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| Dara Singh's son Vindoo arrested in spot-fixing scandal |
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MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa, son of late wrestler-actor Dara Singh, was Tuesday arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal, a Mumbai Crime Branch official said. "Vindoo was questioned after he was found to be in contact with the bookies and subsequently arrested today," the official told reporters without revealing further details.
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| Alleged kingpin in IPL betting racket arrested |
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CHENNAI: The Crime Branch Tuesday arrested the alleged kingpin in the IPL betting racket while conducting searches here. Police conducted searches at the house of the alleged kingpin Prashanth and recovered some mobile phones and laptop besides some documents and cash
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| SC slams BCCI on spot fixing; no ban on IPL |
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NEW DELHI: While refusing to ban the remaining IPL matches, the Supreme Court Tuesday slammed the BCCI, saying spot fixing incidents had taken place due to its lackadaisical approach in reining in the erring players.
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| Pappu Yadav released from jail |
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PATNA: Controversial former RJD MP Pappu Yadav Tuesday came out of the jail here after being acquitted by the Patna High Court in CPI (M) leader Ajit Sarkar murder case for lack of evidence.
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| Modi in Delhi, has 'wonderful' meeting with Advani |
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NEW DELHI: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, who is being projected by a section within BJP as its prime ministerial candidate for the next general elections, on Tuesday met senior party leader L K Advani and termed the meeting as "wonderful".
Modi, who is here to attend the BJP parliamentary board meeting ahead of the party's national executive meeting in Goa on June 8 and 9, also met former BJP president Nitin Gadkari at his residence.
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| CAG does not leak reports: Vinod Rai |
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NEW DELHI: Outgoing CAG Vinod Rai today dismissed charges that he was behind the leak of controversial audit reports on 2G spectrum and coal block allocations.
"In the course of the audit process, if somebody asks a question under RTI, the CIC (Central Information Commission) has held that we are bound to answer. So it is not leaking," Rai said.
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| Seven-yr-old kidnapped, raped, murdered by cousin in MP |
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NEEMUCH: In a gruesome incident, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered by her cousin at a town in the neighbouring Mandsaur district, police said today. The culprit, Honey Othwal (18), the son of the victim's paternal uncle, was subsequently arrested by the police yesterday at Malhargarh town, about 25 kms from here, in Mandsaur.
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| TN, Pondy remembers Rajiv Gandhi on death anniversary |
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CHENNAI: Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was remembered in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry today on the occasion of his 22nd death anniversary.
Governor K Rosiah and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa administered the anti-terrorism day pledge at Raj Bhavan and State Secretariat in Chennai, respectively.
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| More separatist leaders put under house arrest |
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SRINAGAR: Authorities today foiled the plans of separatists to hold a rally at Eidgah in old city by placing more senior Hurriyat leaders under house arrest and deploying large number of security forces in the area. While the Hurriyat chairman is under house arrest since Saturday, the authorities imposed restrictions on movement of other leaders of the amalgam this morning, a spokesman of the Hurriyat Conference said. Maulana Abbas Ansari, Zaffar Akbar Bhat and Shahidul Islam were among the lead
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| Man allowed entry in house after six-year stay in hotel |
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MUMBAI: The Bombay HC has allowed a man to stay in his own two-bedroom house, six years after he was allegedly driven out by his wife and her relatives and forced to stay in a hotel here.
Justices F M Reis and V M Kanade, in a recent order, ruled that the husband would stay in one bedroom while the wife would live in another bedroom of the 700 square feet area flat located in suburban Bandra.
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| SSB soldier shoots dead two colleagues in Kashmir |
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JAMMU: A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) trooper killed two of his colleagues and injured two others in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar town early on Tuesday, police said.
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| Five labourers killed in militant attack at Meghalaya |
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SHILLONG: Five migrant labourers were shot dead and few others were injured when suspected tribal militants indiscriminately fired upon them in a remote mining village in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, police said Tuesday.
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| China PM Li Keqiang vows to open up markets to India |
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NEW DELHI: Visiting Chinese PM Li Keqiang pledged on Tuesday to open up domestic markets to Indian businesses and narrow a gaping trade deficit between the two countries.
"As for Indian concerns over the trade deficit, the Chinese side is willing to provide facilitations for more Indian products to access the Chinese market," Li said during a speech to Indian business leaders in New Delhi.
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| IGate sacks Murthy after sexual harassment claim |
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CHENNAI: The board of iGate Corp, an information technology outsourcing services provider, has sacked Chief Executive Officer Phaneesh Murthy following an investigation into a claim of sexual harassment, the company said in a statement.
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| Eleven people killed in UP accident |
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KANNUJ: Eleven members of a marriage party were killed on Tuesday and 30 others were injured when a truck in which they were travelling collided head-on with a bus, police said in Kannauj.
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| Bomb explodes near police commando complex in Manipur |
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IMPHAL: A powerful bomb exploded near the police commando complex at Pallel area in Manipur's interior Thoubal district but there was no casualty, police said on Tuesday. The bomb, planted by suspected militants in front of the police complex, about 40 km from here, went off last night.
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| Rajiv Gandhi remembered on death anniversary |
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NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was Tuesday remembered on his 22nd death anniversary with leaders paying homage at his memorial here. President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the late leader's wife and Congress President Sonia Gandhi offered flowers at his memorial 'Vir Bhumi' here.
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| Dalit memorial scam: Rs 1,400 crore siphoned off, says UP Lokayukta |
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LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta on Monday indicted 199 persons, including two former BSP ministers, a sitting MLA, several officers and engineers for irregularities in construction of memorials and parks during the previous Mayawati regime in the state. Submitting his report to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Lokayukta NK Mehrotra said irregularities to the tune of Rs 1,400 crore were detected which was 34 percent of the total budget for construction of memorials and parks.
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| Rajasthan Royals terminate contract of tainted trio |
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JAIPUR: Beleaguered Rajasthan Royals on Monday terminated the contract of the three players -- including India pacer S Sreesanth -- arrested on charges of spot-fixing in the ongoing IPL besides filing an FIR against the tainted trio. "Based on the information provided by the authorities, the contracts of all three players have been suspended pending enquiry," Rajasthan Royals chairman Ranjit Barthakur said in a statement.
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| Sanjay Dutt to spend a month in Mumbai's Arthur Road jail |
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MUMBAI: It seems actor Sanjay Dutt will stay in Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail for now. The actor, who was said to be shifted to Pune's Yerawada Jail, would now stay at the Arthur Road jail for the next one month. No reasons have yet been cited behind the change of plans. Earlier, Dutt had appealed to surrender at Pune's Yerawada jail citing threat to his life.
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| Pawar slams Modi over Ishrat Jahan's killing |
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THANE: Targeting Narendra Modi over the alleged fake encounter of Mumbra resident Ishrat Jahan in 2004, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said here that the chief minister and Gujarat police had killed an innocent college girl by branding her as a terrorist.
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| Spot-fixing: Ravi Sawani meets Delhi police officials |
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NEW DELHI: BCCI's anti-corruption unit chief Ravi Sawani Monday held a meeting with the top Delhi police officials, who are investigating into the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the Indian Premier League.
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| Aarushi case: Rajesh Talwar claims he was asleep when killings took place |
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GHAZIABAD: Dentist Rajesh Talwar on Monday claimed in the court that he was asleep on the fateful night when his daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were murdered and internet activity recorded from his room might not be correct.
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| Indian embassy starts delivering exit papers in Saudi Arabia |
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DUBAI: India on Monday started verification and issuance of emergency certificates allowing its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia following concerns over a new labour policy in the Gulf Kingdom.
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| JD-U leader files defamation case against Lalu Prasad Yadav |
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PATNA: Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Sanjay Singh filed a defamation case against Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Monday for allegedly using unparliamentary language against him.
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| Meerut girl thrashes boyfriend for not marrying her |
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MEERUT: A girl on Sunday thrashed a youth in public and handed him over to the police, lodging a complaint against him for establishing sexual relations with her on false promise of marriage, police said in Meerut.
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| Train runs over three persons sleeping on railway track in TN |
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TIRUVARUR, TAMIL NADU: Three persons were on Monday run over by a train when they were sleeping on a railway track at an unmanned crossing gate near here, police said.
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| India, China vow to end border dispute, sign eight agreements |
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NEW DELHI: The Indian and Chinese premiers pledged on Monday to finally resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian giants were key to world peace. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, making his first foreign visit since taking office, said that Beijing was determined to build up trust with New Delhi as he and a team of ministers signed a series of joint agreements with India.
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| IPL spot-fixing case: Three more, including former Ranji cricketer arrested |
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NEW DELHI: Three more people have been arrested in the Indian Premier League spot fixing case, Delhi Police said Sunday, taking the number of arrested to 15, including India fast bowler S. Sreesanth and two other players of the Rajasthan Royals. The three - Sunil Bhatia, 44, Kiran Dole, 43, and Manish Gudewa, 32 - were arrested from Maharashtra`s Aurangabad city early Sunday morning and are ‘fixers’ who used to mediate between the bookies and the players.
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| PM raises Chinese incursion with Li, voices India’s concerns |
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NEW DELHI: In a firm message to China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday night voiced India's serious concern over the recent Chinese incursion in Ladakh and told his counterpart Li Keqiang that in the absence of peace and tranquility along the border, bilateral ties will suffer as the two leaders held hour-long cordial but candid talks. Li, 57, on his first foreign trip since becoming Prime Minister two months ago, met Singh at his official residence along
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