Highly explosive devices and a mobile phone as trigger were used by terrorists in Wednesday's low intensity bomb blasts that rocked the city, police said Friday. Samples collected from the blast sites by a team of the National Security Guard from Delhi along with forensic experts from Kolkata have prima facie revealed that the explosives used were of most recent vintage, DIG, (police control) Nepal Das said.
India's cricket selectors did a volte-face on Thursday when they brought in seniors to replace youngsters for the ODI series in Sri Lanka and Champions Trophy. It was not surprising that Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh made a comeback and making way for them were Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla, Yusuf Pathan and Manpreet Singh Gony.
The changes, which will come into force on May 20 next year, will bring an end to the use of physical objects to define measurement units.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum was on Wednesday named New Zealand's cricketer of the year and also awarded Walter Hadlee Trophy for his batting in the ODIs. Jacob Oram was presented the JR Reid best all-rounder award, instituted for the first time. Richard Hadlee, the former New Zealand all-rounder, was awarded the Sutcliffe medal for outstanding services to cricket.
An article, published in Saturday's edition of Sena's mouthpiece Saamna, which is edited by Thackeray, accuses Bachchan of not doing enough for Maharashtra. The article cites the example of Tamil superstar Rajnikanth, who participated in the protest by Tamil Nadu against Karnataka over the Hoggenakal issue, even though he hails from Karnataka. The article goes on to suggest scathingly that Bachchan should take a leaf out of Rajnikanth's book.
The company currently sells various vehicle brands in the country ranging from hatchback Spark to sports utility vehicle Captiva, priced between Rs 333,000 and Rs 25.71 lakh (Rs 2.57 million), respectivley, (ex-showroom Delhi).
Reduce high-cost loans, create a contingency fund and play long term. These are the only mantras to survive during a slowdown.
A woman special police officer has been arrested in Poonch for carrying explosives and arms, police said in Jammu on Monday.
The competition between the two main players vying to lay cross-country natural gas pipelines has undergone a volte-face.
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In a sudden volte-face, the government is veering around the idea of setting up a Rs 8,000 crore refinery in Rajasthan to process crude oil found in the state.
Sunil Laxman Kulkarni, who was dropped as a witness by the prosecution after a volte-face at the outset of his testimony, has been recalled to record his statement afresh on May 14.
General Motors' Saturn Aura won the 'Car of the Year' at the North American International Auto Show this year.
All 'right-thinking citizens' should rally behind Setalvad, they said.
The hospital authorities also distributed copies of the Lal's report which showed the presence of drugs, including cocaine metaboloids and cannabinoids.
The grand alliance ministry, headed by Kumar, collapsed in July last year after the chief minister resigned over graft charge against his then deputy, Tejashwi Yadav.
In a five-page written reply to the nine-member committee led by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kirit Somaiya, the Sangrur MP stated that he had made no mistake, while citing some of the earlier incidents to buttress his claims.
The Centre said the former sports minister had ordered that the issue of a maximum eight-year term for office-bearers of sports bodies be examined in totality.
Satyajit Ray would have been 97 today, May 2. Soumendu Roy, who worked with the legendary director for many years, looks back on the Genius that was Manikda, as the Master was known to family, friends and admirers.
Earlier, Zaheera had told the court that she did not want to serve the sentence in a Gujarat prison and would like to be in a Maharashtra jail.
The freebies are now over, but Jio will need to notch up subscriber numbers and margins to prove its sceptics wrong.
Akayed Ullah has been charged on five counts, including providing material support and resources to terrorist organisations, use of weapons of mass destruction, bombing a place of public law, destruction of property by means of explosive and use of destructive device.
It will take the wind out of the sails of the malicious campaign of the Bharatiya Janata Party who are holding Parliament to ransom and are trying without justification to escalate the issue further," A B Bardhan said.
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The new Honda Accord Hybrid combines two worlds to offer a fitting blend of power and fuel efficiency.
Party chief Bal Thackeray said NCP leader Sharad Pawar lacks ideology.
The famous Nokia 8110 comes back to life in a new avatar after 22 years!
The winners of IPL 6 Mumbai Indians will take on Rajasthan Royals, who finished third in the cash-rich tournament, in the inaugural group stage match of the Champions League Twenty20 to be played on September 21 at Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur.
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