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All rights reserved Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:01:57 +0530 5 http://in.news.yahoo.com/india/ http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/index/img/Yahoo_logo_en-IN.gif <p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/silverstone-podium-still-step-too-far-button-233157941.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.XSVIGyYNDDJ8dXp7M8oeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-19T233157Z_1_CDEE95I1TDD00_RTROPTP_2_MOTOR-RACING-JENSON-BUTTON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Jenson Button could not wait to get out of his mishandling McLaren after a miserable afternoon in Canada and now, less than two weeks later, he is impatient to step back in. British fans preparing for their annual home Grand Prix pilgrimage to Silverstone next week should not get their hopes up, however. Button, the 2009 world champion with Brawn GP, has never stood on the Formula One podium at his home circuit and does not expect to end the jinx this time either in what has been a shocking season for McLaren. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://in.news.yahoo.com/silverstone-podium-still-step-too-far-button-233157941.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 05:01:57 +0530Reuterssilverstone-podium-still-step-too-far-button-233157941<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/silverstone-podium-still-step-too-far-button-233157941.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.XSVIGyYNDDJ8dXp7M8oeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-19T233157Z_1_CDEE95I1TDD00_RTROPTP_2_MOTOR-RACING-JENSON-BUTTON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Jenson Button could not wait to get out of his mishandling McLaren after a miserable afternoon in Canada and now, less than two weeks later, he is impatient to step back in. British fans preparing for their annual home Grand Prix pilgrimage to Silverstone next week should not get their hopes up, however. Button, the 2009 world champion with Brawn GP, has never stood on the Formula One podium at his home circuit and does not expect to end the jinx this time either in what has been a shocking season for McLaren. ...</p><br clear="all"/>LONDON, June 19, 2013 (AFP) - South Africa's coach Gary Kirsten admitted his team deserved the tag of chokers after it crashed to a seven-wicket defeat by England in the Champions Trophy semi-final on Wednesday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/cricket-choked-admits-south-africas-coach-190022516.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:30:22 +0530AFPcricket-choked-admits-south-africas-coach-190022516India, June 20 -- Life has not been very kind to them yet they have chosen to strike a defiant chord.Over 20 children from Bhatti Mines in south Delhi have come together to form a band, Delhi Police.It was a proud moment for parents, who worked all their lives in the mines, seeing their children perform on the stage. The labourers had migrated during the Partition and belong to the Oudh community, which has its origins in Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan. For the past 60 years, generations of these labourers have toiled at the mines. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/overcame-odds-strike-note-183000069.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesovercame-odds-strike-note-183000069India, June 20 -- Even as the Yamuna flows well above the danger mark, both the Delhi government and Delhiites seem to be quite oblivious to the devastation that could be caused if encroachments continue to eat into the vulnerable floodplains.The Yamuna, which runs for 48 kms along Delhi, covers approximately 9,700 hectares. Floodplains are vital for recharging the groundwater table. But as Delhi's population grew exponentially over the years, the pressure on the riverbed and floodplains increased.As a result, rampant encroachment on both sides followed. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/disaster-awaits-yamunas-banks-183000168.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesdisaster-awaits-yamunas-banks-183000168India, June 20 -- Though it is clear from the official documents that the concretisation of BJP's state headquarters at tony Nariman Point is unauthorised, the reality is that the civic body, which is charged with acting against such structures, may buckle under pressure as the party is in power in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.The RTI replies from both the BMC and the public works department, which owns the land, clearly state the new structure is not authorised. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/bjp-office-may-civic-nod-183000943.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesbjp-office-may-civic-nod-183000943India, June 20 -- The Gurgaon Civil Hospital, which witnesses more than 2,000 patients daily, has been functioning without a radiologist and a general physician for the past three months.The crisis struck after the doctors were transferred to other government health facilities. The in-charge of the hospital's radiology center was transferred in March to the Government Medical College in Nalhar, Mewat. Though a woman radiologist was hired from a nearby private health facility, she conducts only ultrasound for pregnant women."A radiologist has been hired but he has not joined yet. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/no-radiologist-physician-civil-hospital-city-183000367.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesno-radiologist-physician-civil-hospital-city-183000367India, June 20 -- The CBI will get access to crucial phone conversations and documents of the AgustaWestland deal from the Italian prosecutors within two weeks, after a court in Milan passed an order in this regard on Wednesday, sources said.Besides, the Italian court has also agreed to make the CBI a civil party in the trial against executives of AgustaWestland and its parent company Finmeccanica on charges of paying bribes for the Rs. 3600-crore VVIP chopper deal with India. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/cbi-access-chopper-deal-recordings-183000562.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timescbi-access-chopper-deal-recordings-183000562India, June 20 -- The Centre, it seems, might again be required to go in a damage control mode and account for the loss of Rs. 45 crore worth of foodgrain in the past five years.The data was accessed by Hindustan Times through Right to Information. And as per our calculation, the grains, damaged mostly during handling and storage, could have fed at least 250,000 people per year.The government had earlier admitted to a loss of wheat worth Rs. 5 crore and rice worth Rs. 40 crore in the last five years. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/millions-hungry-india-lost-foodgrain-worth-rs-45-183000485.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesmillions-hungry-india-lost-foodgrain-worth-rs-45-183000485Cardiff, June 20 -- What a difference three weeks can make! India arrived here three weeks ago with the odds seemingly stacked against them. The spot-fixing crisis was turning into a whirlpool that looked like it would dissolve the entire Indian cricket establishment. The English pitches and cold, damp conditions didn't seem particularly favourable. The combination looked unsettled and the absence of experienced names on the team sheet had many secretly wondering if the Champions Trophy campaign would follow along the trajectory of the horror 2011 tour when India lost the Tests, ODIs and ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/familiarity-does-not-breed-contempt-india-183000043.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesfamiliarity-does-not-breed-contempt-india-183000043India, June 20 -- The CBI on Wednesday registered its 13th FIR in the coal scam probe against a Delhi-based firm for alleged cheating and misrepresentation of facts during allocation of the Kesla North coal block in Chattisgarh in August 2008.The accused firm, Rathi Steel and Power Limited, allegedly "falsely claimed in its application form in January 2007 that it possessed 250 acres of land in Sambalpur, Orissa, to set up a steel plant though it possessed only 150 acres," said a CBI source. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/cbi-registers-fir-against-delhi-firm-coal-block-183000293.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timescbi-registers-fir-against-delhi-firm-coal-block-183000293India, June 20 -- In Himachal's Kinnaur district, which too faced the wrath of flash floods, the scene is no different. Several tourists are stranded, roads are blocked, power and water supply cut and many lives have been lost.When HT spoke to chief minister Virbhadra Singh, who himself was stranded during the catastrophe, he blamed it on mother nature. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/govt-cant-fight-nature-well-extend-help-victims-183000997.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesgovt-cant-fight-nature-well-extend-help-victims-183000997India, June 20 -- Amar Singh Khatri, 24, an executive with a private firm, lived in a single-storey house with his mother and a pet dog at Suttowali ghati in Patel Nagar, 5 km from Dehradun, and very close to the Bindal river.On Sunday night Khatri had gone to bed by 11 pm. He had barely drifted off to sleep when a loud crash woke him up.When he stepped out of his room he was shocked.Except for his room, the rest of the house had collapsed. His mother was safe, but the dog was crushed underneath the rubble. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/even-talking-district-magistrate-didnt-help-183000955.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timeseven-talking-district-magistrate-didnt-help-183000955India, June 20 -- Once thick friends and now rivals, the end of the Janata Dal United ties with the BJP has also changed their personal equations.Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his former deputy Sushil Modi have had to speak out against each, perhaps much to their reluctance.Before he won his trust vote, Nitish minced no words while attacking his deputy for projecting his arch rival, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, as an OBC leader, and also for turning down his last-minute invite for a discussion to save the alliance before they actually parted ways.Modi, who served as his no. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/bihar-cm-ex-deputy-not-friends-anymore-183000459.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesbihar-cm-ex-deputy-not-friends-anymore-183000459India, June 20 -- The possible return of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to the Congress fold appeared to gain momentum on Wednesday with DMK leader TR Baalu meeting Sonia Gandhi to request support for Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi.This is the perhaps the first meeting between a senior DMK leader and Gandhi after DMK withdrew support to the UPA on the issue of the Sri Lankan Tamils.The Congress is yet to decide on the issue after indicating that both parties should try to reach an understanding as both the parties do not have enough MLAs to elect a Rajya Sabha member. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/baalu-meets-sonia-lobby-kani-rs-seat-183000382.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesbaalu-meets-sonia-lobby-kani-rs-seat-183000382India, June 20 -- Disgruntled residents of Karamyogi Cooperative Group Housing Society in Sector 10-A can finally breathe a sigh of relief. After nearly two years, a long battle against the society's five-member committee has come to end.The office of registrar (co-op societies), Gurgaon, has recommended police action against the committee headed by president RK Hooda over charges of embezzlement."We can finally see a ray of hope. Pending memberships of residents are getting regularized and proactive measures are being taken to re-instate faith in the committee," said Vishal Bharat, a ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/self-defence-workshop-women-today-183000435.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesself-defence-workshop-women-today-183000435India, June 20 -- With two days of heavy rain wreaking havoc on city roads, the administrator of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda), Praveen Kumar, has asked all six executive engineers to get all potholes fixed at the earliest.Kumar has also sought a report of the damaged roads that need immediate repairs by Monday.The action comes in the wake of a visit to the city by Haryana chief secretary PK Chaudhary later in the week. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/huda-engineers-told-fix-potholes-183000835.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timeshuda-engineers-told-fix-potholes-183000835India, June 20 -- Till Friday, Kedarnath in the lap of Himalayas was abuzz with pilgrims. Post Saturday-Sunday rains, the 1,200-year-old shrine stood, but the teeming surroundings -people, parts of the temple premises, myriad shops and houses-lay flat in a ghostly repose."It will take around one year and R1,000 crore to rebuild Kedarnath," said Ganesh Godiyal, chairman of the Badri-Kedar Temple Committee, which manages the Badrinath and Kedarnath shrines.Rebuilding of Kedarnath should entail scientific planning, Godiyal stressed. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/kedarnath-devastated-uncertainty-looms-over-nanda-devi-raj-183000438.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timeskedarnath-devastated-uncertainty-looms-over-nanda-devi-raj-183000438India, June 20 -- One of the beauties of a challenge is that it has an opportunity hidden in it. At the moment I am in a similar situation where a challenge is thrown at me and I've to turn the same into an opportunity. The challenge is to make a comeback into the Indian team and the opportunity is to up my skills and that is what is keeping me occupied these days. After IPL, I took a few days off and went to Dubai for a few days to relax, away from all the action. On my return, it has been practice, training, yoga, gym and lots of introspection. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/help-enroll-child-school-become-agents-change-183000389.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timeshelp-enroll-child-school-become-agents-change-183000389India, June 20 -- The CBI on Wednesday registered its 13th FIR in the coal scam probe against a Delhi-based firm for alleged cheating and misrepresentation of facts during allocation of the Kesla North coal block in Chattisgarh in August 2008.The accused firm, Rathi Steel and Power Limited, allegedly "falsely claimed in its application form in January 2007 that it possessed 250 acres of land in Sambalpur, Orissa, to set up a steel plant though it possessed only 150 acres," said a CBI source. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/coalgate-cbi-registers-fir-against-delhi-firm-183000739.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timescoalgate-cbi-registers-fir-against-delhi-firm-183000739India, June 20 -- Rising fast at 15 cms per hour, the Yamuna river was flowing at 207.32 metres at 8 pm on Wednesday - fast racing to breach the 1978 record of 207.49 metres when Delhi saw its worst floods of the century.As per government record, one person drowned while bathing at Majnu Ka Tila in north Delhi and over 5,000 people have been displaced after being evacuated from villages and colonies along the riverbank and low-lying areas. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/delhi-yamuna-rises-fast-furious-183000782.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesdelhi-yamuna-rises-fast-furious-183000782India, June 20 -- Contrary to reports blaming the Kedarnath disaster on cloudburst, the meteorological department has clarified that it was due to excessive rainfall.The massive calamity in Kedarnath and Rambara area of Uttarakhand on June 15-16 was only magnified by illegal construction, deforestation and encroachments.Director of Uttarakhand Meteorological Department Anand Sharma told HT on Wednesday, the department had forecast massive rains in the area between June 15 and 17 in the upper reaches which could lead to massive landslides there. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/mans-greed-triggered-tragedy-183000882.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesmans-greed-triggered-tragedy-183000882India, June 20 -- Keeping the elections in mind, the Delhi government has taken a populist decision and will now allow teachers to work till the age of 65.According to officials, the retirement age will remain 60. But instead of giving two years extension to teachers after retirement, the education department will re-employ them for five years.At a political rally on Friday, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit had said that the government was "seriously considering" increasing the age of retirement for teachers. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/delhi-govt-teachers-now-retire-65-183000347.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesdelhi-govt-teachers-now-retire-65-183000347Mumbai, June 20 -- Dealing with N Srinivasan isn't proving to be easy even for seasoned cricket Board officials. Having somehow persuaded him to step aside from the President's duties, they are struggling to convince him against attending the ICC's annual general meeting in London.Most senior BCCI functionaries want Srinivasan to stay away till the outcome of the internal probe against his son-in-law, M Gurunath, over his alleged role in the betting and spot-fixing scandal is known, but he remains adamant. They will try to convince him again on Thursday. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/bcci-officials-struggling-convince-srini-183000778.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesbcci-officials-struggling-convince-srini-183000778India, June 20 -- With the state government and Centre in a legal battle over security forces, the panchayat polls may not take place in July. The State Election Commission says it needs 1. 49 lakh security personnel for the first phase to be held on July 2 but the state has only 48,000 personnel."It is increasingly becoming unlikely that the polls could be held on time. We are all waiting to hear what the court decides on Monday," said an official of the poll panel.Published by HT Syndication with permission from Hindustan Times.http://in.news.yahoo.com/kolkata-panchayat-polls-may-postponed-183000092.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timeskolkata-panchayat-polls-may-postponed-183000092India, June 20 -- West Bengal Chief Minister said on Wednesday her government was determined to "hang" within a month the perpetrators of the gang-rape and murder of a teenaged girl in North 24-Parganas."Our government is determined to punish the criminals. Our target is to hang the rapists within a month. We have done it before and we can do it now," Banerjee told a party rally in the district. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/barasat-rapists-hanged-month-says-mamata-183000248.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesbarasat-rapists-hanged-month-says-mamata-183000248New Delhi, June 20 -- The Madras High Court has restrained Hiranmoy Chatterjee from functioning as the All India Tennis Association's (AITA) Chief Executive Officer.The June 17 order came on a petition filed by S Viswanathan, president of the Tiruchirapalli District Tennis Association, which brought to the fore signs of cracks within the federation.Viswanathan had contended that the post of CEO was not provided in the constitution of the AITA. The Madurai bench of the high court issued notice to the AITA, its president, Anil Khanna and others, seeking response in a month. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/chatterjee-cant-function-tennis-association-ceo-hc-183000636.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timeschatterjee-cant-function-tennis-association-ceo-hc-183000636India, June 20 -- In Himachal's Kinnaur district, which too faced the wrath of flash floods, the scene is no different. Several tourists are stranded, roads are blocked, power and water supply cut and many lives have been lost.When HT spoke to chief minister Virbhadra Singh, who himself was stranded during the catastrophe, he blamed it on mother nature. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/govt-cant-fight-nature-well-extend-help-victims-183000292.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesgovt-cant-fight-nature-well-extend-help-victims-183000292India, June 20 -- After denying that they knew about the alterations made in Aftab Mansion that collapsed in Mahim, the BMC on Wednesday admitted that they had received the complaints.Advocate Rizwan Merchant, who lost three members of his family in the collapse on June 10, met civic chief Sitaram Kunte and submitted the documents that he had been sending to the civic body since 2008.After his meeting with Kunte, Merchant said, "The commissioner was shocked to know that the officials neglected these complaints and mislead him. He has promised action. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/mahim-collapse-bmc-admits-getting-complaint-183000919.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesmahim-collapse-bmc-admits-getting-complaint-183000919India, June 20 -- On Sunday, 52-year-old Raj Kishore Trivedi was selling prasad inside Kedarnath shrine like always. It had been raining since morning, but around 9.30am it started pouring particularly heavily."A cloudburst occurred and several devotees died. Thankfully, I was inside the temple when it happened. Many people inside also died due to short circuit. Imanaged to run away but I injured my right leg. Later, the rescue team brought me to Dehradun for immediate help," Trivedi told HT.Trivedi's family is safe but nothing remains of his shop of 25 years. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/didnt-know-rains-could-cause-disaster-183000841.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesdidnt-know-rains-could-cause-disaster-183000841India, June 20 -- Robbers and snatchers in the city have found an inventive and minimum-risk way of getting rid of their booty - exchanging it for cold hard cash at the neighbourhood finance firm offering attractive gold loans.Police have proof that street criminals and even disgruntled employees with spurious gold bricks are abusing the easily available services of non-banking financial companies, such as Muthoot Finance, with reckless abandon, thanks to "shortcomings" in the firms' "security matrix". ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/city-robbers-swap-jewellery-gold-loans-183000730.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timescity-robbers-swap-jewellery-gold-loans-183000730India, June 20 -- Fifteen policemen, including three women constables, deputed to maintain order at Kedarnath are also believed to have died in the massive floods that hit the Kedarnath temple area.Their bodies have not been found yet. Their families were a distraught lot as no details of their whereabouts were available till late on Wednesday.Uttarakhand DGP Satyavrat Bansal said,"Their bodies have not been found but we know they have sacrificed their lives while serving on their posts. Their families would be taken care of. We are focusing on saving those who are stranded. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/15-policemen-missing-183000567.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Times15-policemen-missing-183000567India, June 20 -- After reiterating Centre's commitment to hold free and fair assembly elections in 2014, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to call upon all political outfits in Jammu & Kashmir, including the separatists, to participate in a democratic process during his two-day visit to the state. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/join-poll-process-pm-tell-valley-outfits-183000547.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesjoin-poll-process-pm-tell-valley-outfits-183000547India, June 20 -- In a last-moment strategy shift, four Congress MLAs voted in favour of the Nitish Kumar government in the Bihar assembly floor test.The signal to Kumar comes at a time when the UPA is seeking support to pass key bills in the coming session of Parliament.The Congress, however, held that this one-off decision did not indicate any eagerness for an alliance with JD(U). "We do not want communal forces to succeed so we gave unconditional support," Congress spokesperson PC Chacko said.Congress' new Bihar in-charge CP Joshi held parleys with senior leaders. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/four-cong-mlas-turn-vote-nitish-183000442.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesfour-cong-mlas-turn-vote-nitish-183000442India, June 20 -- This is no cock-and-bull story.A seven-year fight over a champion fighter cock ended this week with the warring parties settling it out of court.The rooster belonging to Ram Prasad Bedia of Ganeshpur village near Jharkhand capital Ranchi was prized for its victory run in local cockfights that involve betting.It went missing on January 2, 2006. Ram Prasad suspected brothers Kajru and Rajesh Ganjhu, his neighbours, of foul play. But the brothers thrashed him when he enquired about the fowl.Ram Prasad lodged a complaint at the local Ormanjhi police station. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/truce-ends-7-fight-over-fighting-rooster-183000727.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timestruce-ends-7-fight-over-fighting-rooster-183000727India, June 20 -- In what seems to be more bad news, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Director General Ajay Chaddha said death toll in the Uttarakhand flash floods may be "substanitally higher" than the stated figure.He said with several areas around Kedarnath, Gaurikund and Rambada having been wiped out and no reports from Pithoragarh-Darchula axis available, the situation may be worse. An ITBP camp in Saboli near Pithorogarh was also washed away in the floods. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/death-toll-much-higher-says-itbp-chief-183000100.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesdeath-toll-much-higher-says-itbp-chief-183000100India, June 20 -- As India prepares to take on Sri Lanka, the think tank might spend time deciphering Lasith Malinga, for he could probably be the biggest threat. While Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni have got the better of Malinga on various occasions, the ones who haven't faced him enough might be a little wary.The first problem is getting used to his action. Batsmen are conditioned to play against bowlers with high arm action and hence look at their points of release-earlier the release, shorter the ball. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/three-points-tackle-malinga-183000504.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesthree-points-tackle-malinga-183000504India, June 20 -- Vidyasagar's family has been a loyal worker of Rashtrapati Bhavan since the British era. Vidyasagar too, is a gardener there, representing the large faceless force behind the glitz and the aura of the magnificent building.But his son, Sachin, has crossed a boundary that was unthinkable till a few months ago. The Class 7 student now learns table tennis along with children of class 1 officers at the sports complex of the Rashtrapati Bhawan. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/president-house-connect-common-man-sports-183000158.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timespresident-house-connect-common-man-sports-183000158India, June 20 -- Pandit Uttam Jyotishi, 60, quietly sat on the roof of his house at Yamuna Bazar, watching the area inundated by waters from the surging Yamuna. Next to him, under a shade, Ramkumari Devi was cooking food, trying to be oblivious of the surroundings.They were not the only ones perched on top of their houses. Yamuna waters had partially submerged about 300-odd houses and hutments at Yamuna Bazar since Monday evening.Uttam Jyotishi is a priest of a century-old Shiv temple, submerged in water with only the dome visible."We started moving our stuff upstairs since Monday midnight. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/5-000-evacuated-safe-areas-govt-sets-19-183000136.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Times5-000-evacuated-safe-areas-govt-sets-19-183000136India, June 20 -- The Mumbai police yet again came under a cloud following a Supreme Court (SC) observation on Wednesday in connection with the impounding of passports of three Ugandan nationals.A first information report (FIR) was registered by the Videocon group with the MRA Marg police station on April 19 against three Ugandan nationals, including Issac Insanga Musumba, who claims to be a senior advisor to the President of Uganda, under sections 384 (extortion), 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy), and 441 (criminal trespass) of the Indian penal code. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/cops-investigate-cases-making-arrests-experts-183000298.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timescops-investigate-cases-making-arrests-experts-183000298India, June 20 -- Hamstrung with poor research facilities, even the 'young' Indian universities have to toil harder to find a space in the global arena.A global ranking of world universities that are under 50 years of age, does not include any Indian university.Besides India, China and Russia also not do not figure in the list.The Times Higher Education 100 under-50 rankings released in London on Wednesday is designed to reflect on how many nations were challenging the traditional education powerhouses of the US and the UK.This is the second year of the list's release. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/no-indian-varsity-times-top-100-list-183000313.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0530Hindustan Timesno-indian-varsity-times-top-100-list-183000313