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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 4th, 2012
To be or not to be… that is the question?
Ever since Shakespeare penned the fatal words, “To be, or not to be…,” the majority of Earth’s citizens have been haunted by them. Life is no longer an experience to be lived — it is a potpourri of questions that need to be answered now. Will Obama win the elections? Will I lose weight before [...]
Petition against Chidambaram dismissed
NEW DELHI: In a huge relief for Home Minister P Chidambaram, a Delhi court on Saturday dismissed a petition by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy seeking to make him a co-accused in the 2G spectrum case. “Your prayer to summon Chidambaram as an accused is dismissed,” Special Judge O P Saini said on Swamy’s petition [...]
Jadeja picked up for $ 2m, no takers for Laxman
BANGALORE: India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja lived up to his “hot property” tag in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction here Saturday with Chennai Super Kings buying him for $2 million. Fast bowler R. Vinay Kumar was a surprise package and was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $1 million. Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene, who led [...]
Develop infrastructure and systems to reduce taxes and penalties
If Hyderabad does not want to choke and sneeze due to pollution, it has to act now said some representatives of the NGOs who are working for a better environment in the City. They say the City needs action like conversion of fuel of vehicles into compressed natural gas (CNG), scaling up of public transport, integrated [...]
Mayor’s latest plan of action
Young mayor, Majid Hussain is very eager to implement the long series of plans designed to spruce up the sagging image of GHMC. He has conveyed to the administration his desire to hold general body meetings (GBM) as frequently as possible. The mayor is planning to hold zonal level meetings in all five zones of [...]
BJP blames UPA for misusing policy
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday blamed the UPA government for “misusing” the telecom policy and said the Supreme Court order on the 2G spectrum allocation was similar to parliament’s Public Accounts Committee report on the issue. A day after the Supreme Court gave an order cancelling licences of 122 telecom companies that [...]
Chills of malaria gives City the jitters
With deaths due to malaria found to be double of what they were earlier thought to be, we take a look at the situation in the City, considering its weather and dirty lakes According to a study published in the medical journal Lancet, nearly 1.2 million across the world succumb to malaria every year. Researchers [...]
Dance to spread awareness
They crept up from behind and formed a huge group taking the public by surprise. And then just like that the group broke into a jig leaving onlookers watching with dropped jaws. The flash mob organised at Prasad’s IMAX to raise awareness about cancer on February 3 came as a pleasant surprise to movie-goers. The [...]
Films galore on Feb10
After a lean period for new releases in January, as many as 18 films are slated for release in February alone. This weekend alone seven low-budget films hit the screens across the state and next week another five films are going to viefor audience’s attention at the box-office. Sudheer Babu’s SMS, Prakash Raj’s Dhoni, Arvind Krishna [...]
Paws for thought
Think of animal welfare in the city and one name comes to mind — Blue Cross. It has been 20 years and they are still going strong, fighting for those who have no voice Muffin, the bright-eyed, brown-coloured dog is intimidated by the presence of Rambo, a bigger dog. Meitim Connolly, a counsellor at Blue [...]
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