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Want a brighter future for bilateral ties: China PM

In his first direct comments on relations with India, China's new leader Xi Jinping has assured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that his country would pay great importance to developing bilateral......

Core committees notified for implementation of DCT

In a move that shows the urgency and seriousness with which the UPA 2 is planning the execution of first phase of direct cash transfer scheme before the January 1, 2013, deadline it has set for......

Rajya Sabha paralysed on day one of winter session

Rajya Sabha could not function on the first day of the winter session of Parliament, with issues like Foreign Direct Investment and reservation to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes in promotions......

The 3 idiots of Indian cricket or the 3 scapegoats?

This mess is not limited to Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, but has spread to include other, more famous and better connected names, both cricketers and non-cricketers. If so, we may......

Arunima Sinha to be an officer in CISF

Arunima Sinha, the country's first amputee to conquer Mt Everest, will soon be a police officer. Arunima last year qualified a written test and skill abilities exam of the central government and......

Walmart continues US lobbying on FDI in India

Walmart continued to lobby with the American lawmakers over Indian retail foreign direct investment rules during the first quarter of 2013, even as a probe is underway into the global retail......

SpiceJet to fly to Riyadh, Guangzhou

No-frill carrier SpiceJet will become the first Indian airline to fly directly to China when it begins its services to Guangzhou from here in February next year.Expanding its international......

Retailers can open warehouses in states opposing FDI

Global retailers like Walmart and Tesco can set up warehouses, cold storages and source products from SMEs in states which have not permitted FDI in the multi-brand retail sector, a senior official......

COLUMN: How India should reform its trade?

India has not kept pace with the changes in the global trade scene -- increasing emphases on linking with global and regional supply chains, and diversification into new areas of services trade,......

Expect equity markets and dollar to consolidate

Clearly the DXY is overbought and needs to work off overbought conditions. That will trigger consolidation in US equity markets that are just as overbought, says Sonali Ranade The US dollar......

First Look: Prithviraj in Memories

After the successful My Boss, Jeethu Joseph now directs Memories, with Prithviraj in the lead. The film is about a police officer and certain unexpected events in his life. Miya, who was noticed......

First Look: Vijay's Thalaivaa

After the stupendous success of Thuppakki, directed by A R Murugadoss, Vijay has moved on to his next film Thalaivaa... Time To Lead directed by Vijay. For the first time director Vijay will......

Getting to know the Chashme Buddoor director

She's not the first Indian woman to direct films but Sai Paranjpye's contribution ranks among the most significant. Enchanted by the art of story-telling and the scale of imagination at a very......

First Look: Siddharth's Theeya Velai Seiyyanam Kumaru

Theeya Velai Seiyyanam Kumaru is the title of the new film directed by Sundar C for UTV Motion Pictures. The long title means 'Work like fire, Kumaru' and Kumaru is none other than Siddharth.......

First Look: Neil Nitin Mukesh gets ready for Dussehra

Neil Nitin Mukesh recently gave the muhurat clap for his forthcoming film, Dussehra.The film has been directed by Manish Vatsalya, who had earlier made the film Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal.Neil who was......

First Look: Prithviraj in Celluloid

Prithviraj plays the role of J C Daniel, regarded as the father of Malayalam cinema, in director Kamal's Celluloid. Daniel had produced, directed, written, photographed, edited and acted in the......

'Final' chance for Mumbai Indians to address away woes

The Rohit Sharma-led side won just two of its eight away fixtures in the league stage, and lost the first play-off to Chennai Super Kings at the Ferozshah Kotla. One more 'away' failure will put an......

Show evidence, says Sreesanth's lawyer

Deepak Prakash tells Harish Kotian he is convinced that the Delhi Police was wrong in arresting S Sreesanth on charges of spot-fixing in the IPL. Has the Delhi Police wrongly......

How players are lured into spot-fixing

Vicky Nanjappa explains how the player-bookie nexus works A report by the Financial Intelligence Wing, and interrogation of several arrested bookies, has revealed the manner in which players are......

Soumyajit makes the cut at World TT Championships

India's Mouma Das, K Shamini and Madhurika Patkar have entered the main draw of the women's singles event while Soumyajit Ghosh too made the cut in the men's competition at the World Table Tennis......

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The 3 idiots of Indian cricket or the 3 scapegoats?

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Arunima Sinha to be an officer in CISF

Arunima Sinha, the country's first amputee to conquer Mt Everest, will soon be a police officer. Arunima last year qualified a written test and... ...

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