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PM Modi's visit to Vietnam kicks off with defence, trade as top agendas

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flew into the Vietnamese capital on his maiden visit to hold wide-ranging talks with the country's top leadership on ways to bolster strategic bilateral ties......

Bobby Jindal announces to run for US president in 2016

Indian-American Bobby Jindal on Wednesday night announced his candidature for the 2016 US presidential elections, making him the 13th Republican aspirant to target the White House in this election......

Mangalyaan enters last leg: Will India win Asian race to Mars?

Mangalyaan is scheduled to enter the Mars orbit on September 24. Photograph: ISRO On Monday, ISRO scientists will run a test of the Mars orbiter satellite's main engine and make a small course......

Kudankulam-bound German woman journo, colleague detained in TN

A German woman journalist and her colleague have been detained for trying to proceed to Idinthakarai, the hub of protests against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, and record the views of the locals,......

TEXT: President Patil's last address to Parliament

President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......

Meet Ajit Pai, the man at the center of the US net neutrality debate

The chief of America's Federal Communications Commission is not a fan of net neutrality.So what's his vision of communications and digital policy in these times?We find out... IMAGE: Ajit Pai at a......

Markets dip on weak December services PMI

Markets ended lower for the fourth straight session, amid weak Asian cues, after sharp contraction in December services PMI dashed hopes of a recovery in the second half of the year. The 30-share......

Reliance-RTL to launch new channel on Nov 5

According to RBNL, the channel will have an entertainment mix developed by detailed sampling of content, focus group research and comprehensive market analysis BIG RTL, the joint venture between......

Britannia plans to go West, targets Indian diaspora

Britannia Industries, which has a near dominant control in the Indian biscuits market, is embarking on a global expansion to shore up its growth story. The company, which logged 19 per cent growth......

BBC to shut down Asian Network

The British Broadcasting Corporation confirmed on Monday that it would close down the Asian Network radio station, which is targeted at people with origins in the Indian sub-continent, by the end......

The Indian Film Making Global Waves

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'......

Meet the Bin Laughin of comedy!

Azhar Usman, a US-Chicago-born Muslim comedian, worked as a lawyer for not too long. But he decided his calling was standup comedy and he had followed the acts of several good standup comics when......

Get to meet Sonu, or Shezad

Now, there are sweepstakes to meet your favourite singers. The Dish Network in the United States is offering its US-based viewers a chance to meet Sonu Nigam in Mumbai or Shezad Roy in Karachi.......

British Asians find voice on BBC Asia

A lot of money and hype is involved in BBC Asian Network's radio series, Silver Street.The programme, with a budget of more than $1.8 million, will go on air on May 24.What's SilverStreet all about......

Karan Johar says no to Channel 4

Britain's Channel Four television network has confirmed that filmmaker Karan Johar has pulled out of its reality television show to select a British Asian for a forthcoming Bollywood film.The......

Snubbed by BCCI, Srinivasan is 2nd most influential man in Asian Sport

Indian administrators are ruling the roost in Asian sports. Although, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) barred Narayanaswami Srinivasan from attending any meeting but he is still at......

Imposter posing as ex-Pakistan cricketer appears on BBC

Imposter Nadeem Alam. Photograph: BBC An imposter posing as a former Pakistani cricketer has duped the BBC into paying him to appear as an expert on cricket shows and even took part in a......

Shorts: FIS president warns FIFA over clash with 2022 Winter Games

Silver medalist Staale Sandbech of Norway receives his flowers from President of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Gian-Franco Kasper. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images International Ski......

Hijab ban driving women away from soccer

Muslim women are being driven away from soccer by FIFA's ban of the hijab, with more likely to follow if rulemakers fail to reverse the decision at a meeting next month, Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein......

BBC bags radio rights in India

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has secured exclusive radio rights for all international cricket matches in India for the next four years.The BBC was awarded the rights by Nimbus......

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