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St Xavier's College principal Fr Frazier Mascarenhas speaks with Matthew Schneeberger about the college's recent autonomous status.
Throughout my life at every stage God has blessed me with friends and family that have loved me without reason, declares A Ganesh Nadar on Friendship Day.
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Eight years ago, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain had narrated how his father Alla Rakha had welcomed him into this world by putting the musical instrument's rhythms into his ears when asked to recite prayers.
'These letters are part of my communication with the students to encourage them to vote and to introduce them to academic discussions on what good governance and development is all about' Dr Fraser Mascarenhas, principal of Mumbai's St Xavier's College, remains unmoved even as the Bharatiya Janata Party complains to the Election Commsion over his email to students on the Gujarat model. Prasanna D Zore reports from Mumbai
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BITS has produced 10 startup unicorn founders in the US.
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President Obama will have a one on one meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the prime minister's home on Sunday evening.
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