Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad declared results of the 10th Board exams at 12.30 pm on Saturday. The candidates can check their results on: upresults.nic.in. The Board declared 86.63 per cent of the total appearing candidates successful. The first and second toppers were from Barabanki district. Ashutosh Mishra topped the exams with 97.33 per cent marks while Anuradha Shukla stood second with 97 per cent. The High School...
01:42 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Music Director: AR Rahman Singers: Jaswinder Singh, Shiraz Uppal, Shreya Ghoshal, AR Rahman, Javed Ali, Pooja Av, Kirti Sagathia, Aanchal Sethi, Vaishali, Chinmayi, Madhushree, Neeti Mohan, Rashid Ali, Rabbi Rating: 3.5 out of 5 The music of director Anand.L. Rai's movie 'Raanjhanaa' has eight tracks. Since the movie is based in Benares, composer A.R. Rahman has included the regional flavour in most of the tracks. Use of a lot of...
11:03 AM, Jun 08, 2013
Mumbai: New rules requiring foreign supermarkets to set up their own warehouses and stores in India are likely to further delay the entry of companies like Walmart Stores Inc, increase costs and hurt cash-strapped local retailers eager to partner with foreign companies. India allowed foreign chains to enter the country to set up retail stores in September 2012, but ambiguities in the policy means that so far, no foreign company...
09:59 AM, Jun 08, 2013
Portugal revived their World Cup qualifying campaign by beating Russia 1-0 while Mario Balotelli was red-carded for Italy in a 0-0 draw at the Czech Republic that put the four-time world champions closer to next year's finals. Helder Postiga's ninth-minute winner in Lisbon lifted the Portuguese from third to first in Group F, boosting the chances of football fans seeing Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in Brazil next summer. While...
09:54 AM, Jun 08, 2013
London: Vodafone Group Plc said it paid no corporation tax in Britain for the year to March 2013, prompting fresh criticism from campaigners who have made the UK mobile telephone group a target in the debate on corporate tax payments. Revelations of profit shifting by big companies have provoked anger among austerity-weary citizens across Europe and political leaders have pledged to act. Vodafone's annual report published on Friday said the...
09:29 AM, Jun 08, 2013
Buenos Aires: Lionel Messi played for the last half hour but could not help Argentina make the breakthrough against Colombia as the sides played out a 0-0 draw in an electric World Cup qualifier at the Monumental on Friday. Both sides were reduced to 10 men midway through the first half when Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain and Colombia central defender Cristian Zapata were shown the red card for kicking out...
08:38 AM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: With BJP stepping up attack on her government on a range of issues, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday accused the opposition party of levelling "baseless allegations" and said people of the city are well aware of the "reality". "Those who are levelling baseless allegations are defaming the city of Delhi. They levlled allegations after the Commonwealth Games, which were dismissed by the agencies like CAG and Shanglu...
01:56 AM, Jun 08, 2013
Sao Paulo: Brazil striker Leandro Damiao has been dropped from the Confederations Cup squad because of a right leg injury. The Brazilian football federation says tests conducted on Friday showed that Leandro Damiao will not recover from the thigh injury in time for the June 15-30 World Cup warm-up tournament that Brazil will host. Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari called up Atletico Mineiro striker Jo to replace the Internacional forward....
11:56 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Mumbai: An embattled Raj Kundra, co-owner of Rajasthan Royals team, who is facing accusations of betting on IPL matches, on Friday claimed innocence and said he would be willing to forfeit his shares in the franchise if found guilty. "I was called by Delhi Police since I am a minority shareholder of Rajasthan Royals and a few questions were put to me to which I have satisfactorily answered," Kundra, husband...
11:29 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Madrid: Vicente del Bosque must fine-tune Spain's well-oiled winning machine to keep them fresh to defend their world title next year but without losing out on the one trophy that eludes them - the Confederations Cup. Spain won an unprecedented treble of back-to-back European crowns either side of the 2010 World Cup and as FIFA's top ranked team have probably been analysed more than any other side. The only blemish...
09:44 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has come out against Congress' plan to get an ordinance issued on Food Security. Pawar says he favours passing the bill in Parliament. ...
08:50 PM, Jun 07, 2013
New Delhi: Actress Shilpa Shetty placed bets of Rs one lakh for an IPL match, Delhi Police claimed on Friday even as investigators said they do not believe her husband and co-owner of Rajasthan Royals Raj Kundra's statement that he lost Rs one crore in betting. Kundra and Shilpa have denied allegations against them. Police sources said they may quizz Kundra again and call Shilpa for questioning if there is...
08:36 PM, Jun 07, 2013
New Delhi: No decision was taken on whether to bring an ordinance on UPA's pet legislation - Food Security - during Friday's core Congress meet. The bill is stuck in Parliament as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not allow it to be debated upon in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session, which ended May 8. The BJP wanted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resign over the faulty allocations...
08:29 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Mumbai: The rupee hit a near one-year low on Friday and was at a striking distance of an all-time low, but dollar selling by some exporters and state-run banks helped the unit recover some ground. The rupee has been falling sharply since the start of May on concerns about the US Federal Reserve withdrawing its monetary stimulus and the Reserve Bank of India not cutting rates as much as previously...
06:26 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Amid reports that the RSS has given a green signal to Narendra Modi being named as the BJP's campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, party veteran lK Advani has decided not to attend the Goa meet. Other prominent leaders who are not attending the meet include Jaswant Singh, Varun Gandhi, Shatrughan Sinha and Ravi Shankar Prasad. CNN-IBN's deputy bureau chief Sumit Pande joined IBNLive readers for an...
06:17 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Kolkata: Three video journalists belonging to different Kolkata based regional news television channel were allegedly roughed up by Trinamool Congress supporters in the Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident so far. Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Surjya Kanta Mishra has written to Governor MK Narayanan seeking his intervention in the matter. The journalists had...
06:15 PM, Jun 07, 2013
'Go Goa Gone' is a zombie-comedy film which has a special appearance by Saif Ali Khan. The film stars Kunal Kemmu, Vir Das, Anand Tiwari and Puja Gupta in pivotal roles, and is based on the audacious adventures of three friends. Actor Vir Das joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his movie 'Go Goa Gone'. Q. Were you auditoned for the role in 'Go Goa Gone'? Asked by: Jiyo...
06:11 PM, Jun 07, 2013
New Delhi: The hearing of the bail pleas of former Rajasthan Royals players Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan and alleged bookie Jiju Janardhan has been adjourned till Monday by a MCOCA court in New Delhi on Friday. The defence questioned the application of the stringent MCOCA law in the case during the hearing. Sreesanth's lawyer argued in court that the police charges are unjustified. Prosecution had invoked the harsh Maharashtra Control...
05:24 PM, Jun 07, 2013
