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Jessica Lal murder: HC orders prosecution of Shayan Munshi for perjury

May 22, 2013

The court has also ordered the prosecution of ballistic expert PS Manocha along with the actor. #NewsTracker #Delhi High Court #Murder of Jessica Lall #Shayan Munshi #PS Manocha #Bina Ramani
Andhra Pradesh local body polls likely to be held in a month

May 22, 2013

Panchayati Raj Minister K Jana Reddy addressing a state-level convention of the Congress party in Hyderabad, he asked the party cadre to gear up for the polls. #NewsTracker #Andhra Pradesh #local body elections #K Jana Reddy
Watch: Two constables brutally assault each other in Lucknow

May 22, 2013

Two policemen brutally assaulted each other with lathis in full public view in Lucknow on Wednesday. #Uttar Pradesh #India #NewsTracker #BeatThis #lUCKNOW #Akhilesh Yadav #policemen #Indira Gandhi Pratishthan

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Leveson report: Outdated, short-sighted, dangerous

Nov 30, 2012

Almost all the bad practices put on display during the Leveson inquiry are already illegal. Regulating the press inherently means providing an additional deterrent to choice, and a prior restraint on publication. #social media #Twitter #ConnectTheDots #News of the World #Leveson Report #Press Freedom #Press Regulation
Raj Thackeray is wrong, but Bihar is a worse offender

Sep 04, 2012

The Bihar police is perhaps responsible for allowing Raj Thackeray to return to his favourite platform of migrant-bashing. #PoliticsDecoder #Raj Thackeray #bIhar #Nitish Kumar #television news channels
Commuters skip expensive BEST trips for cheaper alternatives

Jul 12, 2012

Satellite cities gain as ticket price hike leaves BEST buses idle. #NewsTracker #BEST buses

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New Eyewitness News app for your iPhone or Android

2013-05-20 19:52:00

We've also made it easier to share. Click on the share icon on the top of the article page and you can post the story to your Facebook or Twitter account, or email it to a friend. apps, iphone, android, resources NEW YORK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News has a #Facebook #Jeff Smith #Bill Evans
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NBC News confirms ITV's Deborah Turness as president

2013-05-20 14:09:00

Deborah Turness, the editor of ITV News, has been confirmed as the new president of NBC News and first woman to head one of the US TV network's news divisions. Turness will join the US giant in August after nine years running ITN-produced ITV News in Lon #NBC News #London #New York Daily News
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Before You Break Into Breaking News

2013-05-21 18:48:00

The 24-hour news cycle has given us many gifts (some good, some… less so), but one that is extremely useful to the PR world is a continued need for experts or interesting points of view when a major story breaks. Becoming involved in a breaking news stor #New York Times Company

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Hamid Karzai's visit: Why supplying arms to Afghanistan is a hard choice

From across the Hindu Kush, a plea for Indian help. Hamid Karzai wants New Delhi to provide artillery and military transport aircraft. It won’t cost India much—but New Delhi is worried about upsetting Pakistan, and wary of making commitments before it becomes clear which way the political wind is blowing in Kabul.
Sreesanth and IPL spot fixing: Why history makes it so hard to believe the police

With the glut of information regarding the IPL spot fixing scandal and the three cricketers how much of it can we really trust?
Phaneesh Murthy admits to relationship with employee

This is the second time the IT industry veteran has been involved in a sex scandal.
Despite BJP edge over Cong, both NDA and UPA are conjectures

Opinion polls show the BJP and the NDA ahead of the Congress and UPA. But it is the regional parties that are likely to make the biggest gains. NDA and UPA are post-poll creatures

Not just niceties, China and India need to focus on thorny issues

India’s discourse with China has traditionally been trapped in the Mao-ist maze that defines how “friends” ought to conduct themselves. But Chinese statecraft has evolved, and India too must up its diplomatic game.
Why the Indian media gives a damn about poverty

In that sense the poverty line of India is cruel. It is merciless and doesn’t allow the majority of Indians any money for shelter or access to education or healthcare or sanitation or anything else that civilised nations would consider as essential as food.
Goa meet: Will the BJP finally find a way out of its troubles?

Can the party resolve internal discord and take a call on Modi’s PM candidature?
Why Dhoni, Tendulkar can't distance themselves from spot fixing

Try following a game on twitter or with friends or at the ground. At every step of the way, the spot-fixing question raises itself.

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.