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Assets case filed against Ketan Desai

The CBI has registered a disproportionate assets case against tainted former chairman of the Medical Council of India (MCI), Ketan Desai, and his family members. So far, the CBI has recovered unaccounted assets to the tune of Rs 24 crores.

J.G. Farrell’s Troubles wins Lost Man Booker

British author J.G. Farrell’s Troubles has been announced as the winner of the Lost Man Booker Prize.

Raju takes 3 Idiots to the United Nations

Months after its release, the 3 Idiots trajectory is still going strong. Recently, a special screening of the film was organised at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

BJP, Left condemn 2G failure; want PM to act

Citing the “successful” bidding of 3G spectrum, the BJP on Thursday alleged that it has proved that the 2G spectrum auction “went for a song.” Sharing the same view Left parties demanded sacking of telecom minister Mr A. Raja while BJP questioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s silence on alleged acts of “corruption and

Devgn fined for smoking on film set

The cast and crew of Golmaal 3 are getting into a lot “golmaal” these days. On a lengthy shoot in Goa, they had been reprimanded for littering the Panaji promenade and the crew continuously ticked off for smoking in public.

Big B not bigger than Sachin

Who’s the bigger idol of them all? For a rather long time, we’ve believed the big daddy of them all was Amitabh Bachchan. But if the number of followers a celeb has on Twitter is any indication, then the Big B may not be — well, quite as big. Not as much as say, Sachin Tendulkar.

Hospitals, fuel depots raided in Maha drive

Acting on several complaints and tip-offs about sub-standard fuel and medicines being sold by government institutions, officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted a special drive from May 12 to May 20, raiding government-run hospitals as well as fuel depots across Maharashtra.

7 injured as taxi hits school van

Five schoolchildren and a driver were injured when a radio taxi rammed into a school van near Savitri flyover in south Delhi on Thursday morning.

Esmee moves to the professional stage

Much has been said about the role that luck plays in our lives. Esmee Denters is one very lucky girl. Starting early, she paved her way into musical stardom by posting her renditions of famous covers by Natasha Bedingfield and Beyonce on YouTube. Her covers soon caught a major tailwind and before long her videos hit over 21 million views. The little Dutch missy soon became the ‘Most Subscribed Musician’ in the history of this video sharing website.

CBI registers 17 cases, 9 in Delhi

In a week-long drive carried out against spurious, sub-standard and unauthorised manufacture and sale of drugs, as well as against adulteration of petroleum products, the CBI has registered a total of 17 cases all over the country. The drive began on May 12.

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