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How India can move from cynicism to hope

India just needs to exploit its natural strengths to live up to its potential, says Arun Jaitley. We live in an age of both cynicism and hope. When we see the depressing environment around us,......

Modi vs Mahatma: What is Gujarat's message to India?

'Unless he engages with the darkness within, unless there is remorse for what happened within his rule, I don't think he is going to be my leader,' says filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt in his forthright......

'Cats and writers are both completely off their heads'

'The cruelty to animals only reflects the modern, urban Indian contempt for any creatures -- animal or human -- who are voiceless and powerless and unable to fight back,' novelist Nilanjana Roy......

It's going to be 2012, not 1912!

Sheela Bhatt's fictionalised account of the real emotions of many urban Indian women.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh My Dear Sister, I am sorry. I have hardly spoken to you this year. Mother also keeps......

President Pratibha Patil's Republic Day speech

My Fellow Citizens,On the eve of our 62nd Republic Day, I extend my warmest greetings to all of you across the country and also to those living abroad. I convey my special greetings to the members......

Kamal Nath discusses bilateral trade with UAE minister

Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath has discussed mechanisms for development of the economic partnership between India and the UAE with UAE Foreign Trade Minister Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, it was......

Social entrepreneurs set to change India

Social entrepreneurship is expected to be the next big thing to influence India as the country juggles to achieve a balance between a growing GDP growth, ensuring inclusive growth and attempting to......

Hyundai Tucson: A runaway success

So you have saved up Rs 14-odd lakh for a brand new SUV and didn't buy the Honda CR-V because it drank petrol? And you didn't consider the Nissan X-Trail because you could buy a CR-V and have......

A cut and paste Budget will do just fine

Last fortnightthis column had suggested that Mr Chidambaram only needed to add a few knobs and bells to Mr Jaswant's Singh's interim budget speech to turn it into a soul-stirring peroration,......

Finance minister's Budget Speech

The following is the speech that Finance Minister Jaswant Singh made in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday while presenting the Interim Budget for 2004-05.Mr Speaker,1. I rise to present an Interim Budget,......

A sham called Shanghai

In a movie supposedly realistic, Dibakar Banerjee cannot handle politics except as a joke, with a party named 'India Bane Pardes' in Shanghai.We in India have been blessed by a film culture that......

Does this Superman look like Robert Pattinson?

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Superman has undergone a huge makeover -- the once squeaky clean and muscled superhero now looks more like Robert......

Anupam Kher's new role

Anupam Kher tells us about his new role. And no, it's not a filmi one.Anupam Kher, whose career spans nearly 400 films and over 100 plays, has been appointed the goodwill ambassador of the Pratham......

Look, who's back in business?

The grim, depressing, yetfascinating, Monsterhad a miraculous leap over the weekend in North America. Based on key incidents in the life of a Florida serial killer, the film bounced from11th......

Satyakam: Dharmendra's career best role

Dinesh RahejaIn Satyakam, a distressed-by-poverty Sharmila Tagore remarks: "Sone ke zevar banane ke liye thodi toh khot milani padti hai [To produce something as beautiful as gold jewellery, you......

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QNA

Q. What activities are prohibited in Hell ?
: A. Just take a look at Pakistan. Everything taking place there is permitted in Hell. And then take a look at Bharat (of the so-called illiterate,...... more

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Telit To Expand Line Of Multi-Constellation Satellite Global Positioning Receivers

Telit Wireless Solutions, a leading global provider of high-quality machine-to-machine (M2M) modules, services and solutions, today announced the... ...

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Rahul Gandhi criticises opp...

Congress Vice President Rahul has criticised the opposition parties for stalling the Food Security Bill in Parliament, and asserted the UPA... ...

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BJP holds UPA Govt., Congress responsible for non-passage of Food Security Bill

New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has held the Congress Party responsible for the non-passage of the Food Security Bill... ...

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Civic body gets Rs 100-cr loan

Puneet Pal Singh Gill Tribune News Service Ludhiana, May 15 The cash strapped Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has a reason to cheer as Canara Bank... ...

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Glimpse of modern India

The Minister of Information & Broadcasting Manish Tewari unveiled a multi-media initiative that captures the journey of development in the last... ...

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