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Saturday, April 25th, 2009It was moment of sheer joy for the Rohras as their beloved pet parrot Amu returned home on Friday after over two weeks.On Friday, Mumbai Mirror reported that Shivaji Park resident Gayatri Rohras six-month-old parrot, Amu, went missing on April 8 after falling out of the window…
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Cops bust bogus voting ID racket
Saturday, April 25th, 2009Besides rallies and campaigns, it appears that some candidates for the Lok Sabha elections from the Thane constituency were also busy preparing for bogus voting.The Belapur police seized 10,000 fake ration cards and 20,000 fake electricity bills from a printing press early on Friday….
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Biz rivals’ ploy to kill, cries Anil
Saturday, April 25th, 2009The discovery of gravel and pebbles inside the oil filter of the gearbox of the helicopter owned by ADAG chief Anil Ambani, has taken a serious turn. The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group suspects business rivals hatched a sabotage plan to kill Anil Ambani.Following this…
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Candid look at candidates
Saturday, April 25th, 2009Ahead of Lok Sabha polls in the Mumbai region, a background study on contesting candidates by a group of NGOs, has thrown up some interesting information.For instance, one of every five candidates has a criminal record and in Bhiwandi, every second candidate is tainted….
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Young hippopotamus dies
Saturday, April 25th, 2009Mumbai zoo is in mourning. On Friday, it lost a very lovable member – a five-year-and-seven-month-old hippopotamus, Shakti.While preliminary reports say that Shakti died of respiratory failure, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) activists feel it could be the apathetic…
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Congress burns in Sri Lanka fire
Saturday, April 25th, 2009Chennai: The plight of Sri Lankan Tamils has had such an impact on Tamil Nadu that citizens, who are otherwise not political activists, have begun to express their ire against the Congress in public. With this being election time, this is very bad news for the party and its ally, the DMK…
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Gujarat riots: Modi has nothing to apologise for
Saturday, April 25th, 2009New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Gujarat CM Narendra Modi remains defiant over his role in the Gujarat riots. I have nothing to apologise for, he told a TV channel. Defending himself against allegations of being callous towards the plight of Gujarat after the post-Godhra riots, he said, Why are you being…
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Modi could be PM after Advani: BJP
Saturday, April 25th, 2009New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Even as BJP veteran L K Advani aims to become PM, many in the party see Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the next candidate for the post. Party leader Arun Shourie on Friday said in Ahmedabad, “In my personal opinion, Gujarat has the chance to elect the…
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Shoot-at-sight after Cong, TDP clash in AP town
Saturday, April 25th, 2009Hyderabad: Policemen were ordered to shoot at sight in Tadipatri town of Anantapur district on Friday after violence broke out between supporters of rival parties just a day after authorities were heaving a sigh of relief for the near-peaceful conduct of elections in Andhra Pradesh….
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Rare blood group is double whammy for cancer patient
Saturday, April 25th, 2009Kolkata: A 28-year-old cancer patient cannot undergo surgery because he cannot find blood donors, a he belongs to a rare blood group. Abdul Hakim Mollah, who is admitted to the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute in Kolkata, suffers from cancer in his intestine and food pipe…
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