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Exclusive interview with Pankaj Awasthi

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An unplugged chat with Pankaj Awasthi, the internationally acclaimed singer and composer who has lent is voice to several Bollywood and international songs. His latest film Patang got nominated in Berlin Film Festival this year. Harsh Vardhan Rathore reports.

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The Board of Control for Cricket in Indias Working Committee meet on Sunday in Chennai to discuss its course of action on the spot-fixing controversy that has rocked the sixth edition of the Indian T20 League. Board president N Srinivasan has clearly said they can’t ban the league over this.

Not enough reasons to ban IPL: Srinivasan

Hundreds of enthusiasts participated in a marathon in New Delhi on Sunday in a bid to raise awareness about women safety in wake of the recent cases of rapes which has shocked the entire nation.

Hundreds run for women safety in New Delhi

The BJP on Sunday lashed out at the conduct of proceedings by the BCCI as well as its president N Srinivasan in the spot fixing scandal and asked who was accountable for it.

BJP lashes out at BCCI over spot-fixing

The BJP on Sunday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the countrys concerns with visiting Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang in New Delhi.

Govt should take up strategic interest with China: BJP

While Delhi commissioner of police Neeraj Kumar is jubilant as his department has cracked the spot-fixing scam, he also regrets that the officials missed many crucial points as they were in a hurry to nab the cricketers.

'Regret errors made in spot-fixing case, we were in hurry'

Following the emergency meeting to discuss the fallout of the spot-fixing controversy in the ongoing T20 League, BCCI president N Srinivasan on Sunday informed that the board has ordered an internal probe into the matter and Ravi Sawani has been appointed commissioner for the investigation.

BCCI is handicapped against bookies, says Srinivasan

As the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reached India on Sunday on his first foreign trip, weeks after a tense border standoff, political parties urged the government of India to tackle the border issue strongly with its neighbour.

Chinese premier in India on his first foreign trip

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will arrive in Delhi at 3pm on Sunday for a private meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. This will be the first time the leaders will meet.

Chinese premier Li Keqiang to arrive in Delhi today

Scores of exiled Tibetans living in the national capital are protesting against Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Jantar Mantar today to put forward their demand concerning release of Tibets 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Cheoki Nyima.

Protests erupt in capital over Chinese premier’s visit

42 Uttar Pradesh policemen, including some top officers, were booked on Sunday for the alleged murder of Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the serial blasts in the state in 2007. Further, the state government has ordered a CBI probe.

UP: 42 cops booked for alleged murder of terror suspect

Following the emergency meeting to discuss the fallout of the spot-fixing controversy in the ongoing T20 League, BCCI president N Srinivasan on Sunday informed action will be taken against the accused players only after receiving the report of the disciplinary committee and that strict action will be taken against players if they are found guilty.

Will punish players if found guilty, assures Srinivasan

There may be a fresh trouble for cricketet S Sreesanth, arrested on charges of spot-fixing in T20, as Mumbai Police have seized his laptop, mobile phones and data cards from the hotel room in which he was staying in Mumbai. Reportedly, Mumbai Police may seek his custody for interrogation.

Mumbai Police to seek Sreesanth’s custody

Sudipta Sen and Arvind Chauhan, key accused of Saradha Ponzi scam in West Bengal have been sent to judicial custody till May 31. As the other accused Debjani Mukherhee is in hospital, the court has reserved her orders.

Sudipta Sen sent to judicial custody

The police officials disallowed moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to hold a seminar in Srinagar. He was placed under house arrest at his Nigeen residence.

Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Farooq under house arrest

In Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh, cops crossed all limitations of humanity. One of the cops in the district rather than taking a woman’s body on a stretcher dragged her to the hospital, where her post-mortem was to be conducted.

UP: Cops drag woman’s body to hospital

Chinese premier Li Keqiangs maiden visit to India symbolises the rising significance of New Delhi to Beijing as the two Asian giants seek to overcome a chequered past in order to broaden strategic ties and boost bilateral trade.

Chinese premier to visit India

National award winning film-maker Buddhadeb Dasgupta gives insights into how the partition of 1947 impacted the Bengali arts, literature and films.

Buddhadeb Dasgupta on impact of partition

Kings XI Punjab owner and Bollywood actor Preity Zinta feels the bigger victims in the spot-fixing scandal are the teamowners because it is their money that is being played with.

Team owners biggest victims: Zinta on spot-fixing

Senior CBI officer Vivek Dutt, who headed the Coalgate probe team and three others were on Saturday sent to three days in the agency’s custody by a Delhi court for taking a bribe of Rs 7 lakh.

CBI officer sent to three day police remand

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has expressed his concern over the fact that he got a cold shoulder from the Madhya Pradesh government.

Digvijaya concerned over cold shoulder from MP

Indian T20 League chairman Rajeev Shukla on Saturday said that the Working Committee of BCCI would meet in Chennai on Sunday to decide on the quantum of punishment to be given to the three cricketers accused of spot-fixing.

Will decide on punishment for spot-fixers tomorrow: Shukla

While the Centre plans to have a special session of the House to discuss and pass the Food security bill, the Congress today has fairly and squarely blamely the Opposiion for not being serious towards the pro people bills like Food Security Bill and Land Acquisition Bill.

BJP needed to debate crucial legislations: Cong

Main opposition, BJP on Saturday alleged that the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted to look into the autonomy of CBI was infact ‘Her Madam’s voice’, indirectly referring to Congress supremo, Sonia Gandhi and her influence in the whole matter.

GoM on CBI’s autonomy bogus: BJP

Mumbai Police has seized the belongings of S Sreesanth and Jiju Janardhan - both arrested by Delhi police on spot-fixing allegations during the current T20 League season - from hotel rooms booked in their names at a five-star hotel in Mumbai.

Spot-fixing scandal: Sreesanth’s laptop, iPad seized

In a shocking incident in Jaipur, staffers of a non-governmental organisation raped two deaf and mute orphaned girls, where they were under treatment for speech therapy.

Two deaf and mute orphan girls raped in Jaipur

BJPs national vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said India shared healthy relations with all its neighbours in the past but due to wrong policies of the Union government they have now turned sour.

Centre is responsible for wrong foreign policies: Naqvi

Indian T20 League chairman Rajiv Shukla has made it loud and clear that strict action will be taken against those who found guilty of spot-fixing.

Strict action will be taken against culprits: Shukla

Karnataka chief minister K Siddaramaiah on Saturday expanded his ministry, with the induction of new ministers amid growing chorus for removal of tainted ministers. Karnataka governor, Hansraj Bhardwaj administered the oath to the new ministers before a packed crowd in a stadium.

Siddaramaiah inducts 28 new ministers

104-year-old Hari Singh, resident of Dehradun, has become the oldest person in the world to undergo successful angioplasty. He was operated on by Dr Purushottam Lal, a reputed cardiologist.

104-year-old becomes oldest to have angioplasty

The T20 spot fixing has taken up a shape of dirty politics with opposition continuously hitting out at Centre Government and BCCI for its lax rules and regulations. The BJP has now suggested the Centre and the Board of Control for Cricket in India to come up with more stringent rules and regulations.

BCCI, govt should make new rules to solve spot fixing: BJP

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