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  • VIDEO – Shameless Onlookers!

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    An Actor Tried To Recreate The Infamous Nirbhaya Post-Rape Scenes. Look How People Reacted.This is so scary…it could be you or I. Go through it, please and share it with the world. It is not essentially Indian yet it is. We do not want to get involved, so corrupt is our system it has made…

  • LET’S RUIN YOUR MOOD 

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    Daily Dose by Bikram Vohra So, I am standing at this party like one of those shabby relatives at a rich man’s wedding, a little out of place, a little awed by the opulence and wondering why I can’t be home reading a book when this half stranger, like most people in our lives, walks…

  • US Sikhs oppose immunity to Singh

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    US based rights group “Sikhs for Justice” has challenged US government’s suggestion to a Washington court to grant immunity to former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh in a human rights violation case. The US Department of Justice in a May 2 submission asked the Washington federal court “to recognize Prime Minister Singh’s immunity from this…

  • India condemns attacks in Iraq

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    India Monday strongly condemned attacks by terrorist outfits in Iraq, saying that the takeover of cities such as Mosul and Tikrit was a direct threat to security and territorial integrity of the Gulf country. In a statement, the external affairs ministry expressed its deep concern over the “deteriorating security situation” in Iraq resulting from recent…

  • Encephalitis kills 92 children in Bihar

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    Fifteen more children died in Bihar of suspected encephalitis in the past 24 hours as the disease spread to new districts, taking the death toll to 92, officials said Monday. Thirteen children died of the suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) Sunday while two children died Monday, taking the death toll to 92, health officials said.…

  • Indo-Bhutan ties very strong: Modi

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     Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a joint session of the Bhutanese parliament Monday, assured that ties between India and Bhutan are very strong and change of government will not alter the dynamics of bilateral ties. “I assure you that relations between India and Bhutan are very strong,” said Modi. “India is committed to good relations…

  • Modi government is tech savvy

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    Social media, especially Twitter, is becoming the vehicle of information dissemination of the new government – beginning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, who has two Twitter handles that are a constant source of information . Modi, one of the most tech savvy of politicians, made the Bharatiya Janata Party tech savvy much before the…

  • THE NOT SO FINE ART OF MOLESTATION

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    DAILY DOSE By Bikram Vohra The fact is a complaint has been made to the police and they will have to act on it. This is not some village woman they can ignore (or rape while she is waiting) this is a high profile film actress accusing a high profile boyfriend in a very public…

  • UK nurses plan strike action

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    Royal College of Nursing general secretary Peter Carter said a government decision to block an across-the-board 1% rise could dominate the union’s annual conference this week. He even said he could not rule out calls for industrial action, BBC reported. In March, the Department of Health said staff entitled to progression-in-the-job increases would not get the…

  • Modi arrives in Bhutan

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    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Bhutanese capital on a two-day official visit Sunday, his first foreign tour since taking over the reins of the government in New Delhi May 26.     Modi arrived to a red carpet welcome at the picturesque Paro International Airport, which is ringed by mountain ranges, where…

  • ‘King Con’ faces jail in London

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    An Indian-origin businessman who boasted of his close friendship with the UK richest billionaires Hinduja brothers is facing years behind bars for fleecing wealthy investors of £12million, The Daily Mail reported. Ketan Somaia, dubbed ‘King Con’, from Bayswater in London, wooed his victims with luxury trips on private Learjets, Champagne parties, extravagant dinners and expenses paid trips…

  • India adds aircraft carrier

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    Prime Minister Modi dedicates India’s most powerful warship  INS Vikramaditya  to the nation saying it’s giant step towards nation’s security Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday dedicated to the nation INS Vikramaditya, India’s largest and most powerful aircraft carrier, marking his first visit to a military facility after assuming office last month. He described it as a “giant…

  • PROFILE GALLERY – Kareena Kapoor

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    Kareena Kapoor is a true professional in Bollywood. The gorgeous Kareena Kapoor, who will next be seen in “Singham Returns”, is showing thorough professionalism towards the project. According to sources, the actress recently was not keeping well and was down with viral fever. But since the shooting of “Singham Returns” was to commence from Thursday at…

  • We salute Sarika Jain, IAS

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    Jatindra Dash profiles differently-abled Odisha girl who clears civil service exam in first attempt It was sheer hard work and determination that paid off, says Odisha’s differently-abled Sarika Jain who cracked in her first attempt the coveted civil services examination. Jain developed polio in her right leg in 1985 when she was just two years old.…

  • COLUMN – Saeed Naqvi on Gandhis (New)

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    Saeed Naqvi says the Gandhis must vacate for an opposition to take shape. Asian Lite, top Asian newspaper for the Asian diaspora will carry regular political columns After the vigorous opening speech in the Lok Sabha by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi’s rump of a party looked even more battered and bruised. The most reassuring news…

  • Please protect your parents!

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    Kaliph Anaz says old-age homes in India are providing security and company for the aged.June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Sushma, 70, whose abode is an old-age home in the national capital, blames her daughter-in-law for her plight, but for 65-year-old Kamlesh Gupta “lack of emotional support” is the main reason for shifting to…

  • Modi to enter Guinness records

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    Guinness World Records has been approached to register Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name for holding 1,800 political rallies across India in the run-up to the April-May general election. “We approached Guinness World Records in London and they have now asked us to send them all the details,” Parthasarthy Sharma, secretary of an organisation here that…

  • Modi due in Bhutan

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the joint session of the Bhutanese parliament and discuss ways to boost trade with its Himalayan neighbour, with which India has several hydropower projects, in his two-day trip to Bhutan, his first visit abroad in less than a month after assuming office . Accompanying Modi on his June 15-16…

  • Vizag, Vijayawada, Tirupati will be mega cities

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    The Andhra Pradesh government will develop Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Tirupati as mega cities, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said . He told reporters after the first cabinet meeting in this coastal city that major towns in the state will be developed as smart cities. Naidu, who has already hinted that the state capital will be…

  • India rebuts China on stapled visas

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    India on Friday strongly rebutted China’s stand that its giving stapled visas to the people of Arunachal Pradesh was a “goodwill gesture” and said there should be “no discrimination against visa applicants on grounds of domicile or ethnicity”. Days after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Beijing has decided to give stapled visas to…

  • INDIA HOMES FAIR IN LONDON

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    HDFC is oresenting its 7th Annual property event in London with over 36 leading developers showcasing prime properties from all across India. VENUE –  Hilton London Metropole Hotel, 225 Edgware Road, London W2 1JU    For NRIs and PIOs wanting to own a home in India there is an opportunity to inquire about properties across India…

  • Modi condemns Karachi airport attack

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    India’s newly-elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied to a letter written by Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif, condemning the terror attack at Karachi airport, media reported Friday. Sharif on June 2, wrote a letter to Modi that he was satisfied with the bilateral talks they held during his visit to India to attend Modi’s swearing-in ceremony,…

  • Bhilai gas leak kills six

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    Six people, including three senior officials, were killed and six people were injured in a gas leak at the Bhilai Steel Plant here Thursday, a Chhattisgarh minister said. “Six people including three deputy general managers have been killed,” Revenue Minister Prem Prakash Pandey said in a hospital in Sector 9. “Six people are in the ICU,”…

  • INTERVIEW – Narayana Murthy

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    Infosys’ co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy tol Asian Lite that he fulfilled his obligations Infosys’ co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, who returned to steer India’s second largest IT bellwether a year ago as executive chairman, is stepping down June 14 and cutting short his second innings by four years because he says he has fulfilled his “obligations”. “I returned from…

  • BOOK REVIEW – Kanshiram

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    M.R. Narayan Swamy reviews Kanshiram by Badri Narayan. The book is a tribute to an Indian leader who re-invented Ambedkar to mesmerise Dalits BOOK: Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits; Author: Badri Narayan; Publisher: Penguin/Viking; Pages: 265; Price Kanshiram was to Dalits what Narendra Modi is for Hindutva – an icon. Much like Modi, Kanshiram struggled…

  • CBI books six MPs in LTC scam

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    The CBI Friday registered cases against three current and three former Rajya Sabha members in what has come to be termed as the leave and travel concession (LTC) scam, an official said. The three sitting MPs are Lalhming Liana of the Mizo National Front (MNF), D. Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress, and Brajesh Pathak of…

  • Pakistan fires at Indian posts

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    Pakistan Army Friday opened unprovoked firing at Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said. “Pakistan Army started unprovoked firing at Indian positions along the LoC in Tarkundi, Kanga Gali, Sawala Gali and Balakote areas of Poonch this (Friday) morning,” a senior police officer saidhere. “Pakistan Army…

  • Parrikar slams Tendulkar

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    Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has slammed Bharat Ratna awardee Sachin Tendulkar to justify a Rs.89 lakh junket for six legislators, including three ministers, to witness the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Parrikar Thursday backed his decision to send only ruling party politicians to the World Cup on the all-expenses paid international junket. Parrikar gave…

  • WILL THIS GENERAL PLEASE SHUT UP

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    Bikram Vohra looks into the controversy over the appointment of new army chief in India I want to share a thought. I come from a family of four brothers, the only ones in any army in the world who made the rank of a General. No other commissioned band of brothers has four. My dad…

  • Fate of rupee under Modi

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    Vatsal Srivastava in his column Currency Corner says theme for rupee still remains gradual depreciation  It has nearly been a month since the historic BJP electoral sweep. We have seen equities climb to record highs on expectations that the Modi government led reforms will finally unlock India’s true economic potential. Mid-cap and small-cap stocks have outperformed blue chips…

  • India’s apparel exports rise

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    Apparel exports from India jumped by 24.96 percent to $1.49 billion in May, helped by strong demands in non-traditional markets like Latin America, West Asia, Southern Africa and East Asia, even though shipments to the US and Europe remained sluggish. Labour and regulatory problems in major competitors Bangladesh, China and Myanmar also helped Indian exports,…

  • Save the Children unveils Rs.50 cr plan

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    International NGO Save the Children  announced a Rs.50 crore plan to protect nearly 790,000 children living in communities in the cotton growing belt of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. “The long-term project will target children, who are engaged in cotton plucking, to keep them out of cotton fields and take them to classrooms where they can…

  • Modi begins E-governance

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    No more piles of dog-eared files and clipped paper stacks littering office desks. It is the time of e-files in the new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The prime minister, who has sought to embrace technology in governance with messianic zeal, has directed officials – ranging from secretaries, joint secretaries and section officers –…

  • GALLERY – Big B unveils ‘Yudh’

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    Megastar Amitabh Bachchan launched the dramatic poster of his first fiction TV series titled “Yudh”, which is expected to go on air from July. Big B, who will be seen playing the role of construction company co-owner Yudhishthir Sikarwar in the TV series, unveiled the poster in the presence of his co-stars Sarika and Aahana…

  • Modi address parliament

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his maiden speech in the Lok Sabha said Wednesday that his government would “leave no stone unturned to fulfil” the promises outlined by President Pranab Mukherjee in his address. In his reply in the Lok Sabha to the debate on motion of thanks on the president’s address, Modi said there…

  • Goa is Modi’s ‘good luck charm’

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    Modi chooses ‘good luck charm’ Goa for his first official visit as Prime Minister on June 14 , says a report at www.targetgoa.com Goa is special to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is the first state he will visit as Prime Minister. There is much excitement in the state goverment today.  Modi will sail on…

  • Army chief appointment final: Jaitley

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    Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the appointment of Lt. Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next army chief is final and urged the opposition not to politicise the issue. Jaitley’s reply came as Congress leader Anand Sharma raised the issue in the Rajya Sabha, referring to tweets by former army chief and BJP…

  • Italy rejects Indian jurisdiction on marines

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    Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti Tuesday reiterated the country’s stand rejecting India’s jurisdiction in the case of two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen two years ago. Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone were arrested for killing the fishermen off the coast of Kerala in February 2012, mistaking their fishing boat for a pirate…

  • US court dismisses case against Sonia

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    A US federal court in Brooklyn has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Sikh rights organisation accusing Congress party president Sonia Gandhi of shielding party leaders allegedly involved in violence against Sikhs in November 1984. US district judge Brian M. Cogan Monday granted Gandhi’s motion to dismiss the case filed by New York based Sikhs…

  • CBI in London over Airbus deal

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    A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team is to visit London next week to inquire into alleged graft in the purchase of Airbus aircraft almost a decade ago, informed sources said. The team will examine Airbus Executive Vice President Kiran Rao in connection with alleged irregularities in the over Rs.8,399-crore deal for 43 aircraft for…

  • CBI to probe Munde’s death

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    The centre has decided to order a CBI probe into the death of union minister Gopinath Munde in an road accident here June 3, a top BJP leader said here Tuesday. “Home Minister Rajnath Singh called me this morning (Tuesday) and discussed last week’s accident in which Munde lost his life. Rajnath Singh informed me…

  • Modi to cement ties with US

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    Kaliph Anaz says India-US ties to see high momentum over next few months  The signals from both India and the US are loud and clear – engagement in every sector, and fast. Pushing back the slackness that had crept into the important strategic relationship over the last few years, the new Indian government signaled its…

  • Pranab speech with Modi touch

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    Arvind Padmanabhan says Modi govet: Path charted, its time now for action The address to parliament delivered by President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday, outlining the policy priorities of the new government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is not only one of the most comprehensive in recent times but also reflects the vast task that lies…

  • Broom’s are out in Government offices

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    It required a new prime minister to shake up India’s notoriously slothful ‘babudom’ (colloquial for bureaucracy) and clean up its shabby offices and workplaces. The broom is out. The dust and cobwebs are being cleaned out and old files and broken furniture being disposed of. At most government buildings in the capital, every corner –…

  • BJP’s agenda a copy Congress?

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    The Congress Tuesday said the BJP’s agenda mentioned in the president’s address to the joint sesion of both houses of parliament was a copy of its plans. In the debate on the motion of thanks on the president’s address, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Congress is prepared to…

  • Bollywood Metro a super hit

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    Some 240,000 people travelled Sunday on the inaugural service of the Mumbai Metro, run by Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra), which said it is overwhelmed by the public response. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan flagged off the maiden service – manned by a woman driver, 27-year-old Rupali Chavan – with Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, Reliance chief Anil…

  • BJP takes jibes at Congress

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    The Bharatiya Janata Party Tuesday took jibes at the opposition Congress in the Lok Sabha, saying it has been reduced to the status of a regional party. “Let us analyze the mandate first. The Congress has been ruling the country for 55 years. They have just 44 members today. The BJP fielded 428 candidates and…

  • Modi holds Rahul’s hand in Central Hall

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    Bonhomie pervaded in parliament Monday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held Rahul Gandhi’s hand in an expression of warmth and Congress president Sonia Gandhi conversed intently with L.K. Advani. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was among those present in the packed central hall to listen to President Pranab Mukherjee’s address to the members of the…

  • India can reprocess spent n-fuel: Russia

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    India has the right to reprocess the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from the Russian built Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) by a supplementary agreement with Russia, which relieved the builders from the responsibility to take over the discharged SNF as originally envisaged. This was stated by A.Y. Khaperskaya, senior manager with Russia’s state nuclear corporation…

  • President outlines Modi plans

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    From a “sagar mala” or a chain on the sea, connecting India’s ports and then the hinterland, to an enabling groundwork for cheaper air travel to small cities, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday outlined a slew of projects to show the thrust the Narendra Modi government wishes to give to infrastructure development. “Lack of robust…