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There
seems to be something of a "witch hunt"
taking place inside London's Metropolitan Police
Service. This week Commander Ali Dizaei has
been suspended. His suspension follows that
of Assistant Commissioner Tariq Ghaffur last
week. I
was left wondering when we might see the suspension
of Sir Ian Blair - surely the one at the centre
of the web should remove himself from the scene
too? In
the US, the FDA is conducting its own "witch
hunt" against Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals so
they've called in their own wizard, former NYC
mayor Rudy Giuliani, to dispel the bad spell!
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Asian
police officer Ali Dizaei suspended
Commander
Ali Dizaei of the London Metropolitan Police
(Met), who supported colleagues accusing the
police chief of racism, has been suspended following
a probe into charges that he had 'coached' a
hit-and-run suspect to escape criminal prosecution.
Dizaei says the complaint is malicious. 
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Until
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Foreign
students' fees prop up UK universities
British
universities are increasingly being propped up by income
from foreign students, particularly Asians who now constitute
over 20% of the total students studying in its higher
educational institutions. Foreign student fees now amount
to £1.7 billion, a rise of 58% since 2002-03.
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Minorities
lead digital take-up in Britain, but scared of internet
banking
Indians
are at the forefront of digital communications in Britain,
with high levels of mobile phone, internet and multichannel
television take-up, new Ofcom research shows. However,
they are also less likely than the British population
as a whole to shop or bank online.
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Britain's
first Hindu school begins term
Britain's first Hindu school, which receives its spiritual
guidance from the Hare Krishna movement, opened on Monday
with a batch of 30 students. The 'bhumi puja' (ground
breaking ceremony) of the Krishna Avanti Primary School
in Edgware, north London - the area with the largest concentration
of Hindus in Britain - was performed in June.
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The
Real Deal: My Story from Brick Lane to the Dragons' Den
by James Caan
James Caan is a master of reinvention. Born as Nazim Khan
in Pakistan, the son on a textile merchant, he gives the
reader his rag-trade to riches story complete with tear-jerking
estrangement and reunion, philanthropy and healthy dose
of schmaltzy business advice thrown in. His book may be
entitled "The Real Deal" but I am not sure he
is "The Real McCoy"! 'The Real Deal' is published
on 18 September 2008.
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Reliance
Life Insurance's income up 152%
Reliance
Life Insurance Co Ltd, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
Group, Thursday said its premium income has grown by 152%
during April-July this fiscal, in sharp contrast to the
overall life insurance industry growth of 1.6% during
the same period. The company also plans to infuse fresh
capital of over Rs.10 billion in the next six months.
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Lloyds
TSB takes over HBOS to calm jittery nerves
Lloyds TSB bank took over Britain’s largest
mortgage lender, Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS),Thursday
in a £12.2 billion government-approved rescue plan
aimed at stabilising a jittery financial market. The acquisition
of rival was prompted by a 52% fall in HBOS shares Wednesday.
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Tata
Motors offered land for Nano project in Karnataka
Karnataka
has offered 1,000 acres of land to Tata Motors to shift
their troubled Nano small car project from Singur in West
Bengal. Tata has suspended work at the Singur plant as
Trinamool Congress is agitating for the return of 400
acres to farmers.
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Foreign
news magazines can have Indian editions
The
Indian government further relaxed its media policy by
allowing foreign news magazines to have Indian editions.
The Indian edition would be allowed to be up to 100 percent
identical to the foreign magazine and would be free to
tap into the local advertisements market.
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New
airline to fly on Birmingham-Amritsar sector
A
new airline, Bilga Air, will operate between Birmingham
and Amritsar from Oct 9, when Air India temporarily suspends
its flights on this sector. The announcement follows Air
India's shock decision to pull the plug on this route.
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Sainsbury's
supermarket launches dental service
Sainsbury's
has launched dental services at its Manchester branch.
The clinic will be open seven days a week from 8 a.m.
to 8 pm and it is offering check-ups by private dentists
for £16 in what could become a challenge to the
NHS.
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Ranbaxy
hires former NYC mayor Giuliani for advice
Ranbaxy
Laboratories said it had retained the services of former
New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani to extend advice on
the US regulator's decision to ban some 30 medicines produced
at its two Indian plants. Giuliani and his firm Giuliani
Partners will advice and review the compliance issues
related to the recent United States FDA letters and advisory.
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Four
Indian-origin men on Forbes' richest Americans list
Tech
guru Vinod Khosla, Google investor Kavitark Ram Shriram,
Syntel founder Bharat Desai and Amar Bose of Bose Sound
Systems are on the 2008 list of the 400 richest Americans
prepared by Forbes magazine. The list is topped by Microsoft
founder Bill Gates, followed by Warren Buffet with fortunes
of about $57 billion and $50 billion respectively.
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Ratan
Tata joins US nanotech firm's advisory board
Ratan
Tata, chairman of the Tata group, has joined the global
advisory board of Nanobiosym, a leading nanotechnology
company in the US. Nanobiosym, based in Medford, near
Boston in Massachusetts, developed Gene-RADAR, a portable
nanotechnology platform that can rapidly and accurately
detect genetic fingerprints from any biological organism.
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Ranbaxy
shares dip as US blocks import of its 30 drugs
Ranbaxy
Laboratories Wednesday said it regretted the US regulator
banning the import of more than 30 of its generic medicines.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday
it was blocking the sale of some of Ranbaxy's drugs including
the antibiotic Cipro and cholesterol pill Zocor, in view
of manufacturing deficiencies at two India units.
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Matribhoomi
Theatre Presents 'Guru Maneo Granth', 19 - 20 September
2008
To venerate Guru Gaddi Day, Mathribhoomi Theatre Company,
present Guru Maneo Granth (Revere the Granth Sahib as
the Guru), a contemporary Punjabi religious play, that
explores the importance of sticking firmly to your spiritual
path, and not start running after people who deceive us
emotionally and financially.
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The
Fifth Cup' UK Tour, 8 September - 8 November 2008
UnionBlack,
11 September - 12
November 2008
Kanyadaan,
4 October - 22 November 2008
Neev
Theatre Company presents
'Party', 11-17 October 2008
Sakshi
Arts present 'Quest', 24 -26 October 2008
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