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‘Whistleblower’ K’taka officer succumbs to injuries

Editor — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:40 +0000

Five days after he was allegedly attacked, a Karnataka Administrative Officer, said to be a whistle-blower in some controversial land allotments by societies, died at a private hospital on Sunday.
Source:Top India News- IBNLive.com

IPL molestation case: Will Sid Mallya apologise?

Editor — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:39 +0000

Even as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player Luke Pomersbach was on Saturday granted bail in the molestation case, the alleged victim has threatened to file a defamatory suit against RCB team director Sidhartha Mallya if he did not apologise to her by Sunday evening for his defamatory tweets against her following the controversy.
Source:Top India News- IBNLive.com

UK visa curbs putting off Indian students?

Editor — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:37 +0000

Amidst renewed calls to the David Cameron government to review recent curbs on student visas, the British universities have reported a significant fall in applications for courses from India for the forthcoming academic year starting September-October.
Source:Top India News- IBNLive.com

TWTW: Cyrus’s take on match fixing in IPL

Editor — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:36 +0000

Cyrus Broacha also talks about Ambedkar cartoon row, Rekha in Rajya Sabha and much more.
Source:Top India News- IBNLive.com

IPL is nothing but an array of corruption: Ramdev

Editor — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:36 +0000

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is nothing but an array of corruption and graft, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said in Hisar on Saturday. “Huge black money is being invested in it,” he said adding “this is a black game now”.
Source:Top India News- IBNLive.com

IPL molestation case: Luke gets bail, says he is relieved

Editor — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:35 +0000

Luke Pomersbach was granted bail as trespass could not be established through the CCTV footage, following which the court dropped the non-bailable charge of trespass against him.
Source:Top India News- IBNLive.com

Italy pressures India as marines denied bail

Editor — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:34 +0000

The Italian government increased the pressure on India after the Kollam Sessions court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of the two Italian marines, who had shot dead two Indian fishermen.
Source:Top India News- IBNLive.com

Fishermen killing: Italy summons Indian envoy

Editor — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:33 +0000

In the latest development in the case against Italian marines who had shot dead two Indian fishermen, the Italian government on Saturday summoned India’s Ambassador to the country, said Ministry of External Affairs sources.
Source:Top India News- IBNLive.com

China no threat, can’t take us for granted: India

Editor — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:32 +0000

Union Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju on Saturday said India did not face a threat from China and that no country could take India for granted owing to its strong deterrence posture.
Source:Top India News- IBNLive.com

5 held with memory cards worth over Rs 1 crore

Editor — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:32 +0000

Five persons, including three employees of private firms involved in maintenance work, were on Saturday arrested by Customs officials at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in New Delhi for allegedly smuggling memory cards worth over Rs one crore in two separate cases.
Source:Top India News- IBNLive.com