| Chhattisgarh Congress candidate named for bribing voters Lea |
| NAT64National/Politics/Elections/CrimeChhattisgarh Congress candidate named for bribing voters LeadRaipur, Nov 7 IANS The police Friday filed a case against senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma, who is contesting from Dantewada in Chhattisgarh, for allegedly offering cash for votes for the Nov 14 polls. Karma denied bribing voters, saying he was only "paying people" hired for election work.The FIR was lodged at Dantewada police station on the instruction of district election officer S read more |
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| Karachi, Nov 5 IANS Hours after Pakistani batsman Mohammad Y |
| SPO12SportsPCB bans Yousuf for joining ICL, planning to sue the playerKarachi, Nov 5 IANS Hours after Pakistani batsman Mohammad Yousuf joined the rebel Indian Cricket League ICL in Delhi, the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB banned him from playing for the country and is preparing to sue him.Zakir Khan, PCB's Director of Cricket Operations, said Wednesday that the board has terminated the central contract of the 34-year-old player and will soon be sending a legal notice to Yousuf, asking him to pay up the money spent by the PCB over his legal battle with the ICL read more |
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| Ingredients in plastic test tubes may skew results of drug t |
| London, November 7 ANI: Ingredients in plastic test tubes can block some biological reactions while testing the efficacy of drugs, and thereby lead researchers to bogus conclusions, according to a new study.University of Alberta researcher Andrew Holt says that water alone can leach such chemicals out of plastic tubes. He has revealed that the his team noticed the effect while testing experimental drugs that could potentially treat Parkinson's disease.According to him, his team's work supports anecdotal evidence from various studies that plastics seem to affect some experiments read more |
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| Dallas cast gear up for 30th anniversary reunion |
| London, Nov 7 ANI: The stars, who appeared in the hit TV series of the 80s, Dallas, are now planning for a reunion to commemorate the show's 30th anniversary.Among those who are expected at the event at the Ewing's ranch Southfork, include Larry Hagman, who played bad boy JR Ewing, his alcoholic on-screen wife Linda Gray Sue Ellen, and younger brother Patrick Duffy Bobby Ewing.The show, which involved sex, intrigue and power struggle, is best remembered for who shot the lead character, big hair and Sue Ellen's big shoulder pads read more |
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| IT Minister reiterates allocation of 3G spectrum |
| New Delhi, Nov 7 ANI: Union Minister of Communications and IT A. Raja reiterated on Friday that India will allocate spectrum for next generation wireless networks as planned earlier.Successful bidders would be allocated the spectrum by the end of January after holding an auction, the Minister said.The decision is likely to affect all leading telecom operators.According to reports, India expects to earn 40-50 billion rupees in revenues annually from a higher spectrum fee to be levied on mobile telecom read more |
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| Karachi, Nov 5 IANS Hours after Pakistani batsman Mohammad Y |
| SPO12SportsPCB bans Yousuf for joining ICL, planning to sue the playerKarachi, Nov 5 IANS Hours after Pakistani batsman Mohammad Yousuf joined the rebel Indian Cricket League ICL in Delhi, the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB banned him from playing for the country and is preparing to sue him.Zakir Khan, PCB's Director of Cricket Operations, said Wednesday that the board has terminated the central contract of the 34-year-old player and will soon be sending a legal notice to Yousuf, asking him to pay up the money spent by the PCB over his legal battle with the ICL read more |
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| Amitabh Bachchan remembers B.R. Chopra for his humanism |
| ENT10Entertainment/CinemaAmitabh Bachchan remembers B.R. Chopra for his humanismBy Subhash K. JhaMumbai, Nov 6 IANS Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan remembers legendary filmmaker B.R. Chopra as a firm believer in aesthetics whose films highlighted issues of social and moral conflict."He was a pillar of the industry. We've lost a stalwart. The core of humanism and social relevance remained with Chopra saab till the end," Big B told IANS from Udaipur where he's currently resting read more |
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| Vaiko released from custody, says charges false Lead |
| NAT68National/PoliticsVaiko released from custody, says charges false LeadChennai, Nov 6 IANS MDMK leaders Vaiko and M. Kannappan, detained Oct 21 for making speeches allegedly in support of the banned Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers, were released from judicial custody here Thursday. Vaiko said the charges against him were "false"."The charges against me were wrong and false. I only expressed moral support for the Tamil cause in Sri Lanka and did not say anything against India's unity and integrity read more |
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| United Bank cuts BPLR by 50 basis points |
| NAT73National/Business/EconomyUnited Bank cuts BPLR by 50 basis pointsKolkata, Nov 5 IANS Kolkata-based United Bank of India Wednesday slashed its Benchmark Prime Lending Rate BPLR by 50 basis points to 13.5 percent, a top official said."We are also planning to cut our deposit rates for one-, two- and three-year terms by 50 basis points by this month end," T.M. Bhasin, executive director of the bank, said on the sidelines of a conference on 'Banking 2008: Banking-Industry Partnership - Managing Change' organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry CII read more |
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| Karachi, Nov 5 IANS Hours after Pakistani batsman Mohammad Y |
| SPO12SportsPCB bans Yousuf for joining ICL, planning to sue the playerKarachi, Nov 5 IANS Hours after Pakistani batsman Mohammad Yousuf joined the rebel Indian Cricket League ICL in Delhi, the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB banned him from playing for the country and is preparing to sue him.Zakir Khan, PCB's Director of Cricket Operations, said Wednesday that the board has terminated the central contract of the 34-year-old player and will soon be sending a legal notice to Yousuf, asking him to pay up the money spent by the PCB over his legal battle with the ICL read more |
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