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  • IPL spot fixing Mumbai Police issues summons to CSK boss Gurunath Meiyappan

    Media reports on Thursday said that Mumbai Police has set a deadline of Friday for Gurunath Meeiyappan, Principal Chennai Super Kings (CSK), to present himself for investigations in connection with spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). According to the reports, if Meiyappan fails to answer the summons, he would be declared a fugitive from justice. Earlier reports said that Meiyappan ...

  • Himachal achieves Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan targets

    Himachal Pradesh has achieved 100 percent target of enrolment, retention and transition of students in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the central government's programme for achievement of universalisation of elementary education, an official said Thursday. "To ensure and monitor learning level of students studying in government schools, assessment tests would be conducted on regular intervals," ...

  • Soha shoots at ancestral home for War Chod Na Yaar

    Actress Soha Ali Khan, who will be seen in the role of a journalist in upcoming film "War Chod Naa Yaar", shot a scene at her ancestral home in Pataudi. "The director wanted something very different and while searching for places, they found (Soha's) Pataudi house apt for the scene," said a source from the set. Being directed by Faraz Haider and produced by AOPL Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., "War ...

  • Tenfold hike in minority welfare spending UPA

    The expenditure on minorities' welfare has seen a ten-fold increase during the United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) tenure, says a handbook highlighting the achievements of the government. The government spending on centrally sponsored schemes for minorities went up from Rs.143.53 crore in 2006-07 to Rs.1,593.23 crore in 2012-13, it said, adding that 15 percent of all priority sector lending ...

  • Driver held for massacre of seven of family in Ghaziabad

    Cracking the gruesome murder case in Ghaziabad where seven persons of a family, including three children, were hacked to death late Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Police Thursday arrested the family's former driver who confessed to the killings in a fit of rage. Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Arun Kumar said Rahul Mishra, employed as driver, was fired after businessman Satish ...

Movie Review

Magnolia [DVD]

Magnolia [DVD]

Watching P.T. Anderson's "Magnolia" is like moving deep into the heart of a vertiginous spiral. "Magnolia" takes place over one day in Los Angeles and tells interlocking stories involving a dozen different characters. The first hour and a half of the film takes its time setting up these characters and giving them each large chunks of screen time. It is like moving along the wide, gently arching o ... ...

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  • SEBI Indias capital market regulator is 25

    The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) celebrates its silver jubilee Friday amid calls that the capital market regulator needs to follow global standards and improve market intelligence, technology and talent pool to beef up the enforcement processes, protect investors and allow the launch of more investment products. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram ...

  • Shashi Kant Sharma sworn-in as new CAG

    Shashi Kant Sharma, a Bihar cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was Thursday sworn-in as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), the government's official auditor. Sharma, 61, a former defence secretary, was sworn-in by President Pranab Mukherjee at a ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Sharma succeeds Vinod Rai, who demitted office Wednesday on retirement. The new CAG ...

  • Preity wants to do Indian CSI if remade in India

    If popular international show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" is remade in India, actress Preity Zinta is all for being a part of it. "If 'CSI' is remade in India - the real thing, I want to be a part of it. I have studied criminal psychology," Preity said in a statement. The actress, who portrayed strong female characters in "Kya Kehna" and "Sangharsh", shared her thoughts about increasing ...

  • Amar Singh cuts sorry figure at PM residence

    The once confident Amar Singh was a pale shadow of his old self when the UPA celebrated nine years in power at the residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In contrast to the good old times when his image as a shadow of Mulayam Singh Yadav made him a much sought after politician, Amar Singh looked lost at the crowded event Wednesday evening. At times he stood all alone amid the guests. ...

  • SBI profit drops 18.5 percent in January-March quarter

    India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) Thursday said its net profit dropped by 18.54 percent to Rs.3,299.22 crore in the quarter ended March 31 owing to lower interest income and higher provisioning. This is the first quarterly drop in the company's profit in the last two years. For the financial year 2012-13, the bank has posted a net profit of Rs.14,104.98 crore, as compared to ...

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