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1947 A Love Story Movie Review
The Rating 4 out of 5 The Film 1947 A Love Story…What a love story it is! …exquisitely crafted, splendidly structured and beautifully narrated. A tragic story of unfulfilled love that almost brought the Theatre of Dionysus alive! The story swings with the pendulum of time between the ecstasy of hope and the agony of [...]
Indian students track down asteroids
New Delhi: A bunch of Indian students have left their mark on the Solar System as they have tracked down some extremely rare asteroids. The kids might look like average teenagers. But the truth is, they’re special agents on a mission to Space. The students of Bal Bharti School were among hundreds across India trying [...]
‘sextortion’ case Hacker gets 6-years
Los Angeles: A Southern California man was sentenced on Thursday to six years in prison for infiltrating computers belonging to women and teenage girls where he found sexually explicit photos and threatening to put them online unless they provided him with more. In sentencing Luis Mijangos, 32, of Santa Ana, US District Judge George King [...]
Lalu caught napping in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: RJD chief Lalu Prasad was literally caught napping in the Lok Sabha on Friday. Prasad was seen catching his forty winks while being seated in his allocated first row seat which is right in front of the Speaker’s chair. Speaker Meira Kumar noticed the RJD supremo dozing and requested his party colleague Umashankar [...]
Jaswant Singh Says Will cooperate with CBI in 2G case
New Delhi: Former finance minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh on Friday said that he would cooperate with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam. He said that he was glad that the CBI was performing its duty and investigating the scam. “I am glad the CBI is [...]
AP Pathak The Lok Sabha Speaker’s Secretary raids CBI the
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday raided the residence and other properties in Delhi and Lucknow of AP Pathak, who is the Secretary to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, in a disproportionate assets case. The case was referred to the CBI by the Central Vigilance Commissioner almost a month back. The [...]
SC issues notice to two accused
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to 26/11 accused Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed. Both the accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, were acquitted by a Mumbai court and the Bombay High Court. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Maharashtra government’s plea against acquittal of the two accused in 26/11 [...]
Flood fury in Bihar, thousands rendered homeless
Bhagalpur: Floods have not only rendered thousands homeless in Bihar but has also damaged crops and snapped road communication at several places. Sunita Devi, a resident of Bhagalpur which is reported to be one of the worst affected areas, has been through the worst trauma a woman can undergo. Stranded in a make-shift flood relief [...]
CBI, ED to file fresh status report in SC
New Delhi: In the 2G spectrum allocation case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are likely to file fresh status reports before the Supreme Court on Thursday. The investigating agencies are expected to brief a bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly on the findings made by [...]
The study, conducted by WHO, Over 9 lakh newborns die annually in India
New Delhi: Despite a significant increase in women and child healthcare in India, more than nine lakh children in the country still die every year before becoming one-month-old, says a new global report. The study, conducted by experts at the World Health Organisation, Save the Children and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, [...]