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Man held with Sathya Sai trust cash sent to custody

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A man arrested with35 lakhs allegedly belonging to the Sathya Sai Central Trust was on Monday sent to judicial custody for a week.

Freed ship out of fuel off Oman

The arrival of Egyptian cargo vessel MV Suez, which was released by Somali pirates after 10 months, has been delayed as the vessel has run out of fuel and is now stranded off Oman’s coast, the Directo

Caller from Yemen says IM killed Dey

A week after veteran journalist Jyotirmoy Dey was shot dead in a broad daylight by unknown assailants in Powai, the police is yet to make any real headway in its investigations. After tom-tomming names of all different sections of the criminal fraternity and even being pointed in the wrong direction by an informant, the police now seems to have run out of theories to feed the media.
In another twist to the case, the Mumb

Team reshuffle on cards, KKR to visit Delhi

The chief minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, is planning a major reshuffle in the Cabinet and might be dropping four to five ministers and inducting six to eight new members.

Pawar: No offer made to Munde

In the wake of BJP leader Gopinath Munde meeting with NCP leaders, Union agriculture minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday clarified that his party has not offered anything to the disgruntled BJP leader.

Will be back to acting soon, promises superstar Rajinikanth

Superstar Rajnikanth, who has been discharged from a Singapore hospital, on Saturday assured his fans that he will be back to acting very soon and finish shooting his current flick “Rana”, ending speculations that the period film has been shelved.

Saint’s Yajur Mandir yields treasure

Yajur Mandir, the private chamber of Sri Satya Sai Baba, disgorged a fortune Friday — 98 kg gold, 307 kg silver and `11.56 crores in cash — when the trustees of the Sri Satya Sai Baba Central Trust opened it for the first time. Unfortunately, the trustees did not find Baba’s will naming his successor.

Will not attend further meetings of Lokpal panel: Hegde

Karnataka Lokayukta (ombudsman) N. Santosh Hegde said on Saturday that he will not attend further meetings of the Lokpal Bill draft panel as he has prior commitments.

BJD, CPI are at odds over acquisition of land

The Communist Party of India is now precariously positioned vis-à-vis the ruling Biju Janata Dal, its ally, in Orissa.
While the party does not want any displacement of local people in Dhinka, a part of the Posco project site near port town Paradip in Orissa Jagatsinghpur district, the BJD headed by CM Naveen Patnaik is hell-bent on pushing

Saturday meet to seal Munde fate

BJP deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde’s fate will be decided in the party’s meeting in Delhi on Saturday.

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