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No entry in stadium for 5 years
Shah Rukh accused of foul play, banned from Wankhede

Asked if BCCI can reverse this decision to ban SRK, Vilasrao Deshmukh said, "We have taken a decision to protect the dignity of our association. BCCI is our parent body and we have written to them informing what had happened."
Video | Raw.One | Scuffle in pics

Scandal hits IPL, woman says RCB's Luke Pomersbach molested her

The US citizen, who was allegedly molested by Royal Challengers Bangalore player Luke Pomersbach, today alleged he tried to kiss her and punched her fiance several times after they refused to have a drink with him.

Presidential race: NCP rules out support for Sangma's candidature

Former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma may have got the backing of BJD and AIADMK for the Presidential race but his party NCP has ruled out any support.

'Govt should stay off acquiring land for pvt projects'

Taiwan: President Ma set for 2nd term

Fishermen shootings: Marines chargesheeted

RS adjourned twice over Gujarat guv issue

Indian-American elected to city council in Texas

Pakistan not to get Australian uranium: Envoy

US imposes sanctions on Taliban, Haqqani leaders

HC issues guidelines to curb witchcraft practice

3 judges attacked by bikers in Delhi

Court to pass order on summoning Army chief

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beyond the bite
No laughing matter

The neta’s ability to laugh at oneself is the ultimate oxygen for a cartoonist. Take that away and the cartoonist is sadly reduced to a cut-out artist, writes Rajdeep Sardesai.

the pundit
Amma-zing grace!

Which one of us would not like to hear praise about ourselves from other people? Very few, we guess. And so Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa is no exception.
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Top controversies of IPL 5

Into its fifth season, the Indian Premier League has been rife with controversies ranging from molestation allegations to superstar scuffles. We take a look at the top controversies this season.

Rihanna goes topless in an erotic shoot for Esquire magazine

In a photoshoot for Britain's Esquire magazine, Rihanna looks both sexy and sultry as she goes topless. In one of the pictures, the singing sensation covers her modesty with one arm around her chest. PIC INSIDE

27/30: Bihar's Super 30 shines in IIT-JEE

"It is again good news that this year, 27 out of the 30 students made it to the IIT-JEE," Super 30's founder-director Anand Kumar said. Last year, 24 students of the institute had cleared the IIT-JEE. IIT-JEE 2012: Facts & figures
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'Last-gasp IPL thrillers stressful for players, spectators'

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Albie Morkel says last-gasp thrillers in the Indian Premier League can be stressful for both players and spectators. Everyone is on tenterhooks in those tense, closing stages.

Chris Gayle blitz puts RCB in the driver's seat

Chris Gayle was destructive, to say the least. Making a mincemeat of every bowling option that Mahela Jayawardene had, Gayle got to his century in 53 balls - in which the latter half of the runs coming in just 16 balls, making it possibly the fastest 50 runs ever. Debjeet Kundu reports.
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Facebook IPO: It’s not a share issue, it’s a party

Facebook is all dressed up to list on the Nasdaq on Friday. And dressed-up is just the right word for the anticipated third-largest initial public offer (IPO) in US history because it seems less like a financial event to be watched by sober investors looking for future gains and more like a teenagers’ party, writes Narayanan Madhavan. Mark Zuckerberg and the order of the Nasdaq

Twitter agrees to adopt Do-Not-Track option

Twitter will honor requests from users who do not want their online behavior tracked in contrast with Web companies such Google Inc and Facebook Inc whose business models rely heavily on collecting user data.

Coming soon: 'Wikipedia' Town

A small Welsh town where English King Henry V was born is about to make history again by becoming the world's first "Wikipedia town."
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Governments need to take more risks: Jacqueline Novogratz

Jacqueline Novogratz, the woman who left her high-paying banking job to start Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture, fell in love with the 'vitality of low income people'. Read on to know her story.

Rupa Bajwa tells another story

Rupa Bajwa's latest book, Tell Me A Story, comes eight years after her first successful novel, The Sari Shop. The book is about a ninth standard dropout Rani, a very cheerful young woman who loves working in a local beauty parlour.

Some CBSE courses have no takers

Even when the board keeps adding new vocational courses every year, not many universities are keen to consider these for admission to colleges, writes Garima Upadhyay Rawat.

Dos and don’ts for CSAT

This year civil services preliminary examination, due on May 20, 2012, will be the second based on the new pattern. Read on for brief and practical checklist of dos and don’ts.
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Eight rivieras from around the world

As the Cannes film festival gets underway, the French Riviera will once again be under the spotlight, in every sense of the word. But there are plenty of places around the world which offer its glamorous holiday mix.

Travel bug? UN predicts a billion international tourists in 2012

More than one billion tourists will take a trip this year crossing an international boundary, a threshold never before reached. International tourism grew by 5.7 per cent in the first two months of 2012.

Cannes 2012: The best pop-up spaces

Plenty of pop-up spaces are springing up in Cannes during the film festival to meet the gastronomic, party and wellness needs of visitors and locals alike. Here's a round-up of some of these temporary sites.

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NASA trains astronauts to land on asteroid

In a space mission straight from the movie Armageddon, astronauts are being trained to land on an asteroid, explore it for minerals and even destroy the object if it threatens the Earth. The training programme will teach them to..

Earth’s moon to be used as mirror to see Venus transit

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope will observe the transit of Venus across the sun’s face on June 5th and 6th.
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