Congress Expels Six Andhra Pradesh Mps Opposing Telangana

Cracking the whip, Congress Tuesday expelled six Lok Sabha MPs from Andhra Pradesh who opposed creation of Telangana and had given a notice of no-confidence motion against the government.

The MPs expelled by Congress president Sonia Gandhi are Sabbam Hari, G V Harsha Kumar, V Arun Kumar, L Rajagopal, R Sambasiva Rao and A Sai Pratap.

“Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved the decision of the disciplinary committee of the AICC to expel the six MPs from Andhra Pradesh with immediate effect,” said AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi in a press release.

The move comes days after the Union Cabinet cleared the proposal for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and creation of Telangana. There have been indications from the government that the bill on Telangana will be brought before Parliament in a couple of days.

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Yuvi Back For World T20

Suresh Raina and Ishant Sharma have been dropped from the Indian squad for the Asia Cup to be held in Bangladesh later this month, the BCCI  announced on Tuesday.

Raina has had a poor ODI series in New Zealand recently and was replaced by Cheteshwar Pujara while Ishant is a casualty of trimming the squad strength from 16 to 15.

Yuvraj Singh returns to the India squad for the ICC World T20 World Cup, also to be held in Bangladesh next month. Kerala youngster Sanju V Samson failed to make it to the final list.

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US Ambassador To India To Meet Modi

US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell plans to meet Narendra Modi, signalling a shift in America’s stand towards the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate in connection with 2002 Gujarat riots.

“We can confirm the appointment (between Modi and Powell),” a State Department spokesperson told media. The request to meet Modi has been made by Powell herself, but the spokesperson did not comment on the possible date of the meeting, which is expected to take place in Ahmedabad this month.

“This is part of our concerted outreach to senior political and business leaders which began in November to highlight the US-India relationship,” the spokesperson said. The go ahead, just before the announcement of general elections in a few weeks from now, seems to have been taken after intensive debate within the various wings of the Obama Administration – the White House and the State Department in particular -with crucial inputs from the members of the Congress, and the influential leaders of the corporate sector, the US India Business Council in particular.

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After Marriage My Priority Is Family: Fahad

Family is the most important for Malayalam actor Fahad Fazil, who Saturday got engaged to teenage sensation Nazriya Nazim.

The two stars got engaged here in the presence of their families and the marriage has been fixed for August.

To a question if Nazriya will continue to act after the marriage, Fahad said: "My priority is family but I have no issues if she acts."

"She understands what I meant. I am not sure if we will act again together," he added.

Fahad is the son of legendary Malayalam filmmaker Fazil, who launched, moulded and gave the career of many stars like superstar Mohanlal, Sobhana and numerous others, a big boost through his film in the eighties and nineties.

But strangely when the master director launched his son in 2001 in the film "Kaiyethum Doorath", it miserably failed and many thought that the career of Fahad in his debut film itself had reached a dead end.

Fahad however returned in 2009 to act in "Kerala Cafe". Then came an offbeat film "Chappa Kurishu" which clicked and since then he has had no reason to look back.

On their relationship, he pointed out that it was their families which took the lead and it ended in them deciding to get married.

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India Lose First Test By 40 Runs

Chasing a stiff target of 407 runs to win, Team India went down fighting and were dismissed for 366 in their second innings as they slumped to a 40-run defeat against New Zealand in the first Test at Eden Park in Auckland on Sunday. It was a roller-coaster fourth day with with India showing enormous steel led by Shikhar Dhawan (115) but middle order failed to take India home.

India resumed their second innings at 87 for 1 and the visitors were on course with Shikhar Dhawan (115) and Virat Kohli (67) sharing 126 runs for the third wicket but pacer Neil Wagner took two crucial wickets in the post-lunch session to derail India's chase

After a disastrous tour, Dhawan returned to form as he cracked a patient century and anchored the Indian innings along with Kohli but Wagner's double blow left India tottering at 270 for 5 at tea and it was left to skipper MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja, who launched a counterattack to leave the Kiwis dazed but once they departed India failed to overhaul the target.

Team India started the day still in need of 320 runs with nine wickets in hand and Dhawan and Pujara looked to provide them a solid start. In the very first over of the day, Dhawan brought up his fifty hitting five fours. Dhawan had a shaky start as he survived a couple of LBW shots, even through they seemed to be sailing over the stumps.

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Audi Unveils Sedan A3

German luxury car maker Audi today unveiled its much-awaited sedan A3 in the country and said it will be formally launched in the domestic market by mid-2014.

The Audi A3 is expected to be its cheapest sedan. However, the company declined to give any price range for the new vehicle. At present, the Q3 S is the cheapest Audi available at Rs 24.99 lakh.

"This is the right car at the right time. Among our top 10 priority markets, India is one of them. We will launch the car by mid-2014," Audi AG Vice President (Overseas Sales) Terence Johnson told media.

He said that in 2013, the company has achieved new sales record in 40 markets and India was one of them. It has sold 10,002 units in 2013, an increase of about 11 per cent over the previous year.

"We believe this market has tremendous potential for further growth of brand Audi. Reaffirming our commitment to the Indian market, we are bringing the Audi A3 Sedan. We expect the Indian market to continue to grow and to contribute substantially to Audi's global sales," he added.

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Health Benefits Of Green Tea

Green tea and its health benefits have been greatly extolled by the world. Here are a few.

Green tea can be regarded as a storehouse of benefits for the skin. It contains a great deal of antioxidants which are effective against free radicals. These free radicals, which are formed when the skin is exposed to the UV rays of the sun, are accountable for premature aging.

Green tea has also been found extremely effective in safeguarding the skin against sunburn and tanning when applied locally.

The antioxidants found in green tea are also responsible in combating skin cancer by blocking the cancer causing harmful enzyme, junk.

This wondrous natural component is also responsible for the cell renewal process. The aged keratinocytes cells are biologically energized by the polyphenol compounds in green team, which in turn, synthesize the DNA and prevent premature aging of the cells.

On occasions of skin inflammation, green tea acts as a great soother. It has also been found out that green tea shows notable improvements among cases of psoriasis and rosacea, accompanied by inflammation.

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