What will the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government do to answer the queries and fears of investors who will want to be doubly sure they would not be harassed at a later date, as has been happening to Sterlite, should be interesting to watch, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
She too, in a sense, launched a thousand ships. It explains why author Jerry Pinto decided to chronicle the life and times of Bollywood's first item girl, Helen.
'It's a toss-up between a fire sale of equity or merger with a strong bank,' points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
China has ruled out talks with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, unless he renounces his quest for Tibetan independence.
'Mr Modi would compliment a Nobel Prize winner, but members of his party or the government would not be restrained from either making unfair comments or criticising him for having offered advice to an Opposition political party,' says A K Bhattacharya.
In a historic moment, Pope Francis met the grand imam of Cairo's Al-Azhar Mosque at the Vatican.
"He loved India. He loved the growth of the Church and the sterling missionary works, especially in the fields of education and healthcare, of church institutions in India. Whenever I met him, he would ask me about India."
The couples wearing garlands and traditional wedding attire arrived at the polling booths and neighbouring Tirupur District immediately after their marriage, officials said.
'My film talks about the eternal battle between Christ and Satan,' says director Vinod Pande.
The Congress high command on Thursday approved the list of its candidates for Lok Sabha polls in Kerala retaining all but two sitting MPs, including Union Ministers Shashi Tharoor and K V Thomas, giving a head start to the party in the campaign against rival Left Democratic Front.
'It is not the test, but the symptomatic phase in this disease that really matters.'
'Religion must not and cannot be the basis for a survey,' says Father Babu Joseph, spokesman, Catholic Bishops Conference of India.
Sopena came to India in 1947 as a 22-year-old on a mission to serve mankind through the Society of Jesus, a male religious congregation of the Catholic Church founded by Spanish spearhead of counter-reformation, Ignatius Loyola in 1541.
The Vatican defines matrimony as a divine union between man and woman.
India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeared to have reservations about the Congress support to the 'liberation struggle' against Kerala's first Communist ministry led by E M S Namboodiripad, which was dismissed in 1959 within two years of coming to power.
During his visit to over 120 countries, the Pope interacted with people of different ethnicities. Were you one of those who were blessed by the Pope?
Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher said the Pontiff's death had affected the team.
Small gestures from Indira gave Sonia the confidence that she could be a daughter-in-law in the distinguished family.
A cathedral premises and a Catholic school where people had gathered for a religious convention were vandalised allegedly by Hindu activists at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh.
All the action from the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival.
The Christian community, which has been critical of the Bharatiya Janata Party government following "attacks" on churches, on Friday welcomed US President Barack Obama's comments on religious intolerance in India, saying he spoke about the reality and pro-active action was required to ensure social harmony.
Mother Teresa to be beatified October 19.
Justin Langer was the foundation rock upon which Australia erected towering piles of runs during a golden era of success.
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