TRICKS AND NEWS: January 2013

'Vishwaroopam' ban: Kamal Haasan repeats threat to leave India


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Confused over Aadhaar, Cabinet clears GoM

Confusion over whether the unique identity number is a number, a card or both, and concerns over UID and NPR duplicating functions prompted the Cabinet to refer to GoM.


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Caught on cam: A juvenile thief steals bag from a wedding


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Amritsar: Woman allegedly strangled to death by husband


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Fourteen dead, 80 injured in Mexico oil company blast

An explosion at the main headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company in the capital killed 14 people and injured 80 on Thursday.


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One killed, 20 injured in Mexican oil giant HQ blast

An explosion rocked the Mexico City headquarters of state oil giant Pemex on Thursday, killing one person, injuring more than 20 others and causing extensive damage to the building.


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Even at 75, Ratan Tata is still a high flyer

An aviation enthusiast, Ratan Tata piloted his Super Hornet to Hubli to attend a TiECON national-level conference and Developmental Dialogue-2013.


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Allahabad HC seeks probe into identity of man believed to have been Netaji

The Allahabad high court's Lucknow bench on Thursday ordered probe into the identity of Faizabad's late Gumnaami Baba to remove doubts whether he was Netaji Subash Chandra Bose.


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Telangana: PM assures Pawar, says still to decide on timing

Formation of Telangana appeared that bit closer on Thursday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reportedly said the government only has to decide upon the timing of the announcement.


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ET: Global retailers not buying India story

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Kejriwal to 'expose' Sheila Dikshit today

Aam Aadmi Party has Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit in its crosshairs again, promising to expose on Friday how the Delhi government consistently "favoured" private power distribution companies at the expense of the public.


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'Indian men consider UK student visas as dowries'

British home office's migration policy head Glyn Williams has said that UK student visas possessed by Indian women were looked upon as "marriage dowries" by men desiring to marry them.


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Pakistan’s beheading charge false: Antony

India on Thursday rejected Pakistan's claims that Indian troops had beheaded several of its soldiers in the past, with defence minister AK Antony dubbing the allegations "totally baseless".


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Justice Verma report sent to House panel

The home ministry has forwarded the Justice JS Verma report seeking tighter rape laws to the parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, which will take it up for discussion on February 4.


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Ashis Nandy moves SC fearing possible arrest

Nandy highlighted before the apex court his strong credentials as a champion of the empowerment of "backwards, dalits and tribals" whose rights had remained suppressed for long after independence.


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Ensure our states aren’t hit by your Brahmaputra dams, India tells China

India took an unusually sharp stand against China's unilateral moves to dam the Brahmaputra, saying it had "established user rights" to the river.


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India presents Dornier aircraft to Seychelles

India on Thursday handed over a Dornier-228 maritime reconnaissance aircraft to Seychelles to help the country keep its exclusive economic zone under better surveillance as well as guard against terrorism and piracy.


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Salman Khan to be tried for culpable homicide

In fresh trouble for Bollywood actor Salman Khan, the Bandra magistrate's court on Thursday accepted the prosecution's plea to enhance charges against the actor in the 11-year-old hit-and-run case, in which an allegedly drunk Khan rammed his Land Cruiser into a pavement, killing one person and injuring four.


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'Vishwaroopam' row: Jayalalithaa steps in, Kamal Haasan thanks her

Jayalalithaa said if Muslim organizations and Kamal Haasan were willing to discuss an amicable agreement by deleting objectionable parts, then theatres would be free to show the film.


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Cabinet clears Lokpal Bill with amendments, keeps parties out of its ambit

The amended bill excludes political parties from its jurisdiction and also rejects the proposal for the appointment of the CBI chief by a collegium.


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Even mom of juvenile accused not sure about his birth date

The mother of the juvenile accused in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case says that she is not sure of the date when his son was born.


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Mocktale: Govt bans release of all films with music & jokes to protect everyone’s sentiments

The government has gone ahead and banned the release of all films containing songs, dances and jokes in India, as they may offend some group of people or the other in different parts of the country.


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Mocktale: Govt bans release of all films with music & jokes, to protect everyone’s sentiments