Fractured PAC meets to finalise 2G report

Fractured PAC meets to finalise 2G report Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday met to finalise its report on the allocation of 2G spectrum with members of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the opposition daggers drawn over the panel's criticism of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The 22-member committee, hea The draft 270-page report, which was circulated among members on Wednesday, has criticised Manmohan Singh for giving an "indirect green signal" to former telecom minister A Raja to execute his "unfair and dubious designs" in selling scarce radio waves at throwaway prices. The yet-to-be adopted PAC report said DMK's Raja, who is now in jail, revealed "half truth to conceal his ulterior design". The report does not hold Manmohan Singh directly responsible...

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Pilots' strike: Air fares shoot up

Pilots' strike: Air fares shoot up New Delhi:  Within hours of a section of Air India pilots announcing the strike, private airlines jacked up their fares on all the major sectors within the country. A Delhi-Mumbai ticket which cost Rs. 8000-9000, is now costing Rs. 12,000. "There has been an increase of up to 50 percent in the air fare," said, a travel agent in Delhi who wished not to be identified.  The Spice Jet Mumbai-Delhi ticket was selling at Rs. 6,255 on Wednesday above the normal range of Rs. 3,000-4,000. While low cost carrier Indigo is said to be charging Rs. 6,234 for its Delhi- Mumbai sector, Jetlite fares for the same...

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3 Thay Bhai review: Worn-out and humourless - Movie Review

3 Thay Bhai review: Worn-out and humourless Movie : 3 Thay Bhai Director : Mrigdeep Singh Lamba Cast : Om Puri, Deepak Dobriyal, Shreyas Talpade Going small-town is the current flavour of Hindi films - but not all get it right! 3 Thay Bhai is a classic case of the title building the film up to be a fun, innovative story. What you get, however, is a film that's woefully dull. Chicksi (Om Puri), Happy (Deepak Dobriyal) and Fancy (Shreyas Talpade) are three brothers who hate each other. They all have their own personal battles that they're fighting alone. Chicksi (a shamefully regressive track, this one) is worried about his three overweight...

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IPL teams will take us seriously now: Jayawardene

Debutantes Kochi Tuskers Kerala on Friday roared back into the Indian Premier League with an upset victory over Mumbai Indians and skipper Mahela Jayawardene hoped the rivals team will take them more seriously now. The Kochi tuskers chased down an imposing 182-2, set by Mumbai Indians, to open their account in the tournament and Jayawardene said it was a big win against the IPL 3 runners-up team. "It was a good win. We were pretty close in the last two games. It is good to finish the game off and it is a big win against Mumbai Indians," the Sri Lankan told reporters after his team notched up their maiden eight-wicket victory. "It...

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Kochi IPL team says it wants to win the cup for Sreesanth

Inspired by the winning mantra of the Indian national team, Kochi Tuskers Kerala (KTK), the IPL team representing the city of Kochi, has announced that they wanted to win the fourth season of the Indian Premier League for Sreesanth, one of the core members of the team. KTK is playing the professional Twenty20 league for the first time and is hopeful of starting on a victorious note post this announcement. “We want to win it for Sreesanth,” Mahela Jayawardene, the captain of KTK announced in a press conference called earlier today to launch the team logo and promotional video, “In fact, right after the world cup final, I and Muttiah (Muralitharan)...

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French Restaurant in Delhi to offer meals to BPL card holders to qualify for VAT waiver

French Restaurant in Delhi to offer meals to BPL card holders to qualify for VAT waiver An upmarket restaurant is acting upon Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit’s decision to remove VAT on meals for the poor by offering free meals for the hard-up. La Maison Goinfre has purchased 30kg of camembert, 50 cases of Bordeaux wine, 5kg of foie gras and 25 jars of preserved duck legs VAT-free. To qualify for the VAT waiver, the restaurant must provide meals for 50 poor people per week, including wine, although a Delhi Government spokesman confirmed that “house wine” would be acceptable. “This is excellent news for us,” said restaurant manager Suhail “Pierre” Kumar, putting on a French accent, “at the moment some of our dishes are inaccessible to the poor because the ingredients are so expensive; we are delighted...

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India To Send 2 Member Team To Confirm Identity Of Abdul Rauf

India To Send 2 Member Team To Confirm Identity Of Abdul Rauf India will soon be sending a two member team – one officer each from RAW and CBI to Chile to confirm the identity of an arrested man who is supposed to be Abdul Rauf, one of the financers behind hijacking of Indian Airlines IC-814. According to CBI, it has received information from Chilean authorities about the detention of Rauf who is supposed to be one of the financers of the whole operation behind hijacking of IC-814. CBI has said that fingerprints of the man detained have been sent by the CBI, but since the same or any photographs is absent hence it is difficult to confirm whether the person is Rauf or not. It is to be noted that Rauf is the brother of Maulana Masood Azhar, one of the most wanted terrorists in India. Azhar...

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