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Asok, the first Indian comic character to win hear

Long before film-crazy Indian-American Raj Patel joined Archie, Jughead, Veronica and their gang in Riverdale High, Asok had made his way into Dilbert -- the enormously popular comic strip about......

Indian jailed for 40 years for murdering wife, 2 kids in UK

A 52-year-old man, who pleaded guilty to the triple murder of his nurse wife from Kerala and their two children last year, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 40 years......

Why BJP is crumbling in Bengal after a sensational rise

'It doesn’t help to transpose the Hindi heartland model on Bengal. Bengalis don’t understand its dynamics. They won’t comprehend the impact of Modi’s dip in the Ganga......

India's new permanent representative to UN takes charge

Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji has taken charge as India's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations and presented his credentials to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who lauded India's role......

New Indian envoy to UN meets Ban Ki Moon

Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji, the new permanent representative of India to the United Nations, on Tuesday presented his credentials to Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon at the United Nations......

Hiranandani bros among Singapore's richest property tycoons

Indian origin property magnate Raj Kumar Hiranandan and Asok Kumar Hiranandani( see left) have been named among Singapore's top ten richest property tycoons and the two have a collective net worth......

Indian visa process in UK to be outsourced

With a rising number of people from Britain queuing up to visit India, the Indian High Commission in London will outsource the Visa Application Process from May this year. "From summer (May) this......

NRI donates $100,000 for restoring Ram Mohan tomb

A Singapore-based Indian entrepreneur has donated$100,000 for the restoration of the tomb of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, founder of the Brahmo Samaj, at a Bristol cemetery in the UK. Aditya K......

India re-elected to UN Economic and Social Council

India has overwhelmingly won its re-election to the UN body on economic and social issues, garnering the highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group. The 193-member UN General Assembly......

Markets end on a weak note dragged by pharma shares

Markets ended the session on a weak note, amid choppy trades, weighed down by selling pressure in pharma shares with Lupin leading the decline. The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 24,900, down by......

Mizhikal Sakshi is melodramatic

The line between something profound and pretentious is very thin. If we try to stretch the profundity more than what is absolutely necessary, then it is at risk of becoming pretentious. Director......

'Ganguly is a victim of dirty politics'

Former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly, who found no takers at the recent IPL IV auction, was a victim of "dirty politics", a West Bengal minister said on Thursday. "Dirty politics was played by......

Bengal restrict Punjab on Day 1

Bengal restricted favourites Punjab at 210 runsfor sevenon the first day of the Ranji Trophy Super division match at the Kanchenjungha Stadium in Siliguri on Saturday. Punjab chose to bat first and......