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Chinese navy signs up Uygur Muslim women

The Chinese military has began recruiting Uygur Muslim women for its navy in what appears to be first such experiment to open up its ranks for minorities, especially from volatile Xinjiang province......

Our intellectuals are in a state of denial

After 800 odd years of Islamic and British rule, the Indian elite and intellectuals are copybook examples of the Fanon phenomenon: Living, breathing purveyors of a sordid ideology, says Jay......

Israel admits 1988 killing of Arafat's deputy

Israel for the first time on Thursday admitted responsibility for the assassination of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's deputy, Abu Jihad, in a cross border raid on PLO's headquarters in Tunis in......

Exclusive: What provoked the India-China war?

Colonel Anil Athale (retd), the official historian of India's 1962 war with China, pin-points the reasons for the clash between the Asian giants 50 years ago and the series of blunders that led to......

New trends in Qaeda terror: Local targets, easy missions

After the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban, the LeT and the LeJ, the most capable and lethal terrorist organisation today is the Al Qaeda of Arabian Peninsula, says B Raman As the world observes the......

Soon, cars that run on compressed air

French car giant Peugeot has unveiled new air-powered hybrid cars, which will knock 45 per cent off fuel bills for an average motorist.Driving the car -- to be put on the road by 2016 -- in towns......

Fortis injects a dose of movies

The next time you fall sick, and go to a Fortis facility for treatment, you might be able to catch a movie too.Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, will start screening movies from......

Disney withdraws bid to trademark Seal Team 6

The Walt Disney company has withdrawn its application to trademark the term 'SEAL Team 6', on its toys, games and a TV show, to apparently cash in on the elite unit that killed Osama bin Laden......

Dealivores love online deals!

Satish Madhira, managing director of the Hyderabad-headquartered Dealivore.com, says that although online deals and coupon sales are nothing new outside India, his start-up is a new concept in......

10 things India's common man needs from the Budget

The challenge before India is to make the process of development inclusive so that the gap between the rich and the poor decreases, says Sandeep Pandey.India now has clearly two different streams......

Review: In Time is out of sync

Preeti Arora feels the narrative of In Time never really develops into anything beyond what has already been established in the first 15 minutes.With a plot that would be completely at home among......

Take today's Oscar challenge!

Loved the first Oscar quiz that we put out? Well, here's more from where that came from. 1. Jane Campion. Sofia Coppola. Kathryn Bigelow. Who is the odd woman out? a. Kathryn Bigelow b.......

Critics find Freida Pinto 'Barbie-doll beautiful'

Freida Pinto is now part of an elite club, whose members include Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Helen Hunt, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson and Penlope Cruz, to name a......

Susan Boyle gets sensational makeover

Britain's Got Talent's unique finding Susan Boyle is about to feature on the cover of a prestigious magazine in the US after a sensational makeover.The 48-year-old will appear on the cover of posh......

Clarke could join the elite 13,000-run club: Chappell

Legendary Greg Chappell has heaped praise on Michael Clarke, saying the responsibility of leading Australia has only got the best out of him and tipped the current skipper to emulate his......

China produces most raw doping materials: WADA

Virtually all the raw materials used by criminal gangs throughout the world to produce illegal performance-enhancing drugs come from China, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) director general David......

King's Cup: Messi keeps on scoring as Real lose 2-1

The apparently unstoppable Lionel Messi extended his record goals tally for 2012 to 88 when he scored twice to earn holders Barcelona a 2-0 win at second division Cordoba in their King's Cup......

FA to probe ref Clattenburg following Chelsea complaint

The English Football Association has launched an investigation after Chelsea accused referee Mark Clattenburg of using "inappropriate language" towards two of their players in Sunday's defeat by......

Armstrong's victims vindicated following USADA reports

The damning facts published this month by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), proving that cyclist Lance Armstrong was the ring leader of the most sophisticated doping scandal in the......

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Q. Shirdi Sai nBaba never accepted black money for charity ,He lived like a fakir ,He despiced luxuries ,He was not sorrounded by big politiicians or elites Where as Sathya sai baba needed millions of rupess daily to keep his head above the water , serious allegations of frauds and abuses of all kinds , Who is real Saint ?
: A. yes real saint is shirdi sai baba more

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Q. what is meant by journalism? what is the advantage of it.
Chela: A. Journalism is the investigation and reporting of events, issues, and trends to a broad audience. Although there is much variation within...... more

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Q. When Sania is going to marry Shoaib, a married person who does not have any ethics to his wife - are you not feeling that our daughter is taking a wrong step?
Venkat: A. Azharuddin did the same w/ Sangeeta Bijlani.Pandith Nehru also did swings w/ Edwina Mountbatten (tho they never married).Dharmender converted to...... more

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Q. Daily we are interacting with many of our friends here, we must be having an image of each one in our mind. Can you describe the image, which you have in your mind, of at least your close friends here?
Hitu Saikia: A. a) Major Saab: I imposed the image of UTPAL DUTTA in the Film' GOLMAL' with palekar. A serious but pretty soft inside.b) Jameel Ahmed: Reminds me...... more

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Q. No country is free from social evils of one form or the other but most of them conceal it from the foreign media and try to address it within.India sadly exports her poor underbelly stories to the world(slumdog millionaire).Do not you think that our government has to do some international public relation homework to project the image of an emerging nation to the world than being allowed to be portrayed as a land of snake charmers,elephants and unimaginable poverty?Serious thoughts are most welcome.
Muktha Radhakrishnan: A. I think that you are overreacting to this issue. You need to see it just as a movie with a premise and character. Indian povertyis a backdrop of...... more

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