University politics: Jammu to shut down Monday

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Jammu, August 08: A students’ organisation Saturday called a complete shutdown here Monday over “vague” statements by the Jammu and Kashmir government on setting up a central university near the state’s winter capital.
The shutdown call comes even as the Omar Abdullah government Wednesday said the first central university in Jammu and Kashmir will come up near here. There was simmering discontent among student organisations here who were protesting the government’s reported move to shift the varsity site to the Kashmir Valley.

ART centre inaugurated in Hyderabad hospital

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Hyderabad, August 08: An anti-retro viral therapy (ART)centre at the district hospital in King Koti here was today inaugurated by the Minister for Health and Family WelfareDanam Nagendar.

Speaking to media persons, the Minister said that the ART centre would be very useful in helping HIV patients in the state.

Police baton charge Trinamool supporters, Mamata fumes

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Kolkata, August 08: Police baton charged violent Trinamool Youth Congress supporters at Burdwan district’s troubled Mongolkote area Saturday, prompting party chief Mamata Banerjee’s to announce a rally at the same spot Tuesday.
The Trinamool workers hurled stones and bricks at police and later set afire a police vehicle.

Trouble began after a Trinamool Youth Congress meeting when party supporters tried to move towards Dhanyarukhi village, where the government had clamped prohibitory orders banning the assembly of more than four people.

I want to see “Saif” all the time: Kareena Kapoor

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Mumbai, August 08: Love can drive everyone crazy. Well, Kareena Kapoor has become restless in her love life too.

Bebo wants hubby Saif Ali Khan to be the last person she must see before going to sleep. Off late, she has reveled, she can’t sleep without looking Saif’s face at night.

But Bebo knows well, it is unfeasible before marriage so she has to wait till the day she gets married. She admits that Saif is not the first face that she sees when opens her eyes in the morning rather it is her yoga teacher who wakes her up and wishes Good Morning.

Kerala cabinet set for expansion

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Thiruvananthapuram, August 08: Former minister P.J. Joseph, who had resigned nearly three years ago after being accused of molesting a woman, will return to the Kerala cabinet Aug 17, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) said Saturday, also indicating two more ministers were likely to be inducted.
“Now that Joseph has been given a clean chit by a court, it has been decided to accommodate him because his party (Kerala Congress-J) nominee Mons Joseph has already expressed his desire to step down,” LDF convenor Vaikom Viswan told reporters after a Front meeting.

Are you ready for the ‘Bachelor Party’ ?

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Mumbai, August 08: Are the movie buffs get ready to have “Bachelor Party” in the theaters? Yes, this is true; the chocolaty boy of the Bollywood actor Jimmy Shergill is going to feature in the movie “Bachelor Party”.

This comedy Hindi movie has other actors like Nauheed Cyrusi, Arbaaz Khan, Ninad Kamat, Sharat Saxena and Madhuri Bhattacharya.

The movie has been directed by the director Isshaan Trivedi.

Sotomayor is sworn in as US Supreme Court justice

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Washington, August 08: Sonia Sotomayor has been sworn in as the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice. She’s only the third female justice in the court’s 220-year history.

Sotomayor took the second of two oaths of office Saturday from Chief Justice John Roberts in an ornate conference room at the high court, beneath a portrait of the legendary Chief Justice John Marshall. She swore a first oath in a private ceremony minutes earlier.

Sotomayor’s mother, brother, other relatives and friends joined her for the occasion.

Are you ready to ‘Toss’ ?

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Mumbai, August 08: Very soon the moviegoers have to “Toss” on the theater floor, exactly this right what the movie says.

The movie “Toss” is going to hit the theatres filled with lot of thrills which is casting the brother of ravishing and gorgeous actress of Bollywood Amisha Patel, Ashmit Patel and other actors Zakir Hussain, Prashant Raj, Aarti Chhabria, tough looking Mahesh Manjrekar, Sushant Singh, comedian Rajpal Yadav and Madhurima Tuli will join him in the production of the movie.

Indian mask for Giselle Monteiro (Harleen Kaur)

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Mumbai, August 08: Pouncing over the media-existing fame of actors like Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone, ‘Desi-Brazilian’ Giselle Monteiro aka Harleen Kaur is gaining popularity among all generations.

In an interview, she discussed her character in the film as well as discussed herself over the confirmation of her being a Brazilian or an Indian, she said, “When I was six, my father used to call me ‘Indian’ and yet when I do traveling a lot, people recognize me as an Indian only.”

Deepika on FHM cover

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Mumbai, August 08: Ranbir Kapoor’s girlfriend and striking actress Deepika Padukone was found sizzling on the photo-shoot for FHM magazine yesterday.

Deepika Padukone is on the cover of FHM magazine for the month of August.

As per the reports, the actress is not happy as FHM repeats the pic of Deepika for the cover.

In spite of all this the photo-shoot is instituted tempting, at least better than the cover of FHM.

Deepika is found really busy these days and she can’t be found even for a 5 minutes interview.

Hidden “Fox” ready for release

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Mumbai, August 08: The movie “Fox” has been hiding in the bushes of new releases in the Bollywood for a long past since it was under production for the movie buffs in the theaters.

The forthcoming movie “Fox” is coming with some of the well known faces of the Bollywood. The two muscle men of the Bollywood are uniting to put a lot of action and thriller in the movie.

Model-turned actor-Arjun Rampal and the Sunny Deol will be seen in this movie with ravishing and gorgeous actress Udita Goswami and Sagarika Ghatge. Vipul Gupta is also featuring with these actors.

4GB and 16GB USB microSD card reader soon to hit Indian market

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New Delhi, August 08: Buffalo a computer accessory manufacturer has revealed a16GB USB microSD card reader.

Buffalo USB Card Reader has made a well portable, handy and compact USB card reader.
This USB card reader offers a wonderful of 16GB storing capacity which is the latest innovation among the card readers category.

The gadget can be used to transfer a variety of data such as photos and movies captured from the mobile phone or PC.

NTPC to invest over Rs 9,000 crores in two projects: Solanki

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Vadodara, August 08: The National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), a Government of India undertaking, will invest more than Rs 9,000 crore in its two new expansion projects located at Jhanor and Kawas in Gujarat, Union Minister of State for Power Bharat Solanki said.

Talking to media persons after his visit to NTPC’s plant at Jhanor in neighbouring Bharuch district, about 100 kms from here today, Solanki said “NTPC has planned the expansion of its power stations at Kawas and Jhanor by adding 1,300 mw of capacity (nominal) at each location in Stage II expansion of these projects.

Wipro and Infosys all set to broaden in Future Market

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Mumbai, August 08: India’s second largest IT Company Infosys is looking to spend D 450-500 in places like Europe, West Asia, Latin America, Australia and Japan. Infosys want to inflate its Client base which has so far depended on Retail, Manufacturing Sectors, Finance, Banking and security.

India third largest IT Company Wipro is also looking to follow same route. Wipro is planning to expand their services in North America and Europe. No doubt Wipro is growing tremendously in West Asia, Australia and Brazil.

Virbhadra case: Police identify industrialists

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Shimla, August 08: The Himachal Pradesh Police have identified the industrialists referred to in a CD on the basis of which corruption cases have been registered against Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh, an official said Saturday.
“We have identified the industrialists. They will be questioned soon,” Director General of Police (Vigilance) D.S. Manhas told IANS.

Differences between Sena & BJP come to the fore at Partur meet

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Jalna, August 08: Differences between Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cropped up, when Sena boy clotted public meeting addressed by BJP leader Gopinath Munde at Partur tehsil today.

Munde came to Partur to address a public meting of farmers. When reporters asked Munde about absence of Sena leaders, Munde said that the BJP and Sena have alliance and they would fight together in the coming Assembly elections.

Flu suspect leaves hospital without informing authorities

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Jaipur, August 08: A 35-year-old man, admitted to the SMS hospital here after showing symptoms of swine flu, todays neaked out of the hospital, hoodwinking the staff on duty.

Bhajan Lal was admitted to the hospital after his return from Sharjah this morning when the medical team at Sanganer Airport here detected him with symptoms of the influenzavirus, official sources said.

“Lal left the isolation ward without informing the authorities but left behind his bag,” they said.

LG Viewty Smart GC-900 knocks Indian market

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New Delhi, August 08: LG mobiles has launched latest 8 megapixel camera phone in the Indian market. The new LG Viewty Smart now is called as LG-GC900.

At last the LG lovers would able to grab the 8-MP camera phone Viewty Smart GC 900 in the Indian market too.

When we talk about the features then for the first time an Intelligent Shot Mode camera phone is launched that expose an excellent photos, automatic scene analyzing along with adjusting camera settings.

Call centre guard killed as speeding cab turns turtle

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New Delhi, August 08: A 25-year-old man was killed and five others were injured when a speeding cab of a call-centre overturned in south Delhi in the wee hours today.

The victim is identified as Satish Kumar who was working as a security guard with the call centre.

The incident took place near Moti Bagh flyover around4 am Saturday when Kumar was on way to Ghaziabad to escort the employees.

The deceased was sitting in the front and died on the spot.

The employees in the cab told police that the driverwas over speeding and did not stop despite repeated warnings.

Rafsanjani to lead next Friday prayer, renewed protests expected

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Tehran, August 08: Iran’s ex-president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani will lead the next Friday prayer ceremony Aug 14 at the Tehran university.
Rafsanjani’s last appearance in the prayer ceremony July 17 led to widespread protest demonstrations in several parts of Tehran against alleged fraud in the June 12 presidential voting which led to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election.

Besides former premier Mir-Hossein Moussavi and former president Mohammad Khatami, Rafsanjani is one of the main opposition figures.

South African president meets Hillary Clinton in Durban

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Johannesburg, August 08: South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma met the visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Saturday in the port city of Durban.
“In both countries there are two new administrations which are taking the relationship a level higher. That is what we are trying to do,” Zuma said after the 45-minute long meeting.

“He (Zuma) gave his views on regional issues from Zimbabwe, Somalia and Sudan. His advice on these issues was extremely helpful,” Clinton said a media briefing.

Loot India signs ERP Solution deal with TCS

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New Delhi, August 08: The LOOT India’s leading discount retail chain has more then 110 retail stores across the Nation in which customers can find many International and National brand under one roof.

Loot inks deal with Tata Consultancy Services for the ERP solution in which TCS help Loot in managing of all data integrity, coordination of resources and function to shared data stored. All these facilities not only help company but customers are also benefited.

LDF clears Joseph’s return to cabinet

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Thiruvananthapuram, August 08: The state committee of the ruling LDF today cleared the return of Kerala Congress-J leader P J Joseph to the cabinet following his acquittal in the case of misbehavior towards a woman passenger in a flight two years back.

Joseph had resigned his post in 2007 after coming under a cloud of allegations of misbehaving with a woman on a Chennai-Kochi flight.

Two months back, a court at Alandur in Chennai acquitted him of the charge, following which his party KC(J) decided to reinstate him in the cabinet.

Dhaka begins troop withdrawal from Chittagong Hill Tracts

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Dhaka, August 08: Bangladesh has begun withdrawing its army from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), home to Buddhist tribals, to enforce a pact signed in 1997.

Two camps were vacated Friday in Khagrachzari and Rangamati and withdrawal took place Saturday at two more – one camp at Dash Bill manned by the Ansars, the paramilitary force, and an army camp at Magaichari, the Star Online reported.

The process was decided last month by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government that in its previous tenure (1996-2001) had signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord 1997.

BJP to launch nation-wide agitation against price rise

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New Delhi, August 08: Charging the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government with having ‘failed’ to keep its promise to bring down the prices of essential commodities in 100 days, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said it would launch a nation-wide agitation against its ‘inability’ to control sky-rocketting prices.

The BJP will organise protest marches and sit-ins in all districts Aug 17 – the day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is slated to meet state chief ministers to discuss steps to be taken to tackle price rise and hoarding of food commodities.