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Kerala-origin tycoon gets global harmony award

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UAE-based business magnate M.A. Yusuf Ali, who belongs to a village in Kerala, was Thursday presented with the prestigious Interfaith Harmony Award at a function in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.

The award was handed over by Datur Azman bin Hassan, director general of Malaysia’s department of national unity and integration.

The international Interfaith Harmony Award is the prime attraction of the International Seminar on Interfaith Harmony and Tolerance jointly organised by the International Islamic University, Malaysia, and the Kerala-based Madin Islamic Academy.

Nigerian arrested with Rs.2.5 crore of cocaine

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A Nigerian involved in drug trafficking was arrested here and 250 grams of cocaine worth Rs.2.5 crore in the international court seized from him, police said Thursday.

Humphrey O. Agbaru was arrested Wednesday from west Delhi’s Vikaspuri area on a tip off.

“He was a member of an international drug trafficking syndicate operating from Mumbai and Delhi. The drugs were supplied to high-profile clients and rave parties,” said a police official.

Sanjeeda, Aamir to tie knot Friday

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Popular television actors Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh, who have been dating for the past six years, will exchange wedding vows in a nikaah ceremony here Friday.

The ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. at the Khar Gymkhana.

According to sources, “Sanjeeda will wear a bottle green-coloured ‘Pakeezah’ style suit with silver embellishments”, while “Aamir will wear a typical sherwani” for the D-day.

Besides actors from the small screen industry, Bollywood celebrities are also expected to attend the ceremony.

Give blast victims artificial limbs in 3 weeks, AIIMS told

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The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to provide within three weeks artificial limbs to victims of the 2011 blast that took place outside the court premises.

The division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also directed four victims, seeking artificial limbs, to visit AIIMS Friday for the treatment.

Lawyer appearing for AIIMS told the court that the blast victims who had sought the limbs were called by it Feb 17 but none of them turned up.

LeT now targets local youths with passports: Police

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Changing its strategy, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) guerrilla outfit has been trying to engage local boys, holding passports, after its foreign cadres started coming under pressure from the security forces, a senior police official said here Thursday.

“After things started becoming hot for the foreign cadres of the LeT in the state, the outfit’s changed strategy has been to involve local boys, especially those having passports, to continue its subversive activities,” Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, S.M. Sahai said here.

US stocks higher on positive economic datab

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US stocks higher on positive economic data
US stocks traded higher Thursday after the latest economic data affirmed the US economy is picking up, Xinhua reported.

The labor department said the number of people applying for jobless benefits decreased 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 351,000 last week, holding the four-year low level.

Meanwhile, US personal income gained 0.3 percent in January, according to the commerce department.

Also lifting the market, retail sales came in better than analysts had expected, another proof that the recovery is gaining momentum.

At 51, Shayne could be world’s oldest horse

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A 51-year-old chestnut stallion from Brentwood, Essex, could be the world’s oldest horse, the Daily Mail reported Thursday.

Shayne lives in the same town as Pip, the 24-year-old terrier who is thought to be the world’s oldest dog.

The elderly nag has been living at the Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary since 2007, and is still in better shape than many of his stable mates.

He is believed to have inherited the title of the world’s oldest living horse after the death of the previous holder in 2004.

Reddy returns to Bangalore Jail

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Gali Janardhana Reddy, the struggling businessman-turned-mining baron who once dictated terms to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka, comes to Bangalore early Friday for the first time in six months, as an accused in illegal mining.

Reddy, a former BJP minister in Karnataka, is being brought by road from Chanchalaguda Central Jail in Hyderabad, about 600 km away, by the Central Bureau of Investigation team to present him in a court in Bangalore in connection with an illegal mining case.

Mla,ex-Minister used Bhanwari,Bumped her after blackmail

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Political balckmail and power politics between Mla and minister costed Bhanwari devi life .The CBI’s second chargesheet on nurse Bhanwari Devi’s murder projects Congress MLA Malkhan Singh as her one-time partner who used her to upstage former minister Mahipal Maderna, but who then teamed up with Maderna to plot the murder.

Chameleon of Muslim quota politics

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How votes plays an important role in making fool of the emotional and poor section of Muslim community can be learned Amar singh who wants to fast near Chidambaram house after UP elections .A question for Amar Singh what was he doing when Batla house fake encounter took place and the answer is he was pretty busy with his Filmy heroines and industrialist friends dinning in five star hotel and making deals.

Alliance with Congress not possible, says Akhilesh

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Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav denied the possibility of a post-poll alliance with the Congress and expressed confidence that his party will get full majority in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

In an interview with CNN-IBN’s editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Akhilesh said the Congress was fighting the polls not to defeat the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) but to deter the Samajwadi Party (SP).

CBI hints at BJP legislator’s role in Shehla Masood’s murder

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The probe into the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood may see more arrests as the CBI Wednesday hinted at the possibility of involvement of a Bhopal-based BJP legislator.

CBI sleuths, who had arrested a Bhopal-based interior designer, Zahida Parvez, Tuesday for plotting to kill Shehla, said they hoped to reveal the alleged role of an MLA.

Zahida and another accused, Saqib ‘Danger’ were produced in a special CBI court in Indore Wednesday. The court remanded them to CBI custody for a week.

Economic growth falls to 3-year low at 6.1 percent

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India’s economic growth slumped to a near three-year low of 6.1 percent in the quarter ended December due to poor performance of manufacturing and mining sectors, official data showed Wednesday.

The data makes it increasingly clear that growth is likely to fall well below seven percent against the budgetary target of 9 percent and the 7.1 percent growth projected by the Prime Minister’s economic advisory panel recently.

BSP legislator’s son accused of assaulting Russian woman

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The son of a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator from Uttar Pradesh has been accused of assaulting and threatening his Russian female friend in her south Delhi house and escaping with her passport, cellphone and debit card.

Vivek Singh, son of BSP legislator Chandraveer Singh, was in an inebriated state when the incident took place Wednesday morning in the 24-year-old victim’s home in Mehrauli, police said. The woman hails from Moscow and at present is an intern with an architect in Gurgaon.

ISI,Milatary knew about Osama : Wikileaks

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Pakistani army Tuesday denied whistleblowing website WikiLeaks cable’s allegation, suggesting Pakistan military and the main intelligence officials were aware of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad city.

The US military killed bin Laden May 2, 2011, leaving the Pakistan government embarrassed over his presence in the country, Xinhua reported.

According to a WikiLeaks report, officials of the Pakistan army and spy agency Inter-State Services (ISI) knew about bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad.

Swamy calls Sonia ‘Vishkanya’ Digs her US trip

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Ding-Dong battle between Subramanium Swamy and Congress continues,After giving lectures to Muslims on how to be good Indian ,Now he is taking about “Vishkanya” and her surgery.Every one must pray for her fast recovery but Swamy is making fun of her surgery.
Janata Party supremo Subramanian Swamy once again targeted Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who left for US for routine medical check-up. Swamy, while tweeting from his personal Twitter account claimed that he had information about the reasons behind Sonia’s mysterious visit to US.

ISI,Milatary knew about Osama : Wikileaks

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ISI,Milatary knew about Osama : Wikileaks
Islamabad: Pakistani army Tuesday denied whistleblowing website WikiLeaks cable’s allegation, suggesting Pakistan military and the main intelligence officials were aware of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad city.

The US military killed bin Laden May 2, 2011, leaving the Pakistan government embarrassed over his presence in the country, Xinhua reported.

According to a WikiLeaks report, officials of the Pakistan army and spy agency Inter-State Services (ISI) knew about bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad.

Gali Reddy to be shifted to Bangalore

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Gali Reddy to be shifted to Bangalore

Gali Janardhan Reddy, former Karnataka minister and the main accused in the illegal mining scam will be produced in the CBI court in Bangalore on Mar 2 in connection with the Associated Mining Company (AMC) scam.

A prisoner transit warrant has been issued Chanchalguda Jail superintendent for the same, where Janardhan Reddy is currently lodged in connection with the illegal mining scam.

A FIR against the AMC was issued by the CBI in Nov 2011.

50 yrs of darkness: Pune woman’s fight for electricity

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Since 1963, soon after she got married, Tanubai Chandrakant Hirve has been living in her one-room home in Kondhwa. Back then, there was no electricity in the house. Even today, her house continues to be plunged in darkness.

Kondhwa area has witnessed a real estate boom over the last few years.

Tanubai, who worked as a domestic help, is now widowed. Today, she lives with her two grandchildren in the same house which continues to be plunged in darkness.

Since a decade, Tanubai has been struggling to get power connection as “the kids have to study”.

50 yrs of darkness: Pune woman’s fight for electricity

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Since 1963, soon after she got married, Tanubai Chandrakant Hirve has been living in her one-room home in Kondhwa. Back then, there was no electricity in the house. Even today, her house continues to be plunged in darkness.

Kondhwa area has witnessed a real estate boom over the last few years.

Tanubai, who worked as a domestic help, is now widowed. Today, she lives with her two grandchildren in the same house which continues to be plunged in darkness.

Since a decade, Tanubai has been struggling to get power connection as “the kids have to study”.

Saif Nawab : I have been brought up in a cultured family

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Patrons at the tony Wasabi restaurant in Taj were treated to more than sushi rolls late on Tuesday. It became a near war-zone between a family that was looking to celebrate a private occasion and actor Saif Ali Khan who was here socialising with his girlfriend Kareena Kapoor and close family friends.

It resulted in the arrest of Saif Ali Khan, Bilal Amrohi and builder Shakeel Ladakh who were part of the party, and later bailed out after paying a surety of Rs 15,000 each.

Vidya Balan plans ‘dirty dancing’ post-break

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Bollywood star Vidya Balan wants to improve her vocabulary, on the one hand, to express her feelings towards the success of “The Dirty Picture”. On the other, she is looking forward to a break and says post that she will do some “dirty dancing”.

After working non-stop for more than two years, she now wants to take a break.

Chinese woman shot dead in Pakistan

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A Chinese woman and a male Pakistani friend were Tuesday shot dead by unidentified motorcycle-borne gunmen in Peshawar city, police said.

Tahir Ayub, senior superintendent of police, said a passport found in the pocket of the slain woman showed she was a Chinese national.

The man killed in the incident in Jahangir Pura area is believed to be a local resident, Xinhua reported.

An earlier report said both people were foreigners.

The incident took place around 5 p.m. when two gunmen on a motorbike opened fire at the two people in a car at a market place in Peshawar.

Shehla Masood case: Woman interior designer, contract killer held

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In a major breakthrough in the Shehla Masood murder case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a woman interior designer for alleged involvement in the murder of the activist in Bhopal last August, said an agency official Tuesday.

Along with the woman, identified as Zahida Pervez, another person, whom Pervez had allegedly hired to kill Masood, was arrested Tuesday from Bhopal.

“Pervez is at present in CBI custody and it is believed that she had some personal rivalry with the RTI activist,” said the official.

Bhai Jan-Behenji in opposite camp,trades charges

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Their is no permanent friends and enemies in politics,Jaya Prada and Azam Khan Jodi one call Bhaijan-Bhenji jod are in warring camps in 2012 election.Actress-turned-politician Jaya Prada on Tuesday accused her former party colleague and SP leader Azam Khan of sending goons to attack her.

“I considered Khan saab as my ‘bada bhai (elder brother) and used to tie rakhi on him but few year ago, he sent goons to attack me in car and office,” the Rashtriya Lok Manch vice president said as tears rolled down her face.