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India, Pak border guards praised for safe return of girl

The family of the seven-year-old girl from Rajasthan, who had strayed into Pakistan and locals in her village have thanked border officials in both India and the neighbouring country for the safe......

Asaduddin's bail plea rejected for 2nd time in 2005 case

A local court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief and Hyderabad Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi for the second time in two days in connection......

Court allows petition to take voice sample of Owaisi

A local court on Friday allowed the petition of police to take the voice sample of jailed All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi, who is facing sedition charges for his......

Ansari's Hanoi visit combines hard power with soft

The closing ceremony of the India-Vietnam friendship year in 2012 in Hanoi on Tuesday saw local youth present four dances, two of them from Bollywood. One, Jai Ho!, is really an international song,......

Hate speech: Court rejects CPI-M leader Mani's bail plea

A local court on Monday rejected the bail plea of senior Communist Paryt of India-Marxist leader M M Mani, arrested in connection with a three-decade-old political murder case which was re-opened......

Shell approaches high court over tax demand order

Royal Dutch Shell Plc's India arm has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging the claims by the local tax authorities that a share sale to its overseas parent in 2009 was undervalued......

Tesco treads cautiously in India

Due to clauses on local sourcing and infrastructure investments, the world's third largest retailer has not been able to make much headway in India. While talking about Tesco's plans for India,......

Luxury carmakers chase India's young, female and frugal

Luxury carmakers in India are moving downmarket and shifting production of smaller and cheaper cars to local plants to cut costs, broadening their target market to include India's young, female and......

BMW starts 'MINI Countryman' production at Chennai plant

A year after introducing its popular 'MINI' range of cars in India, luxury car maker BMW has begun the local production of 'MINI Countryman' at the facility in Chennai."A new chapter is set to be......

Govt mulls freeing oil, gas price: FM

India mulls freeing prices of locally produced oil and natural gas from state controls in a bid to lure more foreign investment, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in Toronto."We are at an......

Kalki: 10 Films That Inspired Me To Become An Actor

It is difficult to imagine that bohemian Kalki Koechlin was raised in a conservative environment in South India. Her childhood was mostly spent in stunning Pondicherry and Ooty. Films were not......

Chinappa wins Penang Open squash title

India's top squash player Joshna Chinappa claimed the IJM Land Penang Open after defeating top seed and local favourite Siti Munirah Jusoh in straight games in Penang on Sunday. Chinappa defeated......

India GP: Mallya questions Indian media's credibility

Embattled Force India team boss Vijay Mallya made his Indian Grand Prix entrance in combative mood on Saturday, lashing local media for their coverage of his business troubles and grounded......

Lankan umpire Dissanayaka rubbishes fixing allegations

Gamini Dissanayaka, one of three local umpires implicated by an Indian TV channel over a match fixing inquiry outrightly rejected the accusation. "I reject all allegations. This is an attack on the......

Delhi Police raid Chandila's residence for further clues

A six-member team of Delhi Police's Special Cell on Saturday raided tainted cricketer Ajit Chandila's residence in Prahladpur in Haryana for further clues on the IPL spot-fixing issue that has led......

Bookies operate from vehicles

Spot-fixing occurs in nearly every game, but with most cricketers getting away with a rap on the knuckles, there is never any real fear of going to jail. Vicky Nanjappa reports. The biggest betting......

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Q. What is LBT (Local Body Tax) issue? Is it only in Maharashtra or in other states too?
Gypsy: A. more

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Q. If we take the mood of the qnites of rediff as the opinion of India BJP will capture over 500 seats in the coming Parliament election. Comment
Josna: A. LBT stands for Local Body Tax, which has been introduced in most of the municipalities and corporations in Maharashtra, in lieu of Octroi or Cess....... more

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Q. Why are the trade unions required?
San: A. No. All know how people are elected in India. Those who can express their educated opinion, come here in qna to opine. That is not a representative...... more

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Q. In 2014 general elections, people of India - on majority base - should choose only between BJP or Congress.let any one of them gets majority. All local parties and other individual candidates are very dangerous threats for democracy in india. These guys neither allow any govt to run properly nor they allow to take any firm decisions like defense, economy, infrastructure etc.we have seen what happened with Zharkhand Mukti Morcha, AIDMK, ADMK, TRS, TMC, NCP(corruption specialist and others) - these parties will make govt. like dancing monkey.Only one choice - Either BJP or Congress...Wil
Ghost Singh: A. In 2014 general elections, people of India - on majority base - should choose only between BJP or Congress.let any one of them gets majority. All...... more

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Q. Do you have a fruit daily?
San: A. Yes true. Very true. Hope it was constitutionally possible! more

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Govt spikes dolphinarium plans

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Auto driver found murdered

Mahesh, 30, an auto driver from Kollegal,and resident of BEL Road here, was found murdered with his throat slit. His body, according to the police,... ...

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