People throng Rajghat to support Hazare's one-day fast

People today gathered at Rajghat in New Delhi to take part in the day-long hunger strike called by Anna Hazare to protest against police crackdown on Baba Ramdev and his supporters during their agitation against corruption.

 

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Kanimozhi's arrest: A temporary setback for DMK

So do you think the Congress is a paragon of virtue?" asked an angry member of Parliament from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam defending his mentor M Karunanidhi's daughter and party MP Kanimozhi's arrest on Friday.

Those of us who are celebrating the judgment of Judge O P Saini should know that despite the shock waves of arrest of Kanimozhi and the shame for serious allegations in the charge-sheet within the DMK, it will be a temporary setback for the sturdy regional party.

Those who have met former minister A Raja in Tihar jail are claiming that he is fully confident that he will be able to fight the case in a court of law.

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Osama Bin Laden 'planned 9/11 anniversary train attack'

One plan aimed to target a US rail route, the reports said, although no imminent threat was detected.
Officials are examining computers, DVDs and documents seized from the Abbottabad home where they believe Bin Laden hid for up to six years.

President Obama is due to meet some of the troops involved in the operation.
He will hold private meetings on Friday at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, with at least some of the Navy Seals who took part in the raid.

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President Obama confirms death of Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden

WASHINGTON: Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said on Sunday. ( Read: Osama: 9/11 author who defied Bush, Obama )

"Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaida, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children," Obama said in a surprise late night White House address.

The world's most wanted man had been killed in a Pakistani compound in an operation on Sunday, which had been carried after cooperation from Islamabad, the US leader said.

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Prince William, Kate at final wedding rehearsal

LONDON – Prince William and Kate Middleton have arrived at Westminster Abbey for a final wedding rehearsal.
St. James's Palace says that the couple, the bride's parents and Prince Harry are at the abbey with senior clergy for the private rehearsal.
Wednesday's rehearsal will be their last chance to run through the service before their wedding Friday.

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Air India on edge, 120 flights hit so far by pilots' strike

Around 13 flights were cancelled on Friday taking the total to 120 flights affected by the Air India pilots' strike that continued for the third day today despite court's stay order. As per information made available from airports across the country, the bulk of the flights that were cance lled on Thursday were mainly scheduled out of the national capital and Mumbai.

Air India announced it will stop accepting bookings till May 4 to clear the backlog.

Members of the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), once on the rolls of the erstwhile Indian Airlines, struck work midnight Tuesday demanding parity in pay with their counterparts in Air India and other issues related to work conditions.

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Sony to take on Apple with launch of first tablet PCs

Sony, a laggard in the booming tablet market, unveiled its first tablet computers in an ambitious attempt to grab second place in the market created and still dominated by Apple's iPad. The new gadgets will use an operating system based on Android 3.0, Kunimasa Suzuki, deputy president of the consu mer products and services group, told reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.

One of the models will have two screens, he added.

Suzuki raised eyebrows in January when he told reporters at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January that Sony was aiming for the No. 2 spot in the tablet market behind Apple within a year, even though it had yet to put a product on the market.

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Will five senior executives chargesheeted in 2G scam get bail?

A Delhi court will give its decision today on the bail plea of five corporate executives who have been chargesheeted in the 2G spectrum scam.

The five men are: Sanjay Chandra, MD, Unitech Ltd and Unitech Wireless; Vinod Goenka, MD, DB Realty and Swan Telecom (now Etisalat); Gautam Doshi, Group MD, Reliance ADAG; Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara, Senior Vice Presidents, ADAG.

The CBI in its reply in the court will oppose their bail plea. The accused are expected to arrive in the Patiala House court in Delhi in the morning. 

Four of nine people chargesheeted for India's biggest-ever scam are already in jail. They include former Telecom Minister A Raja, who was allegedly the fulcrum of a conspiracy that included some of the country's biggest companies.

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Watson boost for Royals, Lee for KKR

On a roll with consecutive victories under their belt, a confident Rajasthan Royals will be bolstered by the return of in-form Australian all-rounder Shane Watson when they take on an unpredictable Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match in Jaipur on Friday.


Under the wily Shane Warne, Royals have commenced their IPL IV campaign in great style, comfortably defeating Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils by eight and four wickets respectively in their first two games.


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Star Wars: Rajnikanth vs. Amitabh Bachchan

If the buzz is to be believed, the next Rajnikanth film, 'Rana', will not only have the superstar in three roles but will also have the towering Big B to add to the star power. That Rajnikanth's earlier year hits are unabashed remakes of Amitabh Bachchan is not a secret.

And the two superstars from the north and south of India are not coming together for the first time. From 'Andha Kanoon' to 'Giraftar', the two have shared on-screen chemistry. But the times were different. Rajnikanth was just another south Indian actor; oh yeah, he also lit cigarettes with bullets from his gun.

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Thank You's opening at theatres worse than Faltu

A few hours before the fourth season of the Indian Premiere League (IPL) kickstarted on Friday, Akshay Kumar’s co-production with UTV Motion Pictures, Thank You, commenced its theatrical run. According to a section of trade, it opened to occupancy rates lower than Faltu, Vashu Bhagn ani’s re-launch movie for his son Jackky, that released on April 1, along with Game, which has already been written off.

Sanjay Ghai, COO, Mukta Arts Ltd, attributes the slow start of Thank You to the ‘ghisa-pita’ (done-to-death) content. “The story is not new and the score is not great either. The movie is low on entertainment quotient,” he says, adding that although it is faring better with the masses, the multiplex audience doesn’t seem to have liked it. “So, it’s unlikely that the film will sustain after averaging a 35 per cent opening.” Comparatively, Faltu opened with 40 per cent in 890 screens.
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IPL-4 set to start with a bang on high viewership

The fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is expected to be bigger, if not better, in terms of business even without Lalit Modi at the helm. It will be bigger largely on account of ticket sales and sponsorship deals clinched individually by the ten teams has been able to muscle in for itself.

To top it all, television viewership-the big money spinner for the IPL-is expected to grow by 20% from 143 million that the tournament clocked last year. On the back of this figurencreased viewership , SET Max, the official broadcaster of the tournament, expects to rake in a plum Rs 1,000 crore in ad revenue, up from about Rs 700 crore it pocketed last year.

The growth has been consistent over the last three editions of IPL.

"We have seen this trend from the first edition of the tournament, when the viewership was about 90 million. The number has now jumped significantly. The trajectory is expected to continue this year too," said Rohit Gupta, president, Multi Screen Media, which owns SET Max.

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Hazare’s fast enters 4th day, another round of talks with Govt

Anna Hazare’s fast-unto-death entered the fourth day on Friday even as anti-corruption activists waited for a communication from the government over holding another round of talks to iron out differences over notifying formation of a joint committee to draft an effective Lokpal Bill.

Social activist Swami Agnivesh told PTI, “We are waiting for a communication from the government side.On Thursday, it was informally agreed that we will met around 9 a.m. We have not got any formal communication”.

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal had said that two sides would be meeting on Friday morning for the third round of talks.

“The two sides had agreed on almost all issues but there is no agreement on two issues, that is issuing an official notification to form the committee and making Mr. Hazare the chairman of the committee. So we need more time and we will meet again tomorrow and see we can evolve a procedure with which we can move ahead,” he had said on Thursday.

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Thousands join Anna Hazare's anti-graft fight

Social activist Anna Hazare's hunger strike in New Delhi demanding changes in the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill entered the second day on Wednesday. The anti-corruption campaign began has now been joined by thousands of people with more than 150 people joining Hazare’s fast-unto-death at the Jantar Mantar.

Almost 5,000 people from all walks of life have gathered at Jantar Mantar to show their support for Hazare. Social activists and people in 400 cities all across India and foreign countries have come out in support of Hazare.

In Bhopal thousands of people signed on a postcard addressed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi demanding introduction of Lokpal Bill in Parliament. Social activists and people in Lucknow, led by Medha Patkar, have backed Hazare's crusade.

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