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Narendra Modi's target: Next Lok Sabha polls

With his induction into the Bharatiya Janata Party’s parliamentary board, the party's highest decision-making body, Narendra Modi's prime focus will be on the next Lok Sabha polls, a state......

The fight is between BJP and Modi: Congress

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of buckling under the pressure exerted by Narendra Modi by including him in the party’s top decision-making......

26/11 commando struggles for recognition, pension

Former NSG commando Surender Singh, who risked his life while fighting the terrorists during the 26/11 attacks, exposes his predicament after not receiving pension for the last 13 months. Priyanka......

'Mumbai doesn't fear Thackeray; it loves him'

"Balasaheb Thackeray is a great leader. There are many who would say that people are afraid of him. Mumbai doesn't fear him; it loves him". This is what Bharatiya Janata Party leader Prakash......

Meet the man who sent Rajat Gupta to jail

Aziz Haniffa recalls an earlier meeting with US Attorney Preet Bharara, who had addressed the criticism in certain segments in the community about an Indian American going after their own with a......

Air India to shift its HQ to Delhi

Air India will shift its headquarter from Mumbai to Delhi leasing out vacant space in its 23-storey iconic Nariman Point building.The Air India board gave a formal approval to the proposal on......

Flexibility in IKEA case to draw more investors

The foreign Investment Promotion Board’s decision to allow Swedish furniture major IKEA to set up stores, along with cafes, in India and offer its entire range of products is being seen as a......

Hindustan Motors hives off Chennai plant

Beleaguered automaker Hindustan Motors, owned by the CK Birla Group, on Thursday decided to demerge and transfer its Chennai car plant to its fully-owned subsidiary, Hindustan Motor Finance......

Have you met Ratan Tata?

Ratan Tata, an iconic corporate leader, retired as Chairman of the $100-billion Tata Group after a 50-year run, on his 75th birthday. A corporate leader par excellence, a pilot, an architect, a......

Rajaratnam to pay $1.45 mn to settle SEC suit

Jailed hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam has agreed to pay $1.45 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed by US regulator SEC against him and India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta for......

How Jennifer Aniston got her Rachel look

Get your lowdown in what's going on in the world of Hollywood, right here! Jennifer Aniston's hairstylist revealed that he was completely stoned when he gave her the iconic haircut for her......

Review: The new Chashme Baddoor is awful

David Dhawan's Chashme Baddoor is an unnecessary remake, writes Sukanya Verma.What’s the point of a remake?Either a) a filmmaker wants to recreate the success of the original or b) wants to......

Amitabh Bachchan's Top 25 Dialogues Of All Time

One of Indian cinema's biggest icons Amitabh Bachchan turns 70 on October 11. We celebrate the superstar in a series of special features dedicated to him, starting today. To think All India Radio......

Satyajit Ray's Goopy-Bagha film remade in Hindi

Goopy, a yokel who loves to sing but can't hold a tune to save his life, and Bagha, who plays the drum but has no sense of rhythm, are banished from their village for oppressing villagers with......

Meet the man behind Big B's BIG words on KBC

Ever wondered how Amitabh Bachchan managed to come up with chaste and complex Hindi words like 'Panchkoti Mahamoney' and names like 'Ghadiyal Babu' and 'Shrimati Tiktiki' on his gameshow Kaun......

Greek soccer player banned over Nazi salute

AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis was handed a life ban from all national teams by Greece’s soccer federation EPO on Sunday after he appeared to give a Nazi salute to supporters during a......

Wrestlers fume as Indian cricketers back squash

Cricket stars like Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag supporting squash's bid for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics has left India's wrestling fraternity distraught. -Federer backs squash for 2020......

Kumble appointed chief mentor of Mumbai Indians

Former India captain Anil Kumble was on Monday appointed chief mentor of Mumbai Indians, ahead of the start of the sixthIndian Premier League season. The 42-year-oldnot only holds the record of......

Should Indo-Pak series get iconic status?

Former Pakistan captains Rashid Latif and Moin Khan urged the ICC to give India-Pakistan series the iconic status. "The response to this ongoing short series and the way the people followed the......

PCB approaches Inzamam, Akram for special camps

The Pakistan Cricket Board has sought the help of former captains Wasim Akram and Inzamam-ul-Haq to prepare the national team for the upcoming tours to India and South Africa. -'Indo-Pak bilateral......

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Q. Boston tea party means what????
: A. The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and...... more

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Q. What you think the appointment of K V Kamath as Chairman would mean to Infosys?
Prashant Kelkar: A. nfosys, which on Saturday appointed KV Kamath as chairman in place of its iconic founder NR Narayana Murthy , will now draw up a succession plan...... more

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Q. Cricket Please give your views about Indian Premier League (IPL)- Cricket in India's multi-million dollar Twenty20 league? Are you looking for it? With the top industrialists and bollywood stars being the owner of the franchise of the IPL teams with huge amount at stake, by what various means will the return to this investment be generated ?
Good Citizen: A. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a franchise-based Twenty20 competition organised by the BCCI, and it has official sanction since it has the...... more

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Q. The main road near my house is closed in between with a rope tied across two metal boards,saying \"Sewer work in progress.Road closed.Sorry for the inconvinience.\'There are quite a few side turns on this road which lead to parallel roads which are open.I saw quite a few bike riders reaching this section and seeing the road closed, they parked their bike, got down and removed one of the metal boards to one side, making way for them to move.They again statrted their bike and moved ahead on the \'closed\" road.I think if we Indians decide firmly on something,there is nothing to stop us
Rukhsana.Siddiqui: A. I don't mind accepting all those daring bikers as our true national icons.Jai Hind. more

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Q. How did you come to QnA for the first time? Do you remember your first question/answer and the first person who became your good friend here?
HEMANT MEHTA: A. It was the 29th of April,2007, the day after Australia won the Cricket World Cup.I was busy with watching cricket matches for about one and a half...... more

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