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Wrestlers happy with facilities for CWG preparation
India’s Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar is happy with the facilities for their Commonwealth Games preparations and hopes the country will impress the international athletes the way Australia had in the previous edition. The Commonwealth Games are scheduled Oct 3-14 here and wrestling is one of the disciplines expected to fetch medals for India. ‘We are happy with the preparation and stadiums for the Commonwealth Games have come up quite good. Last time, when we went … Read entire article »
Filed under: Developmental Issues
Government defends health minister’s foreign trip
The Kerala assembly Tuesday witnessed lighter moments over the absence of Health Minister P.K. Sreemathi when the opposition wanted to discuss the spread of diseases in the state. Sreemathi left Monday for a visit to the US, with the Congress party taking objection to it. The house plunged into laughter when Industries Minister Elamaram Kareem, deputizing for Sreemathi, sought to compare her trip to that of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Canada. ‘Did we say anything when … Read entire article »
Filed under: Politics
Megan Fox Marries In Hawaii!
The hot “Transformer” actress, Megan Fox, married her long-time boyfriend, former “Beverly Hills, 90210″ star Brian Austin Green, in Hawaii late last week, TMZ.com reported on Monday The pair tied the knot during a small ceremony at the Four Seasons Resort on the state’s Big Island. Staff at the hotel were not able to confirm the report, and Fox’s publicist did not immediately return an email seeking comment. Fox, 24, and Green, 36, reportedly got engaged for … Read entire article »
Filed under: Entertainment
Need a proper system for information sharing: Pakistan
Pakistan Interior Minister Rahman Malik on Monday underlined the need for India and Pakistan to put in place a proper system of information sharing to combat the menace of terrorism jointly. Describing the recent meeting between the two sides as “excellent” and “a step forward” for the relationship, Malik said he had assured his Indian counterpart P Chidambaram that his country will positively look into the requests for voice samples of Mumbai attacks’ LeT handlers. Pakistan should … Read entire article »
Filed under: Politics
BJP, JD-U to repeat seat-sharing formula in Bihar
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) have reached an understanding for the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections with both parties sticking to the seat-sharing formula of the 2005 assembly polls, a BJP leader said on Monday. BJP Bihar unit chief C P Thakur also told IANS that the relations between the two parties were on track and there was no tension. He, however, did not answer a direct question on the chances of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Politics
