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Boston suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 'left note in boat'
An infrared image released by police shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding inside the boat The Boston marathon bombing suspect wrote a message in a boat where he hid, describing victims of the attack as...
View ArticleBrand IPL caught with 'towel in trousers' BS
The spot fixing charges on three players belonging to the Rajasthan Royals team is likely to further dent the brand equity of the Indian Premier League (IPL), only partially having recovered its value...
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Staying on Windows XP to cost 3 times more than migrating to Windows 8 Neha...
Companies could be spending three times more if they stay on Windows XP than migrating to the advanced versions of the software, as Microsoft Corp plans, says an IDC study, to end support for Windows...
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Full land for Posco's Odisha project phase-I in 15 days BS
The Jagatsinghpur district administration plans to hand over additional 700 acres of land at the Posco project site to the state owned land acquisition agency, Industrial Infrastructure Development...
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StanChart's Indian arm is the third-largest contributor to its global...
Sunil Kaushal, CEO-India, StanchartIn early 1946, members of the Khoja Ismaili community gathered in Bombay to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the Aga Khan as their spiritual leader. The celebration...
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From setting up the country's first hydropower plant to pioneering the BPO...
Banmali Agrawala, CEO, GE IndiaIn the 1880s, a British company, John Taylor & Sons, started extracting gold from the Kolar fields in what was then Mysore state. The mines were deep and extracting...
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IPL in crisis: Bookies supplied call girls to Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila,...
Sources claimed that Sreesanth was with a woman when he was arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell.In a shocking revelation, sources have claimed bookies have supplied call girls to cricketers Sreesanth...
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India cricket: Rahul Dravid 'devastated' over IPL team arrests
Rajasthan Royals captain Rahul Dravid said the team was devastated by the arrestsLegendary Indian batsman Rahul Dravid has spoken of his anguish after three players from the team he captains in the...
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Can Singapore's hawker food heritage survive?
By Helier CheungBBC News, Singapore Food hawker Abdus Salam abandoned his engineering career to take over his father's stall Ask any Singaporean what the country's favourite local pastime is, and...
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Sanjay Dutt: India Bollywood actor takes shampoo, mattress to jail
Sanjay Dutt was mobbed by journalists when he went to give himself up at the Mumbai court on Thursday Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has been allowed to take a mattress, pillow, fan, toiletries and...
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Indian media: Anger over cricket 'spot-fixing'
The arrest of three IPL cricketers over spot-fixing allegations has sparked widespread anger across India"A billion betrayed" - the Times of India sums up the country's mood with this headline on the...
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India cautions Lanka against Army acquiring private land in North
May 17, 2013, 9:44 pmBY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI, May 17: India today cautioned Sri Lanka against the Army acquiring private land in the Northern Province for the socalled...
View ArticleLawyer claims Sreekanth’s arrest in IPL spot-fixing scandal is ‘mistaken’
May 17, 2013, 10:12 pmBY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI, May 17: Indian pacer and Rajasthan Royals player S Sreesanth has been ‘falsely or mistakenly’ arrested by the police, his...
View ArticleIndia’s investments in Lanka topped $1 billion since 2003
May 17, 2013, 10:12 pmCOLOMBO: Indian companies have invested nearly USD 1 billion in Sri Lanka since 2003 and this figure could rise above USD 2 billion in the next five years, outgoing Indian envoy...
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Our Country, Right or Wrong - I
May 17, 2013, 8:10 pmby Rohana R. WasalaThe real war in which we are now engaged is one within ourselves; within mankind as a complex whole. Our right hand holds high the tools man has developed for...
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The North and the East under the Portuguese and the Dutch
May 17, 2013, 8:12 pmby Kamalika PierisDuring the Portuguese occupation, the East was under the Sinhala king. D.G.B. de Silva says Rajasinghe II (1635-87) had extended the Matale Dissawa up to...
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Scramble for political mileage
May 17, 2013, 9:04 pmThe Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa and the head of the DMK, M. Karunanidhi, are locked in a battle over the plight of Tamil Nadu fishermen, at the hands of the Sri...
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Blundering politicians continue their assault on Higher Education
May 17, 2013, 8:53 pmNOTEBOOK OF A NOBODYBeside yon straggling fence that skirts the wayWith blossom'd furze unprofitably gay,There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule,The village master taught his...
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Curiouser and curiouser!May 17, 2013, 8:51 pmThe police are afflicted with a strange disease; they suffer from ‘selective amnesia’. They have suddenly remembered that an attempt was made on Gen....
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Mafia boss Peppe Pesce gives himself up
By Elena CosentinoBBC News, Rosarno Supporters and relatives turned up outside the police stationThis week the boss of one of southern Italy's most powerful mafia dynasties sensationally handed...
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