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Team Sangma to take matters to court if Pranab wins

Team Sangma to take matters to court if Pranab wins

New Delhi, Jul 12: Team Sangma seems to be using every trick in its book to spoil the chances of UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee from becoming the next President of India. Towards this endeavour, the team campaigning for BJP’s presidential nominee Sangma has threatened to file an election petition...
Sadananda Gowda quits, Shettar set to step in

Sadananda Gowda quits, Shettar set to step in

Capping his 11-month wobbly tenure, D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister paving the way for Jagadish Shettar to take over the mantle from him, but not before dramatic scenes were witnessed with his supporters trying to physically prevent him from stepping down. The 56-year-old...
Chidambaram likely to succeed FM Manmohan Singh by Aug

Chidambaram likely to succeed FM Manmohan Singh by Aug

New Delhi, Jul 11: If sources are to be believed then the present Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will take over the Finance Ministry from Manmohan Singh ahead of the monsoon sessions of Parliament in Aug 2012. Dr Singh has been holding the portfolio (Finance Minister) since Pranab Mukherjee resigned...
Likely to return as Finance Minister, Chidambaram says his middle class jibe was distorted

Likely to return as Finance Minister, Chidambaram says his middle class jibe was distorted

A day after Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid blamed media for misinterpreting his statement on leadership issue in the Congress it was his Cabinet colleague P. Chidambaram’s turn to accuse the media of doing the same. The home minister was “shocked and disgusted by the deliberate distortion”...
Police exhume 6 skeletons, weapons from Laila Khan’s Nashik home

Police exhume 6 skeletons, weapons from Laila Khan’s Nashik home

The crime branch of Mumbai Police seems to have cracked the Laila Khan mystery. The police have recovered six human skeletons from the missing Bollywood starlet’s farmhouse in Nashik district’s Igatpuri area, along with some of her belongings and the weapons that were apparently used to...
Jailed Jagan keen to vote for Pranab, Sangma in Prez poll

Jailed Jagan keen to vote for Pranab, Sangma in Prez poll

Hyderabad, Jul 11: YSR Congress supremo and Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy seems to be very keen on casting his vote in the presidential poll which will be held on Jul 19. Jagan, who is currently lodged in Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad, urged the Election Commission (EC) seeking permission to vote from...
Sadanada Gowda resigns amid high drama

Sadanada Gowda resigns amid high drama

Ending his 11-month tenure, D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister, paving the way for Jagadish Shettar to take over, but not before dramatic scenes with his supporters trying to physically prevent him from stepping down. Accompanied by some ministers, Mr. Gowda met...
Pinki Pramanik released from jail

Pinki Pramanik released from jail

Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik on Wednesday walked out of jail after 26 days and said she was falsely implicated in the rape case. A Barasat court had on Tuesday granted the athlete bail. Speaking to reporters after her release from the Dum Dum Central Jail, Pramanik said she was falsely...
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar worried over deficient rainfall in Karnataka, central Maharashtra

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar worried over deficient rainfall in Karnataka, central Maharashtra

The truant southwest monsoon has finally got the government worried as Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that rainfall situation in Karnataka and central Maharashtra is worrisome. Earlier in July 4, Pawar had admitted that the delay in the monsoon has already affected sowing...
Sting operation reveals the presence of black money in Bollywood

Sting operation reveals the presence of black money in Bollywood

Bollywood big guns Vashu Bhagnani, Anees Bazmee and Anubhav Sinha were caught on camera admitting the fact that money laundering is rampant in the film industry, in a sting operation conducted by Cobrapost and CNN IBN that was aired on Tuesday. All three film- makers were seen talking to undercover...