Still game for IPL?
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-23 00:05:43 -0700 | sports-news
Has the recent spot-fixing scandal diminished our enthusiasm for the tournament? NXg asks a few of its readers No, I don't think such scandals will stop people from watching IPL. Every event has positives and negatives and it is up...
The words count more than the language
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-23 00:03:12 -0700 | sports-news
Orissa has become Odisha, Oriya has become Odia and Odia/Oriya has become the official language of the state. However, the "outsider" chief minister of Orissa, Naveen Patnaik, still continues his own struggle with the language as revealed once again when...
Woman killed, three injured in explosion in cracker factory
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-23 00:02:56 -0700 | sports-news
A pregnant woman was killed and three others were injured in an explosion in a cracker factory in Siktaur area of the district, police said today. The explosion, which took place last evening, was so strong that the parts of...
CBI records statement of former ministers of state in Coal Ministry
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-22 22:39:01 -0700 | sports-news
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has recorded statements of the then Ministers of State in Coal Ministry Santosh Bagrodia and Dasari Narayan Rao in connection with the coal block allocation scam. CBI sources said the statement of both the...
Sudipta Sen breaks down as Debjani Mukherjee sings
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-22 22:39:01 -0700 | sports-news
Saradha group CMD Sudipta Sen and executive director Debjani Mukherjee were questioned together for the first time by police today. Sen broke down in front of the interrogators when Mukherjee blamed him for the company going bust, police sources said....
DA hiked for state govt employees
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-22 22:38:58 -0700 | sports-news
The Gujarat government has announced to hike dearness allowance (DA) for its employees with effect from January this year. Bringing it at par with the last increment given by the Central government in February, the state government has raised the...
SSA 'irregularities'': AMC school board asked to explain
Source: Indian Express
Ahmedabad :: India | updated 2013-05-22 22:38:58 -0700 | sports-news
Following a representation by a voluntary organisation related to "gross irregularities" in the implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) project in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation areas, the office of the State Project Director of SSA in Gujarat has asked the Administrative...
Practical marks to be considered for engg, pharma admissions
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-22 22:38:50 -0700 | sports-news
IN the larger interest of students, the state government on Wednesday decided to consider the marks in practical subjects for the preparation of the merit list for admissions to degree engineering and pharmacy courses...Speaking to The Indian Express, State Education...
After apartment caves in at Raopura, VMC issues notice to 'weak'' buildings
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-22 22:38:47 -0700 | sports-news
After a four-storey apartment in city's Raopura caved in, the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) said about 56 buildings were issued the notice of caution in the last one and a half years. The VMC has expedited the survey of such...
BJP''s carrot & stick for Mamata
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-22 22:38:46 -0700 | sports-news
THE state unit of BJP while releasing a "chargesheet" against the Mamata Banerjee government detailing its "failures" on several fronts during its two-year reign on Wednesday lost no opportunity to praise the same government for "restoring peace" in the Maoist-affected...
Alipore residents secure themselves, install hi-tech gadgets at home, road
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-22 22:38:43 -0700 | sports-news
Alipore in south Kolkata, the residential hub of the city's upper crust of business and industry, has installed hi-tech gadgets at its homes and on the roads to monitor crime and for overall surveillance. The citizens' forum of Alipore conceived...
Saradha boss charged with abetment to suicide
Source: Indian Express
Baruipur :: India | updated 2013-05-22 22:38:43 -0700 | sports-news
THE first case of abetment to suicide in the Saradha Group chit fund scam has been filed against the jailed CMD of the company, Sudipta Sen. The case has been lodged in Baruipur in South 24-Parganas on Wednesday by the...
Zone-wise colours for autos on anvil
Source: Indian Express
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-22 22:38:38 -0700 | sports-news
Colour coding of autorickshaws, based on the zone they ply in, is expected to be decided soon. This, officials said, will ensure that autos of a particular zone do not turn away passengers wishing to travel to the area. According...
Mayor ups the ante against racecourse
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-22 22:38:38 -0700 | sports-news
The BMC administration has, however, distanced itself from political parties demanding a garden in place of the racecourse. BMC. "We will issue an eviction notice to Turf Club after the expiry of the lease and do not plan to change...
Prescott boxer looks forward to regionals with nationals berth on the line
Source: The Daily Courier
Pal :: India | updated 2013-05-22 22:35:58 -0700 | sports-news
A two-time Arizona State Junior Olympic Boxing champion in the Light-Heavyweight Division, the 176-pound Larrondo doubles as a three-time state titlist and Four Corners Regional Champion...Olympic Committee currently has him ranked eighth in his division at the Junior Olympic level....
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