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Govt loses nerve on day 1, to push women’s bill todayThe government was preparing to make another bid on Tuesday to secure the passage of the bill which seeks to amend the Constitution and reserve 33% seats in all legislatures for women.
International News
Furious with IRS, US engineer crashes plane into tax building, leaves Web noteJoseph Stack plowed his small plane into an Austin building housing nearly 200 federal tax employees.
Sports News
The Class of 85<strong>Sunil Gavaskar (C)<⁄strong>Had announced before the start of WCC that it would be his last assignment as captain. Today, Gavaskar is a noted columnist. He also served as chairman of ICC's cricket committee<strong>Mohinder Amarnath<⁄strong>Was in the running to coach India, a job Greg Chappell bagged in 2005. Coached Bangladesh in 90s. Is an erudite reader of the game and his rustic charm is his USP during commentary<strong>Roger Binny<⁄strong>Was the co...
Entertainment News
Priyamani joins the Raktha Charitra team!Priyamani seems to be on a roll. After hitting jackpot for a Bollywood debut in Raavan, she's now signed Ram Gopal Varma's Raktha Charitra. From what we hear from our sources, she will be playing Suriya's love interest in the film, which is being made in Telugu and Hindi simultaneously over the last two months.When contacted, Priya, who was bound by contract to not reveal much about the film, said, “Yes, I have signed the film.” But, from what we've heard from our sources in the crew, P...
Health News
Lose yourself in colour…Naturally!Shivani Singh is in a love-hate relationship—with Holi. She loves the festival, but hates what it does to her skin and hair. So, every year, while her family goes crazy playing with colours, water balloons and what not, she hides behind the bolted doors of her bathroom. This year, there is good news for her and many other men and women who can't stand the after effects of this colourful festival. A new breed of colour removers which claim to effectively do away with all traces of colour...
Sci-Tech News
Google ready to flee from ‘evil’ ChinaInternet giant Google, the world's most powerful brand, is logging out of China, the world's largest internet market, saying it is no longer willing to abide by the Chinese government's repressive censorship rules.
Education News
CAT draws mixed reactionsThe results of Common Admission Test (CAT), have drawn mixed reaction from various academic quarters and students as well. While about 80 students are expected to get call letters from IIMs, thousands of others could not be so lucky. On contrary there are many others who even after securing good percentile could not get a call from IIMs. Many students even feel that that CAT has lost transparency and results have been as unpredictable as the previous years. Despite scoring 98.9 percentile Aa...
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Steve Guttenberg once said, “If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.” Kepal Patel, Yashdev Bhamajara and their three colleagues exemplify it.The five-member team from Blind Peoples' Association (BPA), Ahmedabad represented Gujarat in the 4th All India Open Para-Table Tennis Tournament held in Ghaziabad and returned with flying colours. The competition witnessed 75 men and women e... -
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BJP championed the Bill“We championed the cause of the Bill in 1994 in the Lok Sabha. And since then, we had been trying to have it passed, but the Congress did not support it. During Atalji's government, the BJP tried hard again, but Congress opposed it on that occasion too. The BJP has always been in favour of empowering women of the nation.”— Anandiben Patel, Gujarat's women & child development ministerPrepare for refreshing change“It has been established that women m...