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Bill Clinton sought Sharif's help to avert Al Qaeda attack

The United States of America sought Pakistan's help in 1998 to prevent Osama bin Laden from launching an Al Qaeda attack against it, with then President Bill Clinton asking Prime Minister Nawaz......

Fishing to become an offence in India soon?

The livelihood of lakhs of fishing community people we well as lakhs of common villagers in the country may be jeopardised if a particular section of the latest amendment proposed to the......

PM's full I-Day speech: We have envisioned a prosperous India

We present Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s full speech as he addressed the country on the occasion of 67th Independence Day, from Red Fort, Delhi. My dear fellow-citizens, Brothers, sisters......

Will Modi's star burn out by winter?

Narendra Modi, says T V R Shenoy, is 'busy trying to woo back two constituencies that were crucial when the BJP won power in the elections of 1998 and of 1999, namely UP (and the Hindi belt in......

Move to amend marriage law irks men's rights group

The decision of the government to amend the Hindu Marriage Act has come under fire from men's rights organisations. The Save Indian Family Foundation says that the government is in such a......

ONGC to appeal against Gujarat High Court order

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on Tuesday said it will appeal against the Gujarat High Court order asking it to pay up to Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) in past royalty dues, saying......

Don't make Aadhaar card compulsory: CPI(M)

The CPI(M) has asked the Centre to withdraw its decision to make Aadhaar cards compulsory for providing various benefits like cooking gas subsidy to people. A resolution adopted by the......

Aadhaar number increases convenience "dramatically": Nilekani

Unique Identification Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani said the Aadhaar number "dramatically improves the convenience" and makes life "simpler". "People often think that why do they need......

Fiscal deficit touches 74.6% of budget estimate

Showing signs of financial strain, the government's fiscal deficit in the first five months of the ongoing financial year has already touched 74.6 per cent of the budget estimate. The fiscal......

Losses on diesel sales at record Rs 14.50 a litre

Losses on diesel sales have hit a record Rs 14.50 a litre, sending the government scrambling for ways to cover the mounting subsidy bill. Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and......

'Lunchbox is such a good film that I'm not worried about how it will do'

Irrfan claimed The Lunchbox is the reason he became an actor. His co-star in the film, Nimrat Kaur, loved being a part of it as well. Even film critics cannot get enough of it, and the film has......

Jennifer Aniston debuts brunette look for new film

Jennifer Aniston is set to sizzle your screens this summer with her hot new brunette look in upcoming comedy Horrible Bosses. Costarring Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey and Jason Bateman, Horrible......

'Overwhelmed by response for Ala Modalaindi'

Director B V Nandini Reddy has been riding the wave of success ever since her debut Telugu film Ala Modalaindi was declared a hit. The rom-com just completed 50 days in the theatres and is......

How much these actresses have changed!

Actresses don't always look older as the years go by. Some of them, in fact, look way more glamorous and certainly very different. We take a look at some of the leading actresses of the past, and......

Vote for your favourite SRK look

Shah Rukh Khan sports a new look in his forthcoming film Don 2: The Chase Continues. He sports long hair, stubble and a tattoo. The new look revealed recently has already become a......

Root survives glove blow but England bowlers toil

England batsman Joe Root needed treatment for a blow to the hand but played on to score 75 on the third day of the tourists' final warm-up match for the Ashes at the Sydney Cricket Ground on......

Pietersen fit, Carberry set for Ashes debut

England opener Michael Carberry looks set to make his Ashes debut next week after being included in the team to face an Invitational XI in a warm-up match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday.......

Should Dhoni give up T20 captaincy? Have your say

Former batting great Rahul Dravid reignited the debate on split captaincy by suggesting that Mahendra Singh Dhoni should give up the leadership of India's T20 team. 'There's a lot of talk of split......

Top 10 Test bastmen in 2011: Dravid No 1

Though One-day Internationals have taken the thrill out of Test matches and Twenty20 just pulled the rug from under Test cricket's feet, for the connoisseurs of the game, still, it is......

'We can come back and win this series'

England pacer Steven Finn put up a brave front in the face of adversity, saying the visitors are confident of turning things around in the five-match ODI series against India, despite trailing 0-2.......

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'Sycamore Row' tops U.S. best-sellers list

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