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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court severely criticized the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday for seeking to withdraw its earlier decision to proceed against former UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his relatives in the case relating to their alleged disproportionate assets.
The court rebuked the CBI for approaching the central government for [...] |
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LONDON: Eggs, custard pies and rotten tomatoes used to be the missile of choice for pelting a politician — but it seems shoes are fast catching on as the new weapon of humiliation.
After a battered sports shoe was hurled at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Britain last week, some politicians around the world must [...] |
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Polls have opened across Israel in an early election called by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is stepping down. The favourite to become prime minister is Binyamin Netanyahu, leader of the right-wing opposition party, Likud. But his opinion-poll lead has been reduced in recent weeks by Tzipi Livni, who heads the centrist Kadima, the [...] |
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BRUSSELS: European Union leaders are planning tough rules for governments that step in to prop up banks to bolster their national economies in the global financial crisis, news reports said on Monday. Under the plan, banks wanting the state to guarantee their high-risk loans would have to value these assets as close as possible [...] |
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On 3 Feb was the premiere of her latest international film Pink Panther 2 followed by Abhishek’s birthday two days later. The couple and Abhishek’s parents brought in his birthday in style.
Aishwarya says, “They wanted me to be here for the film’s promotion from earlier on. But I couldn’t because of my prior commitments [...] |
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London: If reports are to be believed, Earth might be hit by an asteroid in about 160 years time. According to a report in New Scientist, the asteroid, named 1999 RQ36 was discovered a decade ago, but it was not considered particularly worrisome since it has no chance of striking Earth in the next [...] |
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Lucknow: The budget session of the Uttar Pradesh state Assembly on Tuesday. got off to a stormy start with the entire opposition disrupting the Governor T V Rajeshwar’s address. The disruption in the House were witnessed when the determined SP, Rashtriya Lok Dal and Congress members holding anti-government banners raised slogans against the Mayawati [...] |
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Australia made inroads into New Zealand’s top order after the openers got away to a solid start at the Adelaide Oval. Having abandoned their preference for chasing and chosen to bat for the first time in the series, New Zealand were 3 for 90 at the halfway mark with Ross Taylor on 4 and [...] |
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The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex maintained its upward march today (February 10) by opening over 70 points higher on sustained buying by funds on hopes of tax sops in the forthcoming interim budget. The 30-share index, which had gained 493 points in the last two trading sessions, rose further by 70.41 to 9,654.30 in [...] |
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Mumbai: It’s going to take much more than just rubbishing animosity claims for the two hot-bod actresses, Katrina and Kareena to put up a show of solidarity and sisterhood. Going by their current actions, it’s evident that the war between them is just getting messier by the day. And the latest feat in this [...] |
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The US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan was to meet key leaders here Tuesday as part of a major US policy review aimed at turning around the war against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in south Asia.
Richard Holbrooke, considered the architect of peace in Bosnia, was due to meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister [...] |
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President Asif Ali Zardari will leave for China on February 20 for a three-day visit which has been declared as highly important by China’s ambassador in Pakistan Luo Zhaohui.
This will be President Zardari’s second tour of China during four months. Prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has also toured China in last September.
Diplomatic sources [...] |
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A huge blaze sparked by fireworks engulfed a hotel yesterday (February 9) in the unfinished headquarters of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, one of the icons of Beijing’s architectural rebirth, state media said.
The blaze consumed the Mandarin Oriental Hotel due to open later this year within the complex housing the future headquarters of China Central [...] |
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Weary firefighters and rescuers pulled the remains of dozens of people from charred buildings on Monday (February 9) as the toll from Australia’s deadliest bushfires rose to 135.
“Everybody’s gone. Everybody’s gone. Everybody. Their houses are gone. They’re all dead in the houses there. Everybody’s dead,” cried survivor Christopher Harvey as he walked through the [...] |
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Pakistan on Monday (February 9) failed to give a clear picture on the findings of its probe into the Mumbai attacks and gave enough indications that their response to India’s dossier will take some more time.
In the meantime, Pakistani media reports claimed that Islamabad will reply to India’s dossier on 26/11 attacks tomorrow (February [...] |
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A top parliamentary panel in Pakistan today (Feb 9) recommended the immediate ban on the beaming of Indian TV channels in the country, a news report said. Pakistan’s Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting recommended to the government the imposition of immediate ban on Indian TV channels, The News daily said.
The report, quoting sources, [...] |
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Filmmakers made a beeline to register titles to make movies on the Mumbai terror attacks last year, but a group of 20 school children has already shot a film titled “MH (Muslim, Hindu) 26/11 - Mumbai Under Attack!”. It will be premiered here Tuesday. Made by children aged between 11-14, the film highlights how the [...] |
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London, Indian composer A.R. Rahman has said he hoped to become only the third Indian to bag an Oscar after picking up the coveted BAFTA award for his score in the film “Slumdog Millionaire.”“It is a great feeling… It is getting better and better and let’s hope for the biggest one - the Oscars,” Rahman [...] |
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Kareena Kapoor would be celebrating Valentines Day in style.Bebo says that her namely beau Saif Ali Khan, is always with her, and they don’t need to be together specially on Valentine’s Day.
They’ve been making appearances together too – for the marathon in Delhi, cheering for the Mumbai IPL team last year.
Kareena said, “The only thing [...] |
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She stole our hearts as Aditi in Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na. Okay so it wasn’t her first film and we are kicking ourselves because it took us YEARS before Genelia caught our attention.
But now that she has, we can’t get our eyes off her.Genelia – number 10 on our list of hottest single [...] |
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Actor and producer Anil Kapoor has long been a Bollywood luminary, but after his award-winning performance in global hit "Slumdog Millionaire," he is set to become an international star.
Kapoor says that "Slumdog," a love story about a boy from a Mumbai slum who wins a fortune on quiz show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?," [...] |
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The fact that Lara Dutta is essaying the role of a village housewife in Shahrukh Khan’s home banner production Billu (earlier titled Billu Barber), is known to all who follow regular Bollywood news updates.But her character is so real and in keeping with the story line that any common village woman can relate to it.
As [...] |
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DELAIDE: Australia beat New Zealand in fourth one day international at Adelaide by four wickets and level the five matches ODI series at 2-2. David Hussey on 79 and Michael Hussey with undefeated 75 led Australia to home.
Brad Haddin followed his maiden ODI century with a solid 43 but Australia’s chase took a blow [...] |
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New Delhi, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has hit out at critics of Danny Boyle’s Oscar nominated rags to riches drama “Slumdog Millionaire”, saying it shows India in a “visually appealing way”.Contactmusic.com reports that Shah Rukh, who was earlier offered the role of the quizmaster in the film, played by Anil Kapoor, has defended the [...] |
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New Delhi, Priyanka Chopra, who gave two big hits last year - “Fashion” and “Dostana”, is one of the most sought after actresses for brand endorsements, according to a survey.A study by media monitoring company Adex India revealed that Priyanka is the queen of endorsements and is ranked second on the list of top-notch brand [...] |
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London, “Slumdog Millionaire” star Dev Patel says that actress Sharon Stone flirted with him on the red carpet at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).Mirror.co.uk reports Patel saying: “Sharon’s great, she’s been flirting with me all night. She was chasing me around earlier, slapping me. Sharon Stone! Can you believe it?” Stone [...] |
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Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Any actor would love to hog the limelight for a film, especially when he is just one film old and is paired opposite a leading lady who has been around for more than seven years. But Neil Nitin Mukesh doesn’t mind acknowledging Bipasha Basu’s towering presence in his upcoming release “Aa [...] |
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New Delhi, Gul Panag says she always wanted to do meaty roles in films, but her Miss India crown often proved to be a stumbling block as many filmmakers thought beauty queens could only sing and dance on screen.“My Miss India tag has often been a deterrent for me since I did not take a [...] |
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The Congress-Samajwadi Party tie on Tuesday (Feb 10) hit a low with Amar Singh accusing the Congress of using the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as a “sword” against his party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav during the current seat-sharing talks. “We supported the Congress-led government which has crossed all limits to fix its opponents,” he [...] |
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Over 30 Samajwadi Party leaders including former Madhya Pradesh party unit president Narayan Tripathi, are planning to contact Congress’ central leadership to join the party.
“A majority of us want to contact Congress leaders in order to join that party. We are going to hold a meeting shortly in this regard,” said a leader of the [...] |
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 10) pulled up Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for “acting at the behest” of the Centre in the disproportionate assets case against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. “You (CBI) are acting at the behest of Central government and the Law Ministry. You are not acting on [...] |
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Downplaying Samajwadi Party (SP) General Secretary Amar Singh’s statement accusing the Centre of using the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as a “sword”, Congress on Tuesday (February 10) said that United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has never interfered nor will it interfere in the functioning of the investigating agency.
“UPA never interfered, nor will it interfere [...] |
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India is capable of facing any threat to its security coming from any quarter, Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday (February 10) said in wake of a warning from a top al-Qaeda commander. “One thing I can tell you. Whatever threat coming from any quarter, our armed forces are always ready to face them,” [...] |
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Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday (February 10) sought to differentiate between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister AR Antulay’s statements on the Mumbai terror attacks, claiming the formers remarks have been wrongly interpreted.
“While Antulay’s intentions were to rule out a Pakistani hand in the attack, Modi’s statement was a clear effort [...] |
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Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasav, the lone terrorist caught alive in the November 26 terror attack in Mumbai, is facing threat from the underworld, Mumbai police said on Tuesday (February 10). “We have received intelligence inputs stating that Kasav’s life may be under threat from the underworld,” Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria said.
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Two paramilitary troopers and many civilians were injured in a clash in Srinagar on Tuesday (February 10) when protesters pelted stones demanding removal of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) unit in an uptown area of Srinagar.
The stone pelting protesters clashed with the security forces in Maisuma area in the heart of city centre [...] |
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The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex maintained an upward march today (February 10), adding over 63 points on sustained buying by funds due to expectations of interest rate cuts and another stimulus package.
The Sensex, which had recorded a handsome gain of 493 points in the last two trading sessions, added another 63.58 points at [...] |
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The US stocks slipped into the red ahead of the Senate vote on the much-awaited stimulus package from the Barack Obama administration.
The US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to unveil plans for the country’s economic revival later in the day.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted nearly 110 points or 1.33 per cent [...] |
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Domestic air travellers will now have to pay more with major airlines on Tuesday (February 10) saying they have withdrawn the low base fares like those rated at Rs 99, and some no-frill carriers deciding to follow suit over the next few days.
Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines have decided to stop the [...] |
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Satyam Computer’s government-appointed Board will in Mumbai on Thursday (February 12) with further funding options and legal issues likely to top its agenda, a high-level source said.
“The Board will meet in Mumbai on February 12 to discuss the company’s long-term plans. These include further options to raise funds to meet short- to medium-term requirements,” the [...] |
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Under fire for allegedly going soft on the Satyam scam probe, Andhra Pradesh government yesterday (February 9) decided to order a CBI investigation into the Rs 7,000-crore accounting fraud in the software company.
Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recommending that the investigation into the fraud be taken [...] |
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A possible mid-air collision was averted on Tuesday (February 10) when an Air India Airbus with 43 passengers on board and an Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft came dangerously close to each other over Assam airspace giving a scare just a day after a civilian plane narrowly missed colliding with President’s helicopter in Mumbai. [...] |
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Two Air Traffic Control (ATC) officials in Mumbai were on Tuesday (February 10) taken off duty pending an inquiry by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) into the near-miss between an Air India plane and a helicopter belonging to the President’s entourage.
The action came as an eight-member DGCA-appointed probe team, led by Joint [...] |
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Ahead of finalisation of the chargesheet in the November 26 Mumbai terror strike case, medical tests were conducted on Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasav, the lone surviving terrorist.
“We do not want to take any risk. Several medical tests, including ECG, blood pressure and stress test, were done on Kasav and was brought back to police [...] |
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The Bombay High Court today (February 10) reserved its judgement in the petition filed by the State Government opposing the interim relief granted to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray by a Kalyan court in October last year.
The Maharashtra government had approached the HC stating that the order passed by the Kalyan Metropolitan Magistrate’s [...] |
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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (February 10) directed Mumbai police to consider invoking stringent provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against the dealers and beneficiaries in the Sushmita Sen car import case.
A division bench of Justices J N Patel and V K Tahilramani directed the Additional Commissioner of Police (Economic [...] |
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Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday (February 10) admitted that the purchase Sri Lankan spinners got from the wicket made it tough for his batsmen to score runs but hailed Pathan brothers — Yusuf and Irfan — for their late blitzkrieg that ensured a pulsating three-wicket win for the visitors in the one-off Twenty20 [...] |
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World champions India relied on a late blitzkrieg by Pathan brothers Yusuf and Irfan to snatch a thrilling three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the one-off Twenty20 International in Colombo on Tuesday night (February 10).
Chasing a stiff target of 172, Irfan (33 not out) and Yusuf (22 not out) scored 59 runs from 25 balls [...] |
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Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen could lead the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after he was sounded out by the team’s coach Ray Jennings.
The Royal Challengers finished second from bottom in the inaugural edition of the IPL under current skipper Rahul Dravid and owner Vijay Mallya, in [...] |
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has said that there was “nothing amiss” in the companies run by his son and challenged Leader of Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu to lodge “complaint” against them if he finds any fault .
“There is nothing amiss in the affairs of either Sandur Power Company or other [...] |
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Mumbai: Amitabh Bachchan is set to play a superstar named Ashmit Bhargava in Kushan Nandy’s ‘The Actor’, which incorporates many incidents from the Big B’s life, making it his most autobiographical film to date.
“Yes, I wrote ‘The Actor’ for Mr Bachchan, along with two writer-friends Kiran Shyam Shroff and Ghalib Asad,” Kushan said.
Confirming the [...] |
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Dr. Fauzia Siddiqui, the sister of Dr Afia Siddiqui detained in US, called on Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and visiting US envoy Richard Holbrooke separately on Tuesday.
Fauzia met PM Gilani at Prime Minister House and appealed for the early release of her sister detained in America on the charges of assault on [...] |
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Bangalore: Asia’s largest biennial air show begins here Wednesday with international defence and aerospace companies seeking to raise the sales pitch, pursuing multi-billion dollar contract opportunities in India. The five-day Aero India 2009, held at Indian Air Force station Yelahanka, would see participation of 592 companies from 25 countries — 303 international [...] |
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ISLAMABAD: Advocate A.K. Doggar left the court on Wednesday after exchange of hot words with members of the Supreme Court (SC) bench hearing the electoral eligibility case of PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif. Talking to media outside the court A.K. Doggar said he had only read the oath of [...] |
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Washington: President Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan has passed the Senate and is on its way to difficult House-Senate negotiations. Just three Republicans helped pass the plan on a 61-37 vote and they’re already signaling they’ll play hardball to preserve more than $108 billion in spending cuts made last week in Senate dealmaking. Obama [...] |
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Two suicide bombings were reported Wednesday near the Presidential palace in Kabul. Several casualties feared in the attacks.
Taliban have claimed responsibility of the suicide attacks.
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Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday spoke against more front-row seats in parliament for BNP.
Hasina’s thoughts on the issue was revealed in a meeting of AL’s central working committee where two AL presidium members requested her to reconsider and give one or two more seats to BNP to avoid a [...] |
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The United Nations called for a cease-fire in Sri Lanka, saying it is outraged by the deaths of civilians caught in the military’s drive to defeat the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
“We are outraged by the unnecessary loss of hundreds of lives and the continued suffering of innocent people inside the LTTE-controlled areas,” Ron [...] |
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Indian Premier League (IPL) Wednesday announced one-year ban over Pakistan fast bowler Mohammed Asif under the doping charges.
The period of the ban will be from September 22, 2008 to September 21, 2009.
Asif was charged of using a banned substance during the first edition of the IPL while playing for the Delhi Daredevils.
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Mumbai, Musician Adnan Sami’s domestic travails have reached a flashpoint. His estranged wife Sabah, who stays in the same house, has filed for divorce complaining that he plays his “music too loud”.
Confirming this dramatic development in his domestic drama, Adnan told IANS: “Sabah’s lawyers sent me the papers very late on Saturday night. Since then [...] |
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New Delhi, After creating a buzz among audiences with its grunge soundtrack and promos, Anurag Kashyap’s “Dev D”, a modern take on “Devdas”, struck gold at the box office by raking in Rs.95 million at the opening weekend.
The inclusion of real life cases like the MMS scandal at Delhi Public School and the BMW hit [...] |
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It’s going to take much more than just rubbishing animosity claims for the two hot-bod actresses, Katrina and Kareena to put up a show of solidarity and sisterhood. Going by their current actions, it’s evident that the war between them is just getting messier by the day. And the latest feat in this cutthroat competition [...] |
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Priyanka Chopra, who gave two big hits last year - "Fashion" and "Dostana", is one of the most sought after actresses for brand endorsements, according to a survey.
A study by media monitoring company Adex India revealed that Priyanka is the queen of endorsements and is ranked second on the list of top-notch brand ambassadors of [...] |
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When portrayed effectively, a well-written role, despite its brief screen time, has the potential to make a greater impact than a lengthier leading part. That’s the magic of a nicely-done cameo. Bollywood understands it effect only too well.
And so we have an array of film stars lending in their two cents to a project. [...] |
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Everyone is aware that Bollywood’s reigning queen Katrina Kaif has decided to shed her glamorous look for Prakash Jha’s upcoming film Rajneeti but the grapevine has it that her role in the film is based on Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
The Welcome and Race starrer is currently busy shooting for the flick in Bhopal and the [...] |
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PESHAWAR: Provincial Assembly member Alam Zaib Khan was among the eight persons who were wounded in bomb blast near the Degree College for Women at Dilazak Road in Peshawar on Wednesday. Alam Zaib Khan and others have been admitted in Lady Reeding Hospital in Peshawar.
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The security forces have targeted the hideouts of militants in Matta, Kabal, Ali Grama and Char Bagh areas of Swat with artillery shelling. The militants have kidnapped the driver of session judge and a policeman in Rahimabad. The local authorities have announced curfew break 6:00 am to 10:00 pm in Mingora. In Matta, Kabal [...] |
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Two US spy planes flew over various parts of the North and South Waziristan regions on Wednesday. The drone flights in Wana and Miranshah, Mir Ali, Razmik and Hamzoni caused terror in the local population. Meanwhile, armed men shot dead a man in Miranshah Bazaar.
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They decided to stay in touch thereafter. Something else that Ash did in NY that was not in character was the way she dressed for the premiere and pink carpet — yes, in the Big Apple, they don’t do a red carpet. Giving up her trademark saree,
she opted for a black Ferretti designer gown [...] |
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Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell by over 187 points in early trade today, snapping its three-session rising streak on heavy selling by funds, following a weak global trend as US government’s latest financial rescue plan disappointed investors across the world.
The 30-share index, which had gained over 556 points in [...] |
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London: Royal Bank of Scotland, which is majority-owned by the British government, said on Tuesday that it will axe up to 2,300 jobs as it looks to recover from the credit crunch and the mis-timed takeover of ABN Amro. “RBS has begun a process of consultation with staff in the UK regarding [...] |
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Hyderabad: A day after the ruckus in the UP Assembly, on Wednesday it was the turn of the Andhra Assembly where the Opposition created a furore over the alleged links between Satyam’s disgraced chief Ramalinga Raju and the family of Chief Minister YSR Reddy leading to the suspension of all Opposition MLAs for a [...] |
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that Pakistan and India must resolve all the problems including Kashmir issue, through dialogue and proper measures must be taken in order to ease the tension created after Mumbai attacks.
Addressing a press conference in Washington, Ban Ki-moon said that he was inspired after meeting Pakistani President and [...] |
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NEW DELHI: Union home minister on Wednesday snubbed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over his controversial remark about ‘local link’ to the Mumbai attacks. “Since Pakistan and Modi are saying the same thing on Mumbai attacks, so someone please ask Modi if he and Pakistan are in contact with each other,” Chidambaram said. Barely [...] |
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SINGAPORE: Oil prices rebounded in Asian trade on Wednesday after data showed a decrease in US oil stocks. New York’s main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in March, gained 40 centsto 37.95 dollars a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for March jumped 50 cents to 45.11 ahead of the contract’s expiry [...] |
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Colombo: Apparently stung by the stinging defeat Sri Lanka faced from India, coupled with his own miserable form off-late, Mahela Jayawardene announced that he would resign as captain after the upcoming two-Test series against Pakistan. Jayawardene was, earlier dropped from Sri Lanka’s team for the Twenty20 clash against India. Tillakaratne Dilshan had [...] |
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Mumbai, Amitabh Bachchan is set to play a superstar named Ashmit Bhargava in Kushan Nandy’s “The Actor”, which incorporates many incidents from the Big B’s life, making it his most autobiographical film to date.
“Yes, I wrote ‘The Actor’ for Mr. Bachchan, along with two writer-friends Kiran Shyam Shroff and Ghalib Asad,” Kushan told IANS.Confirming the [...] |
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Mumbai, Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Gupta Tuesday said he was on the brink of cracking a deal with Indian diplomat-author Vikas Swarup to make a film on his book “Q & A”.
Gupta, however, missed the deal as the rights of the book were already sold to British-Irish filmmaker Danny Boyle, who made the Oscar-nominated rags-to-riches drama [...] |
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Kolkata, The Mumbai terror attacks that shocked the entire nation last year also inspired the “value of togetherness” among Indians, sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan said here Tuesday.
“What happened in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, shocked the whole world. After this incident everyone realised the value of togetherness, peace and united action,” Khan told [...] |
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Bhopal, Film director Prakash Jha Tuesday denied that the role played by Katrina Kaif in his “Rajneeti” was based on Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s political career.
“It (Katrina’s character) has nothing to do with either the life or political career of Sonia Gandhi”, Jha said here. There have been media reports that the movie was [...] |
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New Delhi, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is an avid green activist. She was the highest individual donor for a green campaign overtaking fellow actors Shah Rukh Khan, Sanjay Dutt and Preity Zinta.
Shilpa donated Rs.1.2 million for NDTV’s Greenathon, a campaign initiated by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The actress has adopted four villages - [...] |
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Dhaka, The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) will for the first time organise screening and discussions on films and filmmakers from Bangladesh to mark Ekushey February (Feb 21), the day on which the movement for Bangladesh’s cultural renaissance started.
Top Bangladeshi filmmakers Tanvir Mokammel, Abu Sayeed, Tareque and Catherine Masud will travel to Pune, [...] |
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Mumbai, The buzz is that Shah Rukh Khan’s “Billu Barber”, now renamed “Billu”, is inspired by Malayalam hit “Katha Parayumbol” (2007), which was later made in Tamil as “Kuselan” (2008). But the film’s writer denies any similarity between the movies.
” ‘Billu’ is a completely different film,” said Mushtaq Sheikh, co-writer of “Billu” along with director [...] |
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The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell by over 187 points in early trade today (February 11), snapping its three-session rising streak on heavy selling by funds, following a weak global trend as US government’s latest financial rescue plan disappointed investors across the world.
The 30-share index, which had gained over 556 points in the past [...] |
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Washington, The Walt Disney Studios has agreed to distribute all upcoming live-action motion pictures produced by DreamWorks under their partnership with Reliance BIG Entertainment, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.
The agreement to enter into an exclusive long-term distribution arrangement with DreamWorks Studios co-founder Steven Spielberg and CEO Stacey Snider was announced in Burbank, [...] |
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Dhaka: Bangladesh’s elections authorities on Wednesday announced that senior Awami League leader Zillur Rahman, who ran unopposed, is the country’s president-elect.
“As there is no other contender, we declare Zillur Rahman next president of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh,” Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda announced at the end of deadline for withdrawal of candidature [...] |
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PESHAWAR: Awami National Party MPA Alam Zaib Khan who was wounded in bomb attack in Peshawar was succumbed to his injuries at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, an official said. He was under intensive care at the hospital and was said to be the main target of the attack. At least eight persons including Alam [...] |
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New Delhi: A day after a “near miss” between an Air India flight and an IAF chopper at the Mumbai airport, Air Force chief Fali Homi Major on Wednesday came out in defence of his pilots.
“All the three helicopters were on the radar frequency. The IAF chopper was allowed to land by approach [...] |
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Beijing :The military parade during celebrations for this year’s 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China will be an “unprecedented” display of troops and weaponry, state media said on Wednesday.
The ruling Communist Party’s Central Military Commission instructed all units of the People’s Liberation Army to prepare for an “unprecedented dress parade” on October
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New Delhi: Even as a few customers have left in the wake of the financial fraud committed by its erstwhile promoter, Satyam Computer today said it is continuously getting new software services orders and existing clients have showed faith in the company. “A significant majority of our clients have indicated their support for Satyam, [...] |
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Jerusalem: Centrist Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and hawkish rival Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victories in Israel polls Israel faced on Wednesday what could be weeks of political uncertainty after an election that ended with clashing claims of victory “I won,” read the front-page headline of Israel’s biggest newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, next to photos [...] |
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Islamabad: Budging under pressure from all corners of the world over 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan on Wednesday filed a case against the lone arrested terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab and 13 others under the Terrorism Act. According to a private news channel of Pakistan, the FIR has been filed for their alleged involvement in [...] |
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Colombo: Hundreds of civilians fleeing the fighting between Tamil separatist rebels and the government attempted to enter government-controlled areas in northern Sri Lanka but were driven by guerillas back into rebel-held territory, military officials said Wednesday.
Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said civilians who were heading toward the military’s forward defence lines were beaten by the rebels [...] |
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Eighty-four year-old Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today ’successfully’ underwent a minimal invasive surgery for back pain and all his parameters are “absolutely normal.”
“The operation, which lasted three hours, was successful and he is doing well,” noted spine surgeon Dr Arvind Jaiswal of AIIMS, who operated upon him, told reporters. “All his parameters are [...] |
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A pandemonium broke out in the Andhra Pradesh state assembly on Wednesday (February 10), when a major row broke out between the Chief Minister YSR Reddy and the leader of the opposition, TDP’s Chandrababu Naidu.
Reddy challenged Naidu that he would complain to agencies, if he found fault with the companies run by his son, YS [...] |
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The policeman probing the death of Rizwanur Rehman has been found dead under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday (Feb 11) in Hooghly, West Bengal.
A key witness in the Rizwanur Rahman murder case that had rocked Kolkata and the West Bengal government, Manna was found dead in exactly the same way Rizwanur was killed on the railway [...] |
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The blame game has begun over the near miss at the Mumbai airport with the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) refusing to comment on Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major’s statement which rejected the DGCA report that indicted the IAF pilots who were part of the President’s convoy.
Air Chief said they were not [...] |
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Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh today (February 11) has made statements that are likely to widen the growing rift between the SP and the Congress. Amar Singh has accused the Congress of not giving the regional parties their due.
“Congress is not giving regional parties their due, which is a matter of concern,” the SP [...] |
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The government transport corporation staff federation has sought details from the Regional Transport Officer (RTO) on the condition and tax arrears of vehicles seized by them for various reasons.
D V Padmanabhan, federation President, through a memorandum to Tamil Nadu Information Commissioner, said the Madurai South RTO had parked all the seized vehicles in the open [...] |
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An FIR was lodged today (February 11) against Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena (MNS) Chief Raj Thackeray in Bahera police station for initiating a case of sedition on the directions of a local court in Darbhanga (Bihar) here.
Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Benipur, Banke Rajak said, “Ramlakhan Mishra alias Ramu had filed a complaint case [...] |
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Ten years after a series of blasts rocked the city between August 1997 and February 1998, an accused in the case, Ashfaq Shaikh (38) was today (February 11) convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Sewree sessions court.
The court while convicting Shaikh relied heavily on the statement of Shaikh’s wife Asma who had said [...] |
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Did Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda terror network have a hand in the unprecedented Mumbai terror attacks? It appears so if NSG Director General J K Dutt’s assessment is a pointer.
“The Mumbai terror attack was an audacious attempt by the Taliban, al-Qaeda and LeT combine to shape policies of three sovereign nations that include the [...] |
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Tamil Nadu Police today (February 11) sought the help of people residing in coastal areas to secure timely information about suspicious movement of boats in its bid to avert 26/11 like terror attack on the state.
Coastal Security Group Director General of Police Jagan Mohan Seshadri said the terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26 [...] |
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India is negotiating an agreement with the United States for enabling Washington to monitor if the military hardware it sells to New Delhi is being used for the mandated purpose, Defence Minister A K Antony said today (February 11).
“These are special agreements. We have never had any such agreement with any other country. All I [...] |
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The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has got permission from Gujarat government to file an appeal in the High Court against the anticipatory bail granted to State Minister Maya Kodnani and former VHP leader Jaydeep Patel who are accused in two post-Godhra riot cases.
“We have got the approval of the state government for challenging the [...] |
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Austria’s interior ministry (rpt) interior ministry said today it had no evidence that the Mumbai attacks which killed 165 people in November, may have been planned in Austria, as reported in the media.
“We have nothing that would justify our launching an investigation,” ministry spokesman Rudolf Gollia told the media.
“We have not been informed [...] |
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In an honour killing of arguably the worst kind, eight members of a family were shot, beheaded and their bodies thrown into the Ganga in Binoba riverine area of Bihar’s Naugachchia police district on Monday (February 9).
An eerie calm now prevails in the village where 21-year-old Ratan and 18-year-old Kanchan once met each other [...] |
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Home Minister P Chidambaram and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi were on Wednesday (February 11) locked in a war of words over the controversial remarks made by Modi recently on the Mumbai terror attacks.
“You should ask Narendra Modi whether he and Pakistan are in contact with each other,” Chidambaram told reporters when asked about [...] |
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has set up a Board of Inquiry to probe the damage to its Gaza office during Israeli military strikes in the city.
The bombing was the result of three-week military campaign carried out by Israelis with avowed purpose of eliminating the ability of Hamas to fire rockets in its territory. The [...] |
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The bushfires in Australia has left over 200 dead and 5000 homeless and amid this tragedy reports that the fires may have been set deliberately by Islamic jihadis has surfaced.
This after Australian newspaper The Age had quoted the Al-Ikhlas Islamic Network in a website last year as saying that it is “justified to chop down [...] |
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With the Sri Lankan troops closing in on the last bastions of LTTE, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said Tiger supremo V Prabhakaran will soon have to “pay” for attacking various religious places in the island nation in the past 25 years.
“Prabhakaran will have to pay for carrying out attacks on religious places, including Dalada Maligawa [...] |
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Continuing to sound alarmist on the current economic situation in the country, US President Barack Obama Tuesday (February 10) said the United States is in a “perfect storm” of financial problems.
“We are in a perfect storm of financial problems. So, this is a big, difficult situation,” Obama told the ABC news channel in an [...] |
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Tempermental off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Tuesday (February 10) said he has completely recovered from the hamstring injury and was fit for India’s tour to New Zealand starting later this month.
“After getting treatment from South Africa, where I was sent by the Indian Cricket Board, I am completely fit now and looking forward to tour New [...] |
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Fatima Bhutto, the fiery poet-journalist niece of slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto, may be dating Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney.
“Tricky long distance, Pakistan-to-US dating logistics aside, we think the two would make a nice couple. I mean, just look at her CV. She’s a far cry from Clooney’s last girlfriend… cocktail waitress and ‘Fear Factor’ [...] |
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President Asif Ali Zardari and his US counterpart Barack Obama on Wednesday agreed to start active engagement for the resolution of problems facing the region through a holistic strategy.United States President Barack Obama spoke with President Zardari on telephone.
This was Obama’s first direct interaction with the President of Pakistan after taking over as President.Zardari [...] |
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Beijing : It is not just the worst drought in five decades that makes China reel under under water insufficiency.
Too many people in the world’s most populous country are consuming rapidly diminishing water resources at an accelerating pace. Utter waste, together with inefficient use of water reserves exacerbate the crisis.
Chinese and foreign experts have [...] |
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Pakistan has said that it will soon give a direct response to India on the issue of Mumbai attacks.
“Pakistan would hold direct talks with India soon on Mumbai incident probe,” Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told a TV channel in Pakistan.
Dawn News channel quoted Qureshi as saying that the government has “decided” to register a case against [...] |
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Global food and beverages major PepsiCo today (Feb 11) announced that it is bringing together four Indian cricket stars - M S Dhoni, Ishaant Sharma, Virender Sehwag and S Sreeshant - for the company’s new television commercial (TVC).
The new TVC is an attempt to promote the company’s ‘Youngistaan’ concept which aims to attract the youth [...] |
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Nokia Corp said today (February 11) it will close a research center in Finland and axe up to 320 jobs in a move to save costs as the global economic downturn hit the mobile phone industry. It also announced temporary layoffs.
Nokia will close the research and development center in Jyvaskyla, southern Finland by the year-end, [...] |
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Easing foreign direct investment (FDI) norms as well as good buying support in key counters at the day’s lower levels helped the benchmark Sensex to recover a major part of initial losses but still ending lower by 29 points, snapping three consecutive sessions of rise.
The market resumed sharply lower on doubts over the effectiveness [...] |
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Cash-strapped retail chain Subhiksha Trading Services on Wednesday (February 11) said there were neither discrepancies in its accounts nor diversion of funds, while acknowledging that salary cheques of some of its employees have not been honoured due to non-availability of liquidity.
“We are not aware of any such allegations (account discrepancy and fund diversion) at [...] |
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RAIWAND: A meeting between US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke and Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif is currently in progress here on Thursday. Reportedly, Mian Nawaz conveying his concern over the US drone attacks in tribal areas demanded of the US specials envoy to immediately halt drone strikes.
He termed the [...] |
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J K Dutt, chief of Indian National Security Guard (NSG), on Wednesday blamed the Mumbai terror attack on al Qaeda, Taliban and Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT). But the NSG later said Dutt had been “misquoted”.
“There is growing concern over the convergence of the objectives of terrorist organisations such as the al Qaeda and LeT,” Dutt said [...] |
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UNITED NATIONS: Judges at the International Criminal Court have decided to indict Sudan’s president for war crimes in Darfur and issue a warrant for his arrest, U.N. diplomats and officials said on Wednesday.
“The ICC decided it wants him arrested,” a diplomat at the United Nations told UK-based news agency on condition of anonymity, referring [...] |
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, leads a fractious Parliament that is facing at once a major economic crisis, a spreading border insurgency and still-tense relations with his country’s powerful military. He spoke to NEWSWEEK’s Lally Weymouth at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Weymouth: I had dinner with Benazir Bhutto before her death, [...] |
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Tokyo: The Tokyo market opened lower Thursday following Wall Street’s overnight plunge, after disappointment spread over the US government’s bail-out plan. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 186.27 points, or 2.34 per cent, to end morning trading at 7,759.67.
The broader Topix index of all first section issues was also down 14.61 points, or [...] |
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Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan, whose ‘Drona’ failed to attract the interest of the wider public in 2008, has big hopes from his upcoming film ‘Dilli 6’. Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, the film will hit theatres on Feb 20.
In Dilli 6, Abhi is playing the role of ‘Roshan Mehra’, who is born and brought [...] |
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WASHINGTON: Stung by criticism about use of billions of dollars in government aid, Citigroup’s Indian American CEO, Vikram Pandit has vowed to take a token salary of $1 and no bonus until the ailing banking giant returns to profitability
“I get the new reality and I will make sure Citi gets it as well,” Pandit [...] |
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Mohammad Ashraful will continue as Bangladesh’s captain until the conclusion of the tour of West Indies in July-August. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) directors decided to retain Ashraful despite his poor form but identified Mashrafe Mortaza, the vice-captain, and wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim as prospective leaders.
“The selection of captain and vice-captain was an important issue [...] |
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Colombo: At least 39 Tamil Tigers were killed in the fierce clashes with the advancing Sri Lankan troops even as army seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition besides a grenade factory and a printing press of the LTTE, officials said on Thursday.
Security forces captured a highly fortified Tiger camp located in Sinna [...] |
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ROTTERDAM: Tennis is paying the price for being an Olympic sport and its new dope testing regime treats players like criminals, world number one Rafa Nadal says. The Spaniard is leading criticism against the procedure adopted by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), who signed the World Anti-Doping agency (WADA) protocol last year. “It [...] |
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Advisor for Prime Minster on Interior Rehman Malik Thursday said government has registered the FIR in Islamabad against Mumbai attack planners, adding the master mind of this conspiracy was Zaki Rehman Lakhwi who has been located and was under investigation.
Speaking at a crowded press conference, he revealed that “some part of conspiracy has taken [...] |
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Colombo: Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has informed the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) that he would like to resign from the post after the forthcoming two-Test series in Pakistan.
SLC chief executive Duleep Mendis said that Jayawardene expressed his desire to stand down as captain after the Pakistan tour “in the best interests of the [...] |
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Ascertaining that there is greater appreciation in international community of the threat to the region and the world from terror emanating from Pakistan, India on Thursday (February 12) said it expects Islamabad to take “decisive and credible action” against all terror groups operating from its territory.
Calling the attack in Mumbai as a deliberate plan to retard [...] |
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A day after Pakistan said yet again that it will respond to the 26/11 terror dossier soon, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee sent another straight warning to Pakistan that cross-border terrorism will not be tolerated.
Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday (February 12) addressed the media and vowed that the nation is fighting against terrorism in its full [...] |
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Pakistan Cricket Board chief selector, Abdul Qadir has thrown his weight behind out-of-form Shahid Afridi, insisting that a player of his talent deserves to be a part of the national team.
Qadir defended Afridi`s selection in the probables list for the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka and said the right-hander was a rare commodity [...] |
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The Competitiveness Support Fund is using methodology economic growth by including media sector into the economic activities to implement government’s economic reform agenda among the public-private sectors to provide competitiveness, said Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar.
Ms. Khar, who is the chairperson of the Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF), [...] |
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Kolkata: A CID probe has begun into the mysterious death of Dum Dum GRP sub-inspector Arindam Manna, the investigating officer in the Rizwanur Rahman death case, whose body was found lying beside the railway tracks on Wednesday. A state CID officer said teams from the homicide department had been sent to the spot near [...] |
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Zurich: Engineering giant ABB said on Thursday that its net profit slipped 17 per cent in 2008 to 3.118 billion dollars (2.4 billion euros), with the fourth quarter particularly difficult. Net profit for the quarter was just one-eighth of that in the previous year at 213 million dollars. Orders dipped 19 per cent in [...] |
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Ghaziabad: A special CBI court on Thursday held Moninder Singh Pandher and Surendra Koli guilty of raping and murdering Rimpa Haldar - the 17-year-old maid from Nithari village near Noida. The special court also held them guilty of concealing facts and evidence related to the case.
Rimpa Haldar was one of the 19 missing children [...] |
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Hitting out at Aamir Khan for taking potshots at his marketing skills, superstar Shah Rukh Khan today (February 11) said he did not like to hear from others as to what he should be doing.
“I do not like people who compliment me seriously or deride me seriously. Aamir is a good thinking man and [...] |
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New Delhi: Having managed to keep passengers fares in check for the last five years, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is expected to announce more sops for train travellers when he presents the interim Railway Budget in Parliament Friday.
Prasad, who desisted from carrying out any upward hike in the passenger fares despite increase in global [...] |
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New Delhi: Evan as Pakistan continues with its irresolute stance over its ‘official’ response to the 26/11 dossier, External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee once again on Thursday said that India will spare no efforts to stop cross border terrorism while stating that internal security is top most priority of India.
“In recent times India has [...] |
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BEIJING: China hopes countries concerned to weigh up their acts of conferring honors and titles on the Dalai Lama, and not to harm their relations with China and the Chinese people’s feelings by “playing the so-called Tibet card.”
Nyima Cering, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region, [...] |
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Former President Supreme Court Bar Association Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan asserted Wednesday; “I did not seek assistance over national issues before US’s representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Hoolbroke in our meeting as we do not want US interruptions in our national affairs.”
He was speaking to the gathering at local hotel in Lahore. He added, [...] |
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her government would publish ‘whitepaper’ on corruption committed during the erstwhile Army-backed Caretaker Government and BNP-led four party alliance government regimes. During the ‘Question and Answer Session’ in the Parliament on Wednesday.
the leader of the House said, “All extra-judicial killings committed across the country earlier would be [...] |
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Afghan intelligence agents said on Thursday they are investigating links between Pakistan and Taliban militants who killed 26 people in three simultaneous suicide bomb and gun raids on state offices in the capital Kabul.
The three coordinated raids on two Ministries and a prisons department office on Wednesday show a new tactic by the Taliban, [...] |
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Priyadarshan is certainly one of the busiest filmmakers in Bollywood. Priyan, whose latest film Billu, opens across cinema halls tomorrow (Feb 13th) has quite a few interesting films lined up in the coming year.
While much is already known about his films such as De Dana Dan (Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal) and Bum Bum [...] |
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Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor bury the hatchet during the premiere of Pink Panther 2.
Foes have turned friends as their children work together on a film. We are talking about Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor. The world was treated to a rare sight at the premiere of Pink Panther 2, held in New York [...] |
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Before cutie Sonam Kapoor could flaunt her versatility and dynamic look in films, Verve took the opportunity to explore her hidden image. On Verve, Sonam looked like never before. She showed off her exclusive outlook. With open curly hair, she was at her best. Sonam with her flawless look and sobriety graces the magazine.
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