Farmers ask for suicide permission

Drought-affected farmers from Jarad village in Jharkhand have written a letter to the President of India and the Governor requesting them to grant permission to commit suicide. The region has been facing an acute drought-like situation for the past two years. In the letter, 2,000 farmers from the region have demanded ration, immigration and irrigational facilities. The farmers are desperate as this is the second year of drought that they are facing, as Jharkhand grapples a 42% rainfall deficit this year. All districts have been declared drought-hit. Meanwhile, the Governor of Jharkhand, MOH Farooq, has assured farmers across the state that the government is taking steps to help them in their trying tim...

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Farmers ask for suicide permission

Drought-affected farmers from Jarad village in Jharkhand have written a letter to the President of India and the Governor requesting them to grant permission to commit suicide. The region has been facing an acute drought-like situation for the past two years. In the letter, 2,000 farmers from the region have demanded ration, immigration and irrigational facilities. The farmers are desperate as this is the second year of drought that they are facing, as Jharkhand grapples a 42% rainfall deficit this year. All districts have been declared drought-hit. Meanwhile, the Governor of Jharkhand, MOH Farooq, has assured farmers across the state that the government is taking steps to help them in their trying tim...

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Rakhsha Bandhan a stressful time for brothers: Abhishek

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan feels that the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan, which will be celebrated this Tuesday, is the most stressful time for all brothers.With elder sister Shweta, who is based in Delhi, busy giving finishing touches to the handmade Rakhi for her ''baby brother'', Abhishek is wondering what he should give his doting didi in return."Rakhi is just round the corner. Most stressful time for all brothers! What do we get our sisters? Is there anything in the material world... that represents our love for them?," he wonders.In his tweets, the 34 year old actor said, "Only if we could get away with.... I love you very much didi. The world would be such a wonderful place, stress free....but then comes the guilt trip.. 'I hand made this Rakhi just for you' and that's...

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Rakhsha Bandhan a stressful time for brothers: Abhishek

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan feels that the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan, which will be celebrated this Tuesday, is the most stressful time for all brothers.With elder sister Shweta, who is based in Delhi, busy giving finishing touches to the handmade Rakhi for her ''baby brother'', Abhishek is wondering what he should give his doting didi in return."Rakhi is just round the corner. Most stressful time for all brothers! What do we get our sisters? Is there anything in the material world... that represents our love for them?," he wonders.In his tweets, the 34 year old actor said, "Only if we could get away with.... I love you very much didi. The world would be such a wonderful place, stress free....but then comes the guilt trip.. 'I hand made this Rakhi just for you' and that's...

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Preview: ‘Dinner For Schmucks’

Star cast: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Jemaine Clement, Stephanie SzostakPlot: Paul Rudd is a rising executive who succeeds in finding the perfect guest, IRS employee Steve Carell, for his boss’s monthly event, a so-called ‘dinner for idiots’, which offers certain advantages to the exec who shows up with the biggest buffoon. The movie is based on the French play, &񗝈The Dinner Game’, just like our desi Bheja Fry.What to expect: Steve Carell might have a few city fans, but the promotions of Dinner For Schmucks have been very low-k...

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Preview: ‘Dinner For Schmucks’

Star cast: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Jemaine Clement, Stephanie SzostakPlot: Paul Rudd is a rising executive who succeeds in finding the perfect guest, IRS employee Steve Carell, for his boss’s monthly event, a so-called ‘dinner for idiots’, which offers certain advantages to the exec who shows up with the biggest buffoon. The movie is based on the French play, &񗝈The Dinner Game’, just like our desi Bheja Fry.What to expect: Steve Carell might have a few city fans, but the promotions of Dinner For Schmucks have been very low-k...

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Qualities employers Flock for

IF you finish your assignments in time, generate multiple solutions where one would suffice, put in that extra effort for perfection, and are popular with your friends, then you are not just a model student - you will be a great employee as well!  Amit Bansal CEO, urpleLeap,a firm focusing on mployability Most top executives evaluate job applicants on some basic qualities. how they think, act, and interact with others. If you wonder I am a degree holder, so why don't companies just evaluate me upon my course subjects,then try to understand how companies function.Companies operate under a very dynamic, unpredictable environment.They solve new problems at every step, manage racing deadlines...

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Qualities employers Flock for

IF you finish your assignments in time, generate multiple solutions where one would suffice, put in that extra effort for perfection, and are popular with your friends, then you are not just a model student - you will be a great employee as well!  Amit Bansal CEO, urpleLeap,a firm focusing on mployability Most top executives evaluate job applicants on some basic qualities. how they think, act, and interact with others. If you wonder I am a degree holder, so why don't companies just evaluate me upon my course subjects,then try to understand how companies function.Companies operate under a very dynamic, unpredictable environment.They solve new problems at every step, manage racing deadlines...

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PM's peace dose for Kashmir: Autonomy, jobs

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the creation of an expert panel on Tuesday that would seek ways to create jobs in disputed Kashmir, hit by weeks of violent separatist protests against New Delhi.The PM also said that the government would consider the demand for autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir if there were unanimity among political parties on the issue.The Prime Minister said this after meeting an all-party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. It lasted nearly four hours.Singh has been criticised for failing to respond to violence that has killed some 50 people in the past two months, one of the worst outbreaks of unrest since a separatist revolt against New Delhi broke out in Kashmir...

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PM's peace dose for Kashmir: Autonomy, jobs

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the creation of an expert panel on Tuesday that would seek ways to create jobs in disputed Kashmir, hit by weeks of violent separatist protests against New Delhi.The PM also said that the government would consider the demand for autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir if there were unanimity among political parties on the issue.The Prime Minister said this after meeting an all-party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. It lasted nearly four hours.Singh has been criticised for failing to respond to violence that has killed some 50 people in the past two months, one of the worst outbreaks of unrest since a separatist revolt against New Delhi broke out in Kashmir...

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Rajinikanth upsets his fans!

Several of the Superstar's fans are upset with him! Not because he has not joined politics as yet... that is an old and ongoing issue. This time, it is because of something that he said at the Enthiran (also known as Endhiran) music launch in Malaysia.Enthiran, produced by Kalanithi Maran under the Sun Pictures banner and directed by Shankar, is one of the biggest and most awaited movies not just for Tamil audiences, but for movie enthusiasts all over India and even all over the world.At the music launch, when Rajinikanth came on stage to talk about the movie and his experience working in it, he said the real stars of the movie are Kalanithi Maran, Shankar, A.R. Rahman and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. This humble comment has upset his fans who felt...

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Rajinikanth upsets his fans!

Several of the Superstar's fans are upset with him! Not because he has not joined politics as yet... that is an old and ongoing issue. This time, it is because of something that he said at the Enthiran (also known as Endhiran) music launch in Malaysia.Enthiran, produced by Kalanithi Maran under the Sun Pictures banner and directed by Shankar, is one of the biggest and most awaited movies not just for Tamil audiences, but for movie enthusiasts all over India and even all over the world.At the music launch, when Rajinikanth came on stage to talk about the movie and his experience working in it, he said the real stars of the movie are Kalanithi Maran, Shankar, A.R. Rahman and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. This humble comment has upset his fans who felt...

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Chiranjeevi compares himself with Karna!

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Uttam Gadaria gang members arrested

Gwalior: The police on Tuesday arrested three members of the dreaded Uttam Gadaria gang from the Huravali road. The gang was involved in the kidnap of Gaurav Gupta, an engineering student. The arrests on Tuesday took the number of those taken into custody in connection with the abduction to eight, as the police had earlier arrested five accused. Morar police station in-charge KD Sonakia said that the arrests were made following a tip-off received by Gwalior SP A Sai Manohar. Acting on the information a police party under the leadership of DSP flying squad Neeraj Pandey arrested Ratan Lal Krishna and Ramu alias Ramendra Baghel from the Huravali road. The police had been on the trail of the Uttam Gadaria gang, since it allegedly supplied food to members of the Gatta gang on July 22....

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Uttam Gadaria gang members arrested

Gwalior: The police on Tuesday arrested three members of the dreaded Uttam Gadaria gang from the Huravali road. The gang was involved in the kidnap of Gaurav Gupta, an engineering student. The arrests on Tuesday took the number of those taken into custody in connection with the abduction to eight, as the police had earlier arrested five accused. Morar police station in-charge KD Sonakia said that the arrests were made following a tip-off received by Gwalior SP A Sai Manohar. Acting on the information a police party under the leadership of DSP flying squad Neeraj Pandey arrested Ratan Lal Krishna and Ramu alias Ramendra Baghel from the Huravali road. The police had been on the trail of the Uttam Gadaria gang, since it allegedly supplied food to members of the Gatta gang on July 22....

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Jairam Ramesh holds Bandhavgarh officials responsible for cub’s death

Apparently holding the Bandhavgarh national park administration responsible for the recent death of a tiger cub, Union Minister of Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan saying that the incident could have been ‘avoided’. Ramesh in the letter has mentioned that a resident male tiger has reportedly killed the cub and the incident was unfortunate. He has reminded the Chief Minister that as he (Chouhan) must be aware that the Centre had alerted the park management and had advised on May 31 to protect the cub by putting up an in-situ enclosure but this did not happen, claimed the Minister in the letter.Though he appreciated the efforts of the park officials but requested Chouhan to direct the officials to urgently cordon...

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DTE releases counselling schedule for online courses

The Directorate of technical Education (DTE) has released the schedule for online counseling for MBA, BArch, Hotel Management and Catering Technology (HMCT), M Phm and ME/Mtech courses. It would get underway from August 12, with the verification of documents. The DTE has specified that only the candidates, who have submitted their applications till August 4, would be allowed to participate in the online counseling process.The preference of colleges could be given and choices could be locked for first two courses by August 12 and for the deadline for M Phm course is Aigust 18 and deadline for ME/Mtech is August 26. BArch and HMCT courses students could secure admission by August 30, while the deadline of admission is September 1 for M Phm and September 8 for ME/MTech courses.The...

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Jairam Ramesh holds Bandhavgarh officials responsible for cub’s death

Apparently holding the Bandhavgarh national park administration responsible for the recent death of a tiger cub, Union Minister of Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan saying that the incident could have been ‘avoided’. Ramesh in the letter has mentioned that a resident male tiger has reportedly killed the cub and the incident was unfortunate. He has reminded the Chief Minister that as he (Chouhan) must be aware that the Centre had alerted the park management and had advised on May 31 to protect the cub by putting up an in-situ enclosure but this did not happen, claimed the Minister in the letter.Though he appreciated the efforts of the park officials but requested Chouhan to direct the officials to urgently cordon...

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DTE releases counselling schedule for online courses

The Directorate of technical Education (DTE) has released the schedule for online counseling for MBA, BArch, Hotel Management and Catering Technology (HMCT), M Phm and ME/Mtech courses. It would get underway from August 12, with the verification of documents. The DTE has specified that only the candidates, who have submitted their applications till August 4, would be allowed to participate in the online counseling process.The preference of colleges could be given and choices could be locked for first two courses by August 12 and for the deadline for M Phm course is Aigust 18 and deadline for ME/Mtech is August 26. BArch and HMCT courses students could secure admission by August 30, while the deadline of admission is September 1 for M Phm and September 8 for ME/MTech courses.The...

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Cabinet decides to strengthen rural transport system

The State Cabinet on Tuesday decided to strengthen rural transport system as per Transport Policy 2010, which divides the routes into two categories - general routes and rural routes.General routes will be those connecting tehsil headquarters or administered by municipal corporation, municipality or nagar panchayat. Even part of a general route will be identified as general route.Rural routes will be those connecting one village with another in which inclusion of general route is less than 5 km. With a view to increase the capacity of buses running on rural routes, it has been decided that buses plying on general routes should have more than 21 seats and those plying on rural routes will have less than 22 seats capacity, excluding the driver and conductor.Only buses with these...

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Cabinet decides to strengthen rural transport system

The State Cabinet on Tuesday decided to strengthen rural transport system as per Transport Policy 2010, which divides the routes into two categories - general routes and rural routes.General routes will be those connecting tehsil headquarters or administered by municipal corporation, municipality or nagar panchayat. Even part of a general route will be identified as general route.Rural routes will be those connecting one village with another in which inclusion of general route is less than 5 km. With a view to increase the capacity of buses running on rural routes, it has been decided that buses plying on general routes should have more than 21 seats and those plying on rural routes will have less than 22 seats capacity, excluding the driver and conductor.Only buses with these...

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Home, auto, education loans get costlier

Home, auto and education loans from a host of banks have become costlier for existing borrowers by up to 75 basis points, after lenders hiked interest rates in line with the RBI's hawkish policy stance.While the country's second largest public sector lender, Punjab National Bank (PNB), raised its benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) by 75 basis points to 11.75% , Bank of Baroda, Corporation Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce increased it by 50 basis points each to 12.50 per cent.In addition, Union Bank and IDBI upped their BPLR by 50 basis points each to 12.25% and 13.25%, respectively.However, the country's largest lender, SBI, has so far not hiked its BPLR."The borrowers linked to BPLR will see a hike in interest rates... home, auto and education loans will get costlier," PNB...

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Home, auto, education loans get costlier

Home, auto and education loans from a host of banks have become costlier for existing borrowers by up to 75 basis points, after lenders hiked interest rates in line with the RBI's hawkish policy stance.While the country's second largest public sector lender, Punjab National Bank (PNB), raised its benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) by 75 basis points to 11.75% , Bank of Baroda, Corporation Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce increased it by 50 basis points each to 12.50 per cent.In addition, Union Bank and IDBI upped their BPLR by 50 basis points each to 12.25% and 13.25%, respectively.However, the country's largest lender, SBI, has so far not hiked its BPLR."The borrowers linked to BPLR will see a hike in interest rates... home, auto and education loans will get costlier," PNB...

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Oil leak off Mumbai coast has stopped: Coast Guard sources

Mumbai: In a big relief, two days after two ships collided off the coast of Mumbai, Coast Guard authorities have said the oil leak from the MSC Chitra has now been plugged. But the oil already in the sea along the Mumbai coast line will take a month to clear, according to environmental authorities and is still a serious worry. Meanwhile, the government is trying its best to contain the damage already done.India is fighting to stave off an environmental disaster because of the leak. Sources say grave lapses led to the ships colliding.Maharashtra Environment Minister Suresh Shetty has said there is a vessel traffic monitoring system which tracks ships and there seems to have been a miscommunication...

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Oil leak off Mumbai coast has stopped: Coast Guard sources

Mumbai: In a big relief, two days after two ships collided off the coast of Mumbai, Coast Guard authorities have said the oil leak from the MSC Chitra has now been plugged. But the oil already in the sea along the Mumbai coast line will take a month to clear, according to environmental authorities and is still a serious worry. Meanwhile, the government is trying its best to contain the damage already done.India is fighting to stave off an environmental disaster because of the leak. Sources say grave lapses led to the ships colliding.Maharashtra Environment Minister Suresh Shetty has said there is a vessel traffic monitoring system which tracks ships and there seems to have been a miscommunication...

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Salman Khan slams 'Incredible India'

Salman Khan is angry and this time it has nothing to do with Vivek Oberoi. The Bollywood superstar, famous for being politically incorrect, is irked by the current state of affairs in the country. The 44-year-old star, who plays a corrupt cop in Abhinav Singh Kashyap's upcoming film Dabanng expressed his displeasure on the micro-blogging website Twitter."Whts India? Nation whr Pizza rchs home Faster thn Ambulance & Police...Whr u get Car Loan @ 5 percent bt Edu Loan @12 percent(sic!). Whr Rice is Rs 40 bt Sim card is free...Whr ppl worship Goddess Durga bt wnt to kill their girl child," Salman wrote in a post."Olympic shooter wins gold, govt gives 3crore. Another shooter dies fighting with terrorist, govt pays 1 lakh. Really, Incredible India," he added.However, the actor later...

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Salman Khan slams 'Incredible India'

Salman Khan is angry and this time it has nothing to do with Vivek Oberoi. The Bollywood superstar, famous for being politically incorrect, is irked by the current state of affairs in the country. The 44-year-old star, who plays a corrupt cop in Abhinav Singh Kashyap's upcoming film Dabanng expressed his displeasure on the micro-blogging website Twitter."Whts India? Nation whr Pizza rchs home Faster thn Ambulance & Police...Whr u get Car Loan @ 5 percent bt Edu Loan @12 percent(sic!). Whr Rice is Rs 40 bt Sim card is free...Whr ppl worship Goddess Durga bt wnt to kill their girl child," Salman wrote in a post."Olympic shooter wins gold, govt gives 3crore. Another shooter dies fighting with terrorist, govt pays 1 lakh. Really, Incredible India," he added.However, the actor later...

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15 of the Worst Shark Attacks Ever

Photo: iheartapple Shark attacks are a fairly rare occurrence. Sharks generally don't enjoy eating people, much preferring fattier nautical fare like delicious blubbery seals. Most attacks are a case of mistaken identity, occurring in low visibility situations where a shark is more likely to mistake a flailing human for a tasty sea lion. Still, attacks do happen, and when they do they're often terrifying and horrific. Here are the 15 worst shark attacks ever. 15. French surfer's arm ripped off when attacked by several sharks Photo: iheartapple On March 6, 2009 a 19-year-old French student was surfing with friends at a popular surf spot in the French Pacific territory island of New Caledonia, when he was attacked by a group of sharks. As the...

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