• Ball in Kingfisher Airlines court, says Ajit Singh

    Kingfisher Airlines CEO Sanjay Aggarwal will dash across the country meeting employees of the company through Thursday and Friday. The partial lockout at the airline is scheduled to end today, but talks between the management and striking employees yesterday failed.

    Kingfisher Airlines CEO Sanjay Aggarwal will dash across the country meeting employees of the company through Thursday and Friday. The partial lockout at the airline is scheduled to end today, but talks between the management and striking employees yesterday failed.

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  • Ahmedabad stadium will soon be a lake

    Ahmedabad: The Lalbahadur Shastri Stadium in Ahmedabad, usually marooned in the rain and gutter waters during every monsoon, will soon be turned into a lake.

    Ahmedabad: The Lalbahadur Shastri Stadium in Ahmedabad, usually marooned in the rain and gutter waters during every monsoon, will soon be turned into a lake.

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  • Price of non-subsidised LPG cylinder hiked by Rs 127 per cylinder to Rs 883.50

    New Delhi: State-owned oil companies have hiked price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) by Rs 127 per cylinder to Rs 883.5 on account of increase in international oil prices.

    New Delhi: State-owned oil companies have hiked price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) by Rs 127 per cylinder to Rs 883.5 on account of increase in international oil prices.

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  • Mother sold 17 month-old son for Rs. 5000 to buy jeans, mobile phone

    Investigation into the sale of a baby boy by his mother in Odisha's Jajpur district has revealed curious details - the money was used to buy a mobile phone and a pair of jeans among other things. "Rakhi Patra of Mundamala village who sold her 17 month-old son for Rs. 5000 purchased a new
    mobile phone, a pair of jeans, few new tops (to go with the jeans) and memory cards for her mobile with the money," Jajpur superintendent of police Deepak Kumar said today.

    Investigation into the sale of a baby boy by his mother in Odisha's Jajpur district has revealed curious details - the money was used to buy a mobile phone and a pair of jeans among other things. "Rakhi Patra of Mundamala village who sold her 17 month-old son for Rs. 5000 purchased a new
    mobile phone, a pair of jeans, few new tops (to go with the jeans) and memory cards for her mobile with the money," Jajpur superintendent of police Deepak Kumar said today.

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  • Gunmen attack Nigerian school

    Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- An attack that killed 25 people, mostly students, at a Nigerian school Monday night appeared to be "an inside job" in which the gunmen called out the names of their targets, a police spokesman told CNN Tuesday.

    Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- An attack that killed 25 people, mostly students, at a Nigerian school Monday night appeared to be "an inside job" in which the gunmen called out the names of their targets, a police spokesman told CNN Tuesday.

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  • 40 killed, 90 wounded in Aleppo blasts

    BEIRUT: At least 40 people were killed and 90 wounded, most of them soldiers, when three car bombs struck the heart of Syria's second city Aleppo on Wednesday, a monitoring group said.

    BEIRUT: At least 40 people were killed and 90 wounded, most of them soldiers, when three car bombs struck the heart of Syria's second city Aleppo on Wednesday, a monitoring group said.

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  • Taj Mahal replica planned in Dubai

    A local company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to build a replica of India’s famed Taj Mahal in Dubai, officials said on Wednesday.

    A local company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to build a replica of India’s famed Taj Mahal in Dubai, officials said on Wednesday.

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  • From mud to mat - wrestling Indian style

    The sun was blazing down from above. On the ground people had gathered, braving the heat, to catch a spectacle which was quite removed from sundry life.

    The sun was blazing down from above. On the ground people had gathered, braving the heat, to catch a spectacle which was quite removed from sundry life.

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  • Australia match impacted our chances badly: Dhoni

    Colombo:  India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that the heavy defeat against Australia in their first Super Eights game had a telling impact in his team's ouster from the ICC World T20 even though he termed the side's performance as "satisfactory"."It was a satisfactory performance. If we talk about the tournament, the match that we lost (versus Australia) impacted us badly. The margin of defeat was a big one. Today after the first match, the equation was such that we wanted to field first and then chase down whatever target within 15-16 overs," Dhoni told the reporters at the post-match media conference.

    Colombo:  India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that the heavy defeat against Australia in their first Super Eights game had a telling impact in his team's ouster from the ICC World T20 even though he termed the side's performance as "satisfactory"."It was a satisfactory performance. If we talk about the tournament, the match that we lost (versus Australia) impacted us badly. The margin of defeat was a big one. Today after the first match, the equation was such that we wanted to field first and then chase down whatever target within 15-16 overs," Dhoni told the reporters at the post-match media conference.

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  • India move up to 2nd T20 International team ranking table

    Colombo: India might failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20, but four wins out of five matches have pushed the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side up by one place to the second spot in the latest T20 International team rankings, released on Wednesday.

    Colombo: India might failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20, but four wins out of five matches have pushed the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side up by one place to the second spot in the latest T20 International team rankings, released on Wednesday.

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