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| October 31, 2008 | |
Chiranjeevi supports Telangana cause SnapsIndia and PTI
Actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi on Friday announced that his Praja Rajyam Party will support the formation of a separate Telangana state if the Centre came with such a proposal.
I don't oppose Chhat puja, but the political tamasha: Raj Arun Patil
Under attack for his campaign against north Indians, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Friday softened his stand on Chhat puja, saying that he was not opposed to the festival being celebrated in Maharashtra but warned against it being used as a show of political strength.
India a leading voice in developing world: UN chief Jay Mandal
Terming India a "leading voice" in the developing world, the UN today said both India and Pakistan should continue their composite dialogue process to maintain peace in the subcontinent but ruled out withdrawal of its observer mission in both countries.
Indian spectacle at Bhutan king's coronation
The coronation of Bhutan's fifth king, Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk, on November 7-8 promises to be a grand spectacle.
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| October 30, 2008 | |
Serial blasts rock Assam PTI Photo
Eleven serial blasts rocked several districts of Assam on Thursday, including three in Guwahati, killing at least 30 persons and injuring over 150 others.
61 killed in serial blasts across Assam PTI Photo
In one of the worst ever terror strikes in the country, at least 58 persons were killed and over 300 injured, when unidentified terrorists detonated 11 bombs in four districts--Kamrup (Guwahati city), Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta--of Assam at around 1130 hours on Thursday.
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| October 27, 2008 | |
American Diwali AFP/Getty Images
Diwali celebrations in the the US.
Festive frolic
Illustrator Uttam Ghosh's take on the season for cheer and loved ones.
Gunman with message for Raj shot dead Arun Patil
A gunman, hailing from Bihar, who had come to the city to pass on a message to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray, was gunned down by police in an exchange of fire after he kept a conductor of BEST bus hostage near Bailbazaar area in the eastern suburb of Kurla.
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| October 24, 2008 | |
Cyderabad gets US consulate Snaps India
This will be fifth such facility of the US in India after its embassy in New Delhi and consulates in Kolkatta, Chennai and Mumbai.
The Condi Rice and Indra Nooyi show Michael Buckner/Getty Images
I think that all of us women have to learn to trust other women a lot more. I'm not sure we are there. I think we tend to trust men more than we trust each other. And we have to figure out what it is about us that we feel that advice -- constructive advice from a woman is viewed a little bit negatively than the same thing coming from a man, says PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi.
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| October 23, 2008 | |
Sarah Palin's Rs 75 lakh makeover, worth it? Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images
Republicans are worried over the disclosure that their campaign managers spent $150,000 on the wardrobe of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Aravind Adiga in Mumbai Reuben N V
Spotted newly-minted Man Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga outside the rediff.com office in Mahim, central Mumbai.
Raj Thackeray moves from one police station to another Arun Patil
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray has literally found himself in a 'legal soup', as he started his day on Thursday by attending various police stations in Mumbai. Thackeray was released on bail on Wednesday by a Kalyan court in a rioting case and reached home at around 1800 hours after spending 38 hours with the police, including a night in Dombivli's Manpada police lock-up.
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| October 22, 2008 | |
Walks out as a hero Sandeep Mahankal
Raj Thackeray was released on Wednesday evening after being arrested for a brutal attack on north Indian railway exam candidates by MNS workers.
No China factor in Indo-Japanese ties: PM AFP/Getty Images
Doing business with Japan does not mean that India can't have ties with China. That is what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tried his best to convey on the expanding Indo-Japanese relationship on Wednesday.
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| October 18, 2008 | |
The Fab Three! Jay Mandal/On Assignment
Breakthrough, international human rights organisation working in India and the US, honours Amartya Sen and Shashi Tharoor.
Your cell phone is their next target! Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images
Experts are urging cell phone users to exercise the same caution with their mobiles that they do to protect their computers from spam and virus attacks.
Ronald Reagan takes on India's finest Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP/Getty Images
The Malabar exercises, which commenced as part of naval cooperation between India and the United States, will culminate on October 23.
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| October 17, 2008 | |
How private security guards can fight terror Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
Vishwanath Katti, speaks of how private security personnel could be involved in fighting terror.
'Booker Prize is the Holy Grail' Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images
The Booker nomination and award tells a writer that all those months and years of working alone-were not in vain.
China hopping Kota Kyogoku-Pool/Getty Images
Asif Zardari is in China, his first visit to any country after taking over as President of Pakistan.
All about India's moon mission Bruno Vincent/Getty Images
Here's all that you wanted to know about India's first Moon mission.
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| October 15, 2008 | |
Adiga wins Booker for The White Tiger Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images
Debutant Indian novelist Aravind Adiga's book The White Tiger has been declared winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2008.
The Exile: A maharaja's tragic journey Rajesh Karkera
Noted Indian diplomat and author Navtej Sarna discussed his latest work of fiction The Exile with readers at a Mumbai bookstore. Here's what happened in the book reading.
Maya to hold maharally in Sonia's karmabhoomi Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati accuses Congress of trying to take political mileage from the proposed rail coach factory in Sonia Gandhi's constituency, ahead of Lok Sabha polls.
Global Handwashing Day Luis Liwanag/AFP/Getty Images
Today is Global Handwashing Day.
Understanding an alien land Sriram Selvaraj
The fear and anxiety of being in an alien land bonded these women together.
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| October 13, 2008 | |
'It's an amazing fight between the judiciary and Parliament' Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images
Rajeev Dhavan tells Rujuta Paradkar about the reservation debate and the Indian judicial system.
Bihar's fast-track justice Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
More than 20,000 criminals, including criminal-turned parliamentarians and legislators, have been convicted in the last two-and-a-half years in Bihar.
The 'blessed' saint from Kerala Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images
Sister Alphonsa became the first woman saint from India when Pope Benedict XVI conferred Sainthood on her on Sunday.
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| October 12, 2008 | |
Sister Alphonsa is a saint now AFP/Getty Images
Sister Alphonsa has been conferred sainthood. Alphonsa from Bharanangnam near Kottayam in Kerala on Sunday became the first woman from India and second from Indian Roman Catholic church to get canonised.
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| October 11, 2008 | |
Deal is done, it's legally binding Jay Mandal
India and the United States have operationalised the 'path-breaking' bilateral nuclear deal as they signed the 123 Agreement in Washington, with New Delhi insisting that the accord is 'legally-binding' on both sides.
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| October 10, 2008 | |
Kashmir Valley's first train ready to roll Umar Ganie
Kashmir's dream of an intra-Valley railway link would come true on Saturday.
Mysore Maharaja's victory march KPN Photos
Thousands of people converged in Mysore, the traditional capital of Karnataka, to witness the grand Dasara celebrations on Thursday.
'We have to select our judges carefully' Douglas E Curran/AFP/Getty Images
Justice Srikrishna spoke to Rujuta Paradkar about the Mumbai riots report and some of the biggest problems faced by the judicial system in India.
Has the 'bikini killer' exchanged vows? Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images
Confirming that a meeting took place between Sobhraj and Nihita Biswas at the jail premises on Thursday, a junior staff member at the prison said the two along with Nihita's mother exchanged 'Tikas' as per the traditional practice on the festival, but no wedding ceremony took place.
A race against time to save Sonu PTI
As the borewell was just one foot in diameter, army engineers have dug a parallel 55-ft tunnel to pull out the child, rescuers said. "It will be extended by 5 ft or so and then a trench will be dug towards the borewell," they added.
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| October 09, 2008 | |
Ravana meets fiery end, good triumphs Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
Across the country, huge effigies of Ravana and his brothers are gutted alongside the enactment of the mythological epic, Ramayana, -- also known as Ram Leela.
It's signed. It's a law now Paresh Gandhi
Finally, Bush has okayed the historic Indo-US nuclear deal.
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| October 08, 2008 | |
IAF@76: Ringing in the changes Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images
Indian Air Force shows its prowess at the 76th Air Force Day parade at Hindon near New Delhi.
The face off in town hall Paul J Richards/AFP/Getty Images
If Republican nominee John McCain entered Tuesday night's Presidential debate in need of a game-changer -- a moment that swung the tide of public opinion back in his favour -- he didn't get it.
Obama, McCain clash in town hall debate Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Taking up from where they left off in the first presidential debate, the two senators deliberated on issues ranging from economy to tax breaks to foreign policy -- often taking potshots at each other to ample measure.
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| October 07, 2008 | |
American Durga Pujas bigger and more meaningful courtesy Bharati Mukherjee
American Durga Pujas grow bigger and more meaningful in the way they perceive the same incidents, as it is today.
Mehta's Mumbai Symphony Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images
Zubin Mehta, the internationally acclaimed symphony conductor is in Mumbai to honour his late father, Mehli Mehta, the founding conductor of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra, through a series of charity concerts.
Writers for Obama speak out at fundraiser Preston Merchant
It featured the top Indian American talent – Mira Nair, Salman Rushdie, Jhumpa Lahiri among others and raised over $56,000 for Obama's race.
Indians in US dance to the spirit of Navratri Paresh Gandhi
Festive spirit knows no boundaries.
'The Naxal problem is not just a security issue' Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images
Sociologist Nandini Sundar speaks on the violence in Chhattisgarh and why the Salwa Judum must be disbanded.
Space rock to light up the sky Catalina Sky Survey/NASA
But it is unlikely any sizable fragments will survive the fiery passage through earth's atmosphere, American space agency NASA said.
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| October 01, 2008 | |
India: Not the first to ban smoking Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images
Smoking kills. That's the message countries around the world are trying to put across their citizens -- some strictly, some by word of mouth.
Dandiya nights Arun Patil
Navratri, which began on September 30, heralds the season of festivities in India.
Inviting Durga Ma back Avishek Mitra, India Blooms
The Goddess Durga comes down to earth every year for just four days. But preparations for her arrival start seven days before.
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