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Padma Shri recipient Phillips Talbot dies

Veteran diplomat and author Phillips Talbot, a Padma Shri recipient who experienced first-hand the power of Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent movement and was one of the few Americans present during......

Another Indian American in Obama administration

Yet another young and talented Indian American with impeccable credentials in development work worldwide, has been appointed by United States President Barack Obama to a senior position in his......

Friends of ailing George Fernandes speak up

Friends of Rajya Sabha member and senior Janata Dal-United leader George Fernandes on Tuesday made an appeal, endorsed by many eminent personalities like Union ministers Farooq Abdullah, Jaswant......

Classical vocalist Gangubai Hangal dead

Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Gangubai Hangal passed away at a hospital in Hubli, Karnataka, on Tuesday morning. The 97-year-old vocalist had been undergoing treatment for cardiac and......

Fareed Zakaria is India Abroad Person of the Year

Fareed Zakaria has an established reputation as one of the most thoughtful, articulate, nuanced voices on American television - a rare voice, what is more, that can take America out of its......

Manmohan Singh honours economist Padma Desai

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh joined former Russian Premier Yegor Gaidar and Nobel laureates on Thursday to compliment Padma Desai, described as 'An economist's economist' by Nobel laureate Paul......

India - The emerging giant, or has it emerged?

The latest book by Prof. Arvind Panagariya, India: The Emerging Giant (Oxford University Press, 2008), has generated ample interest among the academia and policy makers, both in India and abroad.......

How to understand India's economy

A lot of analytical attention is being paid to the Indian economy these days. Most of the analysis has centered on when reform really started -- 1985 or 1991. One or two writers have put the date......

Today's Oscar Challenge!

Did you take our fascinating Oscar 1 and Oscar 2 quizzes? Check out how much more you know about the Oscars with our third Oscar quiz. Enjoy! 1. Ben Kingsley won the 1982 Oscar for Gandhi. He......

Hollywood babes glam up for fashion's biggest party!

Some of Hollywood's hottest women turned up for the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute's 'American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity', in New York on Monday. The evening saw gorgeous......

Just why am I a champion of Slumdog?

As we were planning this weekend's Academy Award-viewing plans, I mentioned them to my 5-year-old twins, Durga and Krishna. "Oscar Award?" asked Krishna, "is that when they give awards for......

How The Namesake came to be

Kal Penn, who plays the sensitive, emotionally fragile son of immigrant parents in Mira Nair's The Namesake might not have paid the customary 10 percent (finder's fee) to Zohran Mamdani, 14 and his......

Did Mohammad Rafi get his due?

Last week, a Bangladeshi musician claimed that Mohammad Rafi was not given his rightful due in India. In a week-long series rediff.com finds out if the great Rafisaab was indeed ignored by the......

'When brothers go hand in hand they are unmatchabl

USER: Atreya Banerjee1. Virender Sehwag2. Sachin Tendulkar3. Inzamam ul Haq4. Saurav Ganguly5. Rahul Dravid6. Yuvraj Singh7. Abdur Razzaq8. Wasim Akram9. Shoaib Akhtar10. Zaheer Khan11. Saqlain......

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Q. Why not hang all terrorists at one time and on same plateform like Afzal Guru, Pragya Thakur, Purhohit, Sawami Sharma..............
: A. First of all do not equate Afzal with Purohit & Sadhvi. Because Afzal had been awarded DEATH SENTENCE by Supreme Court only UPA & allies...... more

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Q. Which face is more uniqueKaitrina KaifAyesha TakiaPadma LakshmiLicole KidmanAmrita RaoMinissha LambaSneha UllalKeira KnightleySushmita SenHilary DuffLindsay LohanParis HiltonAngelina JolieAishwarya RaiJennifer AnnistonJennifer LopezHrishita BhuttIsha SharvaniAsha GillNeha AhujaVaishali DesaiReese WitherspoonDrew BarrymoreVibhinita VermaAarohi Mishra
SATTAYAM: A. Vidya Balan, y her name is not showing in ur list? more

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Instagram currently holds the title of hottest new app in Hollywood. and Bollywood is not far behind. While in the West everyone from Rihanna to... ...

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Shanti Bhavan's 15th Anniversary Celebration

***MEDIA ALERT*** WHAT: SHANTI BHAVAN'S 15th Anniversary Celebration & Benefit WHO: Event Hosts: Television Host and Author Padma Lakshmi; Interior... ...

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Top Ten MMS Scandals

For those who came in late: the latest controversy involving Dr Manmohan Singh and his UPA government has its genesis in a March 2012 Draft CAG... ...

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Dost dost na raha…

Gone are the days when actors used to go out of their way to help each other. The stars of yesteryears may not have been the best of friends but... ...

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Raj Kapoor, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Bimal Roy... to Rajkumar Hirani

Entertainment News: Indian cinema in its glorious 100 years has produced some of the finest, rarest and exceptionally talented directors who have... ...

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