Why make UK-India trade a controversial ‘football game’?
The British aid to India of £250mn per year out of a total budget of £3bn has to be seen in the background of the size of the population, people under poverty as well as the GDP of that country and the per capita income.

2G scam: SC scraps all 122 licences granted by Raja
In a major embarrassment to the Manmohan Singh government, the Supreme Court of India last week cancelled the 122 2G spectrum licences granted by former telecom minister A Raja on the ground that they were issued in a "totally arbitrary and unconstitutional" manner.

Terror gang arrested for planning bomb attack on London Stock Excahnge
Four men inspired by al-Qa’ida admitted plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange last week. Five other men have pleaded guilty to other terrorism offences and all nine will be sentenced next week.

Girl died twice, and will never walk again
A girl of five ‘died’ twice after being shot by three masked suspected gang members trying to gun down a rival, a court was told yesterday.

Nepalese thug can be removed from Britain
Judges have quashed a notorious ruling which allowed a Nepalese killer with no wife or children to stay in the UK to protect his right to a family life.

Damian Green: ‘Benefit Britain’ not just ‘benefit by it’
Damian Green, the British Immigration Minister, in a speech at Policy Exchange on Thursday 2nd February 2012 told the present

Cheating peers will be ejected
The proposals of ejecting the peers involved in benefits are contained in a bill introduced by Lord Steel, the former Liberal leader
Peers who fiddle their expenses will be convicted of a criminal offence and

RBI cuts CRR by 50 bps, shifts focus to growth
The Reserve Bank of India cut cash reserve requirements for banks by 50 basis points on Tuesday to ease tight liquidity, signaling a policy shift towards reviving growth after nearly two years of fighting inflation.

Vodafone wins `110 billion tax case in India
In a major victory to Vodafone International Holdings, India’s Supreme Court set aside the Bombay high court judgment asking the company to pay income tax of Rs 110 billion, holding that tax authorities do not have jurisdiction on an overseas transaction.

Working families to get priority in house allotment
The unemployed will be penalised in a reform of social housing tenancies designed to give councils more freedom in how they compile waiting lists.

Kingfisher asks govt for financial help
Cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines has told aviation minister Ajit Singh that it will not be able to maintain normal operations without a temporary bank overdraft, reports said.

War between Indian, foreign four-wheelers in SUV market
Indian automobile makers like Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors and a couple of new-generation companies like Force Motors and Rio are engaged in a bitter turf war against the likes of Ford, Skoda, Toyota, Audi and BMW, all of whom are getting their off-roaders for a run on the Indian roads.

Saranya poses nude for ‘Mazhai Kaalam’
Posing nude is not a sin anymore in Indian film industries. While Bollywood has accepted it a couple of years ago and the Kannada film industry is on the verge of admitting it, the Tamil film industry, without much-hype, is ready to witness its first dare bare scene in the recent years. Well, actress Saranya of “Kaadhal” fame is ready to surprise the Kollywood in her bold avatar in her upcoming movie “Mazhai Kaalam.”

Riteish, Genelia tie the knot
Bollywood couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza tied the knot on Friday according to Marathi traditions in the presence of Bollywood and political biggies.

After item number, it's daredevil stunts for Katrina
Katrina Kaif was shooting in Havana for Kabir Khan's "Ek Tha Tiger" and Hollywood action director Conrad Palmisano was making the actress do daring stunts like free-falls.

‘BollyBrit’ film, ‘Naachle London’ ready for release
The first ever ‘BollyBrit’ film “Naachle London” will be release in UK on 24th Feb. It is a Bollywood- inspired film presented by a UK-based Asian distribution company Aviary Films.

Farhan Akhtar's film to be shot in Pak
The Farhan Akhtar starrer director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag “ a biopic on legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh, is expected to start its shoot in Pakistan very soon.

Amy chief Gen Singh wins Round 1 in apex court
The unprecedented legal battle between the government and army chief Gen V K Singh over what should be the latter’s date of birth got underway in the Supreme Court with Justice R M Lodha saying the defence ministry’s rejection of Singh’s statutory complaint was “vitiated”.

After Rushdie shame, it’s now Taslima ‘lajja’ for India
Before the storm over Salman Rushdie’s absence from the Jaipur Literature Festival could abate, a fresh one started after the Kolkata Book Fair cancelled exiled Bangladeshi author

Canada report claims ‘payoff’ to Praful Patel
In a major embarrassment for heavy industries minister Praful Patel, the Canadian police filed a case in an Ottawa court against a local businessman of Indian origin for bribing Patel to get an Air India contract when he was India's civil aviation minister.

French firm bags $20bn IAF deal
First, the Americans, Russians and Swedes were ejected from the hotlycontested race. And now, the Eurofighter too has been shot down in the dogfight, leaving only the French flying high in Indian skies.

SC restores JD-U MP's Lok Sabha membership
The Supreme courtset aside a Patna High Court order quashing the election of Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Lok Sabha member Manghni Lal Mandal from Jhanjharpur constituency.

217 killed as Syrian forces shell Homs group
Beirut: At least 217 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human rights said on Saturday.

Suu Kyi gets clearance to run for Parliament
Yangon: Myanmar's Election Commission gave opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi the green light to run for parliamentary by-elections, another step toward political openness in a country emerging from nearly a half-century of iron-fisted military rule. Suu Kyi announced her intention last month to run in the April elections but was waiting for official approval from the commission, which said it had to scrutinize her eligibility.

74 dead in Egypt's worst soccer disaster
Port Said, Egypt: At least 74 people were killed and over 1,000 injured when Egyptian soccer fans staged a pitch invasion in the city of Port Said, the deadliest incident since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak from power.

Snap ISI-Taliban ties, US tells Pakistan
Washington/Islamabad: The US has asked Pakistan to snap the ties between the ISI and the Taliban and act against terrorist safe havens after a NATO report revealed that the Pakistan's spy agency was secretly helping the insurgents to recover lost ground in Afghanistan.

Don’t relay on ‘imported solutions’: Rajapaksa
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa goes through the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, that investigated alleged wartime abuses during the country's civil war, in Colombo.

Pak complete a clean sweep against England
Pakistan's bowlers sealed an emphatic 71-run win in the third and final Test against England on Monday, inflicting a 3-0 humiliation on the Englishmen. Pakistan won the first Test here by 10 wickets and the second at Abu Dhabi by 72 runs.

England dump Ian Bell from limited overs squad
England dropped struggling batsman Ian Bell from their one-day and Twenty20 squads on Tuesday while drafting in Danny Briggs and Jos Buttler for the limited over series against Pakistan.

IPL 5 auction: Chennai buy Ravindra Jadeja for $2 mn in tie-breaker
Dashing wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum was the first to be auctioned as he was bought for $900,000 by Kolkata Knight Riders followed by the Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was clinched by Chennai Super Kings for whopping $2 million in the tie-breaker of IPL 5 auction in Bangalore on Saturday.

Sahara withdraws team India sponsorship, IPL team
The Sahara Group has pulled out of its sponsorship deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pune franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the diversified business conglomerate said on Saturday.

Yuvraj Singh diagnosed with Grade I cancer
Cricket all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has been diagnosed with Grade I cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy in the United States. A tumour on his lung was diagnosed as non-malignant late last year, but his physiotherapist, Dr Jatin Chaudhary, said it was cancerous but "100% curable".

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