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All rights reserved Sat, 25 May 2013 19:26:11 +0530 5 http://in.news.yahoo.com/asia/ http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/index/img/Yahoo_logo_en-IN.gif New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Amid widening ambit of investigations into the IPL-6 spot fixing scam, Law Minister Kapil Sibal Saturday said that the government will soon bring a stand-alone law to deal with malpractices in sports.http://in.news.yahoo.com/law-soon-deal-malpractices-sports-sibal-135611965.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 19:26:11 +0530IANS India Private Limitedlaw-soon-deal-malpractices-sports-sibal-135611965New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) While the recent controversy around the Indian Premier League (IPL) has revealed a network of betting in cricket, official national crime data shows gambling, in various forms, is rampant in the country, a think tank said Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/data-shows-gambling-rampant-india-135012470.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 19:20:12 +0530IANS India Private Limiteddata-shows-gambling-rampant-india-135012470Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) Four people died in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district after consuming illicit liquor at a wedding, police said Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/four-dead-village-drinking-illicit-liquor-134614698.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 19:16:14 +0530IANS India Private Limitedfour-dead-village-drinking-illicit-liquor-134614698New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) It was another scorching day for Delhi Saturday though the maximum temperature slightly dipped from the highs of the week but was still three notches above average at 43.5 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is expected Sunday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/delhi-sees-hot-saturday-no-change-sunday-132016334.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 18:50:16 +0530IANS India Private Limiteddelhi-sees-hot-saturday-no-change-sunday-132016334Shimla, May 25 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh Saturday saw marginal fall in the maximum temperatures but still most of the prominent tourist spots recorded temperatures two to five degrees above the average, the meteorological office said here.http://in.news.yahoo.com/himachal-gets-relief-scorching-heat-rain-store-132222532.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 18:52:22 +0530IANS India Private Limitedhimachal-gets-relief-scorching-heat-rain-store-132222532Jammu, May 25 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday expressed confidence of warm India-Pakistan relations due to a "positive approach" by the new ruling dispensation in the neighbouring country.http://in.news.yahoo.com/omar-confident-positive-approach-pakistani-leadership-131811190.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 18:48:11 +0530IANS India Private Limitedomar-confident-positive-approach-pakistani-leadership-131811190Panaji, May 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has become a laughing stock for the country and comments on the active social media world are proof of it, a BJP leader said here Friday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/pm-laughing-stock-social-media-proof-bjp-leader-131215284.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 18:42:15 +0530IANS India Private Limitedpm-laughing-stock-social-media-proof-bjp-leader-131215284New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Mohammad Ahya alias Yusuf, a Bollywood spot boy arrested in the connection of the spot fixing scandal, was in touch with several cricketers apart from the three arrested Rajasthan Royals players, Delhi Police said Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/cops-arrested-spot-boy-linked-many-cricketers-131216824.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 18:42:16 +0530IANS India Private Limitedcops-arrested-spot-boy-linked-many-cricketers-131216824Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) Hindu seers and Sanskrit scholars are set to gather in Varanasi Monday to oppose the treatment meted out to widows and seek ways in which the plight of such women can be improved.http://in.news.yahoo.com/varanasi-seminar-mull-over-condition-widows-124812112.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 18:18:12 +0530IANS India Private Limitedvaranasi-seminar-mull-over-condition-widows-124812112Shimla, May 25 (IANS) Taking the lead, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday formally launched its campaign for the June 23 Mandi parliamentary by-election in Himachal Pradesh.http://in.news.yahoo.com/bjp-launches-campaign-himachal-parliamentary-poll-124638687.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 18:16:38 +0530IANS India Private Limitedbjp-launches-campaign-himachal-parliamentary-poll-124638687New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday highlighted the need for a stringent anti-fixing law to tackle dishonest practices in sports.http://in.news.yahoo.com/kapil-sibal-highlights-anti-fixing-law-123816281.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 18:08:16 +0530ANIkapil-sibal-highlights-anti-fixing-law-123816281Ghaziabad, May 25 (IANS) Politicians, traders and social activists here are demanding a CBI probe into the arrest of a man for the gruesome murder of a family of seven, claiming that the accused has been framed by police.http://in.news.yahoo.com/cbi-probe-demanded-ghaziabad-family-murders-121815324.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 17:48:15 +0530IANS India Private Limitedcbi-probe-demanded-ghaziabad-family-murders-121815324Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) Nerusu Lakshminivasa Rao, a software engineer from Andhra who murdered his wife and two children in the US in 2008, has been extradited to face trial there, police said.http://in.news.yahoo.com/fugitive-andhra-murderer-extradited-us-121216922.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 17:42:16 +0530IANS India Private Limitedfugitive-andhra-murderer-extradited-us-121216922New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) There are no shelter homes for mentally challenged girls in Delhi, a member of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) said Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/delhi-offers-no-shelter-mentally-challenged-girls-cwc-120611655.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 17:36:11 +0530IANS India Private Limiteddelhi-offers-no-shelter-mentally-challenged-girls-cwc-120611655Chennai, May 25 (IANS) Investigations are on to find out why the wife of a Chennai-based five-star hotel owner telephoned a cricket bookie, now under arrest, over a 100 times, police said Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/cops-probe-between-chennai-hotel-owners-wife-bookie-115414113.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 17:24:14 +0530IANS India Private Limitedcops-probe-between-chennai-hotel-owners-wife-bookie-115414113New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The union government will soon bring stand-alone legislation to deal with malpractices in sports, Law Minister Kapil Sibal said Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/legislation-soon-deal-malpractices-sports-sibal-114813156.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 17:18:13 +0530IANS India Private Limitedlegislation-soon-deal-malpractices-sports-sibal-114813156Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) Known for her penchant for stoking controversies, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given fresh fodder to her detractors with her announcement that the government would acquire two television channels owned by the chit fund funded Saradha Group that has gone bust.http://in.news.yahoo.com/banerjees-plans-over-saradha-channels-triggers-controversy-113825648.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 17:08:25 +0530IANS India Private Limitedbanerjees-plans-over-saradha-channels-triggers-controversy-113825648Kannur (Kerala) May 25 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony said that a separate cyber unit would be formed for the armed forces to counter the threat to the country from cyber space.http://in.news.yahoo.com/cyber-unit-set-deal-defence-issues-antony-112620846.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 16:56:20 +0530IANS India Private Limitedcyber-unit-set-deal-defence-issues-antony-112620846Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma Saturday laid the foundation stone of the National Institute of Design (NID) here.http://in.news.yahoo.com/anand-sharma-lays-foundation-nid-hyderabad-090816595.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 16:46:31 +0530IANS India Private Limitedanand-sharma-lays-foundation-nid-hyderabad-090816595Yangon, May 25 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a message published in Myanmar official media here Saturday that his current official visit to Myanmar will bring Japan-Myanmar cooperation to even higher level and serve as an opportunity to lay down a foundation for turning a new page in history.http://in.news.yahoo.com/myanmar-visit-turn-page-history-japanese-pm-104214534.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 16:12:14 +0530IANS India Private Limitedmyanmar-visit-turn-page-history-japanese-pm-104214534New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The BJP Saturday announced that former Himachal Pradesh minister Jairam Thakur would be its candidate for the June 23 bypoll to the Mandi parliamentary seat.http://in.news.yahoo.com/jairam-thakur-bjp-candidate-mandi-seat-101818032.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 15:48:18 +0530IANS India Private Limitedjairam-thakur-bjp-candidate-mandi-seat-101818032Baddi (Himachal Pradesh), May 25 (IANS) Expressing concern over the declining standards of higher education, President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday called for identifying at least one department in each university that could be made a centre of excellence.http://in.news.yahoo.com/centre-excellence-every-varsity-mukherjee-101222270.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 15:42:22 +0530IANS India Private Limitedcentre-excellence-every-varsity-mukherjee-101222270New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will Monday visit Maharashtra for a day to interact with farmers, a party statement said Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/rahul-gandhi-visit-maharashtra-may-27-095823518.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 15:28:23 +0530IANS India Private Limitedrahul-gandhi-visit-maharashtra-may-27-095823518London, May 25 (ANI): There are growing tensions in northern Sri Lanka as Tamils are trying to prevent the Sinhalese-dominated army from taking over their land.http://in.news.yahoo.com/tamils-rise-against-sri-lankan-armys-land-seizure-100045098.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 15:30:45 +0530ANItamils-rise-against-sri-lankan-armys-land-seizure-100045098Agra, May 25 (IANS) Nine teenagers - seven girls and two boys - are to collectively produce a volume of short stories before the Taj Literature Festival in December.http://in.news.yahoo.com/nine-agra-teenagers-collectively-pen-book-093616464.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 15:06:16 +0530IANS India Private Limitednine-agra-teenagers-collectively-pen-book-093616464Srinagar, May 25 (ANI): Residents in Srinagar are demanding the immediate repair of the parapet walls surrounding the scenic Dal Lake, as it has become unsafe for visitors.http://in.news.yahoo.com/damaged-wall-blot-kashmirs-dal-lake-092423305.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 14:54:23 +0530ANIdamaged-wall-blot-kashmirs-dal-lake-092423305Beijing, May 25 (Xinhua-ANI): International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Friday is named as "assisted witness" in a probe into an alleged corruption relating to a controversial arbitration of the Tapie case after a two-day hearing at a French court in Paris.http://in.news.yahoo.com/imf-head-lagarde-named-assisted-witness-tapie-probe-092422375.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 14:54:22 +0530ANIimf-head-lagarde-named-assisted-witness-tapie-probe-092422375Ranchi, May 25 (ANI): In the name of faith and ritual, small children of four to five years of age walk on fire, in order to please Lord Shiva, a Hindu deity of destruction, during a festival in Ranchi.http://in.news.yahoo.com/children-ranchi-walk-fire-please-lord-shiva-during-092421449.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 14:54:21 +0530ANIchildren-ranchi-walk-fire-please-lord-shiva-during-092421449New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) R.K. Mathur, a 1977 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, took over as defence secretary Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/r-k-mathur-takes-over-defence-secretary-091239118.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 14:42:39 +0530IANS India Private Limitedr-k-mathur-takes-over-defence-secretary-091239118Singapore, May 25 (IANS) The organisational elections of the Malyasian Indian Congress (MIC), including the presidential election, will be held in 2014, a media report said Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/malaysian-indian-congress-hold-polls-2014-090818544.htmlSat, 25 May 2013 14:38:18 +0530IANS India Private Limitedmalaysian-indian-congress-hold-polls-2014-090818544