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Here's what you missed Mrs Obama

US President Barack Obama and Michelle may not have been able to see the Taj Mahal this time but the US First Lady on Tuesday said she will be back in India for a visit to the monument of love.......

Super-dog helped kill Osama bin Laden

The elite unit of US Navy SEALs, which killed Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan, had a specially-trained explosives-sniffing dog for the surgical strike.The commandos, numbering 79, brought along the......

Deoband: Rumblings in the 'Fortress of Faith'

Dar ul-Ulooom new chief Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi's statement praising Gujarat's progress is seen by many as a tacit stamp of approval for Narendra Modi. Yoginder Sikand looks at the......

Terror risk list: Somalia 1st, Pak 2nd, India 16th

Even though the terrorist situation in Iraq has improved, the frequency, scale and human impact of attacks still makes it the most extreme risk country for terrorism, with nearly 4,500 civilians......

Headley's 26/11 revelations won't matter to Pak

Pakistani authorities had told United States officials that the statements given by David Headley, the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks suspect, to American investigative agencies would not carry any......

Tata Motors nets Lionel Messi as brand ambassador

Associating with a celebrity is a first in the company’s decades-long historySoccer great Lionel Messi will become the face of Tata Motors’ passenger vehicles portfolio. The Argentinian......

Indian industrialists bag UK Asian Awards

Top Indian industrialists N R Narayana Murthy and Adi Godrej besides actor Anupam Kher were among a number of personalities from Asia to be recognised by the UK for their contributions in various......

Now, it's cheaper to fuel planes than cars

The increase in petrol prices from Saturday midnight has made the fuel more expensive than aircraft turbine fuel, used to power planes. The reason is a skewed duty structure. ATF costs Rs......

A flying robot may soon replace CCTV camera

The CCTV camera will soon be a thing of the past, as scientists have developed a new flying robot equipped with the world's most advanced intelligence systems which could help spy on and track down......

Premji on how corruption in India could be ended

Infotech czar Azim Premji on Thursday expressed concern over various scandals that have surfaced in the country during the last one year and said good leadership in politics, bureaucracy, business......

PIX: Brad Pitt, Ben Stiller, Ben Kingsley attend premieres

It's pouring premieres in Hollywood.Angelina Jolie's directorial Unbroken, Ben Stiller's Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, and Seth Rogen and James Franco's The Interview premiered......

Ben Kingsley plays a Sikh cabbie!

"Sir Ben," I called out on the red carpet as he arrived to applause from hundreds of admirers at the Elgin theatre in Toronto. "You have played so many ethnic characters starting from Gandhi to......

Ben Kingsley: My mother refused to acknowledge my knighthood

Oscar-award winning actor Ben Kingsley says his knighthood made him feel accepted in a way his own mother, actress and model Anna Goodman, never did. The 69-year-old actor, who rose to......

30 Years of Gandhi: The key players look back

Richard Attenborough's award-winning film Gandhi turns 30 today.Starring Ben Kingsley in perhaps his best role, the film featured some of India's most talented actors, many of them starting out......

Ben Kingsley: India is my second home

It was way back in 1982 when Sir Ben Kingsley came to India to portray Mahatma Gandhi on screen. Now, he is back in a new avatar, all set to play a mathematician in Amitabh......

Pep's All Or Nothing style makes Manchester City champs

'By giving cameras unimpeded access to their world-class training facilities and coaches, and by showing off Guardiola's genius, All Or Nothing is a striking show of power, a declaration of their......

Pep's All Or Nothing style makes Manchester City champs

U-17 WC, New Zealand v Turkey: Tough job ahead for Kiwis

IMAGE: Turkey players all set for the Kiwis. Photograph: Under-17 FIFA World Cup/Twitter. Unheralded New Zealand will have a tough job at hand when take on Turkey in the FIFA U-17 World Cup Group......

Champions League PIX: Barca drub Roma; Arsenal's hopes alive

Barca's Suarez and Messi hit doubles in Roma rout IMAGE: Barcelona's Gerard Pique, second left, celebrates with Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Neymar during the UEFA Champions League Group E match......

France snub Valbuena, Benzema amid sextape scandal

IMAGE: France’s national soccer team players Mathieu Valbuena (front) and Karim Benzema. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters Mathieu Valbuena and Karim Benzema, embroiled in a sextape......

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