Don’t give importance to foreign media about India: Congress
September 12th, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday said the Indian media was no less than any other media and asked it not to give importance to what the ... Read more...
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Musician lived in obscurity not knowing he was star abroad
September 11th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, Sep 11 (IANS/EFE) The documentary "Searching for Sugar Man" tells the story of a Mexican-American musician who in the 1970s recorded two albums that did not have much success ... Read more...
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Aamir Khan on Time cover as India’s ‘first superstar-activist’ (Lead)
August 31st, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Aamir Khan's hugely successful TV show "Satyamev Jayate", that focusing on burning issues facing India and ways of tackling them, has landed him on the ... Read more...
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Aamir Khan on Time cover
August 31st, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Bollywood star Aamir Khan features on the cover of Time magazine following his hugely successful TV show "Satyamev Jayate"."He's breaking the Bollywood mold by tackling ... Read more...
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Fareed Zakaria quits Yale board
August 22nd, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Haven (Connecticut), Aug 22 (IANS) Hit by plagiarism charges, celebrated Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria has resigned from the board of Ivy League Yale University, citing the need to focus ... Read more...
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Fareed Zakaria keeping jobs at Time, CNN
August 17th, 2012 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) Celebrated Indian American journalist Fareed Zakaria, who was suspended by Time and CNN last week after he apologised for plagiarizing a paragraph from the New Yorker ... Read more...
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Fareed Zakaria faces more charges of plagiarising
August 15th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 15 (IANS) Amid fresh allegations of plagiarism against celebrated Indian American journalist Fareed Zakaria, the Washington Post -- joining Time magazine and CNN -- has announced it will ... Read more...
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Fareed Zakaria pays the price for plagiarising (Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 11 (IANS) Celebrated Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria paid the price for what he himself called "a terrible mistake" and "a serious lapse" as Time magazine and CNN suspended ... Read more...
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Time and CNN suspend Fareed Zakaria
August 11th, 2012 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 11 (IANS) Time magazine and CNN have suspended their columnist and television host, Indian American journalist Fareed Zakaria, after he apologized for plagiarisng sections of his column on ... Read more...
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Jail food makes me fat, says British prisoner
August 4th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) A prisoner at a jail in Britain has complained that the food being served in prison - comprising chips, pies and rice - was making him ... Read more...
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Beyond designing, Ritu Beri eyes lifestyle space
August 2nd, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) She is one of the rare names in the Indian fashion fraternity whose international presence and impact are wider than at home. Now designer ... Read more...
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Don’t single out PM for economic woes: Ratan Tata
July 19th, 2012 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata has come out in strong defence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying the architect of 1991 reforms should ... Read more...
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Popular self-help author Stephen Covey dies at 79
July 17th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Popular American self-help author Stephen
R. Covey, whose 1989 book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
shot him to international fame, died early Monday in Idado from
complications ... Read more...
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Is Manmohan Singh Sonia’s poodle, asks British daily
July 16th, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 16 (IANS) "Manmohan Singh - India's saviour or Sonia's poodle?" read the headline of a report in The Independent which observed that the Indian prime minister's reforming ... Read more...
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Ramdev slams CBI for filing charges against aide
July 10th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, July 10 (IANS) Yoga guru Ramdev Tuesday slammed the CBI for filing a charge sheet against his aide Acharya Balkrishna in a fake documents case.The Central Bureau of ... Read more...
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My statement on Congress, Rahul misinterpreted: Khurshid (Lead)
July 10th, 2012 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid Tuesday said his comments on the Congress and its general secretary Rahul Gandhi in a daily newspaper had ... Read more...
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Bal Thackeray terms PM ‘politically impotent’
July 10th, 2012 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) After Time magazine called Prime Minister Manmohan Singh an "underachiever", Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Tuesday termed him "politically impotent" and called for a nationwide ... Read more...
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BJP renews attack on prime minister
July 9th, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The opposition BJP Monday stepped up its attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi for allegedly showing up India in ... Read more...
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Time terms Manmohan an underachiever (Second Lead)
July 8th, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Time magazine in a harsh critique of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has termed him an "underachiever" - one who "seems unable to control his ... Read more...
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Time’s criticism of PM reconfirms people’s views: BJP
July 8th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday said Time magazine's criticism of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's handling of the government and the economy had "reconfirmed" ... Read more...
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Time calls Manmohan an underachiever (Lead)
July 8th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who as India's finance minister in 1991 ushered in reforms that liberalized the economy, has been termed by Time magazine ... Read more...
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Time magazine terms Manmohan Singh underachiever
July 8th, 2012 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Time magazine has termed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh an "underachiever", flaying him for not acting decisively when the country's economy was slowing.The magazine features ... Read more...
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We won’t make ‘Awaara’ again: Randhir Kapoor
June 3rd, 2012 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) Brothers Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor are strictly against remaking any of Bollywood legend Raj Kapoor's films. "We don't want to touch any of Raj Kapoor's ... Read more...
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Raj Kapoor’s ‘Awaara’ added to Time’s 100 greatest films
May 28th, 2012 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 28 (IANS) Time magazine has included Raj Kapoor's 1951classic "Awaara" among 20 new entries added to its All-Time 100 list of the greatest films made since 1923, ... Read more...
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Will Modi be BJP’s prime ministerial candidate?
May 27th, 2012 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi appears to have emerged as a front-runner in the faction-ridden Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as its prime ministerial candidate.Although ... Read more...
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Roll back petrol hike: Mamata
May 26th, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Stepping up pressure on the beleaguered Congress-led central government on the issue of hike in petrol prices, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday led ... Read more...
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Time magazine honour for ‘Devdas’ timed well: Bhansali
May 21st, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2002 film "Devdas" is the only Indian film to feature in Time magazine's list of the millenium's 10 greatest movies, and the ... Read more...
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27/30: Bihar’s Super 30 shines again in IIT-JEE results
May 18th, 2012 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 18 (IANS) In another big score, 27 of the 30 students from Bihar's Super 30, a free coaching centre for underprivileged students, have cracked the highly competitive Indian ... Read more...
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Cufflinks to carpets, Rohit Bal spreads design net wide (Interview)
May 15th, 2012 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Rohit Bal, one of India's best known designers with over two decades in the fashion industry, says he is experimenting and expanding his ... Read more...
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What will Obama’s gay turn cost?
May 14th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 14 (IANS) Since Barack Obama "came out of the closet" on the issue of same-sex marriage, the spotlight has turned not so much on one of the ... Read more...
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When cricket became a saviour in battle-scarred Afghanistan (With Images)
May 12th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Cricket has not caught on to any major extent in Afghanistan even 11 years after the Taliban was pushed out of Kabul in 2001. ... Read more...
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‘The God Of Big Things’ Sachin on TIME cover
May 10th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 10 (IANS) Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been featured on the cover of the upcoming South Pacific edition of TIME magazine with the inevitable question: What would ... Read more...
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Unprecedented security for Hillary’s Kolkata visit
May 5th, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) West Bengal's seat of power is barricaded with bamboos, ministers have been asked to use a side gate and reporters will be banned from entering ... Read more...
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Hillary, Mamata likely to discuss FDI, Teesta treaty
May 5th, 2012 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) As US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets West Bengal's first woman Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday, discussions on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail ... Read more...
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Osama had ‘natural viagra’ to stay young
April 28th, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 28 (IANS) Believe it or not, terror mastermind Osama bin Laden desperately tried to cling to his youth during his last days in Pakistan, and resorted to using ... Read more...
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