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Exchange RatePatna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday won the trust vote in the assembly, proving his majority after dumping long-time ally the BJP. A total of 126 legislators voted for the motion moved by the chief minister while 24 voted against. The house has 243 members. Bharatiya Janata Party legislators walked out before the special session [...]
Archive for February 1st, 2012
Regency Ceramics locks out Yanam factory
HYDERABAD: Regency Ceramics on Wednesday announced the lock-out of its embattled ceramic factory, jeopardising the fate of 6,000 employees in Yanam. The factory contributed to the growth of Pondicherry’s annexure, appended geographically to East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, in the last 29 years of its existence. Educational institutions run by the company were also closed [...]
Afridi sees a whitewash
Pakistan’s former captain and flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi feels the team is capable of handing out a 3-0 whitewash to world number one England given the way it dominated the first two Tests. Pakistan enjoy an unassailable 2-0 lead over the English. “I think Pakistan will complete a clean sweep in the third Test. They [...]
Blues remain upbeat
SWANSEA: Andre Villas-Boas believes Chelsea are capable of closing the gap on the top three despite slipping seven points behind third-placed Spurs on Tuesday. An own goal from Neil Taylor in stoppage time spared Chelsea’s blushes after their former winger Scott Sinclair had given Swansea City the lead six minutes before half-time. Chelsea, who had [...]
Robshaw set for the big test
Julian Guyer BAGSHOT: New England captain Chris Robshaw will be winning just his second Test cap when he leads the side against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday having never before played at the Edinburgh ground. Yet the 25-year-old Harlequins skipper insisted he was relishing trying to begin the defence of England’s Six Nations title with [...]
Stellar Knicks see off Detroit
NEW YORK: Carmelo Anthony returned from a two-game injury absence to score 25 points as the New York Knicks secured a convincing 113-86 NBA victory over Detroit on Tuesday. Anthony, who had been sidelined by a sprained right ankle as well as injuries to his left wrist and right thumb, appeared energized after five days [...]
May take up singing in future: Juhi Chawla
Juhi Chawla, who off and on appears on the small and big screen, says she plans to take singing seriously in the near future. “I have been thinking of getting into singing for more than seven years now. Singing is something that I am getting a hang of. I may take up singing in future [...]
The Dirty Picture is most pirated film
The team of The Dirty Picture launched the DVD of the film on Monday, within two months of the release of the film. Producer Ekta Kapoor said the film is the ‘most pirated film in the history of Indian movies’. “The Dirty Picture is the highest pirated film in the history of Indian movies and [...]
Gautham Menon teams up with Ilayaraja
Gautham Menon is going to team up with music maestro Ilayaraja for the first time in his career. Ilayaraja is going to compose music for Gautham Menon’s upcoming trilingual film. The Tamil version has been titled as Neethaane En Ponvasantham and it stars Jiiva and Samantha, while the Telugu version has Nani and Samantha in [...]
Elton John keeps feud alive
Who needs Saturday night? For Elton John, Super Bowl Sunday’s just as all right (if not better) for his fighting ways.Because just when it seemed like his partner David Furnish had wrapped up his feud with frenemy extraordinaire Madonna, along comes Elton to spark it back up — this time under the guise of offering [...]
Cynthia Nixon: Bisexuality is not a choice
Cynthia Nixon is backtracking on her controversial ‘being gay is a choice’ interview, which landed her in hot water with the gay community last week. The Sex and the City star issued a new statement to a newspaper after recently telling the New York Times Magazine that, for her, homosexuality ‘is a choice.’ “My recent [...]
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