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Celebrity Chef Nigella Lawson Admits Doing Cocaine but Denies Addiction

Nigella Lawson, the famous celebrity chef admitted to doing cocaine several times in her life, but denied being addicted to the drug while testifying at a trial, Wednesday, against her personal assistants, Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo, who have been charged of overspending at her expense, according to several news reports. Dec 5, 2013
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Shinde calls for protection of fishermen

Mumbai, Dec 01 (ANI): Union Home Minister, Sushilkumar Shinde said on Sunday that the country's coast guard had been briefed to maintain maritime security, whilst making sure that fishermen were not targeted. Addressing a media conference in Mumbai, Shinde said that concerned states have been given funds and equipments to modernise the coast guard, but the fishermen community should not be seen as an easy target. Dec 1, 2013
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Sankararaman murder case: Kanchi Sankaracharya, 22 others acquitted

Puducherry, Nov 27 (ANI): All the accused in the Sankararaman murder case including Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati have been acquitted by the Puducherry principal and district sessions court on Wednesday. The trial ran for over nine years. The court acquitted all the accused saying the complainant failed to support the prosecution. Sankararaman, the manager of the Varadarajaperumal temple in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, was allegedly murdered on September 3, 2004, in the temple premises. Sankararaman had allegedly written several letters to publications claiming that the Kanchi mutt had deteriorated ever since Jayendra Saraswati had taken over. He had also alleged misuse of funds in his letters, some of them to the pontiff himself. Nov 27, 2013
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Bangladesh elections in jeopardy, political battle between feuding parties heats up

Dhaka, Nov 25 (ANI): Bangladesh’s independence war veteran, Major General (retired) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim, highlighted the political conflict between the feuding parties, locked in decades of mutual trust, while ruled out the possibility of personal fight between the two. The stand-off between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her arch rival and former premier Begum Khaleda Zia, is nothing new. Recently, Bangladesh's main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) refused a request from the prime minister to form an all-party government to oversee upcoming elections. While talking to a reporter in Dhaka, Ibrahim said that the leading parties represent two different ideologies and different parameters of success and failure. Commenting over the current political scenario, Ibrahim said that rivalry and anxiety among the various segments of people of Bangladesh can pose as a hindrance to the polls. Calling for an agreement, Ibrahim urged Hasina to hold a discussion with opposition with an aim to end the impasse. Nov 25, 2013
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AAP gives alternative; Hand over raw footage or accept sting video as doctored

New Delhi, Nov 22 (ANI): After a sting operation claimed AAP leaders involvement in "raising funds through illegal means", the party leader Yogendra Yadav said that the party had asked for the raw footage of the sting operation on Thursday from Media Sarkar's Anuranjan Jha and had not received the same till yet. He said that the party is giving alternative till 03:00 PM on Friday and if the footage is not handed over, the party will accept that the video is doctored and has no truth in it. Nov 22, 2013
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AAP sting operation: Opposition condemns party, demands action

New Delhi/ Bhopal, Nov 22 (ANI): After a sting operation carried on by a media portal claimed Aam Aadmi Party's leaders involvement in "raising funds through illegal means" the opposition, Congress and BJP condemned the party. Congress Delhi Committee President JP Agarwal said that a party with no history does things like these and that strict action should be taken against it. Meanwhile, BJP senior leader Arun Jaitley said that is AAP has set some standards in public, they should better stand by the same instead of stooping so low like this. Nov 22, 2013
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Hurt by Anna's video: Arvind Kejriwal

Kaushambi, Nov 20 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that he is saddened by the release of Anna Hazare’s video footage in which he was seen purportedly questioning the use of India Against Corruption funds for political purpose by Aam Aadmi Party. Kejriwal also accused the Congress and the BJP of spreading rumours to provoke Anna that the AAP is using his photo for party campaigns. Nov 20, 2013
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Anna CD exposes Aam Aadmi Party: BJP

New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): The BJP on Wednesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party of hypocrisy, after a CD of Anna Hazare emerged in media. The video shows Anna telling his associates that he fears the AAP is misusing funds collected in his name during the Jan Lokpal movement. Nov 20, 2013
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CD row: AAP says political conspiracy, holds emergency meet

Kaushambi, Nov 20 (ANI): Aam Admi Party (AAP) Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday called an emergency meeting after a CD claiming that all is not well between him and Anna Hazare emerged before the Delhi polls. The CD shows Anna telling associates at a meeting that he fears the Aam Aadmi Party is misusing names of people and funds collected in his name during an anti-graft crusade two years ago, in which Mr Kejriwal played a leading role alongside the Gandhian activist. AAP leader Yogendra Yadav on Wednesday said that Nov 20, 2013
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Political parties failing to tackle AAP in sheer desperation: Yogendra Yadav

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): After the incident wherein a former BJP leader spilled ink on Arvind Kejriwal's face, AAP leader Yogendra Singh Yadav said that it is the sheer desperation of political parties against AAP and that is why the opposition is failing to understand what to do. Further, he said that Kejriwal is open to any investigation on the funds collected and used and has even said to opt out of election, if any evidence against him are found out. Talking about BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's remark, he felt amused and said that AAP is glad to be a rich party if rich implies to giving account of all your funds. Nov 19, 2013