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Is India serious about investigating Tatragate?

Did an Indian agency place a 'mole' within the Tatra subsidiary in Britain? Did powerful forces in India snuff out a life before anything emerged? T V R Shenoy asks some uncomfortable questions......

Security forces enter Lalgarh, 4 Maoists killed

Security forces on Saturday moved into Lalgarh and took control of the police station in the area to snuff out the six-day old siege by Maoists who ambushed a convoy en route to the area in West......

STUNNING PIX: Water freezes as firefighters battle blaze

A fire that started on Tuesday evening at an abandoned Chicago warehouse is now covered in ice. Around 170 firefighters worked overnight in freezing temperatures to snuff the blaze. The fire that......

Of 'spindas', gotras and khap panchayats.

Among the many questions that overhang married life in India, the one that most intrigued me for a while was on a government document. It asked whether my husband and I were "spindas" (sic). Being......

Taliban hires burqa-clad women as suicide bombers

The Taliban has recruited a new, unsuspected lot as suicide bombers: women in burqas.In a civilisation where women have always been protected and hidden behind head-to-toe black veils, the new......

Swedish Match to double oral snuff sale in India

The $500-million Swedish Match, which sells through its Indian arm, oral moist snuff 'Snus' (pronounced snoox) for 'sucking', proposes to double its sale in the country from 100,000 cans last year......

Occupy Wall St: Who will meet protestors' demands?

Removing Occupy Wall Street protestors from New York's Zuccotti Park in a late night raid may have been easy enough. Clamping down on the global rage against various abuses of power will be......

Cut in I-T to boost FMCG sale

The FMCG sector's demand growth will be powered by effective reduction in the personal taxes and increased allocation under NREGA, though hike in excise duty lead inflation is a cause for......

Quit smoking, Pranab urges people

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who gave up his smoking pipe years ago, feels that others too deserve encouragement to kick the habit and hence has subject tobacco products to higher taxation,......

Budget bonanza: Major relief to taxpayers

The 2010-11 general Budget on Friday provided considerable relief to Income Tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the......

'The Malayalam superstars are highly insecure'

When the winds blow wild snuffing out the flames, it is the Master Carpenter who takes up the challenge. Some quick calculations later, he raises a stone slab, and the lamp burns steady. That was......

The Thilakan Interview: Malayalam superstars are insecure

One of India's greatest actors Thilakan passed away into the ages on September 24. He was 77. We reproduce here, an in-depth Rediff interview with the legend, published in January 2008. Don't miss......

Faster review: A movie gone very wrong

Elvis D Silva reviews the Hollywood movie, Faster. Post YOUR reviews here!Let me get this out of the way, right at the beginning of this review -- Dwayne Johnson has decent screen presence. His......

Aamir: Please ignore reports about me smoking

Bollywood's Mr Perfectionist -- Aamir Khan -- is facing pre-release jitters again. This time it is for the much anticipated film3 Idiots and it is tempting the actor to break his 'No Smoking'......

Lata Mangeshkar In Her Own Voice, a review

This book of conversations is the closest you'll come to probably knowing Lata Mangeshkar. Given a choice, would you rather hear Lata Mangeshkar sing, or talk? While that's hardly a debatable......

Ranty takes Dempo past Churchill

Ranty Martins scored a brace as Dempo rallied from a goal down to snuff out a strong challenge from Churchill Brothers 3-1 and move to the top of the table in the ONGC National Football......

Pak coach wary of India: Jr. Asia Cup hockey

Pakistan will be banking on home advantage to snuff out their main threat, defending champions India, in the fifth Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament, starting in Karachi from April 20."India have a......

Kuerten snuffs out Philippoussis's hopes

Mark Philippoussis wasted five match points and a chance to play in the season-ending Masters Cup when he was beaten 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 by Gustavo Kuerten in the second round of the Paris Masters on......

Davis Cup: Nadal ends quiet year on a high

Rafa Nadal ended a relatively barren year on a thrilling high when he battled back from a set down to beat Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro and secure Spain's fifth Davis Cup tennis triumph on......

King's Cup: Barca, Sevilla advance into quarters

Eric Abidal crowned a superb defensive display with a rare goal to help Barcelona to a 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday and put the La Liga leaders through to the quarter-finals of the......

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Q. What's the difference between smelling and taking a whiff?
Angel: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/whats-the-difference-between-smelling-and-taking-a-whiff/25180246/answers/

Q. Cut The Mustard---meaning of the phrase?
Sudhakar Kuruvada: A. Getting the Air in There; Sniff, Sniff, Take a Whif. like some people snuff tobacco. smell is to find the odour of something,. whiff is to take in tobacco powder or drugs and so on more

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Q. What is Oral cancer? how is it causes? is it caused by kissing too?
Sumukh Chincholkar: A. To succeed; to come up to expectations.Why cutting mustard was chosen as an example of high quality is unclear. As always in such circumstances,...... more

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Q. What punishment should be given to fathers who kill their own daughter ?
Manoj Kakkar: A. Cancer starts when the structure of the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) alters - a genetic mutation. DNA provides the cells with a basic set of...... more

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Q. Ponder over this thought and express your views...." Nourish your inner light then trust it to illuminate your path" Your views?
Manoj Kakkar: A. In today's world, people are all time trying to snuff out that inner light. It flickers and tries to show you how wrong you are. Inner light can...... more

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'Desi' Facebook and Twitter may be coming

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Cyber Cell Wants New, Indian Facebook

With social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter citing their stringent privacy settings to decline Indian agencies requests for data on... ...

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Ecologist Gadgil takes former ISRO chief Kasturirangan to cleaners

Attacks report on Western Ghats as favouring rich and powerful illegalities. Well-known ecologist Madhav Gadgil has now joined many... ...

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