Lucknow, April 30: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and parliamentarian Lalji Tandon Saturday challenged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take action against the Uttar Pradesh government for ‘misusing centre’s funds meant for the development of the state, particularly the Bundelkhand region’. ‘On innumerable occasions, the Congress has accused the Mayawati government of committing financial irregularities in the central government-sponsored welfare schemes.
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Kolkata, April 30: After being left out of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team in the fourth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), former KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly Saturday watched the team’s match for the first time this season from the president’s box of Eden Gardens here. ‘Yes I am here.
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Itanagar, April 30: A helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four other people on board, missing since Saturday morning, was still untraced till the night despite India and Bhutan launching a massive operation to track it, officials said. The Pawan Hans AS350 B-3 helicopter had taken off from Tawang at 9.50 am and lost communication with the ground after it flew past the Sela Pass along the Chinese border about 20 to 25 minutes later.
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Kolkata, April 30: Putting up an all-round impressive show, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) cruised to an eight-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab to move atop the Indian Premier League (IPL) points table here Saturday. Cheered on by a large crowd at the historic Eden Gardens, the Knights restricted the Kings to 119/6 and then cantered to their target with 16 balls to spare to record their fifth overall and second back-to-back win in the tournament.
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New Delhi, April 30(IANS) A boy was reportedly sodomised by six people, including a minor, police said Saturday. ‘The incident happened Wednesday when Sonu (name changed) was forcibly taken to a lonely place from his house in J.J.
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New Delhi, April 30(IANS) Eight men were arrested in two incidents for allegedly running cricket betting rackets during the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches, police said Saturday. In the first incident, Deepak Kaushik, 25, Kapil Kaushik, 23, Ankit Kaushik, 19, and Parvesh, 19, were arrested from Pootkalan area in west Delhi Thursday.
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Bhubaneswar, April 30: Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Saturday questioned the Orissa’s government intention on the proposed steel project by South Korean steel major Posco, saying it has not responded to several queries he had raised. Ramesh said he is waiting for the Naveen Patnaik government’s response on the authenticity of two resolutions by local residents, to decide the future course of action.
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Bangalore, April 30: India’s second largest IT bellwether Infosys has dropped ‘Technologies’ from the company’s name as part of its re-branding exercise. In a regulatory filing late Saturday, the company said its board had approved the change the name to Infosys Ltd from Infosys Technologies Ltd.
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Mumbai, April 30: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray Saturday said the nation is directionless and people need to keep a check on where it is going. At a book launch function, Thackeray also lamented the shoe throwing trend that has caught up with protesters.
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