The Cricket-Bollywood large venture, IPL starts tomorrow with shine and glamour. Season3’s inaugural start in municipality promises to be the large and the meliorate from the preceding years’. After all, the IPL isn’t just about cricket, is it? And Season 3’s opening ceremony in Mumbai promises to be bigger and better...
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NEW DELHI INDIA: The standoff over the Women’s Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha ended on Thursday with the government announcing that the proposed legislation would be brought in the House only after consultations with all sections. The breakthrough came after SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, RJD leader Lalu Prasad and JD(U) president Sharad Yadav, the...
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SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell below $82 a barrel Thursday in Asia as traders eyed tepid U.S. crude demand amid an overall economic expansion. Benchmark crude for April delivery was down 51 cents to $81.58 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 60 cents to...
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MUMBAI INDIA : Bollywood star Aamir Khan, whose recent release `3 Idiots’ took a critical look at India’s education system, says that he gets inspired by stories of real-life heroes who go beyond their limitations to bring change in one’s life and in society. “When I see real heroes and listen to their stories, it...
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Supreme Court has adjourned the police torture case for 3 weeks. During the case hearing, Justice Sair Ali said that the situation could be rectified if the cops who resorted to brutality be subjected to the same kind of torture. However, the IG Police said that the police morale has shrunk, and added that it...
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British actor Sacha Baron Cohen is rumoured to be in line to star in the third Men In Black movie. According to horror movies blog Bloody-Disgusting.com, along with Jemaine Clement of ‘Flight Of The Conchords’, Cohen, 38, is on Columbia Pictures’ wish list to play a character called Yaz. Josh Brolin is also in talks to...
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Sui Northern Company has borne around 25billion cubic feet gas transmission losses during the current fiscal year. Company sources said that Rs7.30 billion loss has been incurred in gas sale owing to the transmission losses, which resulted into the Rs270million loss to the company. They added that the company bore millions of rupees loss despite 18percent...
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KARACHI PAKISTAN : World Kidney Day (WKD) 2010 is being observed on Thursday with the theme ‘Protect Your Kidney, Control Diabetes’. The day holds particular relevance for Pakistan where one in three citizens over 40 has some form of Kidney disease. According to available studies diabetes and high blood pressure are the two most common causes...
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NEW DELHI INDIA : Four-time champions Pakistan slumped to an embarrassing 3-2 defeat by Canada on Thursday to finish last for the first time in the men’s field hockey World Cup. Scott Tupper scored a golden goal two minutes before the end of extra-time in the play-off for the 11-12 positions to hand Canada their...
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