| President Mukherjee spends quality time at Kolkata home |
KOLKATA, Sept 16: President Pranab Mukherjee, on a four-day visit to West Bengal, spent some quiet hours on Sunday morning at his residence at upscale Dhakuria in south Kolkata.
As his convoy came to a halt in Dhakuria at 10 am, a smiling Mukherjee came out of his car and waved to camerapersons who had been waiting for long to capture the moment when Mukherjee - the first President from... |
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| Political masterstroke to revive PM's reformer image: Analysts |
NEW DELHI, Sept 16: The UPA government’s slew of economic decisions, including opening up retail to foreign investment, has revived Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s image as a “courageous reformer” and is a “political masterstroke” that will help the sagging image of the embattled government, political analysts and commentators said.
Political risks in... |
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| Ex-RSS chief Sudarshan cremated in Nagpur |
NAGPUR, Sept 16: The last rites of former RSS chief KS Sudarshan were performed here on Sunday.
Sudarshan died on Saturday in Raipur after suffering cardiac arrest.
The ex-RSS chief’s brother K Ramesh performed the last rites at Gangabai ghat in the eastern part of the city.
The body was kept at the prayer hall in Dr Hedgewar Smruti Mandir Parisar in Reshimbag for ... |
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| Andhra CM asks centre to clear uncertainty over Telangana |
HYDERABAD, Sept 16: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday urged the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to clear the uncertainty over Telangana issue.
At a time when the demand for separate statehood to Telangana region is gathering momentum, the Chief Minister said the issue was in central government’s purview and a decision would be ta... |
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| Trinamool to decide on Tuesday on withdrawing support to UPA |
NEW DELHI, Sept 16: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday said it would take a decision on Tuesday on withdrawing from the UPA government and instead extending outside support to it to express unhappiness over its “anti-people” decisions. The party is against FDI in retail and a hike in diesel price.
Trinamool leader Kunal Ghosh said party chief Mamata Banerjee has convened a mee... |
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| Punjab minister resigns after embezzlement controversy |
CHANDIGARH, Sept 16: Punjab’s Scheduled Castes/Backward Classes Welfare Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike resigned from his post on Sunday following recent allegations of embezzlement of grants from his discretionary funds as minister.
Ranike, who also holds charge of animal husbandry, fisheries, and dairy development portfolios, submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Parkash Sing... |
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| People will not forget coal issue in 2014, say parties |
NEW DELHI, Sept 16: Reacting to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde’s remark that “public memory is short” and “the coal mines allocations will be forgotten like Bofors”, the Left and the BJP on Sunday said people will not forget the issue till the 2014 general elections. Shinde had made the remark in Pune on Saturday. “People will not forget the coal blocks issue... |
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| Radical Left party wins three posts in JNUSU poll |
NEW DELHI, Sept 16: Radical Left All India Students’ Association (AISA) bagged three of the four posts in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) elections but lost the post of president to Students’ Federation of India-JNU (SFI-JNU), it was announced on Sunday. “V Lenin Kumar was declared as the president. He won by 200 votes, while Meenakshi Buragohain of ... |
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| UPA will 'fall' by December, says Shatrughan Sinha |
PATNA, Sept 16: Accusing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of being responsible for “scams”, veteran actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday demanded his resignation and said the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government would collapse by the end of this year. “The PM should resign as he is responsible for one after another scam. The UPA government will not last f... |
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| Delhi's monuments will be lit by solar energy |
New Delhi, Sept 16: More and more of the capital’s best known monuments may now be illuminated through solar energy.
Building on the experience gained over the last three years and keen on promoting the use of environment-friendly solar energy, the Delhi government plans to light up more of the capital’s historical sites through cheap and plentiful energy from the sun.
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| Education tool that understands child's needs and abilities |
Kochi, Sept 16: Edualert, a US-based Education Management Company with an avowed aim to revolutionise the education system in India, has just launched a new education tool, Learn 360, which adjusts to the capabilities of the students.
The content for this tool has been generated by over 200 providers, among them Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford Univers... |
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| India in touch with US over anti-Islam film |
New Delhi, Sept 16: India is in touch with the US over an anti-Islam film that has sparked widespread protests in many Muslim countries, said an Indian official on Sunday adding that Google has blocked access to the video in compliance with Indian laws.
Syed Akbaruddin, spokesperson of the external affairs ministry, said: “In connection with recent events we would like to reiterat... |
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| Janata only wants to see beautiful girls: Esha Gupta |
New Delhi, Sept 16 : Models are beautiful, and they can act, says Esha Gupta, who believes that the transition of a model from the ramp to celluloid is often successful because the audiences like to watch beautiful faces on screen.
“Look at Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif... they are one of the best actresses we have these days, and they all used to be models. Th... |
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| Free-drink culture is out in Chandigarh |
Chandigarh, Sept 16: Complimentary drinks for women, buy one-get one offers and other freebies in Chandigarh’s drinking circle could be a thing of the past with the city’s administration to issue an advisory to bars, hotels, restaurants, night-clubs and discotheques to refrain from such practices.
The move by the Chandigarh administration’s excise and taxation departme... |
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| No business sense in making CDs: Indian Ocean's Rahul Ram |
New Delhi, Sept 16: Fusion rock band Indian Ocean had released its last album 16/330 Khajoor Road online - one song per month - and all for free! It was a decision based on “pure economics”, says Rahul Ram, the band’s bass guitarist and lead vocalist. The money, he added, lies in doing live shows.
16/330 Khajoor Road was given away completely free as MP3 downloads from... |
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| Alia, Varun didn't enjoy instant bonding on SOTY sets |
Mumbai, Sept 16: Director David Dhawan’s son Varun says it took time for him and his Student Of The Year co-star Alia Bhatt to get along. “Alia never liked me earlier because I didn’t say, ‘Hi’ to her on the first day. But that is because I was giving my look test and didn’t see her. She was angry with me in the first one week, but then it got okay,”... |
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| Only happy films for Ishkq in Paris director |
Mumbai, Sept 16: Ishkq In Paris director Prem Raj says he wants to make emotional, but happy films. “I am going to make happy films and have a little bit of emotion. I don’t want to see myself or my audiences sad. Emotion have to be there, but will be light-hearted, which one can see and laugh,” said Raj. Ishkq In Paris is Raj’s second film as a director. He forayed into di... |
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| Barfi ! left Lara in tears |
Mumbai, Sept 16: Former beauty queen Lara Dutta was in tears after watching Barfi. She is all praise for actors Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana d’Cruz. “Thoroughly enjoyed ‘Barfi!’ this evening! Had a good old-fashioned weep at the cinema. Superlative performances by Ranbir, PC (Priyanka Chopra) and Ileana,” Lara tweeted. Directed by Anurag Basu, the film is... |
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| Dabangg 2 action scenes modified: Malaika |
Mumbai, Sept 16: Salman Khan, now seen as an action hero, is shooting for Dabangg 2. Malaika Arora Khan, who co-produced Dabangg, says some of his action sequences in the sequel have been altered. “Salman’s action scenes have been modified and done according to specifications taking his health in consideration,” Malaika said here during a group interaction. The 46-year-old has be... |
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| Salman to launch music of Ishq In Paris |
Mumbai, Sept 16: After dancing to a peppy number, “Kudiya Di Kurti”, with Preity Zinta in her debut production Ishkq In Paris (IIP), actor Salman Khan has agreed to launch the music of the film. “Launching IIP music on September 17 with Salman Khan! Two lucky fans could attend it! Win your chance here,” Preity tweeted. Ishkq In Paris, directed by Prem Raj, also features Arj... |
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| I enjoy keeping fit: Malaika |
Mumbai, Sept 16: Young girls would give their right hand to have a figure like Malaika Arora Khan. The model-turned-actress says keeping fit is not only something that her profession demands, she enjoys being in shape. “It is a requirement of my profession and I also love being fit. I am very particular about my fitness and lifestyle. I enjoy keeping fit. It is not something I am forced to d... |
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| Trisha loves working on a Sunday |
Chennai, Sep 16: It seems Tamil actress Trisha Krishnan doesn’t mind shooting on a Sunday. She says that she enjoyed shooting for her upcoming Tamil film Endrendrum Punnagai on the weekend. “It’s a working Sunday for me and I’m actually loving it. First day combination with Jiiva, Santhanam and Vinay (Rai) on the Endrendrum Punnagai sets,” Trisha tweeted on Sunday. Sh... |
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