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'CIA, ISI encouraged Sikh terrorism'

The Richard Nixon administration in the US had initiated a "covert action plan" in collusion with General Yahya Khan's government in Pakistan in 1971 to encourage a separatist movement in Punjab, a......

'Bush visit comparable to Nixon's to Beijing'

Newsweek has compared the upcoming visit of US President George W Bush to India to that of Richard M Nixon to China in the early 1970s.President Bush, who will be the fifth American president to......

Yahya had informed Nixon of martial law

Indicative of the influence wielded by the US over Pakistan, General Yahya Khan hadin March 1969informed President Richard Nixon of his decision to impose martial law and sought Washington's......

'US okayed Pak repression in Bangladesh in 1971'

Despite assurance by the then American president Richard Nixon to the Congress that the United States does not "support or condone" Pakistan's military repression in the then East Pakistan......

The Wharton brouhaha: Let's get the facts on Modi right

The allegation that the chief minister of Gujarat did nothing to prevent a ‘series of orchestrated riots’ in 2001 is indeed serious. This needs some deliberation and analysis since this......

What India MUST do to reduce corruption

Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal Movement has caught the imagination of Indians worldwide. An attempt to make the government pass an effective Lokpal Bill, something that was not done for forty two......

12 Indians among WEF's Young Global Leaders

As many as 12 Indians and 2 Indian Americans have been named as Young Global Leaders (YGLs) for 2011 by the World Economic Forum. The honour, bestowed each year by WEF, recognises up to 200......

Sneak peek: Porsche Cajun, the Rs 25 lakh SUV

Manufacturers across the world are laying emphasis on developing models that appeal to the younger generation. A fine example of the same is a Sports Utility Vehicle like BMW X1 that brings the......

Why the mighty Airbus A380 is in trouble

The world's largest passenger airline, Airbus A380 is in trouble again five years after its maiden flight in 2005. A380's first delivery itself was delayed by two years due to technical......

India Post: The past, present and future

India Post, the world's largest postal network, is set to become a major partner in financial inclusion. The Indian postal network is the largest in the world with 155,015 post offices in the......

Vote for Aishwarya's best look at Cannes!

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival since 2002, and every year, she's seems to be getting better at it. On her 10th year, this month, Ash did not......

The Hottest Gals of Bigg Boss

Former Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson is all set to send mercury levels soaring in Bigg Boss, as she makes her way into the house. She may be the channel's favourite pin-up girl now but we've seen......

Celebrating Saif Ali Khan's top notch performances

Isn't it intriguing how some of Hindi film industry's better actors are simply insufferable in their first few movies? Take pre-Maachis Tabu in monstrosities like Pehla Pehla Pyaar, Prem and......

A 100 days of Ugragaami

In an attempt to take his art house cinema beyond a select intellectual group, writer-director Baraguru Ramachandrappa has embarked on an alternate release mechanism. He will hold a cine jatha as......

Who is your favourite Sex and the City gal?

Sassy, sexy, sophisticated and jaw-dropping stylish, the women of Sex and the City are simply inimitable. Clearly not in their 20s (or should that be 30s?) anymore, SATC revolves around......

Kissinger to promote US WC bid

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, architect of President Richard Nixon's detente with China, faced a new diplomatic challenge on Monday -- helping craft a U.S. bid to host the soccer......

CL: Inter collapse against Schalke, Real steamroll Spurs

Holders Inter Milan faced almost certain elimination from the Champions League after collapsing to a stunning 5-2 home defeat by a makeshift Schalke 04 team in their quarter-final first leg at the......

The rising ball: long and short of it

Everyone knows that India lost all three Super Eight matches of the last Twenty20 World Cup because its young stars could not handle the short ball bowled at fast pace. This time, too, the team......

Preview: Federer faces Melbourne Park test

Roger Federer has done everything necessary to etch his name in the annals of tennis immortality and all that remains for the Swiss world number one is to add more grand slams to his remarkable......

Images: Kings XI Punjab beat Deccan Chargers

Luke Pomersbach of the Kings XI Punjab is run out by Herschelle Gibbs of Deccan Chargers during the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 match in Johannesburg on Sunday. ...

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Q. The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.true or false
Rajan: A. more

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Q. Who was Richard Nixon's first Vice President?
Trivial Pursuit: A. It is Amar, Akbar, Anthony more

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Q. richard Nixon was the first and only US president to resign from the Office - true or False ?
Stalin: A. Spiro T Agnew more

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Q. Who made the first telephone call to the moon?
Aristha Routh: A. true more

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Stranger Truths

Richard Nixon, Jumbo jet, Concorde, Apollo 11, Woodstock, the Manson Family rampage, colour TV, Unix, Led Zeppelin, Monty Python, Butch Cassidy,... ...

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White House fights and loses battle to withhold Benghazi records

Washington: President Barack Obama's White House fought and lost a battle to avoid making public what it claimed were confidential records of... ...

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Watergate Hearings Televised 40 Years Ago

Richard Milhous Nixon was ';not a crook,'; or so the 37th U.S. president would have us believe. But such denials at a Nov. 17, 1973, news... ...

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Golf-European Tour Madeira Islands Open scores

May 16 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the European Tour Madeira Islands Open at the par-72 course on Thursday in Santo da Serra 64 Lloyd Saltman... ...

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Note to Democrats and Republicans This Is Not a Game

abuse situation when most rational people know the comparison between what is going on today and what happened with Richard Nixon is extremely thin... ...

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