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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talks with his Chinese counterpart Li Kequiang

A Delhi police special cell team investigates at the residence of IPL spot-fixing accused Ajit Chandila in Faridabad—PTI

Urs at Ajmer

Big B at Cannes

Hema Malini along with daughters Esha and Ahana performs in a dance drama ‘Meera’ during ‘Sironj Mahotsav’ at Sironj in MP-PTI

Police inspect the spot after 25 bikes were charred in a fire incident following short circuit in Hyderabad-PTI

Youth Congress activists try to break police barricades during a protest outside BJP headquarters in New Delhi-PTI

International

‘India, China can reduce mistrust with faith in each other’

May 18, 2013 - PTI

Ahead of Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India on Sunday, Chinese media in Beijing on Saturday said it is difficult for the two nations to restore mutual trust without resolving border dispute though mistrust could gradually be reduced with good faith in each other's strategic intentions.

Business

S&P warns India could face junk status

May 18, 2013 - AFP

India faces at least “a one-in-three” chance of losing its prized sovereign grade rating, global ratings agency Standard and Poor's has warned, amid new threats to economic growth and reforms.

India

Sidda inducts 28 ministers

May 19, 2013 - Age Correspondent

The five-day-old Congress government in Karnataka got a full fledged council of ministers with the induction of 20 Cabinet and 8 ministers of state on Saturday. In a colourful function held at Raj Bhavan, governor H.R. Bharadwaj administered the oath of office to these ministers.

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Metros

MPs, MLAs meet Hooda

May 19, 2013 - Age Correspondent

As water crisis continued to rile residents of East, South and Southwest Delhi on Saturday, three Congress MPs and some senior party MLAs met Haryana chief minister Bhupender Singh Hooda at his New Delhi residence and requested him to increase the water supply to Delhi from the Munak Canal.

Newsmakers

Eurovision crown goes to Denmark

May 20, 2013 - AFP

Twenty-year-old barefoot singer Emmelie de Forest was the toast of Denmark on Sunday after winning this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmoe.