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'How can Kerala government re-open Suryanelli case?'

With the Supreme Court reopening the Suryanelli case, the horrific gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl from the small town in Kerala has returned to haunt the nation. The girl was held captive and......

Headmistress of Goa school gets bail in minor's rape case

A court granted bail to Sharlet Furtado, the headmistress of the school in Vasco town, where a seven-year-old girl was raped on January 14. The Goa children's court granted her bail on a surety of......

SIT formed to probe Goa schoolgirl rape case

A day after a seven-year old girl was raped in her school, the port town of Vasco remained tense on Tuesday, while the state police constituted an SIT to crack down the case. There were protests in......

Goa: 7-year-old girl raped in school toilet

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped at her school in Goa's port town of Vasco, resulting in huge protests in Panaji on Monday night. Police have detained the headmistress of the school on......

Court awards death sentence for raping 4-year-old girl

A court in Manawar town in Dhar district today awarded capital punishment to a man for raping and murdering a four-year-old girl last month. The incident took place on November 1 this year and the......

Rasna takes on Tropicana

It had been giving tough competition to Kraft Foods’Tang in the powdered drink segment with its Rs 1 and Rs 2 sachets. And now, Rasna is set to play a similar pricing game with......

Anji Reddy, healer extraordinaire

Dr Reddy, an innovative technocrat par excellence, led from the front the countless initiatives of his famed laboratory in discovering many effective, affordable, cures for the numerous ailments of......

Health care majors go online to extend reach

Major hospital chains such as Max Healthcare, Apollo and Fortis are going online in a big way, to extend their operations into smaller towns and cities. While Apollo and Fortis recently forayed......

'Budget reflects a tight rope walk by the FM'

Sanjay Tripathy, who heads the marketing and direct sales channels as an executive vice president at HDFC Life Insurance discussed the impact of the Budget and answered readers’ queries on......

Philips in search of its mojo

Philips in search of its mojo Viveat Susan Pinto and Sounak Mitra in Mumbai/New Delhi The Dutch major exited the TV and audio-visual segments recently. Will its attempt at repositioning its......

Ranbir Kapoor's 10 golden rules to stardom

He may only be seven movies old in B-town, but his star status is such that directors are left queuing up to offer him work. Gulf News has revealed the 10 golden rules Ranbir Kapoor followed to......

Review: Gippi is both funny and embarrassing!

Gippi is a movie meant for teens. And it has all the necessary teen masala -- romance, a makeover, cheesy humour and loud music, says Kshamaya Daniel, who’s thrilled that she is finally,......

Review: Go Goa Gone could have used more fun-gore

'Saif Ali Khan. Okay, the blonde get-up as the pretend-Russian-Mafiosi suits him. So do the sunglasses. The Russian part does not...'.'I think he got the most substandard one-liners in the movie.......

Review: Go Goa Gone could have used more fun-gore

'Saif Ali Khan. Okay, the blonde get-up as the pretend-Russian-Mafiosi suits him. So do the sunglasses. The Russian part does not...' 'I think he got the most substandard one-liners in the movie.......

Review: Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal is a musical treat

S Saraswathi says Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal lacks the intensity expected of a Vasanth film, but makes up for it with its exceptional music. ‘Come and fall in love’ invites the......

Suarez gets 10-game ban for biting

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was handed a 10-match suspension by the Football Association (FA) on Wednesday following his bite on Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic at the weekend.......

Scott will win more Majors than any Australian: Norman

Newly-crowned Masters champion Adam Scott will win more majors than any other Australian, according to compatriot Greg Norman, who famously missed out on the famed green jacket three times. -Scott......

Powell withdraws from Melbourne meet

Former 100 metres World record holder Asafa Powell has been forced to withdraw from his first meeting since last year's Olympic final because of a hamstring injury, Athletics Australia said on......

Sunderland turn to Di Canio as saviour

Sunderland entrusted flamboyant Italian Paolo Di Canio with the task of securing their Premier League survival when they appointed him as head coach in place of the sacked Martin O'Neill on Sunday.......

Shillingford spins Windies to victory over Zimbabwe

Shane Shillingford grabbed another five wicket haul to bowl the West Indies to a second successive Test win over Zimbabwe but this time in front of a delirious home town crowd in Dominica on......

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Q. Agath christie disppeared for ten days---What is the reason behind it ?
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Q. one of my very old office colleague visited me & gave an invitation card for the marriage of his daughter. Later I came to know that after two days of his daughter's marriage, his son's marriage is also due, for which he has not invited me. Even he didn't disclose it to me. Should I attend the marriage or avoid it?
Rahee: A. Agatha Christie disappeared for 10 days on 3rd December 1926. Around 9.45pm, she went upstairs to kiss her sleeping daughter, Rosalind, and then...... more

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Q. F F F Name the persons who got Nobel prize this year ?
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Gun fight leaves LeT militant dead, policemen injured in J&K

Srinagar : Security forces killed a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant in a gunfight in the heart of Jammu and Kashmir capital Srinagar on Thursday... ...

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Aseemanand, Pragya and Purohit let off in Malegaon case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against four people for allegedly plotting the 2006 Malegaon blasts but... ...

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Syria rebels call for reinforcements as war spreads abroad

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels fighting for control of the Syrian town of Qusair called for reinforcements on Wednesday to repel forces loyal to... ...

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Former ManU coach Sir Alex Ferguson wins Manager of Year award

London : Former Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson was named 'Manager of the Year' by League Managers Association (LMA) for guiding the Red... ...

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A bloodied childhood in war-torn Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Tamil poet and journalist Theepachelvan Pratheepan shares the experiences of his petrified childhood days spent in the war-torn island... ...

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