Malayalam director P Ramdas passes away

KOTTAYAM: (Kerala): Yesteryear veteran director P Ramdas, who introduced the neo-realistic wave in Malayalam cinema during the 1950s through his path breaking movie "Newspaper Boy", has passed away at a hospital.Ramdas (83) died following age-related...

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BJP may discontinue rural job plan if voted to power: Chidambaram

SIVAGANGA (TN): Senior Congress leader and finance minister P Chidambaram on Friday said BJP may not continue UPA's rural employment scheme if it was voted to power at the Centre and urged the electorate to vote for his party to derive benefits of welfare...

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Jiah Khan case: HC asks cops why SMS text, calls not in chargesheet

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday asked Juhu police to explain why it had not included in the chargesheet the text of SMS messages and number of telephone calls received by actor Jiah Khan minutes before her death.The court was hearing a petition...

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BJP may discontinue rural job plan if voted to power: Chidambaram

SIVAGANGA (TN): Senior Congress leader and finance minister P Chidambaram on Friday said BJP may not continue UPA's rural employment scheme if it was voted to power at the Centre and urged the electorate to vote for his party to derive benefits of welfare...

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Bihar's former chief minister Satish Prasad Singh quits BJP

PATNA: Bihar's former chief minister Satish Prasad Singh on Friday quit BJP, barely seven months after joining it, to protest against the 'inadequate' ticket distribution to the backward Kushwaha and Keori castes."I have decided to quit the BJP to protest...

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Mumbai University postpones exam dates

MUMBAI: Mumbai University has postponed all examinations — around 126 papers that were scheduled on March 28 and a similar number of papers that were scheduled on April 1 — as most college teachers are put on election duty.Around 88,000 students from...

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World's 'longest-serving' death row inmate freed for Japan retrial

TOKYO: A man believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate walked free from jail on Thursday after decades in solitary confinement, in a rare about-face for Japan's rigid justice system. A slightly unsteady-looking Iwao Hakamada, 78, emerged...

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Commute Bhullar's death penalty to life term: Centre to SC

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it has "no problem" with commutation of death sentence of Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar to life term and the petition in this regard has to be allowed in view of the court's...

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Shakti Mills gang rape: HC refuses to interfere in trial 'at this stage'

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday declined to interfere in the Shakti Mills gang rape case of a photojournalist at this stage.Hearing a petition filed by the accused challenging the adding of charges that attract the death penalty, a division...

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Modi vows to end terrorism, mum on Maoism

GAYA/SASARAM: Launching a frontal attack on Nitish Kumar-led Bihar govt for its alleged failure to deal with terrorism with an iron hand, mainly on account of the compulsions of vote bank politics, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Thursday...

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EC bars Akhilesh Yadav from holding discussion through video conference

LUCKNOW: The Election Commission has barred chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his cabinet colleague from holding discussion with officials of various departments through video conferencing till the elections are over.A direction to this effect was issued...

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Family of Sunanda Pushkar wants end to speculation over her death

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Family members of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union minister of state for HRD Shashi Tharoor, on Wednesday asked all concerned to stop their unfounded speculations over the death of Sunanda.In a joint statement issued by her father,...

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Murdoch names son Lachlan as vice-president of media empire

NEW YORK: Rupert Murdoch said on Wednesday that he had promoted his son Lachlan to be vice-president of the two companies that make up his media empire.Those companies are News Corp and the TV and film producer 21st Century Fox.For years speculation...

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EC bars Akhilesh Yadav from holding discussion through video conference

LUCKNOW: The Election Commission has barred chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his cabinet colleague from holding discussion with officials of various departments through video conferencing till the elections are over.A direction to this effect was issued...

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Madras high court grants bail to 33 crew members of US anti-piracy ship

MADURAI: Madras high court's Madurai bench on Wednesday granted bail to 33 crew members of US anti-piracy ship MV Seaman Guard Ohio that had allegedly entered the Indian waters with illegal arms. It also granted bail to a man who supplied 1,500 litres...

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Kolkata police to keep eye on expenditure of Lok Sabha candidates

KOLKATA: Kolkata police is set to play a major role in the multiagency task of controlling the purses of the Lok Sabha candidates. As a first step, they have been asked to videograph all important rallies and meeting attended by senior politicians and...

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Chhattisgarh rice millers threaten indefinite strike from April 1

RAIPUR: Over 1500 rice mill owners in Chhattisgarh have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from April 1 to protest against government's decision to extend duration for mandatory custom milling from 2 months to 6 months and it's failure to increase...

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Western Railway to run 26 trains between Mumbai and Jammu Tavi

MUMBAI: Western Railway will run 26 special services between Bandra (T) - Jammu Tavi-Andheri Weekly super fast special train to clear additional rush of passengers.WR spokesperson said, "Train No 09021 Bandra (T)-Jammu Tavi Super Fast Weekly Special...

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Whistleblower knocks at Prime Minister's door, seeking probe against erring officials

NEW DELHI: Facing roadblocks to his crusade against corrupt public servants, whistleblower Sanjiv Chaturvedi — Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer — has written to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking action against certain PMO officials who are...

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Kolkata police to keep eye on expenditure of Lok Sabha candidates

KOLKATA: Kolkata police is set to play a major role in the multiagency task of controlling the purses of the Lok Sabha candidates. As a first step, they have been asked to videograph all important rallies and meeting attended by senior politicians and...

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Mayawati asks tribals and dalits to change government, not religion

BHUBANESWAR: BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday slammed religious conversion and asked members of weaker sections, dalits and tribals to change the government instead of their religions."I understand that people from BJP and RSS visit remote areas of Odisha...

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Search for survivors continues in US mudslide, 3 dead

SEATTLE: Rescue crews searched into the night for survivors from a massive mudslide in Washington state that killed at least three people, after hearing voices from the debris field pleading for help.The slide of mud, trees and rocks happened on Saturday...

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IMF’s chief Lagarde says can’t do much about reform without US support

The author has posted comments on this articleReuters | Mar 23, 2014, 05.11PM IST BEIJING: International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said on Sunday that there was not much she should could to push reform at her organization and give...

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Mayawati asks tribals and dalits to change government, not religion

BHUBANESWAR: BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday slammed religious conversion and asked members of weaker sections, dalits and tribals to change the government instead of their religions."I understand that people from BJP and RSS visit remote areas of Odisha...

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Turkey shot down Syrian plane which violated airspace: Report

ISTANBUL: Turkey's armed forces shot down a Syrian plane on Sunday after it crossed into Turkish airspace in a border region where Syrian rebels have been battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces."A Syrian plane violated our airspace," Prime Minister...

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