in the recent spot-fixing scandal of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Deepika says it is sad how because of a few people, ...

  • PM to lay foundation stone of defence university

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will May 23 lay the foundation stone of the Indian National Defence University (INDU) at Binola in Gurgaon district, Haryana, as an unique autonomous institution of national importance, officials said Wednesday. The INDU would provide higher education for management of defence forces and keep military leadership abreast of emerging security challenges through ...

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