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Indian consulate caught dumping visa applications

The Indian Consulate in San Francisco was caught in a controversy when the San Francisco Chronicle reported that it dumped documents and paperwork submitted along with the visa application, in the......

Probe gurudwara shooting as a hate crime: Rights group

America's premier civil rights group has urged authorities to probe the Wisconsin gurudwara shooting incident as a "potential hate crime." The Anti-Defamation League, who had been tracking the......

Mukherjee, the 4th Indian-origin Pulitzer winner

Siddhartha Mukherjee has become the fourth person of Indian origin to bag the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, the first being Gobind Behari Lal way back in 1937. Lal was science editor emeritus for......

'Sad that China is intimidated by a 20-year-old'

Google's statement that it would leave China if it continued with censorship has placed India-born Tensin Seldon, an activist with Students for a Free Tibet, as a major player in the controversy.......

Grandmother's tales: The Girl From Foreign

It all began when thirteen-year-old Sadia Shepard ventured unannounced into her grandmother's room in Boston one Saturday, and found her applying coconut oil to the head of her mother Samina......

BoI plans China, US arms by 2006

Bank of India plans to establish subsidiaries in Shenzen, China and San Francisco, US -- a Nigerian unit is likely too -- by March 2006.The bank is also examining entry into various other markets......

Financial crisis could send suicide, homicide rate

The current global financial crisis may turn out to be a major killer, and could send suicide and homicide rates soaring, says a new Lancet study.Researchers at London School of Hygiene and......

Wall Street's top earners: Your pain, their gain

Problems paying the mortgage, filling the gas tank and feeding the family have eroded living standards for millions of Americans during the past several months. Not so for people who manage big......

Outsourcing takes the pain out of visa processing

Not so long ago, getting a visa from the Indian consulates across the country was a nightmare; now, applicants are all smiles thanks to the smooth functioning of the method of outsourcing such......

Shaw Wallace to merge with UB Group

The Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) United Spirits will be merging Shaw Wallace with itself. United Spirits, a part of the UB Group, had acquired Shaw Wallace for around Rs 1,300 crore (Rs 13......

A doctor who rocks the music charts

Even before the band Rupa & the April Fishes began a tour that would take them to over two dozen cities in America, Canada and Europe, bandleader Rupa Marya was being sought out for interviews......

What goes on in a terrorist's mind

Armed with mostly positive reviews, the disturbing, thought-provoking film The War Within, about a Pakistani suicide bomber who sets out to blow up Grand Central station in New York, is expanding......

KMG: Raves in India, rants in USA

Despite the hype, Koi... Mil Gaya became an orphan in North America, earning less than $300,000 in three days and occupying 29th place on the box office chart. The film's disappointing showing......

Kaka has knee surgery, out for up to four months

Real Madrid midfielder Kaka has undergone an operation on his left knee and could be ruled out for three to four months, the clinic which carried out the surgery said on Thursday. The Spanish club......

Jones wants lie detector test on Conte

The lawyer for triple Olympic champion Marion Jones has challenged the indicted hea9d of the BALCO laboratory to take a lie detector test after he alleged he had seen her taking......

BALCO head helped Jones use steroids

The head of the BALCO lab at the centre of a global steroid scandal said in an interview to be aired on Friday that he witnessed track star Marion Jones using steroids in a drug program he......

Marion Jones used steroids: BALCO head

The head of the BALCO lab at the centre of a global steroid scandal said in an interview to be aired on Friday that he witnessed track star Marion Jones using steroids in a drug program he......

Jones seeks charges against ex-husband

Lawyers for Olympic track champion Marion Jones said on Friday that her ex-husband C.J. Hunter should be prosecuted for lying to federal officials following reports he told them Jones had used......

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Q. \"Mona Lisa, La Gioconda (La Joconde), is a 16th-century oil painting on popular wood by Leonardo da Vinci, and is arguably d most famous painting in the world.\" My friend says so! But I don\'t really see anything special about this painting. I don\'t know why people have been given so much value to this picture. If you concentrate on the picture, there is nothing to be discussed about and it\'s really unpleasant for eyes to see her without eyebrows. The only thing is, this is d first oil painted picture as I believe. Maybe those who love art a lot really see something in it. What d
: A. Many historians believe the painting is a portrait of Madam Lisa Giocondo, wife of a wealthy Florentine also known as La Gioconda in Italian or La...... more

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Q. Which famous author was fired from the SanFrancisco Examiner being told\'\" You just dont know how to use the English language\"\' only to win the Nobel Prize for Literature later in life?
Sumati Gayki: A. Rudyard Kipling... more

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Q. Who are more anger-- Men or Women ?
Thampy Chacko: A. On the surface, men seem to embrace their anger and use it to their advantage whereas women view anger as being counter-productive. But in day to...... more

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Q. Which is the best food to keep youself in good mood?
Anantharaman : A. CHOCLATES FOR SURE !!!!!!!!:))plz go thru the article pasted below for confirmation.:))Listen to the way people malign chocolate: Sinful! Decadent!...... more

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Stanford Researchers Find Frogs in California Harbor Deadly Amphibian Pathogen

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Scott Safadi Links Skyrocketing Rents to Thriving Local Employment

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European Factors to Watch-Shares seen lower, focus on data

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - European stocks were expected to edge lower on Friday, mirroring losses on Wall Street, following comments from some... ...

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