Friday, September 03, 2010
 
 
Lead News
Pakistan trio face possible life bans

PAKISTAN Test captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif face possible life bans after they were charged yesterday under the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) anti-corruption code.

Hurricane Earl rakes US East Coast with wind, rain

HURRICANE Earl raked North Carolina’s barrier islands with gusting winds, pounding surf and rain yesterday as it took a swipe at the US East Coast on an offshore path towards New England ....

Commonwealth Games hosts India face doping shame

FOUR Indian wrestlers and a shot-putter were suspended from next month’s Commonwealth Games on home soil after failing drug tests, officials said today.

All five tested positive for methylhexaneamine ....

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Entertainment
Indian film ‘drops Pakistan’s cricketer Asif’

PAKISTAN cricketer Mohammad Asif has been dropped from a planned role in a South Indian film after he was embroiled in betting scam allegations, Indian media reported today.

The bowler had been ....

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Sports
Vuvuzelas set for blast off at Commonwealth Games

LOVED and loathed in equal measure, the drone of the vuvuzela will resonate in India for the first time at the Commonwealth Games in October.

The plastic horn, which went on to ....

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•  Indian medal hopes dashed as Nehwal falls
•  Saina Nehwal eases into last eight as top seed Wang Yihan bows out
•  Karun Chandhok to drive first laps of Korean track
•  Sehwag century steers India into tri-series final
Bollywood
Farmer suicide joke in Peepli Live angers farmers

A SATIRICAL film about farmer suicides and the divide between urban and rural India has led to protests, calls for it to be banned and even the threat of a hunger strike.

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•  Aamir pokes fun at himself for 'Peepli Live'
•  Bollywood gets personal with a bevy of biopics
•  Actor Ravi Baswani passes away
•  Akshay made me feel comfortable on the sets: Trisha
 
Business
Sunil Mittal’s son joins Bharti Airtel, fuels succession talk

BHARTI Airtel, India’s No.1 mobile operator, appointed the son of its billionaire founder-chairman as a manager, raising speculation he was being groomed for a top position in the $27bn (£ ....

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•  India wants Google, Skype to set up local servers
•  Mukesh Ambani invests in luxury Oberoi hotels
•  Corus, SSI agree scope of $500m Teesside sale
•  Ford to storm India with eight new models, create export hub
Travel
Australia, Japan, China voted top Asia holiday spots

MAYBE it’s the beaches, or possibly the food, but Australia and Japan were on Wednesday (August 25) named the most desirable holiday destinations in the Asia Pacific in an annual survey while ....

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•  Ladakh reels from tourist downturn
•  ‘BAA, Unite reach deal to avert airport strike’
•  India restores road links to Ladakh as new tourists arrive
•  Adventure travel going mainstream: study
 
Fashion & Beauty
Halal make-up entrepreneur denies exploiting religion

AS A MUSLIM, Samina Akhter was disturbed to find some of her make-up contained pig by-products so she came up with a solution - a range of halal make-up, free from alcohol ....

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•  Museum trying to save Gone with the Wind gowns
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•  Salma Hayek’s beauty secret, a juice cleansing diet
Food & Drink
Green leafy vegetables cut diabetes risk - study

EATING more green leafy vegetables can significantly cut the risk of developing diabetes, scientists said on Friday (August 20).

British researchers who reviewed six earlier studies on links between diabetes and the ....

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Community
Charity ride for children

MORE than a 100 cyclists took part in a charity event on Sunday (August 15) to help raise money for Barnardo’s and other worthy causes.

The BAPS charities 30-Mile ....

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•  Indian student wins Tony Blair faith film contest
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•  Portrait of Lord Paul unveiled