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Live: Railway Board suspends Mahesh Kumar

May 4, 2013

10. 15 pm: Railway Board suspends Mahesh Kumar In a late night development, CNN-IBN reports that Mahesh Kumar, accused in the bribery case and currently in CBI custody, has been suspended by the Railway Board. 8. 45 pm: No rules flouted, says Railway Board Meanwhile, the Railway Board has issued a clarification on #NewsTracker #Pawan Kumar Bansal #Politics #Railway Minister
Live: Finally, Finance Bill passed in Lok Sabha

Apr 30, 2013

1. 40 pm: Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill, sans debate Taking in consideration all the amendments, Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill today. Lok Sabha also passed the General Budget and the Railway Budget. 1.05pm: Shiromani Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal addresses Lok Sabha "This bill is due to the effort of Shiromani Akali Dal #Budget Session #finance bill #NewsTracker #P. Chidambaram
Meet Abhilash Tomy, the first Indian to complete solo circumnavigation

Apr 29, 2013

It’s the hour of midnight. Lt Cdr of Indian Navy Abhilash Tomy is up and about – in his boat. He is attempting to become the first Indian to complete solo circumnavigation. That means there is no shared watch or sharing of other duties or people to talk to; that #Abhilash Tomy #Indian Navy #INSV Mahadei #sea voyage #solo circumnavigation #VeryCloseUp
Live: Magistrate remands Musharraf to two days in custody

Apr 19, 2013

10. 15 am: Magistrate remands Musharraf to two days custody Musharraf was remanded to two days in custody, becoming the first ex-army chief to face such action. Police officials arrested the 69-year-old former military strongman this morning and took him to the court of judicial magistrate Muhammad Abbas Shah. After hearing arguments by Musharraf's #NewsTracker #Pakistan #Pervez Musharraf
As it happened: Bangalore blasts won’t impact state polls, says Shinde

Apr 18, 2013

4.05 PM: We have come to no conclusions, says Shinde Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that investigators have still not come to any conclusion over who may have been responsible for the Bangalore bomb blast. However he assured reporters in Delhi that the incident would not derail the electoral process in #Bangalore #BJP office #blasts #Karnataka polls #NewsTracker
SFI leader’s death: What draws Bengal’s youth to violent student politics?

Apr 4, 2013

“…He was a voracious reader. He used to read books of all kinds well into the night. For him, reading was a means of gaining real education. He dreamt a lot. He used to dream of a new social order, a new dawn,” said the mourning father of Sudipto Gupta, #College politics #HowThisWorks #Mamata Banerjee #SFI #Sudipto Gupta #West Bengal
Live: As Cong, SP rift widens, Chidambaram vows to help UP

Mar 29, 2013

12. 35 pm: Govt's olive branch for Mulayam? Amid speculation that the Samajwadi Party might pull out of the UPA, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today reached out to the party's government in Uttar Pradesh, heaping praise on Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and assuring full central help in the state's development. "I assure #Manmohan Singh #Mulayam Singh Yadav #PoliticalPlay #Samajwadi Party #UPA
Paan Singh Tomar at the Oscars. Why didn’t it happen?

Mar 29, 2013

Picking Barfi! over Paan Singh Tomar, Dirty Picture, Kahaani, Deool, Eega, Vazhakku Enn 18/9 and Akasathinte Niram as the Indian entry at the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, was quite a disappointing decision. A two-and-a-half-hour musical about a deaf and mute boy called Barfi, which was widely criticized for #Barfi #ConnectTheDots #National Award #Oscars #Paan Singh Tomaar
Live: ‘Bought time to avoid death penalty for marines’

Mar 22, 2013

9.15 pm: Bought time to avoid death penalty for marines, says Italian minister Italy's deputy foreign minister Staffan de Mistura was on the defensive when he addressed a press conference explaining why the Italian marines were not send back to India. "Death penalty for the marines became an issue of concern in #Italian Marines #Italy #Kerala Fishermen killing #NewsTracker
Religious liberals have to speak loudly, says author Amish Tripathi

Mar 22, 2013

'A boring banker turned happy author', is how author Amish Tripathi describes himself. With the last book of the Shiva trilogy, The Oath of the Vayuputras, flying off the shelves, a ‘best-selling author’ tag and an Rs 5 crore-deal for his next series by publisher Westland, the highest ever advance #Amish Tripathi #Immortals of Meluha #Shiva Trilogy #The Oath of the Vayuputras #VeryCloseUp

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Editor's picks

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

Pichai has emphasised that Google is embracing both Chrome and Android is investing in both at least for now.

Ashwani to be shifted, Bansal to be booted? PM will decide

The fate of the two ministers is reportedly in the hands of the Prime Minister who has been told to take a final call.
How the Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode diminishes India

The Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode shows that for all of India’s attempts to project itself as an emerging global power, with a footprint larger than just the South Asian peninsula, it is unable to break out of its hyphenated relationship with Pakistan.
Changing dynamics: Is low-cost flying becoming really high cost?

Consumers may have to pay a high price for both the lower price and increased choice.
Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate popcorn film

Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate summer blockbuster film. It is impeccably tailored to please both the Trekkies and the non-geeks, genre lovers as well as the average moviegoer.

Coalgate scam: Careful, Mr PM, the fig leaves are falling off...

If there was no wrongdoing in the allocation of coal blocks, why did the Law Minister and officials from the Prime Minister’s Office go to such elaborate lengths to doctor the CBI’s draft report – and get top law officers to lie in court?
Who was Pak prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay? All you need to know

Some information about Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq who died this morning after being attacked by an Indian inmate in a Jammu prison.
Over 900 victims; Dhaka disaster world's worst in garments industry

The death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has climbed to nearly 900, officials said on Thursday, as authorities continue to search for more bodies two weeks after the worst garment manufacturing disaster in the world.
Sir Alex Ferguson: The greatest manager football will ever have

Ferguson showed that world-class man-management skills were more important than picking the perfect formation. It took something approaching genius qualities to get Eric Cantona, Roy Keane and Peter Schmeichel – all volatile personalities with exceptionally big egos – to pull together for the common cause.