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Sehwag, Gambhir exude confidence about IPL in South Africa

Sehwag, Gambhir exude confidence about IPL in South AfricaNew Delhi, Apr 11 : Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag on Saturday said he was hopeful that his team would put up a good show in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in South Africa.

Sibal says rival BJP candidate Gupta violated Model Code

Sibal says rival BJP candidate Gupta violated Model CodeNew Delhi, Apr. 11 : The Congress party's Chandni Chowk MP Kapil Sibal has accused his BJP rival Vijender Gupta of violating the Model Code of Conduct.

Sibal released a CD to the press on Saturday to prove his case.

The CD displays Gupta's wife telling people that her husband''s signature had been instrumental in people getting more pension.

The wife of the MCD standing committee's chairman also displayed his poster while demanding bribery, Sibal said.

The whole episode, he said, amounts to a violation of the poll code.

I am not a one-man show: Modi

I am not a one-man show: ModiNew Delhi, Apr. 11 : Despite being portrayed in his larger than the party image, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has clarified that he is not a one man army.

"I am not a one-man show. No one can do the kind of work I do in today''s world. If there is no team, there is no success. So if they don''t want to accept BJP''s victory, they will say it''s not BJP''s victory, it''s Modi''s victory and therefore try to create conflict," Modi said in an interview with CNN-IBN.

Indian IT firm Infosys sacks 2,100 employees

Indian IT firm Infosys sacks 2,100 employeesNew Delhi - With business shrinking in face of a global economic downturn, Indian outsourcing major Infosys has sacked 2,100 employees, and described them as "poor performers," news reports said Saturday. "Some of these employees have been asked to go while some have left on their own," V Balakrishnan, chief financial officer of Bangalore-headquartered Infosys was quoted as saying by the PTI news agency.

The company put the employees on a performance improvement courses and those who showed no change were asked to leave, while some quit, Balakrishnan said.

Only balanced approach can resolve India''s many challenges: Cabinet Secretary

Cabinet Secretary K. M. ChandrasekharNew Delhi, Apr. 11: In the run-up to this year’s general elections, India has many challenges confronting it, but all of them can be tackled with a balanced approach, feels Cabinet Secretary K. M. Chandrasekhar.

In an interview to gfiles, a magazine focusing on the workings inside the government, Chandrasekhar, a 1977 Kerala cadre Indian Administrative Service officer, says that among the many challenges that the government has to deal with are reducing the impact of the global recession and ensuring that the rural and urban sectors of the country evolve and develop at the same pace.

EXTRA: 'Talking loudly' is not the issue, says Indian premier

EXTRA: 'Talking loudly' is not the issue, says Indian premier New Delhi - As the decibel level rises in the run-up to India's general elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his sharpest reaction to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani's charge that he was a weak premier, said Friday that he should be judged by his actions and not his speech. "One cannot be judged strong or weak by merely talking loudly," Singh told journalists in Delhi.

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