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  • Pak protest approaches Capital

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    Two convoys are taking thousands of anti-government protesters from the Pakistani city of Lahore to Islamabad, the capital, amid tight security. The protesters are separately led by opposition politician Imran Khan and anti-government cleric Tahirul Qadri. They want Prime Minister  Nawaz Sharif to resign and have promised a change of government. Tahir ul Qadri, who…

  • Andhra raps Telangana survey

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    Mohammed Shafeeq reports on Telangana move to shut down the state for a house to house survey Telangana will be shut on Aug 19. No, this time no political party or student group has called a shutdown. It is the government of the newly-created state which has declared a holiday to enable people to remain…

  • London Beckons You

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    The first half of 2014 was the most popular period ever for tourism into the UK, the Office for National Statistics reported. Tourists made 16.41 million trips to the UK between January and June, an 8% rise on the same period in 2013. Spending by foreign residents in the UK has reached £8.92bn so far…

  • Global Cricket and Indian Money

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    Veturi Srivatsa looks in to the power of Indian money in global cricket  It is immaterial whether they lose the five-Test series at the Oval 1-3, 1-2, or tie 2-2, India will still return to England to play another five-match series four years from now. That’s the power of Indian money in global cricket. It is…

  • PROFILE: Subhas A. Khot

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    Quaid Najmi profiles Subhas A. Khot, the  Indian-born top Maths genius   Mathematics genius Subhas A. Khot who got the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, a top Maths award in the world, has an “extraordinary academic talent and remarkable concentration power”, his school teachers recall. “We are very proud of his achievement which has brought global name and fame…

  • CRICKET: Izzat ka sawall

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    India play fifth Test to salvage pride and series   India go into the fifth and the final Test match at The Oval Friday determined to salvage some pride and the draw the five-match series against England. India were humiliated in Manchester, losing the fourth Test by an innings and 54 runs inside three days. The win…

  • India Gears Up for Big Day

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    India, the world’s largest democracy, is celebrating its 68 Independence Day on Friday

  • PICS FROM BANGLADESH

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    Students celebration, flood situation and a fire tragedy – Pics from Bangladesh

  • GALLERY- Pakistan Celebrates I-Day

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    Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif  inspects honor gurads during a ceremony to mark Pakistan’s Independence Day in Islamabad. Sharif used his Independence Day speech to pay tributes to the security forces fighting militants in North Waziristan tribal region

  • Kangana turns Shekhawati princess

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    Bold and beautiful Kangana Ranaut made for a regal looking Shekhawati princess in finery designed by Suneet Varma for his elaborate and stunning showcase at the BMW India Bridal Fashion Week (IBFW) here. Her look was well-accentuated by an intricately designed statement headgear, and she loved it. The “Queen” actress, who seems to be getting…

  • Film ‘Mary Kom’ team

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    Filmmakers Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Omung Kumar, actor Priyanka Chopra, Indian boxer Mary Kom and actors Darshan Kumar and Sunil Thapa at music event of film Mary Kom in Mumbai.

  • PICS: Kanyasree Event in Kolkata

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    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with actresses Locket Chatterjee, June Malia, Subhasree Ganguly, Tanusree Chakraborty and others during `Kanyashree`- a programme in Kolkata

  • Households may need more bins

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    Households may be forced to put out six separate rubbish bins due to new EU regulations, Britain’s biggest waste company has warned. Families will need to dispose of glass, paper, tin cans and plastic separately so they can be recycled without the risk of contamination, under the European rules coming into force in January, says…

  • New dictionary entries: How adorbs

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    Do you humblebrag about your neckbeard and sideboob? How adorbs. The latest intake of works to OxfordDictionaries.com show how language emerging on social media and the internet are increasingly entering common use, says a telegraph report. “New entires include humblebrag, which refers to a post or comment made by someone that boasts about an achievement…

  • Five-day truce in Gaza

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    Israel and the Palestinians have begun a fresh five-day ceasefire in Gaza, agreed at the end of a three-day truce. As the ceasefire was announced, Israel launched air strikes in response to alleged rocket fire from Gaza, the BBC said. “There were no more reports of violence overnight, and the two sides were expected to…

  • Protests intensify in US

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    Demonstrations over the killing of an unarmed black teenager have intensified in the US city of Ferguson in Missouri state, media reports said. Police Wednesday fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of protestors gathered at the centre of Ferguson to demonstrate against the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a city policeman, The…

  • A-level pass rate drops

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    The proportion of students passing their A-levels has dropped for the first time in three decades following a clampdown on exam re-sits and a shift towards tougher subjects. Figures published on Thursday show that 26 per cent of exam papers were graded at least an A this year, down from 26.3 per cent last summer.…

  • Will Mulayam-Mayawati join forces?

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    Will RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s political embrace with arch rival Nitish Kumar in Bihar be replicated by Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh? Just days after the former Bihar chief minister suggested a similar patch-up in Uttar Pradesh to stop the Modi juggernaut, the proposal has no serious takers in the state,…

  • Tomatina reaches up to Indian women

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    The world famous Tomatina festival in the Spanish town of Bunol has shown earnest solidarity with a cause that will brighten the lives of underprivileged Indian women.Owing to overcrowding in the Valencian town during the La Tomatina festival, the authorities decided to limit attendance to 20,000 ticket holders, Xinhua reported. The controversial move led to…

  • Modi Denied an address in US Congress?

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    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be addressing the US Congress when he comes calling September end for a summit with President Barack Obama. The experts are debating whether this decision is aimed at showing Modi that the US is not very enthusiastic about easily forgeting its past troubled relations with him.With lawmakers keen to…

  • Obesity sparks 10 types of cancers

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    Obesity puts people at greater risk of developing 10 of the most common cancers, according to research in the Lancet medical journal. Scientists calculated individuals carrying this extra weight could contribute to more than 12,000 cases of cancer in the UK population every year. They warn if obesity levels continue to rise there may be…

  • Pakistan celebrates I-Day

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    As Pakistan celebrated its 68th Independence Day Thursday, supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) parties remained determined to march towards Islamabad. The marches have been called to protest against alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections, Dawn online reported. According to officials, parts of Islamabad have been blocked off by placing…

  • SO WHAT’S THE NEW INDO-PAK EQUATION

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    Bikram Vohra analysing the issue of “war and proxy-war” as India and Pakistan prepare to celebrate 68th Independence Day Indian Prime Minister Modi deflected from the importance of the scheduled Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary talks by resetting the parameters of the relationship between two neighbours who have not been neighbourly for 70 odd years. And, besides…

  • Jashan e Azaadi Mubarak!

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    In a televised address to the nation, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif rejected demands for his resignation and reiterated that his government will complete five-year constitutional term. Sharif’s remarks came at a time when opposition leader Imran Khan was demanding his resignation as he claimed that last year’s elections were rigged, Xinhua reported. The announcement came just…

  • MCR bids to become City of Football

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    Manchester’s bid to be the country’s first City of Football is gaining momentum and residents are being encouraged to help shape the city’s final submission to Sport England. If named City of Football Manchester will receive £1.6m in National Lottery funding to run a two-year pilot programme aimed at getting more people – particularly those aged…

  • NEWS N PICS – POTPOURRI

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  • CANADA EVENT: Jagannath Rath Yatra

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     The 41st annual Chariot Festival of India also known Jagannath Rath Yatra took place in Downtown Vancouver. This colorful and fun-filled cultural parade started at 11:30 am from Beach Avenue at Howe Street (under the Granville Street Bridge) and culminated at Stanley Park 2nd beach. The functional purpose of Chariots Fest of India is to…

  • Tata magic makes big cat purr

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    Jaguar Land Rover PLC more than doubled net profit in the latest quarter riding on steady sales of its luxury sports cars and sport-utility vehicle. Retails in the quarter increased 22% year on year to 115,596 vehicles. Car giant Ford had sold its luxury UK-based car brands Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian company Tata,…

  • Erosion of NHS values

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    Prof. Rajan Madhok says the NHS’s current arrangements for delivering race equality have been found seriously wanting. Best practice needs to be implemented in appointments, education, rewards and discipline April was one of the most eventful months of my professional life in the NHS. We had a judicial review case that the British Association of Physicians…

  • ASIAN LITE TRIBUTE: Robin Williams

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    CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN ,YOU DID SEIZE THE DAY…Bikram Vohra pays tribute to Robin Williams I guess he gave so many people so many laughs he ran out of laughs for himself. People who make people laugh are usually isolated people and the goblins in their mind come from a whole other tribe. Robin Williams kept his…

  • Modi rose blooms

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    A new, specially-developed variety of rose – dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi – will take birth at the Dombivli Rose Society here Wednesday evening. The rose ‘Saffron-Vermillion Red with Yellow River’ has German parentage and has been carefully developed after nearly five years of research and development at the world-famous KSG Rose, Bangalore.This is one…

  • Attack exposes racial divide in US

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    Three days of protests, rioting and looting in a small US town sparked by the police killing of an unarmed black teenager has put the spotlight on the persistent racial divide in America. Ferguson, a predominantly African-American city of some 21,000 people northwest of St. Louis, Missouri, in midwestern US, has been turned into a…

  • Parineeti @ Health awareness event

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    Actor Parineeti Chopra promotes Whisper sanitary napkins during the brands Touch the Pickle movement in Mumbai. Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra attended a promotional event in Mumbai, where she was her typical flamboyant self. Along with the star, Mandira Bedi was also present at the event which promoted the health of women. Parineeti said that she…

  • PICS: TATA HONOURED

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  • Busy diplomatic high streets await Modi

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    September is set to be a very busy foreign policy month for the Narendra Modi government, with five high-priority visits – incoming and outgoing – on the anvil, including President Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Vietnam — his first abroad under the new dispensation. These visits will test Modi’d diplomatic skills, which will be closely monitored…

  • Will Modi dump Red Fort venue?

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    Modi-watchers suspect that, given his penchant to break established norms, the PM could end Red Fort’s monopoly as the venue for the I-Day addresses. This is nothing new for Modi though: as Gujarat chief minister, he had famously shifted the I-Day venue from Gandhinagar to obscure towns even as the opposition cried foul, accusing him…

  • Indians take over London corner plots

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    With an investment of $400 million, Indians are the largest buyers of land among overseas investors in central London, accounting for a 55 percent share in the second quarter of this year, says a leading commercial realty services group. The largest such deal by an overseas investor was also struck by an Indian entity, India…

  • Modi’s allegations empty rhetoric: Pak

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    A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused it of waginga proxy war against India, Pakistan on Wednesday took him on by dubbing it as “baseless rhetoric.” Pakistan said both countries should focus on resolving issues instead of engaging in blame game.“The press reports of Indian accusations, at the highest political level, are most unfortunate, especially…

  • Which side Britons walk?

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    We drive on left, which side do we walk on? Some friends from Australia asked BBC Home Editor Mark Easton, as they battled down London’s Oxford Street the other day, weaving our way through determined shoppers, rushing office workers and ambling tourists. The answer is we don’t, he says in an interesting article in the…

  • Oxford Street shoppers get call to join ISIS

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    Joining ISIS and travelling to Mesopotamian killing fields may not be on top of the summer plans for those who shop on Oxford Street, but someone though there was no harm in trying. Dozens of pro-Isis leaflets were distributed in London’s Oxford Street on Tuesday, urging Muslims to pledge allegiance to the jihadi group and…

  • US beats Israel as arms supplier

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    Stunning new figures on Indian defence imports in Parliament have revealed that for the first time, the United States has overtaken all competitors to become India’s largest defence supplier in the past three financial years. The statistics revealed by Minister Arun Jaitely, who holds dual charge of defence and finance ministries, show that almost 40…

  • Arms export licences to Israel face ban

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    UK arms export licences to Israel will only be suspended if fresh violence breaks out in Gaza, ministers say. It has identified 12 licences for components which could be used in equipment in Gaza by Israel. It says it would suspend them “in the event of a resumption of significant hostilities,” the BBC reported. The…

  • Portal to track mortal remains

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    To alleviate the mental trauma of families whose kin die abroad, especially among the millions of expatriates living in the Middle East, the government Tuesday launched an online system for “facilitating transportation of the mortal remains” of such Indians. Launching the portal, which can be accessed at the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) website…

  • Special Report: Indian Real Estate

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    Vinod Behl writes about Indian Real Estate sector. Will real estate investment trusts go the right way?  With markets watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) finalising the long-pending guidelines for the creation and regulation of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (IN ITS), the stage is set for the launch…

  • Special Report: Chinese Economy

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    Vatsal Srivastava in his weekly Column – Currency Corner turns focus on Chinese economy. Does China really need to rebalance its economy?  Over the past few months, China has been under the economic spotlight over the People’s Bank of China’s intervention in the foreign exchange markets, the first ever corporate bond default, and Beijing’s mini stimulus package in response to…

  • Dancing with a female cop

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    A controversy has erupted after an Indian policewoman danced on stage with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan at a police gala in West Bengal state. Opposition politicians criticised the performance, saying that allowing the officer to dance in uniform undermined respect for the police, a BBC report said West Bengal’s leader Mamata Banerjee, who attended…

  • Mamta targets BJP

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    Targeting the BJP without naming it, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said some political parties were trying to cause a communal divide in the state and warned that her party will take strong action against those fomenting riots. “There are some political parties which are trying to create a division between Hindus and…

  • Chief constable faces probe

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    Greater Manchester’s Chief Constable faces a criminal probe over an allegedly poorly-handled investigation into a suspected child sex offender. Sir Peter Fahy was served with a criminal and gross misconduct notice by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), according to a BBC report. “The IPCC looked at allegations made by a whistleblower serving with the…

  • PICS: Trump in Mumbai

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    American Businessman Donald J Trump during a press conference regarding `Trump Tower` in Mumbai

  • Israel acted disproportionately: British voters

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    A majority of British voters believe Israel acted in a disproportionate manner during the recent Gaza conflict, according to the latest Guardian/ICM poll, which lends support to the arguments that persuaded Lady Warsi to resign from the government. Amid hopes that the month-long conflict between Israel and Hamas could be ending as a ceasefire continued…