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ICSE, ISC results declared; girls outperform boys

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Girls have once again outperformed boys in this year's ICSE Class-X and ISC Class-VII examinations, the results for which were announced on Saturday. In all, 99.15 per cent girls and 98.19 per cent boys passed the Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (ICSE) exam, while 98.35 per cent girls and 96.36 per cent boys passed the Indian School Certificate (ISC) examination. Madhavi Singh of Carmel School in Dhanbad and Shalaka Kulkarni of Sulochana Devi Singhania School in Thane jointly topped the Class 10 exam, scoring 98.80 per cent marks. Similarly, Rohan Sampat of Dubai Model High School stood first in Class 12 exams, scoring 99.50 per cent marks. This year, 1,32,282 students appeared in the Class 10th exam, while 59,356 candidates appeared in Class 12th exam. Related Articles 12-year-old Bihar boy cracks IIT-JEE It’s a poor show at IIT-JEE Bihar’s Super 30 adds 27 more stars to IITs IIT-JEE: Chennai lad Vaishak 36th Number of JEE winners goes up Related Images (from: www.asianage.com)

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No bail for Italian sailors in India despite envoy's protest

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A Kerala court today rejected bail plea of 2 Italian sailors accused of killing 2 fishermen, holding that granting it might affect progress of the case. (from: timesofindia.feedsportal.com)

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US confirms Chen Guangcheng has left China with family

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Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng left China for the United States with his family on Saturday, the US State Department said. "We can confirm that Chen Guangcheng, his wife and two children have departed China and are en route to the United States so he can pursue studies at an American university," the State Department said in a statement. Related Articles Trapped miner found alive after 17 days China's e-shopping market to be world's biggest China activist Chen Guangcheng says he is at Beijing airport China developing internet for offensive operations: Pentagon China reacts cautiously to over 500 transgressions remark Related Images (from: www.asianage.com)

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Pomersbach case: Legal notice issued to Sidhartha Mallya

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New Delhi, May 19 (ANI): The victim of molestation case involving Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) cricketer Luke Pomersbach has sent a legal notice to Sidhartha Mallya, seeking unconditional apology from team's director for his remarks on the microblogging site Twitter that allegedly questioned her character. (from: in.news.yahoo.com)

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Ryan Harris gets rid of David Warner

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Chasing 142, Delhi Daredevils lost their second wicket in the form of David Warner against Kings XI Punjab in IPL match at HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. (from: timesofindia.feedsportal.com)

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Let BCCI consider our decision on Shah Rukh: Deshmukh

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Union Minister and Mumbai Cricket Association president Vilasrao Deshmukh on Saturday said here that the decision to ban actor Shah Rukh Khan from entering Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium for five years had been conveyed to BCCI, and "let it consider it". MCA's decision followed fracas at Wankhede on May 16 after an IPL game, where Shah Rukh allegedly manhandled a security personnel. When asked how MCA would respond if BCCI were to set aside the ban, Deshmukh said: "Where is the question of (BCCI questioning) the validity (of MCA decision)?....BCCI is our parent body. It has its own set of rules. IPL is their brainchild... their baby. We have merely rented out our ground to them," he said. "We have reported our decision to BCCI. Now let them at least sit on that..... consider it. How can I comment before that?" Related Articles RCB owner Sidhartha Mallya gets legal notice for tweets Not playing in IPL makes Lanka series challenging: Hafeez Dhoni’s methods backfired for CSK BJP MP Kirti Azad to fast against IPL Woman accusing Luke was all over me: Siddharth Mallya tweets Related Images He also added that one of the proposals that was discussed at the MCA meeting on Friday was to impose a lifetime ban on the actor at the Wankhede. (from: www.asianage.com)

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Tamil Nadu chief minister warns of distress situation for farmers in her state

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Accusing Karnataka of not ensuring the flows in the Cauvery River as per the prescribed monthly pattern, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority to sort out the issue. (from: timesofindia.feedsportal.com)

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Strike illegal, get back to work: Ajit Singh to AI pilots

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Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today said strike by Air India pilots is illegal and they should come back to work in larger interest of the passengers. (from: www.business-standard.com)

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Ryan Harris gets rid of David Warner

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Italy recalls envoy to India in row over detained marines

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New Delhi, May 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Italy has called back its envoy to India after police in the southern state of Kerala Friday charged two Italian marines for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen in February, highly placed sources said on Saturday. (from: in.news.yahoo.com)

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Europe's economic woes dominate G8 gathering

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U.S. President Barack Obama will press European leaders to ease up on fiscal austerity and focus on economic growth at a summit on Saturday that will discuss ways to stem turmoil in the euro zone and head off the risk of global contagion. At the wooded Camp David retreat in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains, Obama and leaders from other large economic powers will try to forge a common approach to tackling a crisis that threatens the future of Europe's 17-nation single currency. Though no major policy decisions are expected from the Group of Eight summit, leaders hope they can bridge enough of their differences to soothe rattled financial markets after worries about the risk of a Greek exit from the euro zone sent European stock prices to their lowest level since December. "Hopefully we'll get some stuff done," Obama told Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti as he and other summit participants arrived for Friday evening dinner at a lodge at the secluded presidential retreat. Related Articles Tata Steel fourth quarter net tanks 90pc to Rs433cr on Europe slump RBI considering all options to check rupee slide Mahindra Satyam shares soar post Q4 earnings India can grow 8-9 per cent for 20 years: Montek Ahluwalia Sensex dips below 16k level in early trade; down 232 points Related Images Obama earlier in the day aligned himself with Monti and new French President Francois Hollande by urging a solution to the euro zone crisis that combines fiscal belt-tightening measures with a "strong growth agenda." On the other side of the debate is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has pushed fiscal austerity as a means of bringing down huge debt levels that are burdening European economies. Voters in euro zone countries have shown frustration with that approach, ejecting governments such as that of Nicolas Sarkozy, who was defeated by Hollande, a socialist, in the May 6 French presidential election. A draft of the summit communiqué shown to Reuters will stress an "imperative to create growth and jobs." Also on the summit agenda are concerns about oil and food prices as well as Afghanistan, Iran, Syria and North Korea. Speculation has grown that Obama will use an energy session at the G8 to seek support to tap emergency oil reserves before a European Union embargo of Iranian crude takes effect in July. But with oil prices already sliding, a move by Obama to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve - alone or along with other countries - could expose him to criticism that the emergency supply should only be touched in a supply crisis. The Camp David summit kicked off four days of intensive diplomacy that will test leaders' ability to quell unease over the threat of another financial meltdown as well as plans to wind down the unpopular war in Afghanistan. After the Camp David talks wrap up late on Saturday afternoon, Obama will fly to his home town of Chicago where he will host a two-day NATO meeting at which the Afghanistan war will be the central topic. (from: www.asianage.com)

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Fleeing criminals break barricades, crush cop in way

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A daring gang of criminals travelling in a Tata Tempo ran over a Delhi police constable and injured a home guard who were chasing them on a motorcycle in Bharat Nagar area of northwest Delhi here on Thursday night. The police has registered a case of murder against the assailants but no arrests have been made so far. Sources claimed that the dreaded Banwariya gang was behind the incident but police officials stated that it was too early to draw any conclusions about the criminals’ identity. The incident took place on Thursday night when a call was received by the police control room that some men in a Tata Tempo were pelting stones at houses in northwest Delhi’s Subash Place area. A team of PCR and local police arrived at the spot and tried to nab the assailants. The assailants, however, got into the tempo and drove away while the PCR van and the local police team gave them a chase. “The officers were chasing them till they entered Bharat Nagar area where constable Naresh Kumar, 42, an ex-Armyman who had joined the Delhi police in 2008, and a home guard Shankar tried to stop them,” district commissioner of police (northwest) Meenu Chaudhary said. Ms Chaudhary said a barricade had been erected in Bharat Nagar to stop the fleeing assailants and nab them. “The Tata Tempo, however, did not stop, it crashed into the barricades and sped away. Another barricade was erected on the way ahead where the constable and the home guard were deployed on a motorcycle. The tempo crashed the second barricade as well and moved on.” Constable Naresh Kumar then overtook the tempo on his motorcycle and signalled the driver to stop the vehicle. “The assailants hit the bike instead. Naresh’s head was crushed under the rear wheels of the tempo and he died on the spot. We are looking for the assailants. They will be arrested soon,” Ms Chaudhary said. (from: www.asianage.com)

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16 die in Uttar Pradesh accident

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At least 16 people were killed and over a dozen injured when a bus in which they were travelling rammed into a truck and caught fire in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, police said Saturday. The bus, carrying 60 pilgrims, was returning from the... (from: www.prokerala.com)

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Cong plays torment card on Trinamul

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Trinamul did not accord much importance to the Congress move. "The people won't accept this. This is merely an attempt by a beleaguered party to hog the limelight at a time Mamata is riding high on her achievements as chief minister," panchayat minister and Trinamul leader Subrata Mukherjee said. (from: in.news.yahoo.com)

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Cartoon row: Mamata loses cool, storms out of live TV session

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday lost her cool and stormed out of an interactive TV session here when members of audience asked her about the arrest of a professor for forwarding a cartoon lampooning her. "It is not a cartoon. We love the cartoon. Cartoon is a different thing. He is a CPI-M man, He misused the e-mail of his society people without their consent. He forwarded it to 60 people," Banerjee said angrily when a student from Jadavpur University asked her about the arrest of Professor Ambikesh Mohapatra. Claiming that the professor was not an intellectual, but a 'CPI-M agent', she told the moderator that "after election CPI-M had sent thousands of CDs, if you are a woman and if you see them, you will feel ashamed. CPI-M and Maoists are working together." Related Articles Mamata wants MCA to revoke ban on SRK No humour please, we are Indians! Talk less, work more: Congress to Trinamool Maoist strike hits Chhattisgarh Peace restored in Junglemahal: Mamata Related Images "...The message in the cartoon which contained the word 'vanish' is a murder conspiracy and a plot supported by CPI-M. What he has done is a cyber crime. It is not a cartoon, it is a political conspiracy to murder me," Banerjee claimed. Stating that her government believed in democracy, she said, "Otherwise, he (Ambikesh) should have been in custody. He has done a wrong thing. He misused the e-mail. I know that Maoist people and CPI-M are putting up these questions," the chief minister told an interactive session organised by news channel CNN-IBN. When a girl from Jadavpur University rose to ask a question, Banerjee asked "Why (students from) other universities are not here? There are so many universities. You tell me why, What about the others. "Are you a Maoist?" Banerjee asked the girl. The student shot back, "I am not a Maoist." When the moderator referred to crime against women in the state, Banerjee dismissively said, "no crime. No crime against women." Told by a questioner that she had supported the Maoists at the national level in an apparent reference to her statement that the killing of Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad was "not correct", the chief minister replied, "we did not support the Maoists. This is wrong." To an another question, Banerjee said, "we don't support the Maoists. There are so many things and other issues to ask. What is this nonsense going on? Maoists people are here. They are Maoist students. I cannot answer the Maoists' questions and CPI-M questions. "They are the CPI-M cadres. I am not going to reply. I will give reply to questions from common people. I am sorry to say you belong to CPI-M. You are SFI cadres. We know all of you," a furious Banerjee told the audience. "You did not tell me before," she told the moderator before making her exit. (from: www.asianage.com)

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Facebook hit with $15bn lawsuit alleging 'violation of users' privacy'

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London, May 19 (ANI): Social networking giant Facebook has been hit with a class-action lawsuit seeking 15 billion dollars in damages for violating the privacy of its users. (from: in.news.yahoo.com)

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Won't attend BJP meet, not joining Congress: BSY

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Former Karnataka chief minister and BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa is increasingly become defiant. (from: ibnlive.in.com)

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Won't attend BJP meet, not joining Congress: BSY

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Former Karnataka chief minister and BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa is increasingly become defiant. (from: ibnlive.in.com)

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Cricket: England 341-7 against West Indies

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LONDON, May 19, 2012 (AFP) - England were 341 for seven in reply to West Indies' first innings 243, a lead of 98 runs, at lunch on the third day of the first Test at Lord's here on Saturday. (from: in.news.yahoo.com)

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Court reserves order on bail of Pomersbach

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A Delhi court on Saturday reserved its order till 4 p.m. on the bail plea of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player Luke Pomersbach who was arrested for allegedly molesting an American woman and beating up her fiance. The Delhi Police showed CCTV footage to Metropolitan Magistrate Navita Kumari Bagha as sought by the judge on Friday while granting interim bail to Pomersbach for a day till Saturday. The court had asked Delhi Police to submit visuals of CCTV cameras installed inside the five-star hotel along with the medical report of the victim's fiance and Pomersbach. Pomersbach is alleged to have molested the woman at the ITC Maurya Hotel here early on Friday and beaten her fiance Sahil Peerzada when he tried to stop the player. Delhi Police registered a case of molestation against Pomersbach, who later was released on bail by a city court. Related Articles Let BCCI consider our decision on Shah Rukh: Deshmukh RCB owner Sidhartha Mallya gets legal notice for tweets Not playing in IPL makes Lanka series challenging: Hafeez Dhoni’s methods backfired for CSK Rajasthan score modest 126/8 in crunch game Related Images The woman, Zohail Hameed, said Pomersbach forcibly entered her room and tried to molest her. (from: www.asianage.com)

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