http://www.citybengaluru.com Latest news from Bangalore, India and the World Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:14:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.citybengaluru.com/a-son-rises-in-raj-thackerays-mns-too/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/a-son-rises-in-raj-thackerays-mns-too/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:17:47 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81509 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) After the Shiv Sena, a son has risen also in Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. Raj’s son, 18-year-old Amit, made his maiden foray into an election campaign but preferred to remain a mute participant as he joined his father, mother Sharmila and sister Urvashi in the heat and dust of the [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/a-son-rises-in-raj-thackerays-mns-too/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/pm-chidambaram-should-quit-shanti-bhushan/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/pm-chidambaram-should-quit-shanti-bhushan/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:01:22 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81459 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P. Chidambaram should quit after the Supreme Court cancelled all 122 2G licences, former law minister and Team Anna core committee member Shanti Bhushan said here Monday. “The Supreme Court judgment quashing the grant of all 122 2G licences has recorded the finding that [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/pm-chidambaram-should-quit-shanti-bhushan/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/sensex-continues-5-week-rally-closes-102-points-higher-roundup/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/sensex-continues-5-week-rally-closes-102-points-higher-roundup/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:06:52 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81458 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities markets Monday gave up some of its intra-day gains but closed 102 points higher even as foreign institutional investors continued to be robust buyers. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 17,741.91 points, closed at 17,707.31 points, 102.35 points or 0.58 [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/sensex-continues-5-week-rally-closes-102-points-higher-roundup/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/four-us-diplomats-to-go-on-padyatra-in-india/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/four-us-diplomats-to-go-on-padyatra-in-india/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52:51 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81449 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Four American diplomats from the US Consulate in Mumbai will embark on a brisk 100-km-long two-day ‘padyatra’ to raise funds for the poor in India, an official said here Monday. The ‘padyatra’ will start Friday (Feb 10) from Cauvery Sangamma, wend through the rugged and beautiful villages of south Bangalore, and [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/four-us-diplomats-to-go-on-padyatra-in-india/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/sonu-sood-finds-boxing-unsafe-for-actors/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/sonu-sood-finds-boxing-unsafe-for-actors/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:44:17 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81445 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Actor Sonu Sood, who became popular as Chhedi Singh in the blockbuster “Dabangg”, won’t mind playing a boxer on the big screen but in real life he would like to stay away from the boxing ring. “If you are an actor, than it is not very safe to do boxing. We [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/sonu-sood-finds-boxing-unsafe-for-actors/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/no-pre-release-jitters-for-imran-khan/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/no-pre-release-jitters-for-imran-khan/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:27:13 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81443 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) After the stupendous success of “Agneepath”, expectations are high for Karan Johar’s next production venture “Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu”, but actor Imran Khan isn’t nervous about it. “No, the success and failure of another film doesn’t affect our film in anyway. If somebody’s film does well, it doesn’t hurt us. [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/no-pre-release-jitters-for-imran-khan/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/big-b-shocked-to-hear-about-yuvraj-movie-snippets/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/big-b-shocked-to-hear-about-yuvraj-movie-snippets/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:14:41 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81437 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he is shocked to hear about star cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s illness and prays for his well being. “Shocked to learn of Yuvraj Singh down with cancer..Yuvraj if you read this, know that we all pray for you..All shall and will be well,” Amitabh wrote on his Twitter [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/big-b-shocked-to-hear-about-yuvraj-movie-snippets/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/sensex-closes-71-points-up/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/sensex-closes-71-points-up/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:20 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81435 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities markets Monday gave up some of its intra-day gains to provisionally close 71 points higher. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 17,741.91 points, closed at 17,676.67 points (provisional), 71.71 points or 0.41 percent up from its previous close at 17,604.96 [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/sensex-closes-71-points-up/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/larsen-and-toubro-bags-rs1937-crore-order-from-gvk-group/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/larsen-and-toubro-bags-rs1937-crore-order-from-gvk-group/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:50 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81434 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Monday said it has bagged an order worth Rs.1,937 crore from the GVK Group for four-laning of a highway in Madhya Pradesh. The widening of a major portion of Shivpuri-Dewas section of National Highway 3 totalling 235 km is to be completed in 27 months, the company [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/larsen-and-toubro-bags-rs1937-crore-order-from-gvk-group/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/anil-mohiles-son-regrets-not-being-with-him-in-his-last-hours-with-image/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/anil-mohiles-son-regrets-not-being-with-him-in-his-last-hours-with-image/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:26:21 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81417 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) The death of master-arranger Anil Mohile has plunged his family into grief and his son Amar regrets he was not near his father during his last hours. Anil Mohile passed away Feb 1. In his long career, he arranged music for 85 films, including Amitabh Bachchan starrers “Sharaabi” and “Don”. “We [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/anil-mohiles-son-regrets-not-being-with-him-in-his-last-hours-with-image/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/hindustan-unilevers-third-quarter-net-profit-up-18-percent/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/hindustan-unilevers-third-quarter-net-profit-up-18-percent/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:15:11 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81416 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) major Hindustan Unilever Monday reported an 18.24 percent increase in its net profit for the quarter ended Dec 31 at Rs.753.81 crore from Rs.637.51 crore in the like period of 2010-11. “We have delivered another strong quarter of competitive growth with improvement in margins. The results, [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/hindustan-unilevers-third-quarter-net-profit-up-18-percent/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/pankaj-shabana-team-up-again-after-20-years/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/pankaj-shabana-team-up-again-after-20-years/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:29:45 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81405 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) The casting of Vishal Bhardwaj’s “Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola” (MKBKM) just got more interesting. The film already boasted of an interesting cast comprising Pankaj Kapur, Imran Khan and Anushka Sharma and now Shabana Azmi is on board. “I am the hugest fan of Vishal’s work as a music composer and [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/pankaj-shabana-team-up-again-after-20-years/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/bearded-pierced-ears-look-for-imran/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/bearded-pierced-ears-look-for-imran/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:10:24 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81404 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Imran Khan has been roped in for Vishal Bhardwaj’s “Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola” and the actor is working on his looks and hopes to live up to the filmmaker’s exacting standards. “When such an established director approaches you it always feels good. Vishal is one of the finest directors working [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/bearded-pierced-ears-look-for-imran/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/sensex-starts-week-on-strong-footing/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/sensex-starts-week-on-strong-footing/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:59:10 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81379 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Indian equities markets started on a positive note Monday with a benchmark index rising smartly to rule 175 points higher in morning trade. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 17,741.91 points, was ruling at 17,780 points, 175.04 points or 0.99 percent up from its previous close [...]

]]> http://www.citybengaluru.com/sensex-starts-week-on-strong-footing/feed/ 0 http://www.citybengaluru.com/crow-derails-train-services-for-nearly-two-hours/ http://www.citybengaluru.com/crow-derails-train-services-for-nearly-two-hours/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:01:52 +0000 admin http://www.citybengaluru.com/?p=81364 Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Lakhs of commuters on their way to work Monday were inconvenienced when Western Railway services on the suburban section were delayed after a crow hit a high-tension overhead wire, snapping it, an official said. The charred remains of the crow were found near the wire hanging from the pole on the [...]

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