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PM chairs the first cabinet meeting
1:9 New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): The newly formed Indian cabinet met for the first time on Saturday in New Delhi after being sworn-in by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was sworn-in for the second consecutive term, chaired the meeting at his official residence. Singh has named 19 members to his new cabinet, many of them veteran colleagues in his Congress party. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 971
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Bollywood recent release a hit with Indian masses
1:23 Mumbai, May 23 (ANI): The stand off between the film producers and the multiplex owners finally ended with the release of comic film 99.No wonder,the film got an impressive opening,as a number of cine freaks thronged the cinema halls.The entire cast and crew of the film recently celebrated the movie\'s success in the showbiz capital.Featuring some of the biggies of Bollywood,this story of two small time techie crooks has floored the Indian audience with its simple charm,gripping script and some great performances by its actors. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 900
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Allocation of portfolios begins in capital
1:5 New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): A day after Manmohan Singh was sworn in for the second consecutive five-year term as Prime Minister along with 19 other Cabinet ministers, the allocation of portfolios began on Saturday.The External Affairs Ministry has been allotted to SM Krishna,while Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has been made the new Railway Minister,Pranab Mukherjee would play the role of the country's Finance Minister,while P Chidambaram would continue to hold charge of the Home Ministry.AK Antony would be the Defence Minister.Sharad Pawar has also retained the Ministry of Agriculture,Food and Supplies. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 965
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Sikhs celebrate birth anniversary of Guru Amardas
1:16 Amritsar, May 23 (ANI):Over 100 devotees participated in a religious procession in Amritsar on Saturday to mark the 531st birth anniversary of Guru Amardas,the third of the ten Gurus of the Sikh community.A procession of devotees,led by the Punj Pyaras marked the celebrations of birth anniversary of Guru Amardas.Martial art display by the devotees also formed a part of the procession,attracting attention of the people. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 762
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Blast at church in Nepal
1:33 Kathmandu, May 23(ANI): An explosion ripped through a church near the Nepali capital killing two people on Saturday,hours before the country\'s parliament was set to elect a new Prime Minister.The blast hit the Dhobighat suburb in Lalitpur,an adjoining town 4 km south of Katmandu.Police cordoned off the area,which was strewn with shattered windowpanes. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 794
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Indian government allows more persons to visit Pakistan
2:7 Srinagar, May 23 (ANI): The bus service from Srinagar in to Muzzafarabad has now been open to everyone in India.The Indian authorities have eased the existing rules to accommodate more persons into the bus,in order to enhance people to people contact between the two nations.Till now it was restricted only to persons with relatives across the border. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 778
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Royal Challengers to face Super Kings in IPL
1:6 New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): Bangalore Royal Challengers led by Anil Kumble and Chennai Super Kings headed by M S Dhoni will fight in the second semi finals of second IPL that would be held today in Johannesburg.Tough fight is expected between two teams as Royal Challengers has a strong bowling lineup and Super Kings has shown tremendous performance in batting.Though it was considered as test team in the beginning,Royal Challengers came up tremendously in the last few matches. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 878
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Apple crop production is likely to be affected
1:47 Kullu, May 24 (ANI): Apple crop production is expected to be affected due to lack of adequate snowfall and rains in Kullu in Himachal Pradesh. To add to the woes of the apple growers there was heavy snowfall on higher mountain reaches leading to a drop in temperatures affecting proper flowering of the trees. There was also fluctuation at the time of pollination as the pollinizers flowered before the other varieties of apples affecting the pollination. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 825
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Economy will be protected says new finance minister
1:31 New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): India's new finance minister Pranab Mukherjee asserted that all efforts would be made to protect the economy from the vagaries of global financial downturn. He said this while speaking to media persons in the national capital, New Delhi on Saturday after taking over as the Finance Minister. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 769
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New Railway Minister spells out her vision
1:41 New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): India's new Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi said on Saturday that as far as the Railway Ministry was concerned she would like to strike a balance between commercial gains and the human aspect of it. Mamata was sworn-in as a Cabinet Minister along with eighteen other Ministers in the Prime Minister's Council of Ministers on Friday and has been allocated Railways Ministry of which she will soon take charge. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 926
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Madhav Nepal elected as Nepals PM
1:5 Kathmandu, May 24 (ANI): Moderate Communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal was elected as the New Prime Minister of Nepal by Parliament, ending the weeks-long political crisis and easing the Maoists out of power after a short stint on Saturday. Madhav, who has backing of 351 lawmakers in the 601-member Constituent Assembly, was elected unopposed with the support of a 22-party alliance. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 954
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New government extends olive branch to Pak Krishna
2:10 New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): India's newly appointed Foreign Minister SM Krishna has extended olive branch to Pakistan if Islamabad cracks down on militants and bases of terrorists operating on its soil. He said this while interacting with the media persons after assuming charge as India's Minister of External Affairs at New Delhi on Saturday. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 848
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BJP to announce its leader on May 31
1:26 New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi on Saturday said that party would formally elect Lal Krishna Advani as its leader in the parliament on May 31. Addressing a news conference after the parliamentary committee meeting, General Secretary of BJP Arun Jaitley said that Advani would formally be elected a day before the inaugural session of the parliament, scheduled to meet on June 1. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 727
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Annual monsoon rains hit Southern coast
1:23 Thiruvananthapuram, May 24 (ANI): Annual monsoon rains, vital for India\'s farm-dependent economy, have hit the country\'s southern coast raising hopes of early sowing of rice, oilseeds and cotton. The weather office said on Saturday that the four-month monsoon season has begun earlier than the usual date of June 1.Early onset of monsoon, and forecasts of nearly normal rains, will help raise farm output, which may encourage the new government to lift curbs on rice exports, and allow futures trade in rice, which was banned amid fears of scarcity. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 831
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IPL final Royal Challengers face Deccan Chargers
1:2 New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): The countdown has begun for a thrilling fight, as Bangalore Royal Challengers will take on Deccan Chargers in Indian Premier League final today. Surprisingly, both the teams were not in the hot favourite list of cricket lovers in the beginning. But they have rises like phoenix from the ashes. In the inaugural season of IPL, Bangalore Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers respectively finished in seventh and eighth place in the tournament. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 892
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UN chief seeks unhindered access to Tamil refugees
1:46 Colombo, May 24 (ANI): United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that, his organisation was ready to help the Sri Lankan government meet urgent humanitarian needs, but the government must provide unimpeded access to Internally Displaced Persons' camps. In a joint news conference with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogolagama on Saturday, at the presidential hilltop residence in Kandy, he made a strong call for unimpeded access to the IDP camps. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 940
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Kumar Sanu captivates audience with his performance
1:20 Mumbai, May 24 (ANI): Indian playback singer Kumar Sanu enthralled the audience at a production award function on Saturday in entertainment capital Mumbai. Sanu was the chief guest at the event. Mouli Dave and Madhushree were the other singers present at the function. Speaking on the occasion, Kumar described the production unit as the main pillar of the film industry, and appealed to the film fraternity to come forward and support them. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 1023
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Engineering students in Bangalore invent cheapest car
1:54 Bangalore, May 24 (ANI): Engineering students of M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology in Bangalore have invented a car, which they claim is smaller, cheaper and more efficient than the Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car. Pico, the car, has a two-stroke engine, and has a seating capacity for two persons. The aim of building this car was to provide efficient mileage and to reduce the space requirement and traffic congestion. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 1004
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DMK agrees to join UPA government
1:2 New Delhi: May 24 (ANI): The deadlock between Congress and DMK over ministerial berth is over as DMK decided to join UPA government in the centre on Sunday. DMK leaders M K Azhagiri, A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran will get Cabinet portfolios, but Union Shipping Minister T R Baalu will be dropped from the government. The DMK agreed to these posts after party chief M Karunanidhi meeting senior leaders individually at his residence in Chennai. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 898
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Shatrughan Sinha assails his rival Shekhar Suman
2:2 Patna, May 24 (ANI): Shatrughan Sinha, the Bollywood actor turned politician of Bharatiya Janata Party, attacked Shekhar Suman, by calling him a monkey. The television actor Shekhar Suman contested against him as candidate of the ruling Congress party in the recent elections to the Lok Sabha. Without naming in particular, Sinha referred Suman as a 'monkey' at a felicitation function on Sunday, which was hosted to mark his victory from Patna Saheb constituency in the recent elections to the Lok Sabha. Added: 15875 days ago Views: 1022
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