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Canada's Quebec province assembly bans 'kirpan'

Canada's French-speaking Quebec province's legislature has unanimously voted to ban the kirpan from assembly premises, weeks after four Sikhs were denied entry for a parliamentary hearing for......

A Sikh who fought for his turban

Gurbax Singh Malhi, parliamentary secretary to the Canadian labour minister, believes the French government must withdraw a controversial Bill that prevents Sikhs from wearing turbans.Malhi in the......

It's Balle, Balle in Canadian Parliament

Punjabi is now the fourth most popular language in the Canadian Parliament after English, French and Italian with the election of eight Punjabi-speaking MPs in the newly-elected House of Commons.A......

If India can build rockets, why do we need Czech trucks?

A country that can launch a 229-tonne rocket with seven international satellites into space does not need to import trucks, howitzers or helicopters, says Claude Arpi, who was present at the PSLV......

US school shooting shocks the world

Shocked at the horrific shooting at a US elementary school that left 20 small children and six teachers dead, world leaders on Saturday said it was a "senseless and incomprehensible act of evil",......

China wealth fund, Commerce Min to get new heads

China will likely appoint savvy international dealmakers to run its giant sovereign wealth fund and Commerce Ministry in a soft power push to soothe fears over a planned spending spree to boost......

India to focus on commodities

Increase in global food prices to "dangerous levels" and fragile economic recovery will figure prominently during the two-day meeting of the G-20 Finance Ministers beginning in Paris on Friday.The......

G-20: India cautions against protectionism

In the midst of a raging war over currency exchange rate between the US and China at the G-20 Summit in Seoul, India on Friday cautioned against competitive devaluation and advocated that any......

Global economic recovery still fragile: PM

As he left for the G-20 Summit in Toronto, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ion Friday cautioned that the global economic recovery is 'still fragile and uneven' and asked world leaders to calibrate......

Bank tax: India opposes, EU nations keen

Taxing the banks for future bailouts is only a "compromise formula", as a section of G-20 members, including India, is against any such levy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said."That was......

Irrfan: I am currently in the Rs 1,000 crore zone

Irrfan Khan is one of those few Indian actors who have made a mark -- a real one, not imagined as is the case with many Bollywood stars -- in the West. Starting with The Warrior, A Mighty......

Will War Horse and Descendants be nominated for Oscars?

Arthur J Pais gives his predictions for the Oscar nominations that will be announced on January 23.When the Oscar nominations get announced on January 23, a few acclaimed filmmakers are sure to be......

Globe-winning films will now score at box office

The films that won major awards at the 69th Golden Globes will see a marked increased in their box office collections. Even the most cynical of the moviegoers who think they have seen everything......

The transformation of Angelina Jolie

Born to actor Jon Voight -- winner of the Best Actor Oscar for Hal Ashby's Coming Home -- and actress Marcheline Bertrand, Angelina Jolie had acting virtually thrust upon her. She followed in her......

Why we admire Satyajit Ray so much

To his uninformed detractors -- including the late Indian actress Nargis Dutt -- filmmaker Satyajit Ray was a tireless chronicler of Indian poverty whose Pather Panchali captured the attention of......

Federer faces Paes in Toronto doubles

RogerFederer joined forces with fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka to defeat French wild cards Julien Benneteau and Canadian Frederic Niemeyer 6-4, 6-4 in 62 minutes.- Federer focused on Olympic......

Renault should have opted for Montagny: Prost

Renault should have given Frenchman Franck Montagny a chance to race in Formula One rather than drafting in Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, according to former champion Alain Prost."One can regret......

Nadal routs Raonic to close on eighth Barcelona title

Rafa Nadal moved to within one victory of an eighth Barcelona Open title in nine years when he thrashed Canadian fifth seed Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-0 on Saturday to set up a final against fourth-seeded......

Miami Masters: Somdev sets up Djokovic clash in 3rd round

Somdev Devvarman set up his biggest match of the season, a pre-quarterfinal clash with World No 1 Novak Djokovic in the ATP Miami Masters, after scripting yet another come-from-behind win, in......

Bhupathi to partner Nestor before retiring in 2013

Mahesh Bhupathi will retire form tennis next year. The 38-year-old, the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title -- when he partneredJapan's Rika Hiraki to win the mixed doubles at the French Open......

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Q. TRUE OR FALSESome Americans disagreed with the United States initial refusal to enter WWI and so they joined the French Foreign Legion or the British or Canadian army. A group of U.S. pilots formed the Lafayette Escadrille, which was part of the French air force and became one of the top fighting units on the Western Front
Rajan: A. more

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Q. Love language is universal are not ?
Manju: A. rajan ji aapna late hain aaj kya hua more

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Q. Full form for CMS
Manju: A. CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA) CMS Conversational Monitor System (IBM) CMS (Intelligence) Community Management...... more

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Q. Kashmir is the richest state of india, as India is always looking after it, Every one knows the Internal condition of Pakastan is not too good to keep kashmir fresh like it With India, Then why kashmiri people want pakastan. Ok some please want AZadi what is miracle is going if they achieve the Azadi after azadi. Dont you think a time will come they will definitely feel that we were happy with India
Chandra Singh: A. for this situation may be we will have to blame Nehru. when the opprtunity to hold a plebicite was there in 50s he did not take it fearing backlash...... more

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Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Deploys 400 TASER Smart Weapons

TASER (NASDAQ: TASR) today announced multiple orders of its next generation Smart Weapons. These orders were received in the second quarter 2013... ...

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Ryan Gosling breaks Cannes' heart, misses premiere

The Cannes Film Festival is missing one of its biggest stars of this year's festival: Ryan Gosling. The 32-year-old Canadian actor was unable to... ...

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Orbite Announces New Appointments to Its Board of Directors

Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX:ORT)(OTCQX:EORBF) ("Orbite" or the "Corporation") today announced that Mr. Peter Crossgrove, Mr. Pascal Decary and Mr.... ...

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IAMGOLD provides exploration update on Boto Project in Senegal

/PRNewswire/ - IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD" or the "Company") today announced additional drilling results from its 100% owned Boto Gold Project... ...

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The digital revolution is bringing the Stanley Cup playoffs live to every corner of the world

VIENTIANE, Laos -- Trying to follow the quest for Lord Stanley's Cup is an annual springtime obsession of many of the nearly three million Canadian... ...

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