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August 2009

Contract killer’s death penalty converted to life imprisonment

August 31, 2009 India

The Delhi High Court Monday converted the sentence of a contract killer who had killed a witness six years ago from death penalty to life imprisonment on the grounds that the case did not fall in the category of rarest of the rare. Mani Gopal had murdered the witness, an eunuch, inside the Tis Hazari [...]

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Gerard Butler’s mom makes him sweep the floor, wash dishes

August 31, 2009 Entertainment

Scottish actor Gerard Butler says his mother doesn’t treat him like a movie star and tries to keep him grounded by making him sweep the floor at home. The actor makes regular trips to his parents’ home in Glasgow, Scotland, where his mother insists he help out around the house and carry out his share [...]

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Lashkar militant killed in Jammu and Kashmir

August 31, 2009 India

A top commander of militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba was killed in a gunbattle with the security forces in a forest in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, an army official said Monday. The official said Kalim Ullah, who was operating in Mahore area for the past two years, was killed after four-hour-long gunbattle. Mahore is 150 [...]

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Jharkhand bureaucrat under CBI scanner for Rs.1.3 bn scam

August 31, 2009 India

A senior civil servant of Jharkhand is under the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scanner for his alleged involvement in a Rs.1.3 billion scam in the state’s health department. Pradeep Kumar, former Jharkhand health secretary, has been named in the case for misusing his official position and “fraudulently and dishonestly” purchasing medicines, medical equipment and [...]

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New ministerial panel on Reliance gas needed: Deora

August 31, 2009 Business

The petroleum ministry has approached the Prime Minister’s Office for a ministerial panel for identifying new buyers for additional gas produced by Reliance Industries from the Krishna-Godavari hydrocarbon basin in Andhra Pradesh. Petroleum Minister Murli Deora Monday said he had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reconstitute a new group of ministers and had [...]

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Demi Moore says yes to husband’s TV show

August 31, 2009 Entertainment

After saying ‘no’ to several TV shows, including “Ugly Betty”, Hollywood actress Demi Moore has finally given her nod for husband Ashton Kutcher’s small screen project “The Beautiful Life”. The actress has even been providing her expertise behind the scenes of the upcoming drama, which Kutcher is producing. And now the 47-year-old will feature in [...]

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Kingfisher Airlines to raise $100 mn

August 31, 2009 Business

Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines Monday said it planned to raise $100 million (about Rs.500 crore) in Global Depository Receipts (GDRs). In a regulatory statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), it said the funds would be raised subject to shareholders’ approval. It also apprised the BSE of a decision taken July 28 to induct up [...]

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When Witherspoon paid a stranger’s bill

August 31, 2009 Entertainment

Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon took pity on a stranger at a Los Angeles food store by paying her grocery bill after the woman said she had forgotten her wallet. Witherspoon, 33 and mother of two, was at the Whole Foods store in LA, reports askmen.com. “Reese knows that kids make you lose your mind. When [...]

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Ministry seeks explanation from police over terrorist arrest

August 31, 2009 India

The home ministry has sought an explanation from Delhi Police commissioner Y.S. Dadwal asking him as to why his officers rushed to present material seized from an alleged terrorist to the media even before formally arresting him. Saleem Mohammed, alias Yusuf of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit, was arrested by Delhi Police’s special cell team [...]

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Kowtowing to imperialists unacceptable to Left: Basu

August 31, 2009 India

Claiming that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is “surrendering to the imperialists” and framing policies adversely hitting the poor, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu Monday said the Left parties will staunchly oppose such moves. “Whatever be the impediments, the Leftists will work in the interest of the workers and the common [...]

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