Russian tycoon punches billionaire on TV

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A Nano car worth Rs 22 crore

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'I have never cared about my image': Modi

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'Stockholm syndrome in Gujarat': Salman Khurshid

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Earthquake toll rises to 60 in India; rescue teams land at quake's epicentre Mangan

Earthquake toll rises to 60 in India; rescue teams land at quake's epicentre Mangan:

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Rahul Gandhi visits grieving family, Mayawati hasn't met them

1. Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh): Like several of his visits to Uttar

1. Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi's destination was not made clear till the very last minute. The Congress General Secretary visited Lakhimpur Kheri, a three-hour drive from Lucknow and spent a little over an hour with the family whose teen daughter was found hanging at a police station earlier this month. Her parents say she was raped, then killed. The post-mortem reports do not establish that she was sexually assaulted. A series of rapes this month have forced Chief Minister Mayawati to confront accusations that her government and police force are failing women in UP. She has not visited this family. Uttar Pradesh votes next year, and political parties led protest marches in Lucknow this week to highlight the weaknesses in Mayawati's governance. Mr Gandhi also visited the police station where the teen was discovered hanging from a tree by her own dupatta. Referring to the victim as a "bacchi" or child, he said, "The police station is meant to be where justice is delivered to people. Instead, it's where a young girl was killed." He said he supports the demand for a CBI inquiry, made by the victim's mother, on the ground that the UP Police will not conduct an honest investigation against its own men. The girl's mother, Tarannum, later told the media: "I do not have any confidence or hope that I would get justice in UP. I am not seeking justice not just for my daughter but I am fighting for securing justice and a sense of security for all women in UP." The police had originally tried to intimidate the victim's family when they asked for a formal complaint of murder to be registered. Accept it as a suicide, they had said, to the girl's parents.After severe criticism and media coverage, eleven policemen and the three doctors who conducted the first autopsy were suspended. Mayawati has so far said that a CBI inquiry is not needed. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Uttar Pradesh Police is handling the case.

Dawood's brother Iqbal Kaskar shot at, escapes unhurt

Mumbai: In a sudden attack near Mumbai's famous JJ Hospital on Tuesday night, underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother, Iqbal Kaskar, was targeted. While Kaskar escaped, his bodyguard Arif Abu Bakar was killed. Two people have been arrested. "Two men came on a bike and fled after opening fire. A bullet hit Iqbal Kaskar's bodyguard, Arif bhai," said an eyewitness. "The public caught them because their bike slipped. The public then surrounded them," said another eyewitness. Sources have told NDTV that preliminary investigations suggest Chhota Rajan gang is behind the attack. The two men arrested by the Mumbai police have told investigators that they were hired as shooters by a Chhota Rajan gang member in Mumbai. Kaskar is said to have a limited role in the Dawood gang but the police suspect gang rivalry is behind the attack. This is the second attempt on Kaskar's life. He was attacked by a rival gang way back in 1986. Though Kaskar downplayed his Dawood connection, he was earlier linked to a murder case, and then charged in the infamous Sara-Sahara case under MCOCA. He was accused of grabbing land for an illegal shopping mall allegedly owned by Dawood. Kaskar was acquitted in 2007 for lack of evidence - the only member of the Dawood family to be tried in an Indian court. "We have recovered three weapons, some live ammunition and cartridges. We have apprehended two people," said Anil Kumbhare, DCP. Dawood may have fled India before the Mumbai serial blasts, but is said to own substantial property in Central Mumbai. And the shooting is a reminder of his family connections in the city. Besides Kaskar, Dawood's sister Haseena Parkar and her family continue to live here.