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Shoddy script spoils 'Maathi Yosi' Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Film: 'Maathi Yosi'; Cast: Harish, Alex, Gopal, Visak, Shammu; Director: Nandha Periyasamy; Producer: P.S. Sekar Reddy; Music Director: Guru Kalyan; Rating: Ratings: **
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Never stop fighting - cancer stricken Lisa Ray's motto Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Actress Lisa Ray, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare cancer of the plasma cells last year, isn't letting the disease affect her - she is determined to fight it and has sought spiritual solace near Ganga in Rishikesh.
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Don't table biotech bill in parliament, CPI to PM Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Saying that the biotech bill is all 'wrong and retrogressive', Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cautioning him not to introduce the 'draconian' bill in parliament.
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Poor response to IPL tickets in Orissa Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
There is poor response to tickets for the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to be played in Cuttack in Orissa later this month, an official said Sunday.
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Aamir Khan's wish list on his birthday Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, who turned 45 Sunday, has an assorted wish list on his birthday -- he wants to learn a couple of languages, spend time with family and learn cooking from his 'aami'.
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Mammootty to take month long break from films Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
After a rollicking 2009 which saw eight Mammootty films being released, the Malayalam superstar is now planning a month-long break from acting.
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Apollo Hospitals to conduct research in ayurveda Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Ayurveda, the traditional Indian system of medicine struggling to get due recognition oweing to its inadequate scientific validation, has now found a new patron in Apollo Hospitals. The chain will carry out research to establish ayurveda as potent system of medicine worldwide.
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Tripura debates Maneka's plea against animal sacrifice Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Maneka Gandhi's appeal to stop animal sacrifice in Tripura's temples has sparked a debate with animal lovers supporting her while others dead against stopping of age-old traditions.
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Jammu and Kashmir Gujjars plea UN for food Security under WFP Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
In a significant move against poverty, the Scheduled Tribes Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday appealed the United Nation to provide food security to more than six lakh nomadic families of their tribe under "World Food Programme" (WFP) as they are suffering from intense food-deficit due to low-income and deficiency
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4 nabbed for ferrying hawala money in Indore Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
A hawala (money laundering) racket was busted in Indore with the arrest of four people wearing specially-designed clothes to carry Rs.80 lakh with them, police said Sunday.
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Doda water crisis, a cause of worry for locals Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
The acute water crisis in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir has added to the worries of local residents, who have been forced to face numerous problems due to it.
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Jnanpith Award winner Vinda Karandikar dead Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Eminent Marathi litterateur and Jnanpith Award winner Govinda Vinayak Karandikar died here Sunday morning, a family member said. He was 92.
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Mumbai court grants police custody to two terrorists arrested by ATS Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
A Mumbai Court on Sunday granted police custody of two terrorists arrested till March 18 on charges of attempting to blow up the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plant here.
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Vijender Singh beats Malaysia's Mohammad Harun in Commonwealth meet Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Olympic bronze medalist, boxer Vijender Singh beat Malaysia's rising boxer Mohammad Farhan Harun at the opening of the 5th Commonwealth Boxing Championships in New Delhi.
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Hymns to nature at the Golden Temple Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Hundreds of Sikhs Sunday recited hymns devoted to the environment in the Golden Temple here to mark the coronation of their seventh guru Har Rai.
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ONGC to invest $20 bn on assets abroad Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
India's energy behemoth, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), will invest $20 billion (Rs.90,000 crore) in assets abroad over the next decade.
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Mulayam fears an all-women parliament Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Sunday said the women's reservation bill was an 'international conspiracy' to weaken Indian democracy and said it would ultimately lead to an all-women parliament that would be 'alarming' for the country.
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Moderate quake in Himachal, Punjab Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale Sunday struck Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, an official said here.
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Six Mumbai labourers injured as under-renovation buildings collapse Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
At least six labourers were injured here as two nearby buildings that were under-renovation by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) collapsed.
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Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi meets NGO children Print E-mail
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi was seen having a gala time with the children of Sneha Sadan, an NGO that provides home and care to homeless street children. Oberoi, who spent some time with the kids later, presented them an ecofriendly refrigerator.
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