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Helicopter deal: India's jinxed Westland saga

India’s dealings with Westland Helicopters, before it merged in March 1999 with Italy’s Finmeccanica subsidiary to become AgustaWestland, were technically problematical and politically......

Lokpal Bill, a 'jinxed' affair

The Lokpal Bill has always appeared to be a jinxed affair, the history of last 40 years shows. With the Rajya Sabha adjourning sine die at midnight amid uproar without passing the Lokpal and......

Is No. 3 in Maoist leadership jinxed?

Is the number 3 rank in the Communist Party of India (Maoist) hierarchy jinxed? Two top Naxal leaders -- Kishenji and Azad -- have been killed by the security forces while holding the same......

'Communication gap cause of protests at Koodankulam N-plant'

The Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project has been jinxed ever since it was thought of. It was first talked about in 1988 when the Soviet Union agreed to build a plant in India and also supply it fuel.......

Jinxed 13th: Four bombing in last three years

The jinx associated with number '13' seems to hold true for the country with four bomb blasts taking place on this date during the last three years. Mumbai's diamond district Zaveri Bazaar and two......

Orissa: A jinxed state for mega projects?

It is raining mega investment in Orissa, but none of the big ticket projects have made any headway hitting the land acquisition, environmental clearance and sundry other hurdles. South Korean......

Bengaluru: Tale of 2 airports

Is the new Bengaluru International Airport (see images) jinxed? This was a question asked by several people looking at the number of hurdles it faced till the completion of the project. First, the......

Water woes now to trip Dabhol

The jinxed Dabhol power plant, which secured fuel earlier this month and started generation, is once again on the verge of a shutdown owing to a water supply problem. The water supplier to the......

Onion farmers point fingers at traders for soaring price

Onion prices, which have been high for several weeks now, seem to have gone through the roof. And with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar saying that there will be no relief for the customer before......

A few points for India's new RBI governor

It was the RBI which destroyed our $-job economy. It is for the RBI to resurrect it by instituting news ways of managing the INR, says Sonali Ranade India's new chief of the central bank,......

Ash out of Shankar's Robot

It seems that the Rajnikanth-Aishwarya Rai pair on screen is truly jinxed.Ash has often been approached to star in the Tamil superstar's films like Chandramukhi, Sivaji: The Boss and his latest......

Time Machine, to be finally made

The jinxed project seems to be finally taking off.Shekhar Kapur will make his long-delayedproject Time Machine. Only this time, it will star Ranbir Kapoor, instead of Aamir Khan. The initial cast......

Dilli 6 takes off finally

The seemingly jinxed project of director Rakyesh Mehra (inset) has finally taken off.Dilli 6, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Saawariya's Sonam Kapoor, goes on the floors o Thursday, in Jaipur.The......

Chocolate review

The jinxed pair of Prithviraj and director Shafi (several projects the duo were supposed to do never materialised) seem to have made good the loss of the past with Chocolate -- an unusual campus......

Release of Vettayadu Vilayadu stayed

Kamal Haasan's Vettayadu Vilayadu, the hottest film of 2006 directed by Gowtham Menon, appears to be jinxed. It has, from the day it was launched, been a bumpy ride for the film and its director.......

Will Fletcher's Australia jinx continue?

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has a jinxed man in his corner and it's none other than coach Duncan Fletcher. For all the praise and admiration the Zimbabwean gets in the cricketing world for......

Ronaldo and Messi have jinxes to overcome

FIFA World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo and runner-up Lionel Messi need to reverse a surprising trend if either is to propel his side to victory in the Champions League final. Manchester......

Dhoni should bat at 3: Dravid

Vice-captain Rahul Dravid dismissed theories about the Keenan stadium being a jinxed venue and said maintaining the intensity and form of the previous matches would help India gain an unassailable......

Afro Asian Games venue still not finalised

The fate of the jinxed Afro-Asian Games hangsin balanceagainfollowingSports Minister Vikram Verma's announcementthat the cabinet isyet to give its approval to Hyderabad staging......

My favourite 'Tendlya' story

Gauri Ghadi confesses to being a huge Sachin fan to the point of being silly What is better than watching Sachin Tendulkar bat? Watching Sachin bat at the Wankhede. And what is even better than......

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Q. Why is it that if you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now ?
Lucky: A. more

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Q. Do you believe that some places. homes, apartments etc. can be jinxed.?Very few families live there for long or happily?
Mohanbirsingh Ghura: A. This is due to the law of panwati or jinx( In Mumbai slang "panwati" means , do something or say something or wish something but exactly opposite bad thing happens) more

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Priyanka Chopra to don producer's hat?

Mumbai: After conquering million of hearts with her acting and singing skills, now the dusky beauty of Bollywood Priyanka Chopra is all set kick... ...

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Pune FC hope to cash in on MB form

Kolkata, Dec 20 : Pune FC keenly looks forward to maintain the clean run against Kolkata sides in the I-League as they ready to face Mohun Bagan AC... ...

http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/103035/pune-fc-hope-to-cash-in-on-mb-form.html

Artist Frank Lobdell Dies at Age 92

Frank Lobdell, a key figure among first-generation Bay Area Abstract Expressionist artists, died at age 92 in Palo Alto, California, on December... ...

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Small town wonders

Hailing from the hills of Aizwal in Mizoram, band Boomerang have come a long way in establishing themselves as a main stream band in India.... ...

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Small-town-wonders/2013/12/20/article1954413.ece

Joshna, Ghosal keen to end CWG medal jinx

Hyderabad: The professional squash season has just ended but Indian stars Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal are in no mood to relax. The duo have... ...

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