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Feb 5, 2012
Andhra Pradesh High Court granted to CBI the custody of G V Vijay Raghav, a top executive of Emaar and Sunil Reddy, an alleged close associate of Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, both arrested in connection with a controversial township project involving the realty firm.
The central agency was allowed to take custody of the [...]
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Feb 5, 2012
The CBI special court on Saturday dismissed a petition by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy seeking to make Home MInister P Chidambaram a co-accused in the 2G spectrum case.
“Your prayer to summon Chidambaram as an accused is dismissed,” Special Judge O P Saini said on Swamy’s petition reading out from his much-awaited judgement.
The court said [...]
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Feb 5, 2012
“It is the duty of all parties in the country to solve problems according to the people’s wishes by participating in this Parliamentary Select Committee rather than relying on imported solutions and utilising foreign influences,” Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said.
Addressing the nation at Anuradhapura, on the occasion of the Sri Lankan Independence Day, [...]
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Feb 5, 2012
Washington: To make America more attractive to highly-skilled foreign students and workers, the United States has announced a series of reforms, including changes in the F-1 and H-1B visa rules, that may benefit professionals from India.
The interim measures are aimed at improving the competitiveness of US companies in the world market and stimulating US job [...]
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Bollywood, Movie News
Feb 4, 2012
Bollywood’s dusky beauty Bipasha Basu has always been held high in regards to fashion and style. And now that the world is raving about her sexy look in her song ‘Bipasha’ from her forthcoming film ‘Jodi Breakers’, the lady too can’t stop complementing her own style. Bipasha is super confident of her chic fashion and [...]
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Feb 4, 2012
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar who started his first production house Grazing Goat Pictures along with Color Channel’s ex CEO Ashwini Yarde is now looking forward to make more regional films under his production house. Akshay aims to encourage regional filmmakers to make it big in Indian cinema and this serves just as an initiative by [...]
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Feb 4, 2012
Repolling at 34 polling stations in Manipur’s hill districts began this morning amid tight security deployment in view of threats from insurgent organisations.
Extra security measures were taken as the government had received reports that militants particularly belonging to National Socialist Council of Nagaland (I-M) were roaming around the polling stations.
Officials said repolling began at all [...]
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Feb 4, 2012
Ghaziabad: The trial in the Aarushi Talwar murder case, that was set to begin today at the Special CBI Court in Ghaziabad, now stands delayed. The court has adjourned hearing in the case till February 29 after the counsel for Aarushi’s parents, Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar, made a request for adjournment, saying that the [...]
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Feb 4, 2012
New Delhi: The role of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum allocation scam will not be investigated and he cannot be made a co-accused in the case, a Delhi court ruled on Saturday while dismissing Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy’s petition.
Providing a major relief to not only Chidambaram but also to the [...]
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Feb 4, 2012
New York: Few billionaires are willing to reveal much about their taxes. But the Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has indirectly done so in the documents for his company’s public stock offering later this year.
Mr. Zuckerberg, 27, one of the world’s youngest billionaires, plans to exercise stock options with an estimated value of $5 billion ahead [...]
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Movie News, Tollywood
Feb 4, 2012
Suman, Ashish Vidyardi and Shyamala Devi starring ‘Veerangam’ has completed its production and post production formalities and getting ready to release on February 10th. Recently this film’s censor was done and has been awarded ‘A’ certificate by the censor board without any cuts.
Vemuganti is directing the movie while CL Srinivas Yadav is producing the movie [...]
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Feb 4, 2012
The surprise hit of 2012, Journey has completed 50 days run. Starring Jai, Anjali, Ananya and Sharwanand Journey started off on a good note at the box office and positive reviews and strong word of mouth has helped the film to gain momentum within no time.
Journey has done exceptional business in B centers and did [...]
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Feb 4, 2012
Veteran director Kodanda Rami Reddy son Vaibhav’s new movie under the direction of debutant Aalfaans was launched with a formal pooja ceremony and Muhoorth at Annapurna studios in Hyderabad Yesterday. China Babu. A and Raja Balaji Prasad are jointly producing this movie on Tollywood Creations and Sri Chakra movies banners.
Kodanda Rami Reddy, Dil Raju, Damodara [...]
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Feb 4, 2012
Prakash Raj’s ‘Dhoni’ audio release function has been held at Prasad Labs in Hyderabad yesterday. The film was directed and produced by Prakash Raj himself on Duet Cinema banner. Maestro Ilayaraja has composed the music while Seetarama Sastry penned the lyrics for this film.
Telugu cinema celebrities like Seetarama Sastry, Trivikram Srinivas, Dil Raju, Guhan, Master [...]
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Feb 4, 2012
San Juan: A Pentagon legal official refused on Friday to extend an important deadline for defence lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the September 11 attack, a decision that means their highly anticipated arraignment may now occur within months.
Bruce MacDonald, the Pentagon official who oversees the war crimes trials at the US [...]
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Feb 4, 2012
Beirut: In a barrage of mortar shells, Syrian forces killed 200 people and wounded hundreds in Homs in an offensive that appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said Saturday.
The assault in Homs, which has been one of the main flashpoints of opposition during the uprising, comes as the [...]
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Feb 4, 2012
New Delhi: Less than a week after a similar move by micro-blogging site Twitter, Internet major Google has unveiled plans to make content on its blogger platform selectively available, depending on the local rules of each country. Here are the Top Five facts you should know on Google’s move:
What is it? Google has announced it [...]
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Feb 4, 2012
NEW DELHI: UPA establishment rallied behind Union minister Praful Patel, who is at the centre of a bribery scandal with a Canadian newspaper linking him to a $200-million offer for a civil aviation contract in 2007.
Stephanie Nolan, the journalist who wrote the story for the Canadian Daily Globe and Mail, too defended the minister on [...]
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