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Manager held for accidental death of man in theatre

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Chennai, June 15: Police on Saturday arrested the manager of the cinema hall where a 40-year-old man died last week when he tripped and fell on an iron
rod protruding from the seat. He has been booked for negligence. Hunt is also on for the owner of the theatre who is said to be in Singapore.

The identify of the man, who died in the theatre last Thursday, is yet to be established. “We have printed pamphlets with the victim’s photograph and circulated them in the Kothavalchavadi area to trace his identity,” inspector G Hari Kumar of Kothavalchavadi police station told The Times Of India.

Two docs held for forcing minors to donate blood

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Jaipur, June 15: While many were observing the World Blood Donor Day on Sunday, a group of doctors and paramedics in Karauli district shocked the state
when they were arrested on charges of forcibly extracting blood from minors after kidnapping them, all for some paltry gains.

Two docs held for forcing minors to donate blood

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Jaipur, June 15: While many were observing the World Blood Donor Day on Sunday, a group of doctors and paramedics in Karauli district shocked the state
when they were arrested on charges of forcibly extracting blood from minors after kidnapping them, all for some paltry gains.

Man kills colleague after altercation

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Panaji, June 15: A 26-year-old restaurant employee was murdered in Panaji, allegedly by a former colleague, while on his way to his room late on Saturday
night.

Panaji police said the deceased, Khushi Jamir, a native of Nagaland was employed as a kitchen helper with a city restaurant.

Actor Shiney Ahuja detained on rape charges

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Mumbai,June 15: The Oshiwara police on Sunday evening detained Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja for questioning in connection with a rape case. Ahuja’s
teenaged domestic maid lodged an FIR against the actor alleging that he had raped her while they were alone at the actor’s flat on Sunday afternoon. Ahuja is likely to be arrested.

Gafoor failed to lead Mumbai cops during 26/11: Panel

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Mumbai, June 15: A two-member committee that investigated the police response to the 26/11 terror attacks has singled out then Mumbai police commissioner
Hasan Gafoor for his complete failure to provide leadership in the hour of crisis.

Gafoor was replaced on Saturday by D Sivanandan, chief of the state intelligence department. TOI had earlier carried reports on how the committee headed by veteran bureaucrat Ram Pradhan had given the Mumbai police a clean chit, saying their actions during 26/11 had to be viewed in the context of the “war-like situation”.

England knock India out of World Twenty20

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London, June 15: Defending champions India bowed out of the World Twenty20 after losing to hosts England by three runs in a key Super Eights match at a
England packed Lord’s on Sunday.

India restricted England to 153-7 after electing to field in good batting conditions, but then fumbled their reply to be stopped at 150-5 despite scoring 56 runs in the last five overs.

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Swine flu cases in India rise to 23

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New Delhi, June 15: With four confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza reported in the country on Sunday, the number of people hit by the pandemic
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases in Bangalore Support staff stand outside the swine flu ward at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases in Bangalore. rose to 23. Of the four, three were reported in Hyderabad and one, of a schoolboy from Punjab, in Delhi.

For Salman Khan, love is as it was at 20!

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Mumbai, June 14: Notorious for his bad boy image and umpteen affairs with Bollywood divas, at 43, Salman Khan rules the popular imagination of cinema lovers with perfect élan. Touted as B-town’s most enigmatic actor whose volatile temper sees no end, this macho hero is known for his benevolent side too!

Vidya had no issue doing liplock!

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Mumbai, June 14:Vidya Balan had no qualms locking lips with R Madhavan in Guru. Hence, the reports that she had refused to kiss Arshad Warsi and stormed off thesets of Ishqiya were surprising.

Contrary to rumours that Vidya was averse to an intimate scene in producer Vishal Bharadwaj’s film (directed by Abhishek Chaubey), the truth is that Vidya kissed Arshad very comfortably.

Pritam’s copycat act!

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Mumbai, June 14: Plagiarism charges against Pritam are nothing new. But what comes as a surprise, this time around, is the person who has raised an objection to his inspiration for Hai Junoon in Kabir Khan’s New York.

Amrita would never require a bodyguard!

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Mumbai, June 14:During the shooting of Anil Kapoor’s Shortkut, Chunky Pandey had gone shopping with Amrita Rao, who plays the lead in the film. During shopping, a fan started stalking Chunky. Chunky, being the funny man he is, handed over his gigantic shopping bags to the over enthusiastic fan, who instead of obliging, planned on escaping with the expensive goodies.

Slumdogs in spotlight

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Mumbai, June 14: Rubina, the ever-smiling and bright eyed kid from the ghettoes of Bandra, all of nine, is set to pen her memoirs. The book (which is not likely to be terribly expansive, given the limited experience of the subject in question) could not have been commissioned at a better time. Fame is fleeting and zariwale aasman dreams are known to dissolve eventually but surely. Everyone knows that, but the Slumdog children.

Neetu Singh not upset with me: Deepika Padukone

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Mumbai, June 13 : Deepika Padukone has dismissed rumours that her boyfriend actor Ranbir Kapoor’s mother Neetu Singh is upset with her.

“I believe that if there was any truth in this, she (Neetu) would tell me herself and not through newspapers and media. I think she’s an extremely talented and mature person, so why would she tell the media and not speak with me directly?” Deepika said on Zee News’ celebrity chat show “Kahiye Janab”.

‘New York’ is on post-9/11 prejudices: Kabir Khan

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Mumbai, June 13: Director Kabir Khan is ready with his second directorial venture “New York” and says the film highlights prejudices against certain nationalities and religions across the world after the 9/11 attacks in the US.

“‘New York’ is based on part of the political canvas of 9/11, but it speaks of prejudices after the great human tragedy. It is a definite and very relevant subject about post-9/11 prejudices that have increased after the attacks,” Khan told IANS in a telephonic interview from Mumbai.

Case of ‘suspicious’ death turns out to be murder, six held

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Chennai, June 13: A mysterious death eventually turned out to be murder. Basing their investigation on the postmortem report, suburban police arrested six persons for the killing of P Sakthivel (29), whose body was found on the roadside near Kudrathur on December 24 last year. Sakthivel was murdered for eloping with the daughter of his employer. Police arrested the girl’s uncle Thyagarajan (30), his friend Poyyamozhi (40), and Senthi (22), Murugan (28), Velu (30) and Ramesh (22) who were hired for the deed.

74-yr-old kills wife, grandchildren look on

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Bangalore, June 13 : A 74-year-old retired defence officer murdered his wife by assaulting her with a crow bar, even as she was playing with their 10-month-old grandchild and their seven-year-old granddaughter was crying.

Soon after assaulting Rosylin, 58, K V Benny drank phenyl and tried to commit suicide. He is now recovering in hospital.

Sonakshi Finally Says Yes To Salman’s Film

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Mumbai, June 13: Will she, won’t she? Shatrughan and Punam Sinha’s daughter Sonakshi was offered a role by Salman in a film to be produced by Arbaaz Khan.

But Sonakshi, apparently in two minds about a film career, decided not to do it. She had studied fashion designing and that’s what she wanted to pursue as a career.

The girl hadn’t bargained for Salman’s persuasive powers. Apparently he kept asking Sonakshi and her parents (who are very fond of Salman) until they finally relented.

Coffee might make you forgetful

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Washington, June 13: Now it’s storm in a coffee cup. Though a cup of coffee might help you beat drowsiness, a new research suggests that caffeine might hinder your short-term recall of certain words.

Caffeine made it harder for people to find a word that they already knew — the “tip-of-the-tongue” phenomenon, BBC News portal reported on Friday.

Valerie Lesk, of the International School for Advanced Studies in Italy, believes caffeine improves alertness by shutting down other brain pathways. This makes it harder to recall words, she says in Behavioural Psychology.

Hrithik & Sussanne talk marriage

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Mumbai, June 13: Walking in hand-in-hand, Hrithik Roshan (sporting a small ponytail) and wife Sussanne came to talk about marriage while launching ‘Country Vivah’ — Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Roshan launch Country Vivah at an event with Y Rajeev Reddy India’s first one-stop shop for weddings.

Shahrukh replaces Aamir!

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Mumbai, June 13: Aamir Khan has turned down the state government’s offer to campaign against child labour. The state labour ministry had been pursuing the actor for over four months.

Kavita Gupta, state labour secretary, said, “We felt Aamir was ideal for the campaign. It took us a while before we could meet and discuss the idea with him. We were told that he was busy with the election campaign, after which he was going abroad. We could only meet him after he returned. But unfortunately, he won’t be doing the campaign.”

Trinamool, administration on collision course in Khejuri

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Kolkata, June 13: The Trinamool Congress and the West Bengal administration were Friday seemingly headed for a standoff, with the state home secretary threatening to use force to lift the opposition party’s siege of a police station and a road in East Midnapore’s troublespot Khejuri and Trinamool MP Subhendu Adhikari daring him to do so.
The Trinamool, which blockaded the police station protesting against the arrest of 14 of its members onthe charge of rioting, announced it would organise a public boycott of policemen if their members were not given bail.

Baby dies after being forgotten in car by father

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Mexico City, June 13:A nine-month-old baby suffocated to death inside a car in the Mexican city of Saltillo, after his father forgot him there for seven hours, the Mexican daily La Vanguardia reported Friday.

The incident happened Thursday in Saltillo, about 850 km north of Mexico City.

The man realised what had happened when – at the end of his working day – he went to the day care centre to pick up his son and was told that he had never got there in the morning.

“I had him in my car, I forgot to bring him!” the man reportedly said.

Striking medicos suffer wrath of stranded motorists

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Hyderabad, June 13: Junior doctors of Gandhi Hospital who intensified their protests on the third day of their strike on Friday tasted the wrath of motorists who took strong objection to the medicos blocking the road in front of the hospital on Friday.

Motorists, who were stranded because of the doctors staging a sit-in on the road, vent their anger at the striking employees for trying to disrupt traffic flow. Total chaos prevailed as traffic was blocked up to Musheerabad crossroads and beyond.