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Telangana waits for Congress to make up its mind

The vexatious Telangana statehood issue is hanging like a Damocles' sword on the Congress' head. It is still unable to take a call on whether or not to grant statehood to the region though it's off......

'CBI is govt's Damocles' sword against leaders'

With the United Progressive Alliance likely to weather the threat of cut-motions by having the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Bahujan Samaj Party on its side, the Bharatiya......

Dear Mr President, can you please pardon Sanjay Dutt?

A Ganesh Nadar writes an open letter to President Pranab Mukherjee requesting him to pardon the Bollywood actor currently in jail for possessing an AK 56 in 1993. Dear Mr President The evil that......

Now, Katju wants President to pardon Bhullar

Press Council of India chairperson Justice Markandey Katju has written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking pardon for Devender Pal Singh Bhullar who has been awarded death sentence in connection......

Centre-Left govt unholy nexus behind WB's debt: Mamata

In a shrill attack on the Centre, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused it of an "unholy nexus" with the erstwhile Left Front government of West Bengal, leaving the state in a......

Markets take another beating

The markets continued their southbound journey in this session, nullifying the short-lived attempt at a pullback midway through the session.The Sensex kissed positive territory for a brief instance......

Anand Mahindra on key challenges for Satyam

The Mahindra & Mahindra group's vice-chairman and managing director, Anand Mahindra, spoke to the media in Mumbai just after the Mahindra Satyam brass announced the restated accounts in Hyderabad.......

Yet another bailout

Last week, the government announced that we, the passengers, would be bailing out Delhi International Airport Limitedby paying Rs 200 if we take a domestic flight out of Delhi airport and Rs 1,300......

G20, Manmohan, and the 'only good news'

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has returned from Washington after attending the G-20 conference summoned by the lame duck US President George W Bush on November 15 to discuss the current economic......

Taking a personal loan? Some tips

Personal loans, most financial planners would say, is a bad thing on your balance sheet. And it is simply because of the fact that the interest charged is rather high - anywhere between 12 per cent......

The birth of a Sufi singer

Sandip Roy tells the story of Shye Ben-Tzur, an Israeli musician who found his calling in Sufi music."I am not a Hebrew qawaal," says Shye Ben-Tzur. "I've never been one and never will be." But......

Santhosh Subramaniam is a masala entertainer

'Love makes life beautiful' says the tagline of Kalaprathi S Agoram's Santhosh Subramaniam directed by M Raja, and you realise, once you're out of the movie hall, that the underlying message......

How well do you know Harry Potter?

As the countdown to July 21 -- the day the seventh and last book in the series, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, will be published -- begins, here's another set of questions to test your Harry......

'Swades, not an anti brain-drain film'

Three long years after the skillfully-crafted cricket saga, Lagaan, Ashutosh Gowariker is back at the crease with Swades. This time it is the turn of yet another Khan, Shah Rukh instead of Aamir,......

Jeev in joint eighth position

Jeev Milkha Singh knocked in an eagle enroute to an eventful four-under 68 that carried him to a midway total of seven-under 137 and a tied eighth spot after the second round of the USD 1.5 million......

Games come home in ancient and modern glory

A theatrical mixture of ancient and modern Greece launched the Athens Olympics on Friday, lifting spirits in the Games' birthplace after the host nation was rocked by a drugs drama involving its......

Spectacular ceremony opens Games

Greece sprinters get 72 hours to explain

The International Olympic Committeespared Greece major embarrassment on the opening day of the Athens Games on Friday by granting its two top sprinters more time to explain why they missed a dope......

Hell, Brittania!

The British Grand Prix, at Silverstone, is probably the worst afternoon on the Formula One calendar. Every year, like a big Hollywood summer blockbuster, there is tons of popcorn fodder promised,......

People speak for damocles

QNA

Q. Stock markets moved in a narrow range through out this week. Is it an indication of market stabilization? Is it going to be the pattern in the coming days? Your views?
: A. It was expected to move this way once it had breached that psychological double top level of 5181, at which level it had retracted heavily back to...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/stock-markets-moved-in-a-narrow-range-through-out-this-week.//answers/16366432

Q. how do u retrieve a lost relationship.....? would u have the same amount of love, trust and faith as before....?is it possible.....?
Good Citizen: A. one can retrieve a lost relationship but that certain "something" will be lacking. the fact that it broke or deteriorated in the first...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/how-do-u-retrieve-a-lost-relationship.....-would-u-have-the-/16365678/answers/15585431

Q. What can we do to the bad guys who don\'t reform at all?
Minati Vishwakarma: A. Really speaking there are no born villains or even born good men. They are the products of the environment. Should we create an environment where...... more

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Q. how will be nxt pm
T A RAMESH: A. I do not know how he will be but I feel he or she would better be better than the litre of Pms we have had in the past. Like Damocles he must...... more

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Give the parrot wings

GoM should suggest comprehensive changes Stripped of honour in the Supreme Court over its interference in the functioning of the Central Bureau of... ...

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Sanjay Dutt breaks into tears at the drop of a hat

To say the Sword of Damocles has been hanging over Sanjay Dutts head since the Supreme Court asked him to surrender for his involvement in the 1993... ...

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What is forcing IT pros to cut spending

The global economy is sluggish and the $110-billion Indian IT industry is in the throes of an upheaval. In the past six months, 30-year-old Rajesh... ...

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Sword of Damocles

The fighting amongst the topmost law officers of the government has dented the image of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an administrator very... ...

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Creative licensing

We live in an open world. Social media provides a platform for anyone who wants to express an opinion. The mass media is all-pervasive and free to... ...

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