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Trail of Superstorm Sandy's devastation

New Yorker P Rajendran takes stock after Superstorm Sandy The long cloud-shadow of Hurricane Sandy hung over the northeast long before it picked up. At one point, the wings of clouds spinning off......

NY cops eavesdrop on Urdu, Bengali speakers

With memories of the 9/11 attacks etched in the psyche of New Yorkers, city police say they give particular attention to Urdu and Bengali speakers when they eavesdrop in restaurants and stores to......

Pix: New Yorkers transform Times Square into yoga village

Thousands of New Yorkers converged at the popular and crowded Times Square in New York in the sweltering heat to celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, by rolling out their......

A New Yorker writes about a slum in Mumbai

Beyond The Beautiful Forevers provides a fascinating and horrifying glimpse into a world that is rarely written about. Rediff.com's P Rajendran reports on a New York event to promote Katherine......

Virginia burglars sentenced, community thanks cops

Dagoberto Soto-Ramirez, 28, a New Yorker indicted in the serial burglary in Indian homes in Northern Virginia, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised......

Home loan pre-payment penalty may be slashed

Home loan borrowers may get some good news soon. Pre-payment penalties, which are 2 per cent or above of the outstanding loan for most banks at present, may be brought down to 0.5 per cent to 1......

Wipro reorganises IT business structure

Wipro Technologies has realigned its organisational structure to accelerate growth. Wipro started the process earlier this year by deciding on a single chief executive officer instead of the......

Relax norms on dropping women home: BPOs

Facing problems in implementing the order on dropping women employees home, the BPO industry has asked Delhi Police to define night shifts, relax norms on door-step dropping and allow installation......

Pix: New Yorkers flash mob dance to Sheila Ki Jawani

Aseem Chhabra witnessed a flash mob Bollywood dance on the streets of New York over the weekend, where people started swinging to Sheila ki Jawani among others. He shares his experience. The......

Hyderabad's New Yorker heroine

New Yorker Aasheekaa Bathija moved to Mumbai in search of Bollywood fame. But before the Hindi moviedom gates opened, she cut her teeth in the Telugu film industry, which welcomed her and made her......

Sympathy for the terrorist

Like most New Yorkers, the events of September 11, 2001, left Ayad Akhtar shocked. For a Pakistani American born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his immediate reaction was of horror and terror.......

Sakharam enchants New York

Over 30 years ago many people went to see Sakharam Binder because it was controversial.Today many New Yorkers are watching the play in a 114-seat theater because it is one of the best shows in......

Who's better: Indians or NRIs?

I am a full-fledged New Yorker. And just like most other New Yorkers, I take pride in identifying myself with the beat and spirit of this beautiful city. Like most other Indians growing up in New......

Five-star Malinga helps MI rout DD by 8 wickets

-ScorecardLasith Malinga bowled yorkers at will as his deadly five-wicket burst helped Mumbai Indians crush Delhi Daredevils by eight wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match in New Delhi......

Images: Hat-trick man Malinga destroys Kenya with yorkers

Pacer Lasith Malinga made a grand entry into the World Cup by notching up an unprecedented second hat-trick in the mega event as Sri Lanka crushed minnows Kenya by nine wickets in a group A match,......

'Indian bowlers lacking in reverse swing, yorkers'

Former pacer Manoj Prabhakar laments the inability of India's pacers to master the art of reverse swing and yorkers, and predicts a bright future for young batting ace Virat Kohli. In his prime,......

In T20, you need slower balls: Ishant

Indian pacer Ishant Sharma does not quite bowl yorkers and is not quite cut out at the moment to bowl in the initial or final overs but is fit to cause turbulence in the opposition ranks in the......

Ishant Sharma gets sharp for Twenty20 defence

Strike bowler Ishant Sharma is looking to sharpen his yorkers and widen his repertoire to help India defend their title in the Twenty20 World Cup in England next month."Conditions in England will......

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Q. how did the name James Bond came about by ?
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Q. How can I increase my IQ?
Ankit Shivam: A. Fleming took the name for his character from that of the American ornithologist James Bond, a Caribbean bird expert and author of the definitive...... more

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Q. In 1925, how many restaurants were in New York City?
Question Answer: A. First and foremost watch and observe things carefully(with concentration).Ads by GoogleBrain Test Developed by Neuroscientists Complete brain...... more

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Q. which is the longest palindrome english sentence ?
Ajit Kulkarni: A. In 1925 a New Yorker had 17,000 restaurants to choose from more

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Q. why is it called Buffalo Wings if its really chicken
Ajit Kulkarni: A. A Buffalo wing, hot wing or wing is a chicken wing section (drumette or flat) that is traditionally fried unbreaded and then coated in sauce....... more

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Shamed legislator runs for NY mayor

New York, May 22 (Reuters): Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scandal, former US Representative Anthony Weiner announced in a... ...

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Weiner launches comeback bid to become NYC mayor

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The Hottest Women of Cannes

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Rajat Gupta clutching at straws

Even if McKinsey & Co's former long-serving managing director wins this week's battle, he has already lost the war. On Tuesday, May 21, exactly a... ...

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Young faces enliven Kuwait's faded art scene

By Sylvia Westall KUWAIT (Reuters) - After two lackluster decades, Kuwait is experiencing a quiet revival of an arts scene once known as the most... ...

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