TRICKS AND NEWS: August 2013

N Srinivasan arrives to attend BCCI WC meeting

BCCI president Srinivasan, who was forced to step aside in the wake of the IPL fixing scandal, arrived to attend the Board's WC meeting.


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FBI increases surveillance of Syrians in US: Report

The FBI has beefed up its surveillance of Syrians living in the United States ahead of a possible US military attack on Syria, The New York Times reported on Sunday.


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Digvijay Singh accuses BJP of supporting Asaram


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By calling mantris sevaks, will India be served?

With red lights on their official cars, ivory-white bungalows on green lawns, Black Cat security guards and a bunch of fawning officers and sycophants at their beck and call, is it possible to treat ministers as 'sevaks'?


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Bengal's tech campuses have 16,000 vacant seats

A mix of pessimism about job prospects in an economy limping feebly and scepticism on quality of courses has left Bengal's two premier engineering campuses with almost 100 vacant seats.


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Govt to hike dearness allowance by 10%

Ahead of festival season, central government will this month announce a hike in dearness allowance to 90% from existing 80%, benefiting about 50 lakh central employees and 30 lakh pensioners.


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Bangalore cop billed Rs 74L for breast cancer drug

A doctor from a Bangalore hospital has been arrested for fraud after he treated a police officer suffering from blood cancer and submitted a bill of Rs 74 lakh saying they have administered him an injection known as Accepton which is used to treat breast cancer.


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Soon, EPL live on your radio sets too!

The exploits of Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Suarez and other stars of the English Premiership could soon be broadcast live on a radio near you.


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Address pradhan mantri as pradhan sevak, says Prakash Jha


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Doctors forcibly break Jagan Mohan Reddy's fast in hospital


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Most migrants in Delhi from UP, but Bihar’s share rising

Delhi has always been a melting pot — people from across the country come here to study or to work. But in the past decade there appears to have been a change in the composition of its population.


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Asaram Bapu arrested from his Indore ashram

Controversial godman Asaram Bapu, accused of sexually assaulting a minor, was arrested from his Indore ashram by the Jodhpur police, 20 minutes past midnight.


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Nirbhaya’s brother tries to attack juvenile

The proceedings against the juvenile accused in the Delhi bus gangape and murder case before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Saturday were briefly interrupted when the younger brother of Nirbhaya tried to attack the accused.


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Rupee fall: Montek rules out approaching IMF

Hit by a currency crisis and poor growth, India today ruled out approaching the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance, saying the economic situation has not reached a point where outside help is warranted.


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Delhi gang rape: Nirbhaya's brother tries to attack minor

Nribhaya's younger brother, who was waiting for the board's decision since morning, suddenly moved towards the juvenile and tried to slap him.


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Petrol price up by Rs 2.35 a litre, diesel by 50 paise

Petrol price was hiked by a steep Rs 2.35 per litre today, the sixth increase in rates in three months, and diesel by 50 paise per litre on falling rupee.


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IED explosion outside Manipur Raj Bhavan, 2 injured


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Snowden awarded with German 'whistleblower prize'

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who exposed the most extensive US global surveillance operations, has been awarded this year's German "whistleblower prize" worth $3,900 in absentia.


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Asaram not in hiding, can be quizzed, his son says

Even as police were on the lookout for the elusive Asaram Bapu, accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl, his son said the spiritual guru, who has a huge following, was not in hiding and police could question him any time.


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We will oppose govt's move to take over gold from temples: BJP

There have been media reports that the RBI is considering various options of converting idle gold, including that available with temple trusts, into bullion.


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