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11:12 AM, May 14, 2013

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It was an extremely sultry afternoon by Bangalore standards. The Congress office on Queens's road, deserted till the second half of the counting day, was ...
06:58 AM, May 14, 2013

Chit fund scam: Another chit fund agent kills himself
by IANS
Kolkata: A deposit firm agent committed suicide, while police quizzed a CEO of a company under the Saradha group banner Monday as West Bengal continued to grapple with the fallout of the chit fund scam, purported to be the biggest financial scandal to hit the state. Ujjwal Samaddar, 27, who worked for Sanmarg, a chit fund company, was found hanging on Sunday in his home in north 24 Parganas district's...  
04:45 AM, May 14, 2013

CBI court issues summons to AP home minister
by IANS
Hyderabad: A special court on Monday issued summons to Andhra Pradesh Home Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy in a disproportionate assets case involving YSR Congress party leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Taking cognizance of the fifth charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the special court dealing with CBI cases issued summons to Sabitha and 12 others, directing them to appear before the court on June 7. The...  
04:30 AM, May 14, 2013

Bombay HC quashes arbitration award in Tulip Hotel case Mumbai: In a judgement that might clear the way for the land development in Tulip Star property, the Bombay High Court has set aside an arbitration award which had held that the agreement between Siddhivinayak Realties and V Hotels stood terminated. Siddhivinayak Realties is a joint venture between Oberoi Realty and DB Realty founders Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka, while V Hotels is currently the owners of the Tulip Star...  
12:31 AM, May 14, 2013

Governance the biggest challenge for Siddaramaiah: Sachidananda Murthy Siddaramaiah, sworn in today as the new Karnataka chief minister, has the twin responsibilities of delivering a clean government and cementing the Congress party's fortunes in the next general elections. With both the UPA-2 and the last Karnataka government being badgered by vever-ending scams and scandals, he surely has his task cut out. Sachidananda Murthy, resident editor, Malayala Manorama and The Week, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the...  
07:13 PM, May 13, 2013

Siddaramaiah unveils Rs 4,409.81 crore plan for poor Bangalore: Resurrecting the Congress rule in Karnataka after seven years, Siddaramaiah on Monday took over as Chief Minister, unveiling a Rs 4,409.81 crore bonanza for the poor, SCs, STs, OBCs and minorities in his maiden act. The 64-year-old backward class leader was sworn in by Governor HR Bhardwaj amid fanfare with thousands of his supporters in attendance at the ceremony held in the jam-packed Kanteerava Stadium, instead of the portals...  
07:05 PM, May 13, 2013

Karnataka polls: No revenge politics for me, says CM Siddaramaiah

Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday took oath as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka. The 64 year old backward class leader from Mysore took oath at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore on Monday morning, attended by a crowd of about 50,000. ...
05:23 PM, May 13, 2013

Court orders CBI probe into Dhaniakhali custodial death Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered a CBI investigation into the alleged custodial death of a youth in the Dhaniakhali police station area in Hooghly district. Passing the order on a PIL seeking a probe by the central agency, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Joymalyo Bagchi directed that the CBI investigate the death of Kaji Nasiruddin on January 18. The bench directed the...  
03:24 PM, May 13, 2013

Karnataka: Man dies during Siddaramaiah's swearing-in Bangalore: A 50 year-old Congress supporter died after attending the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the jam packed Kanteerava stadium in Bangalore on Monday, police said. The deceased was identified as Manjappa, a city resident, who collapsed near gate number seven while coming out after the function attended by nearly 50,000 Congress supporters from across the state. He was given water to drink, after which he complained of...  
02:30 PM, May 13, 2013

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into TMC activist's custodial death Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the death of a Trinamool Congress activist in police custody in January. 30-year-old Kazi Nasiruddin, a TMC activist, had died after he was allegedly tortured by the police. He had been arrested following a face-off with the police over a car parking issue and taken to the police station. He was later on taken to the...  
01:55 PM, May 13, 2013

Working in multiple languages increases fans: Tamil actor
by IANS
Chennai: If you want to have a large fan base then it's very important to diversify to other languages, feels Telugu actor Aadi Pudipeddi, who wants to make his presence felt in other languages soon. "Doing films in multiple languages certainly helps you increase fan base. But what is most important is that you need to wait for the right time to diversify because a bad film in any language...  
01:48 PM, May 13, 2013

K'taka: Metamorphosis of Siddaramaiah into Cong CM Bangalore: A man rooted in 'Janata Pariwar' for two-and-half-decades and known for strident anti-Congress stance, it has been a remarkable turn-around for Siddaramaiah, who was sworn in as Karnataka's 22nd Chief Minister on Monday. From early 1980s to 2005, Siddaramaiah who comes from a poor farmer's family, was a die-hard anti-Congressman but his ouster from JDS of former Prime Minister Deve Gowda brought him to political crossroads. Joining the Congress...  
01:37 PM, May 13, 2013

Telugu actor Gopichand ties a knot with Reshma Telugu actor Gopichand tied got married to Reshma yesterday. The wedding was a grand affair and took place at the N-Convention hall in Hyderabad. Several top notch film and politicians attended the marriage. Gopichand's wife Reshma is the niece of hero Sreekanth. The guest list included Muralimohan, Pawan Kalyan, Krishnam Raju, Prabhas, Jagapathi Babu, Allu Arjun and his wife, Balakrishna's wife Mrs Vasundhara, Sreekanth, Rana, Siddharth, Rajasekhar, Aadhi, Gopimohan, Brahmanandham,...  
01:25 PM, May 13, 2013

Shriya Saran to play the lead in 'Pavithra' Telugu film 'Pavithra' will star Shriya Saran in the lead role. The film is directed by National award winner Janardhana Maharshi. K Sadhak Kumar and G Maheswara Reddy will be jointly producing the film under the banner of Aadesh films. The film will be presented by Vallur Ravinder Reddy, the music is composed by M M Srilekha. Recently the audio of the film was released and has got a very...  
12:14 PM, May 13, 2013

CJ: DDA land sold for constructing a mall

CJ Suchita tells how land meant for community facilities have now been commercialsed for construction of a huge mall. ...
12:08 PM, May 13, 2013

Siddaramaiah sworn-in as 22nd CM of Karnataka Bangalore: Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday took oath as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka. The 64-year-old backward class leader from Mysore was sworn in at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore. About 50,000 people gathered at the stadium to witness the event. With a comfortable majority of 121 seats in the 225-member assembly, including one nominated member, the Congress returned to power on its own after a gap of nine...  
11:53 AM, May 13, 2013

Citizen Journalist: Citizens voice their civic and other concerns

This week on the CJ show we focus on civic issues faced by citizens along with a struggle of a wife of a prisoner of war. ...
11:40 AM, May 13, 2013

Snapshot: NASA astronaut records the world's first music video from space This image provided by NASA shows astronaut Chris Hadfield recording the first music video from space Sunday May 12, 2013. The song was his cover version of David Bowie's Space Oddity. Hadfield and astronaut Thomas Marshburn are scheduled to return to earth. ...  
11:22 AM, May 13, 2013