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My piano, my friend, says Celina Jaitly
Former beauty queen-turned-actress Celina Jaitly says her piano is one of the gifts she treasures most. “One (of) the best gift my parents ever gave me was my piano ..it has been my friend
Read More »BJP leaders meet CM Yeddurappa
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)leaders Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley Friday met Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to persuade him to quit as directed by the party but he seemed to be holding out.
Read More »Fresh legal battles erupt over Nepal’s Pashupatinath temple
The 17th century Pashupatinath temple that is also a Unesco-declared World Heritage Site is now tangled in fresh legal disputes with seven officials of the trust governing Nepal’s oldest Hindu shrine moving court over
Read More »Government releases draft of land acquisition bill
With a spate of controversies and clashes over acquisition of farmland for private projects, the government Friday unveiled a draft bill to make the process transparent and equitable to all stakeholders, notably rural owners,
Read More »India circulates draft land acquisition bill
The government Friday released a draft land acquisition bill that seeks to put in place a legal framework to not only protect the interests of owners and prospective buyers, but also those whose livelihoods
Read More »Another US varsity with hundreds of Indian students under scanner
Another US educational institution with hundreds of Indian students has come under the scanner with dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raiding offices at the University of Northern Virginia. Based in Annandale, a
Read More »ICICI Bank net profit up 30 percent
The country’s second largest lender ICICI Bank said Friday its net profit rose by 30 percent to reach Rs.1,332 crore ($298 million) in the April-June period of the current fiscal on the back of
Read More »Mamata Banerjee gifts megastar Big B ‘mishti doi’
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan sat in his Mumbai residence and relished some “mishti doi (sweet curd)”, gifted to him by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. “And now I as I sip the ‘mishti doi’
Read More »Women in Bihar plough fields, sing to please rains gods
Women in Bihar’s Buxar district are performing a curious ritual to reduce the rain deficit in the state — ploughing fields, singing and dancing at night to appease the ‘angry’ rains gods. Scanty rainfall
Read More »No consensus on women’s quota bill, says Bansal
Over a year after the Rajya Sabha passed the women’s quota bill amidst drama, the government Friday said consensus among political parties on passing it the Lok Sabha was still elusive, thus indicating it
Read More »Idea Cellular quarterly net profit declines 12 percent
Idea Cellular Friday posted an increase of 12 percent in its consolidated net profit at Rs.177.3 crore for the quarter ended June 30. The results were impacted by the fees paid for 3G licences
Read More »Top Speak Asia official detained by police for questioning
The chief operating officer of Speak Asia, a Singapore-based firm that offers handsome rewards to registered members who participate in online surveys for clients, was detained Friday by the economic offences wing of Mumbai
Read More »A ‘school’ with Saif as music teacher, megastar Big B as principal
Here’s your chance to study in a “school” where megastar Amitabh Bachchan will be the principal, and actors Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpayee and Prateik Babbar will teach music, acting and the arts to
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