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The
troubled life and times of Rahul Mahajan
 New
Delhi: His life is the kind of spectacle that television
thrives on. One reason perhaps is that Rahul Mahajan
understands television very well.
Not so long ago, when he was still an unknown entity,
Rahul Mahajan was a television producer for Doordarshan
but the spotlight turned on him, in May 2006 when
he lost his father to an alleged fratricide and
even before that faded in public memory, came another
shocker.
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1984
Sikh carnage was wrong: Rahul
 Amritsar,
November 18 Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi
condemned the anti-Sikh violence in the aftermath
of Indira Gandhi’s assassination, saying “whatever
happened was wrong”.
“The 1984 riots were wrong. I strongly condemn
the carnage,” Rahul said at a news conference
in response to a question on Operation Bluestar
and the riots. “There is no truth that there
is hatred among Sikhs against the Congress party.
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Indian
Navy sinks pirate vessel off Somali coast
 Gulf
of Aden, Nov 19: Within days of preventing the hijack
of an Indian merchant vessel, Indian Navy’s
warship INS Tabar, after exchange of fire, sank
a pirate vessel off the Somali coast.
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FM calls for
price cuts, CEOs divided
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DELHI: Finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday
called on sectors like housing, automobiles, hotels
and airlines to cut prices to boost demand
and beat the slowdown. The auto sector ruled
this out as unrealistic in the current situation,
while airlines — looking for
a lifeline from the government —
seemed more receptive to the suggestion. Real estate
companies, however, remained noncommittal.
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Season of
pinkslips? Here are the firms hiring in India
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DELHI: Citigroup on Tuesday decided to cut 53,000
more jobs, triggering fears of more layoffs across
industries. A lowdown on some sectors and companies
which are on a hiring spree (TOI) TOI, however,
has decided to be contrarian. Instead of only writing
about pink slips, it hunted out companies that are
actually hiring. Here are the sectors that are hiring:
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India rise to third in ODI rankings
India moved up two places
from fifth to third position on the Reliance [Get Quote]
Mobile ICC [Images] ODI Championship table after beating
England [Images] in the opening two matches of the seven-ODI
series currently taking place in India.
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Dhoni pulls out of Lanka Test series
India's ODI captain MS Dhoni
has pulled out of Sri Lanka Test series to be held later
this month. BCCI selection committee will be meeting
in Mumbai on Tuesday to pick team for Sri Lanka. Dhoni
has recently complained of fatigue, citing excessive
cricket as reason. India is set to play three Test and
five one-day internationals in Sri Lanka, with the first
Test starting June 23. Dhoni's Indian team lost to Sri
Lanka in the Asia Cup finals on Sunday.
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Sweden beat defending champions Greece
Salzburg, Austria: Zlatan
Ibrahimovic scored his first international goal in almost
three years on Tuesday to lead Sweden to a 2-0 win over
defending champion Greece at the European Championship.
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India crush Pakistan by huge 140-run margin
Dhaka: Praveen Kumar ran through
the top-order as Paksitan, chasing a near-impossible
331 for a win, surrendered virtually without a fight
to be dismissed for 190 in the tri-series contest at
the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium here, handing India a huge
140-run win.
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BCCI to honour 1983 World Cup heroes in
style
Bangalore: The Board of Control
for Cricket in India (BCCI) will honour the victorious
Indian team of 1983 World Cup to mark the 25th anniversary
of a historic win scripted by Kapil Dev and his "Devils.
As part of events to celebrate the memorable event,
BCCI will felicitate the winning team at a special event
in New Delhi on June 22 and send the heroes of 1983
to Lords to relive the day (June 25) it lifted the third
ODI World Cup, beating the West Indies at the venue
25 years ago.
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Super Kings dash Mumbai's hopes, storm
into semis
Hyderabad: Chennai Super Kings
survived some anxious moments to clinch a seven-wicket
victory over Deccan Chargers and reach the semifinal
of the Indian Premier League in the city on Tuesday
night. Electing to bat, Deccan Chargers put on 147/7
helped by Venugopal Rao (46) and Ravi Teja (40). Super
Kings run-chase stuttered in the middle overs and they
were required to score 28 off the last three overs.
Suresh Raina batted resolutely to score an unbeaten
54 to see his team through in the tense moments.
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Mohali top cop files complaint against
Modi, Ness Wadia
Chandigarh: A senior Punjab
Police officer on Sunday lodged a complaint against
Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia for allegedly publicly
insulting and using derogatory language against him
during Friday's Indian Premier League (IPL) match between
the Punjab team and Deccan Chargers at Punjab Cricket
Association Stadium at Mohali.
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'Hockey will remain top priority'
New Delhi: Giving a pat on
the Azlan Shah silver medal winning team, Sports Minister
M S Gill today said that hockey was the "spiritual
game" of India and it will remain the top priority
sport for the Government. He also said that he would
provide every possible support to lift the game from
the pit of darkness.
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Pathan blast crashes Knight Riders' hope
Kolkata: Yusuf Pathan lanced
a brilliant counter-attack as Rajasthan Royals scored
a thumping six-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders',
dealing a severe blow to their hopes of a semifinal
berth in the Indian Premier League in Kolkata, Tuesday
night.
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Shoaib Akhtar arrives in Kolkata
KOLKATA: Pakistan’s
Shoaib Akhtar wasted little time after seeing his
ban suspended and arrived in the city to join the
Knight Riders on Monday night. Visibly delighted at
his reprieve, Akhtar said he would give his best to
see to it that Knight Riders was back to winning ways.
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I
want to perform: Sachin
Mumbai, : Master Blaster Sachin
Tendulkar added yet another feather to his cap after
receiving the Padma Vibhushan from the President of
India in the capital on Monday. Tendulkar sounded pleased
on receiving the award and dedicated his award to his
fans here on Tuesday.
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