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<b>Virat Kohli becomes latest owner of Audi R8 LMXl price Rs 2.97-crore:</b> Cricketer Virat Kohli has become the latest owner of Audi's limited edition sports-car, R8 LMX, priced at Rs 2.97 crore. The German luxury car-maker has made available only 99 units of this car, including four for India. Out of this, two units have been sold so far, including one to Kohli. "Two units of the R8 LMX have been sold already in India with cricketer Virat Kohli being one," an Audi India spokesperson said. In January this year, Audi had launched the limited edition R8 LMX, its most powerful and fastest road-car in India. (Twitter) (08/05/2015)
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<b>UK polls: Insosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy elated over son-in-law's victory:</b> Exultant over his son-in-law Rishi Sunak's victory in UK general elections, IT czar and Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy today said, "I am very happy that Rishi has won convincingly. He and Akshata worked very hard, beat the pavement and communicated his merit, integrity and his vision for his constituency. He has big shoes to fill since he is succeeding William Hague. I am positive that he will do well as an MP" (Twitter) (08/05/2015)
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<b>Top relief for Salman Khan, jail deferred:</b> In a major reprieve for Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, the Bombay High Court today suspended the five-year sentence awarded to him in the 2002 hit-and-run case, admitted his appeal against conviction and granted him bail. Justice Abhay Thipsay directed Khan to surrender before the trial court forthwith and execute a fresh bail bond of Rs 30,000. The interim bail granted to the actor hours after his conviction and sentencing on Wednesday was to expire today. While admitting the 49-year-old actor's appeal, the HC said it will expedite the hearing on it and posted the matter for June 15. "This is not a case where I should keep him (Khan) in jail till his appeal is heard and decided. Why his right should suffer when his appeal is admitted and kept pending? In many cases people have suffered and spent their entire prison term only to be acquitted later by the High Court," Justice Thipsay observed. (PTI) (08/05/2015)</br><br> (Image caption: Bollywood actor Salman Khan leaves for the court from his residence in Mumbai.)
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<b>BJP targets Rahul Gandhi:</b> Congress today came under fire for engaging in "doublespeak" as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) charged that while its Vice President Rahul Gandhi was on the one hand opposing the NDA government's bid to improve rural infrastructure, he was attacking it over the issue of a food park project in Amethi on the other. "The case of Amethi food park and its cancellation is the result of a decision taken by the UPA government. Gandhi is playing politics on the issue. While on the one hand he is seeking setting up of the food park, he is opposing industrialisation through setting up of industrial corridors on the other that would create jobs and promote rural infrastructure," said BJP. (PTI) (08/05/2015)
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<b>David Cameron emerges victorious in UK poll:</b> Prime Minister David Cameron has won an absolute majority in Britain's Parliamentary elections, taking 326 of the possible 650 seats up for grabs in the House of Commons.A win in the Cotswolds constituency in western England announced in the early afternoon took the Conservatives past the threshold. The stunning result comes after polls predicted for weeks that the race between the Conservatives and the opposition Labour Party would be a dead heat. (Reuters) (08/05/2015)</br><br> (Image caption: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Number 10 Downing Street to meet with Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain)
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<b>Salman Khan fan allegedly attempts suicide outside High Court:</b> A fan of Salman Khan today allegedly tried to commit suicide by consuming poison outside the Bombay High Court, which was hearing the actor's bail plea in a 2002 hit-and-run case. Gourango Kundu, an aspiring script writer and a resident of Bandra east in suburban Mumbai, said in a pamphlet which he had distributed that he was hoping that Salman Khan would help him showcase his talent but if the actor does not get bail, it would shatter his dream. He said he wanted to become a Bollywood script writer but did not get any opportunity to showcase his talent. After that, he started sending his scripts to Salman Khan hoping that the 49-year-old actor would give him a break in the industry, it said.He was distraught because if Salman Khan does not get bail, his dreams would remain unfulfilled and hence he allegedly consumed poison in the presence of police personnel. (PTI) (08/05/2015)</br><br>
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<b> SAI girls suicide case: 'I am sorry, Amma', Aparna told mother hours before death:</b> The budding rowing athlete,who died after consuming a poisonous fruit in an apparent suicide pact with her three colleagues, had apologised to her mother for taking the extreme step following alleged harassment by seniors at Sports Authority of India centre here. Aparna's grieving mother Geeta said Aparna had told her about the "mental and physical harassment" meted out to them by seniors at the SAI hostel while fighting for life at the hospital. "Mother please forgive me. I did this due to harassment of senior 'chechis' (elder sisters). Will I not survive?," Aparna was quoted as saying by her mother hours before she breathed her last. Geeta also said her daughter had no intention of committing suicide, but took the extreme step as there was no other option before her following the continuous harassment. (PTI) (08/05/2015)</br><br> (Image caption: Kerala police recovers suicide note in SAI suicide attempt case.)
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<b>Intense lobbying for Padma awards, pol influence counts, says Baba Ramdev:</b>Yoga guru Ramdev, who had declined Padma Vibhushan award, today said that a lot of lobbying takes place behind the selection of Padma and even Nobel prize awardees and those with political influence succeed. "The entire world knows that all these awards like Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan or Padma Vibhushan and even Nobel prize are given to good people also, but there is intense lobbying and those having more political influence succeed in getting them," the Yoga guru said here. (PTI) (09/05/2015)
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After Haryana sports minister Anil Vij donated Rs 50 lakh to Gurmeet Ram Rahim's organisation, now another state minister Manish Grover has followed suit by donating Rs 11 lakh from his discretionary fund. (PTI)
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<b>2 fresh tremors felt in Nepal, earthquake toll nears 8,000:</b> Two fresh tremors were felt in Nepal today, triggering panic among the people still reeling from the impact of the devastating earthquake that has claimed nearly 8,000 lives. Aftershocks continued to rock Nepal with two more mild tremors being felt in central Nepal this morning. The epicentre of the tremors being Sindhupalchowk and Dolakha districts, east of Kathmandu. A 4-magnitude tremor was felt at 2.19 AM this morning with the epicentre at Sindhupalchowk district, according to National Seismological Centre. Another tremor measuring 5 on the Richter scale was felt at 6.17 am with the epicentre being at Dolakha. However, no damage was reported from the tremors.(PTI) (08/05/2015)</br><br> (Image caption: A local resident stands in front of the ruins of his home after the April 25 earthquake, in Bhaktapur, Nepal)
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