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Category: INDIAN NEWS

  • I-Day fest at Golconda Fort

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    Mohammed Shafeeq says Independence Day celebrations at Golconda Fort to bring focus back on the historic fort The decision of the Telangana government to celebrate the Independence Day at Golconda has put the spotlight back on the historic fort, which today lies in ruins due to decades of neglect and encroachments. This will be the…

  • Flood alert in Bihar

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    About 65,000 evacuated after flood alert in Bihar Over 65,000 people have been evacuated in Bihar Monday amid a flood alert, following a rise in the water level of Kosi river, an official said. A day after the Bihar government invoked the provisions under the Disaster Management Act to start forcible evacuation of people living…

  • Special Report: Asian Comedy Stars

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    Saumya Mathur looks into the new Asian comedy stars. YouTube is a boon for stand-up comedians, comedy clubs Lilly Singh, an Indian origin Canadian comedian, would never have been known as ‘Superwoman’ had she not taken to YouTube to showcase her talent. Her comic sense helped her earn over 200 million views and 3 million…

  • Air India to acquire more Dreamliner

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    Air India has spent $1.80 bn on Boeing Dreamliner Air India has spent $1.80 billion in acquiring 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft in the last three financial years. According to Minister of State (Civil Aviation) G.M. Siddeshwara, Air India has entered into a sale and lease-back arrangement for seven of its Boeing 787 aircraft. “Funding…

  • Modi woos Nepali leaders

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    Anil Giri reports from Kathmandu on Modi’s visit to the Himalayan country The commitments and candour in the expressions of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his meetings in Kathmandu have paved the way for the two countries to renew their bilateral relations with political leaders across the spectrum lauding his approach and statements. On Sunday…

  • Varanasi widows send rakhis to Modi

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    Mohit Dubey reports on the plight of widows of Varanasi The widows of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh will send 1,000 hand-made, colourful rakhis and sweets to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who made his debut into the Lok Sabha from this holy city, an NGO said. Hundreds of old widows who are spending the twilight years…

  • SPECIAL REPORT: Communists in India

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    Samir Kar Purkayastha says Communists in India need new leadership to recover politically The Communist party of India – Marxists (CPI-M), the largest Left party in India, has decided to hold its 2015 party congress in Kolkata instead of Agartala, capital of the only state now ruled by the party. Tripura is far off, more…

  • Good Memories @ Glasgow

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    Music centrepiece as Glasgow bids adieu to Commonwealth Games  The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony came to an end with a fine display of fireworks over Hampden Park but music took centrestage as Scottish singer Lulu, pop band Deacon Blue and Australian singer Kylie Minogue – to name a few – belted out their…

  • Obama honours Mumbaikar Neha

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    Quaid Najmi reports on a differently-abled Mumbai girl’s memorable dinner at White House For differently-abled Mumbaikar Neha P. Naik, her “dinner date” with the Obamas in the White House was like “a dream come true” and she will always cherish memories of the humbleness and courtesy of the US president and the grace of the…

  • REVIEW: India at CWG Glasgow

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     Veturi Srivatsa says India should be happy with the Glasgow returns  If you take away 2010 New Delhi, the benchmark for India at the Commonwealth Games has been 2002 Manchester when they crossed the 50-medal mark for the first time by ending up with 69 medals, 30 of them gold. Before the Indians left for Glasgow,…

  • Rajeev Mehta – A Kalmadi prodigee

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    From being the president of the low-profile Kho Kho federation to secretary-general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Rajeev Mehta has had a meteoric rise in Indian sports. But the 49-year-old Mehta brought embarrassment for the country when he was arrested in Glasgow for driving without a valid licence and under the influence of alcohol.…

  • Modi freezes legislative agenda

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    Sreeparna Chakrabarty says there is no legislative agenda before government The more than month-long budget session of parliament seems to have run out of steam with the government failing to draw up a legislative agenda for the remaining two weeks, a situation the opposition blames on the “inexperience” of the new dispensation. Though the current…

  • Delhi to join Cyber Police Network

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    Rajnish Singh reports on Delhi’s decision to  to join cyber police network to curb crime Delhi Police are all set to join the Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS), a cyber highway of criminal records data, along with other states that would enhance their crime-fighting prowess. According to a report by the National Crime Records Bureau…

  • Special Feature – KABADDI, KABADDI….

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    Abhishek Roy says kabaddi is now cool sport in India, thanks to Bollywood, corporates Kabaddi, an indigenous contact sport in India, is witnessing a resurgence, thanks to big-time commercial sponsorship and prime-time TV patronage. Riding on the IPL-style hockey and football leagues, kabaddi has come up with not one but two leagues to complement each…

  • Air India targets global aviation market

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     Anasudhin Azeez meets  Pankaj Srivastava, director (Commercial) and a board member of Air India India’s national carrier Air India, the new entrant in the 27-member Star Alliance, is overhauling its systems to take India’s flag carrier to the next level of the global aviation market and meet the challenges arising from the new alliance. Pankaj Srivastava,…

  • KERALA NEWS LETTER – Sanu George

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    Sanu George ponders will Kochi blackmailing case go the solar case way?  Sleaze stories make headlines in Kerala at regular intervals. If it was the solar scam that took centrestage last year, it appears that what is known as the Kochi blackmailing case this year is going to give sleepless nights to many. The solar…

  • Police detain Indian Referee, IOA Official

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    Rajeev Mehta, secretary general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and wrestling referee Virender Singh Malik will be produced in court on Monday. Mr Mehta was allegedly driving without a licence at Glasgow city centre and was above the legal alcohol limit and Mr Malik was allegedly involved in sexual assault in a hotel in…

  • SPECIAL REPORT: Euthanasia in India

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     Shweta Sharma and Shradha Chettri look in to the euthanasia debate which rekindled on right to die for the terminally ill Three years ago, the Supreme Court ruled against ‘active euthanasia’, administering a lethal injection to end lives of patients with terminal illness, but said that ‘passive euthanasia’, withdrawing life-support systems and stopping medication to…

  • Modi gets warm welcome in Nepal

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    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here Sunday to a grand welcome, with his Nepalese counterpart Sushil Koirala breaking protocol to receive the Indian leader at the airport. After getting off an Indian Air Force plane, Modi warmly shook hands with Koirala and other Nepalese leaders at the Tribhuvan International Airport before accepting a bouquet…

  • PICS: Modi in Nepal

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  • Sex & Sensuality in Indian literature

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    Shilpa Raina looks into the new wave of literature from the land of Kama Sutra  No more is the genre of erotica alien to Indian literature and no more are publishers afraid of the word “sex”. But what is new is the way writers are exploring women’s sexuality, without shying away from writing about closed…

  • NEWS N PICS – World

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  • INTERVIEW: Wrestler Sushil Kumar

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    Abhishek Roy is talking to Wrestler Sushil Kumar who says Glasgow gold boost for Rio Olympics India champion wrestler Sushil Kumar said Saturday that the Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold should inspire him to bigger success at the 2016 Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro. India’s only individual two-time Olympic medallist is now eyeing the…

  • COLUMN: BJP Old Guard in Exile

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     Amulya Ganguli  says Modi sends Advani, BJP old guard into exile  In the Hindu way of life, old age entails exile from home and hearth. As the Manu Smriti says, when a man sees “his skin wrinkled and his hair gray and when he sees the son of his son, then he should resort to the…

  • US to aid Gujarat clean energy

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    The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)said it has signed an agreement with state-run Gujarat Energy Transmission Corp (GETCO) to support the integration of renewable energy like wind and solar power with its transmission system. “This technical assistance will allow GETCO to analyze its power system through modelling and statistical techniques, and to develop strategies…

  • Pune landslide toll rises

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    The overnight toll in Maharashtra’s worst landslide disaster in Malin village of Pune district went up to 73 Saturday morning with no reports of finding survivors, a top official said. “We have recovered 73 bodies so far… Rescue work is still underway,” District Collector Saurabh Rao said. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and…

  • COMMENT: India and WTO Veto

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    Arvind Padmanabhan says India’s veto doesn’t mean collapse of global trade talks India’s demand for concessions on food subsidy as a quid quo pro to a pact to simplify procedures on global commerce may have blocked the first major step forward in the 19-year history of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). But that does not…

  • Pranab congrats CWG wwinners

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    Indian President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday congratulated sportspersons for winning medals at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The president congratulated Yogeshwar Dutt, Babita Kumari, Vikas Gowda, Geetika Jakhar, Dipa Karmakar and Pawan Kumar for winning medals at the 20th Commonwealth Games in their respective disciplines and gave his “best wishes for future success”. In separate letters, Mukherjee…

  • India inspires Colombian artiste

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    Karishma Saurabh Kalita meets renowned Colombian fusion artiste and multi-instrumentalist Carlos Balanta  Inspired by Indian music, renowned Colombian fusion artiste and multi-instrumentalist Carlos Balanta says he will incorporate the country’s rhythms in his latest album. Balanta regularly watches the Telepacific channel which showcases Bollywood movies and music on weekends. Balanta, who is all set to charm music…

  • Tribute to ‘Pancham Da’

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    Musafir Hoon Yaaron’ is a befitting tribute to ‘Pancham Da’ Putting on a host of famous, well-remembered melodies, singers Vinod Rathod, Babul Supriyo, Hema Sardesai and Mamta Sharma evoked nostalgia as well setting up a peppy beat at “Musafir Hoon Yaaron” concert commemorating the 75th birth anniversary of composer R.D. Burman, fondly known as Pancham Da.…

  • Special Report – World Friendship Day

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    Natalia Ningthoujam says virtual friendship in, personal connect out Time was when Friendship Day meant hanging out with buddies and wearing colourful friendship bands. But now virtual connect through forwarded messages or mobile app stickers or a simple post on a friend’s wall of a social networking site overshadows the personal touch and people’s socialising…

  • PK poster baffles Khan fans

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    Aamir Khan throws up a surprises with almost all his new movies – the latest comes with the poster of his upcoming film “PK”. The actor features nude with a strategically placed vintage boombox, and he has left audiences guessing what the Rajkumar Hirani movie will be about. “What do you think guys? Tell me…

  • LETTER FROM GOA: Congress in disarray

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    Mayabhushan Nagvenkar says that bitter acrimony against Team Rahul in Goa Congress  A divided Congress in Goa has virtually hoisted the flag of rebellion against office-bearers endorsed by party vice president Rahul Gandhi. Facing a revolt from a section of the party leadership against Team Rahul in Maharashtra, Assam and Haryana, similar dissent which had…

  • Maharashtra adds 36th district

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    Maharashtra’s 36th district Palghar was carved out of India’s most populous district Thane on Friday. A formal function heralding the new district will be attended by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan later in the day even as scores of hoardings announcing the creation of Palghar were set up at various locations. The proposal for a new, smaller and…

  • Natwar’s version of truth

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    Sonia, Manmohan refute allegations by Natwar Singh . “Hindu way of truth” My truth is better than your truth: Natwar says he has written the ‘truth’; Sonia Gandhi says the ‘truth’ will come out when she writes her book. Reminds me of Nehru’s interaction with Alistair Cooke, who told him: “When I became a journalist I…

  • India’s Day at Glasgow 2014

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    Gowda lands discus gold, wrestlers Yogeshwar, Babita triumph  Discus thrower Vikas Gowda broke a 56-year jinx, to toast with gold alongside wrestlers Yogeshwar Dutt and Babita Kumari as India snaked up to the fifth spot in the medal race at the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow on Thursday. After a day of elusive hunt, Indian sportspersons…

  • GEN. SUHAG – New Indian Army chief

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    General Dalbir Singh Suhag Thursday took over as the new chief of the 1.3 million strong Indian Army. He succeeds General Bikram Singh, who retired on Thursday. General Suhag assumed charge after his predecessor handed over to him the Chief of Army Staff baton in his South Block office in New Delhi. . The decision…

  • PICS: Kerry grilled over snooping

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    Snooping by US unacceptable, Sushma Swaraj tells Kerry Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Thursday said she raised the issue of US agencies allegedly snooping the BJP with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry and conveyed to him the public anger in India about it. “This act on part of the US is completely unacceptable…

  • Moeen fuels England Win

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    Cook all praise for Moeen Ali, England’s new bowling hero England captain Alastair Cook Thursday praised Moeen Ali and said the part-time spinner had improved “leaps and bounds” — thanks to his stint with Worcestershire where he bowls with Pakistan offie Saeed Ajmal. Moeen Ali produced a match-winning spell, taking six wickets as India were…

  • NEWS N PICS-India

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  • PICS: Maharashtra landslide

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  • Cotton-wool Children

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    DAILY DOSE By Bikram Vohra This is the world we live in. A woman sent her 7-year-old son to the nearby park to play and because he was ‘unsupervised’ adults at the park called the police and the mother has been arrested in the USA. She is fighting back and saying, “We pay enough taxes…

  • NEWS REVIEW-Indo-US relations

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    Evan A. Feigenbaum, vice chairman of the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago, says Kerry’s India visit is a start and the forthcoming Modi visit to US is pivotal for Indo-US relations John Kerry visits India Wednesday as a raft of crises consume American diplomacy. By contrast, US-India relations are at a moment of opportunity, but the US…

  • State Bank of Patiala to merge with SBI

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     Gyanendra Kumar Keshri talks to S.A. Ramesh Rangan, managing director of State Bank of Patiala One of the five associate banks of the country’s top lender, the State Bank of India (SBI), is set to merge with the parent this fiscal. State Bank of Patiala is the most likely suitor, a top banker has said. “We have no…

  • INTERVIEW: Akal Takht chief Gurbachan Singh

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    Parminder Singh Bariana and Jaideep Sarin talk to Jathedar (chief) of the Akal Takht Gurbachan Singh. He is asking leaders to solve issue outside the courts Amid the controversy over the creation of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) and the stand-off between Sikh leaders in Punjab and those in Haryana, the Jathedar (chief)…

  • Bugging issue rocks India

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    Indian Parliament adjourned till noon over bugging of senior minister Nitin Gadkari  Indian parliament was Wednesday adjourned till noon following an uproar by the opposition members who demanded an explanation from the government on the issue of bugging of union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s residence. As soon as the Rajya Sabha met for the day, Chairman…

  • THIRD TEST: India in trouble

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    India found themselves in deep trouble, trailing England by 246 runs but but more importantly needing 47 more runs to avoid a follow-on with only two wickets in hand at the end of day three of the third Test at the The Rose Bowl at Southampton on Tuesday. At stumps, India were 323 for eight with…

  • What makes you a pessimist?

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    Cannot see thing turning out to be all right? A hyperactive habenula, half the size of a pea in the brain that tracks predictions about negative events, could be the key, a study suggests. A hyperactive habenula could cause people to make disproportionately negative predictions, the study suggests. Brain scans from 23 healthy volunteers showed…

  • Indian nurses now caught in Libyan conflict

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    In a near replay of the incidents in Iraq, a large number of Indian nurses are caught amid spiralling violence in Libya, where rival militias seek to control the capital’s international airport, and have approached the Indian mission for aid and even help in evacuation. Over the last two weeks, the North African country has…

  • US keen to support Modi’s vision

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    Stressing that the US and India have the potential to become indispensable partners in the 21st century, Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington wants to support the Narendra Modi government’s vision of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” (Together with all, Development for all). Kerry, who arrives in India this week for talks with the Modi…