Frustrated villagers threaten to boycott poll

Edit The Times of India 03 May 2016
Madurai. Running from pillar to post to de-silt a water body in their village, residents of Karisalpatti near Karumathur in Chellampatti block have decided to boycott the assembly election ... However, the water body was never deepened ... "Sadly, the tank is not deepened in spite of our 15-year efforts and we keep running from pillar to post," he said ... ....

Mired in Agusta payoffs, Congress brings in KG Basin irregularities

Edit DNA India 03 May 2016
--> ... The BJP confronted, terming it as an attempt to divert attention from VVIP helicopter payoffs leading to repeated adjournments. Government have already been allotted time for a short discussion on AgustaWestland deal on Wednesday ... In spite of this, Rajya Sabha has full right to discuss as KG Offshore Basin is a national asset and the union cabinet in 2002 under the then PM Vajpayee had decided to give it to the GSPC." ... Info. ....

Pagan prisoners now able to get tools of faith in UK

Edit The Examiner 03 May 2016
Good news on Beltaine, the Celtic holiday, has been announced! Pagan prisoners in the United Kingdom are allowed to have ritual objects for their faith. The Ministry of Justice has recently released a 104 page book on the subject. They also included other minority faiths such as Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, and Baha'i ... He is quoted as saying ... This is in spite of the fact that paganism has been on the rise over the last few years in the U.K....

Mallya Resigns From India Parliament Before Ethics Panel Meeting

Edit Bloomberg 03 May 2016
Vijay Mallya, the businessman India says is a fugitive after defaulting on debt owed by his failed Kingfisher Airlines Ltd., resigned from the nation’s parliament a day before an ethics panel was scheduled to review his membership ... Mallya has maintained he isn’t a defaulter and offered a one-time payment proposal that was rejected by the banks ... P.J ... Arrest Warrant ... Why am I a defaulter in spite of a settlement offer?” ... ....

Brides call 181, put shaadi on hold

Edit The Times of India 03 May 2016
Ahmedabad. When, in response to a call for help from an underage bride a team of Abhyam 181 counsellors reached the marriage venue on April 27, they found the preparations going on in full swing and only moments left for the groom's party to arrive ... Police are called in only when parents refuse to change their stance in spite of requests ... Often families try to mislead ... Patel said Childline 1098 has so far stopped four child marriages ... ....

Tottenham lose title hopes and all control in draw with Chelsea

Edit The Guardian 03 May 2016
All Spurs’ outfield players bar one were booked with Mousa Dembélé appearing to try and gouge one of Diego Costa’s eyes. @Simon_Burnton. Well, you can’t say they didn’t go down fighting ... Costa is used to winning trophies and being unpleasantly aggressive to others; here it was he who was bullied, and then he helped present a trophy to someone else. Related ... The irony is that it was supposed to be Chelsea who were motivated by spite ... ....

@TheBrandonMorse I'm hoping not to have to lawyer up, mostly because I'm lazy and spiteful, ...

Edit The Escapist 02 May 2016
@TheBrandonMorse I'm hoping not to have to lawyer up, mostly because I'm lazy and spiteful, and I'd probably overreach. Just want to leave. The Escapist. Encaen's Profile . Send PM Twitter. encaen . Reply ... ....

Israel losing public relations battle in West: Activist

Edit Press TV 02 May 2016
 . Press TV ... This is happening and I think in spite of the fact that the budgets for countering these impressions through public relations and so forth that Israel is spending mountains of money to try to influence public opinion in the West, in spite of all of that I think they are convinced that they are going to lose the public relations battle and that more people are going to think of Israel more as a pariah than as a friend....

The John McAfee $30,000 SwiftCoin Hack Challenge

Edit PR Newswire 02 May 2016
MENLO PARK, Calif., May 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- JohnMcAfeeSwiftMail.com is offering $30,000 to any hacker who can break SwiftCoin and the John McAfee SwiftCoin and SwiftMail code.  The offer expires May 30. Photo - http.//photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160426/360129 In spite of ... ....

The New Impossible Trinity and Global Economic Turmoil

Edit Forbes 02 May 2016
There is a gut feeling that there is something deeply wrong with the global economic situation today. The global economy is still stuck in the “recovery” mode six years after the global financial crisis, in spite of central banks’ seemingly unending rounds of quantitative easing and, more recently, negative interest [...] ... ....

Apply Israeli law to West Bank within 1 year

Edit Indonesia News 02 May 2016
Shaked made the comments while being interviewed on stage at a conference in Jerusalem organized by the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel, in spite of prior vehement opposition to the idea by the Jus ... ....

English Super League: The biggest hit you will see all week

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 02 May 2016
Advertisement ... Wakefield won the spiteful affair 18-16, which ended with three players sin binned and the two sent off. ....

Cancer patient sues insurer over proton therapy treatments

Edit The Oklahoman 02 May 2016
The petition alleges the insurer has refused to cover proton beam therapy to treat Farland's cancer four times in spite of his physician's recommendations ... ....
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