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  • Anti-Israel protest turns violent in Paris

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    At least 40 people were arrested in the French capital Saturday after an anti-Israel protest involving several thousand people turned violent, media reports said. Waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans to show their support for Palestinian people, demonstrators took to the capital’s streets at 3 p.m., Xinhua reported citing BFMTV news channel. Some 2,000 policemen…

  • Saeed Naqvi on India’s stance on Gaza

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    Saeed Naqvi  says India has two policies on Gaza: One in parliament, another at UN  Indian Foriegn Minister Sushma Swaraj’s statement on Palestine in the Rajya Sabha so pleased Jerusalem that Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman thanked her that evening over the telephone. But the goodwill thus generated was fading by Wednesday when New Delhi, having…

  • Finally ‘acche din’ for Varanasi

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     Mohit Dubey says Prime Minister Modi is working projcts to bring ‘acche din’ for Varanasi Having elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi to parliament, the ancient city of Varanasi is all set to see ‘acche din’ (good days) promised during the election campaign. The Modi government has finalized an “exhaustive makeover blueprint” for the city, its spiritual and…

  • US closes embassy in Libya

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    The United States closed its embassy in Libya and evacuated the staffers to neighbouring Tunisia amid security concerns in the restive north African country, the State Department said Saturday. “Due to the ongoing violence resulting from clashes between Libyan militias in the immediate vicinity of the US Embassy in Tripoli, we have temporarily relocated all…

  • Bloodiest day in Gaza

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    US Secretary of State John Kerry and top diplomats from Europe and the Middle East Saturday called for an extension to the temporary truce between Israel and the Hamas, as the toll in the Gaza strip violence rose to over 1,000 with the recovery of 130 bodies of Palestinians Saturday. The toll over the past…

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  • Kargil martyrs remembered

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      The 15th anniversary of the Kargil war victory was observed Saturday, with leaders paying homage to the martyrs, and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley promising a “huge” war memorial. President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh paid tribute to the martyrs. “The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has on Kargil…

  • Obama urge for unity in Afghanistan

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    US President Barack Obama has spoken with the men vying to become Afghanistan’s next head of state, encouraging them to follow through with a plan to form a national unity government regardless of the outcome of the audit of ballots from the June 14 presidential runoff, the White House said. The president commended Abdullah Abdullah…

  • Gaza toll crosses 1000

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    The toll in the 19-day Israeli offensive has climbed to 1,030, with the bodies of at least 130 more Palestinians being recovered from rubble across the Gaza Strip, officials said Saturday. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the health ministry in Gaza, told reporters that rescue teams, medical crews and paramedics pulled out the corpses from the…

  • Dynasty is Congress’ plight

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    The imprecations directed at Rahul Gandhi – “joker” – and at his advisers – “rootless wonders and spineless creepers” – by sections of Congressmen and the recent signs of organizational disarray in several states suggest that it is still a far cry for the Congress where recovery is concerned. The revolts by two important functionaries…

  • DOWN WITH ENGLISH!

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    DAILY DOSE By Bikram Vohra Now that we have this hostility to English as a language in India, soon, very soon, English will be a mark against you socially and we will explode our bridges over the rivers of the world and isolate ourselves because, like it or not, English as we have reworked it…

  • Malaysian PM to visit Netherlands

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    Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will visit the Netherlands Wednesday and meet his counterpart Mark Rutte for talks on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that crashed after being shot down over Ukraine, his office said Saturday. It said that the two leaders would discuss the MH17 crash, especially whether Malaysian pathologists could help expedite the…

  • US lawmaker gets Indians wrong

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    In an extremely awkward incident, a newly elected member of the US House of Representatives mistook two senior Indian American officials of the Barack Obama administration to be from India and asked them questions about “your country” and “your government”. “I’m familiar with your country; I love your country,” freshman Republican Curt Clawson told Nisha…

  • Jaya pushes for more Hajj seat quota

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    Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s to increase the Hajj quota for the state owing to a large number of applicants. She said the Tamil Nadu State Hajj Committee has received 13,159 applications from pilgrims for Hajj 2014. In letter to Modi, Jayalalithaa said: “Based on the Muslim population,…

  • More Indians into social networking

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    More Indians are logging into Facebook and Twitter accounts, as evident from a record growth of 37 percent in social networking during 2013, according to a study by eMarketer. “Indians are increasingly logging into Facebook and Twitter accounts, with the country recording the highest social networking growth of 37.4 percent in 2013,” the US-based independent…

  • Obama invites Indian girl for dinner

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    Next week, US President Barack Obama and his wife will host 12 differently-abled people from all over the world, including one from Mumbai, for an exclusive dinner at the White House. The lucky Mumbaikar from suburban Goregaon is athlete Neha P. Naik, 23, who is a Special Olympics International Global Messenger, besides taking part in…

  • China denounce British inquiry

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    China Friday urged Britain to stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs after a British parliamentary committee conducted an inquiry on the implementation of a Hong Kong joint declaration. “Such practice is an interference of China’s domestic affairs,” Xinhua quoted foreign ministry spokesperson Hong Lei as saying. He was referring to the British Lower House Foreign…

  • Bindra shoots gold at Glasgow

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    Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra fired to glory to sign off from his final Commonwealth Games with a gold while teenager Malaika Goel shot a silver and lifter Santoshi Matsa snatched a bronze as India’s medals tally reached the double figure mark on day two of competition at the 2014 Glasgow Games here Friday. With three…

  • UN seeks Eid truce in Gaza

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    The toll in the ongoing Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip has escalated to 835, with more than 5,300 injured, officials said Friday even as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid ul-Fitr. According to the health ministry in the coastal enclave, 29 Palestinians were killed and more…

  • Typhoon fury in China

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  • No survivor in Algerian plane crash

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    Algeria Friday declared a three-day national morning for the victims of the Air Algerie flight AH 5017 that crashed over Mali the previous day with no survivor yet found from the plane wreckage, media reports said. The aircraft with 116 passengers and crew on board, operated by Spanish charter firm Swiftair on behalf of Air…

  • India’s two sided Gaza policy

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    By Saeed Naqvi Sushma Swaraj’s statement on Palestine in the Rajya Sabha so pleased Jerusalem that Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman thanked her that evening over the telephone. But the goodwill thus generated was fading by Wednesday when New Delhi, having changed its mind, voted with the resolution at the UN “condemning Israel for disproportionate…

  • ‘Hindu Nation’ comments trigger uproar

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    Controversial comments made by two ministers of the BJP-led Goa government, one wishing for a Hindu nation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and another claiming India is already one, created an uproar both in the state assembly and across social media Friday. Minutes after the opposition Congress and an independent legislator staged a walked out…

  • Congress back in news

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    The ruling Congress Friday won all the three assembly seats in Uttarakhand for which bypolls were held. Chief Minister Harish Rawat won from Dharchula. The senior Congress leader won by over 20,000 votes and defeated his nearest Bharatiya Janata Party rival B.D. Joshi, election officials said. Rawat was an MP from Uttarakhand before taking over…

  • Tribute to artist Prafulla Dhanukar

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    Actor Sonakshi Sinha attended an exhibiton to pay tribute to artist Prafulla Dahanukar at Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai. Sonakshi Sinha attended an exhibiton to pay tribute to artist Prafulla Dahanukar ar the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai. The actress looked stunning in the black dress. She wore a v-neck body hugging black midi dress…

  • Indian planes fly over conflict zones

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    Most commercial planes from India continue to fly over conflict zones, including the Af-Pak region, even as experts raised serious security concerns over the practice after pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine shot down a Malaysian plane on Thursday. In fact, most flights going from India to Europe and North America, and coming back, fly over conflict…

  • Akshay & Tamannaah promote ‘Entertainment’ on EKLKBK

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    Actors Akshay Kumar and Tamannaah Bhatia on the sets of Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega (EKLKBK) to promote upcoming film Entertainment in Mumbai. Akshay Kumar interacted with the media and said: “We saw six acts today and obviously they all were good that is why they reached the semi-finals. I specially loved the gymnastics…

  • Glasgow Games action pictures

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  • Gaza toll reaches 800

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    The toll in the coastal enclave of the Gaza Strip in the ongoing Israeli offensive has escalated to 800, with no signs of a ceasefire to halt the violence. According to officials, an Israeli airstrike Thursday hit three houses in Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip, killing 10 Palestinians, including an infant, and injuring 15,…

  • Wreckage of Algerian plane spotted

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    The Algerian government has received unconfirmed reports from Mali about sightings of wreckage of a jetliner that disappeared in Malian airspace early Thursday with 116 people on board, Algeria’s transport minister said. The wreckage was spotted in the Gao region, where “investigations continue”, Algeria’s Minister of Public Works Amar Ghoul said. Air Algerie Flight AH5017…

  • Finance Bill passed by Lok Sabha

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    The Lok Sabha Friday passed the Finance Bill, 2014 by a voice vote with which the legislative proposals notably on direct and indirect taxes proposed in the national budget for this fiscal can now become effective formally. The bill was passed after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley gave his reply to the debate on the budget,…

  • Kargil War martyrs remembered

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    Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh Friday paid tributes to the martyrs of 1999 Kargil War in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region on the occasion of 15th Vijay Diwas. He said the army is alert and has been deployed effectively on the borders to defend the integrity and the sovereignty of the country. “Let me…

  • Ukrainian PM announces resignation

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    Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk announced his resignation Thursday over parliament’s “ineffectiveness” after two political parties withdrew from Ukraine’s ruling coalition. “I am announcing about my resignation due to the collapse of the coalition and blocking of the government initiatives,” Yatsenyuk told parliament. He said the break-up of the ruling coalition meant the parliament was…

  • Kerry to visit India July 30

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    US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit India July 30-Aug 1, the external affairs ministry said Thursday. “External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will host US Secretary of State John Kerry in New Delhi from July 30 to Aug 1. Sushma Swaraj and Kerry will co-chair the fifth India-US Strategic Dialogue July 31,” a ministry…

  • World Kabaddi League Comes To The O2

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      The O2 has announced that the World Kabaddi League will begin its global tour at the London arena on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 of August 2014. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 25 July and can be booked from AXS.com or via the booking line 08448 24 48 24. The first…

  • ‘Entertainment’

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  • India kick-start Glasgow Games

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    India’s woman power was to the fore on the opening day of the Commonwealth Games here Thursday when the gritty weightlifters accounted for a gold and silver and female judokas added another silver and a bronze to make it a day to remember. Then there was a bureaucratic goof-up to dim the sheen of the…

  • INDIA – NEWS N PICS

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  • PICS: Tributes to Shiva

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  • PICS: Remains of the Raj

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    Senior Justice Ashim Banerjee ,West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and New Governor of West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi with his wife (L to R) during Governor’s oath taking ceremony at Raj Bhawan in Kolkata

  • FEATURE: Presidential Palace Museum

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     A flower petal that was found on the body of Mahatma Gandhi after his assassination, a piece of rock from the moon, gold-plated ceremonial chairs used by the British colonial rulers, Edwin Lutyens’ rough sketches of a grand sandstone structure that took the shape of what is now Rashtrapati Bhavan — such invaluable artefacts are…

  • PICS: Kerry mission failed in Gaza

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    US Secretary of State John Kerry left Israel late Wednesday after a day-long visit during which he tried to broker a ceasefire agreement to end the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas. There have been no official report regarding a possible breakthrough in the ceasefire efforts as Kerry left Wednesday night and no comments were made…

  • PICS: Apple on Solar Power

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    Photo shows the solar panels at Apple Data Center in Maiden, North Carolina, the United States. Running entirely on renewable energy, the Apple Data Center in Maiden, North Carolina, reduces energy consumption and greenhouse emission

  • Pakistan target Haqqani Network

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    Pakistan Thursday said the country’s security forces are targeting all armed groups including the Haqqani Network in the ongoing major offensive in North Waziristan tribal region. The comments came a day after Afghan intelligence officials said that Pakistani forces have not yet taken any action against the Haqqani Network, blamed for recent deadly attacks in…

  • India rank low in human development index

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     India ranked 135 out of 187 countries on the human development index in UNDP’s annual report 2014 released Thursday. Human development index is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices to measure the well being of a country. On the gender inequality index, India ranked 127 out of 152 countries and on…

  • Fuad Masoum is new Iraq president

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      Iraqi lawmakers Thursday elected Fuad Masoum as the new president of Iraq, signalling important progress in forming a new government. Mohammed Fuad Masoum, known as Fuad Masoum, won 211 votes among 269 lawmakers who attended the session of the 328-member parliament, Xinhua reported. “We declare that Fuad Masoum is the president of the Republic…

  • Algerian plane with 119 on board missing

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    An aircraft belonging to Algeria’s national airline, Air Algerie, with 119 people on board, disappeared early Thursday, 50 minutes after takeoff from Ouagadougou Airport in Burkina Faso, media reported. The plane was reported missing over the Malian region of Gao, some 500 km south of the Algerian border, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal told reporters on…

  • Bang Bang’ teaser hits B-Town

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    Bollywood’s “gorgeous” on screen pair Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif-starrer “Bang Bang” teaser was unveiled Wednesday and has blown away Bollywood celebrities. They have tagged it as “smouldering hot” and “smashing”. Directed by Siddharth Anand, “Bang Bang” is produced by Fox Star Studios and is being touted as the biggest action-romance of the year. Shot…

  • EID Recipe: Mumzy Stranger

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    Mumzy Stranger shares his kitchen experiences with Asian Lite   What type of food do you like to cook? I love cooking anything with chicken, lamb, fish you name it. I also like to experiment with what I cook too. So I’ll try out new ingredients in a typical dish like lamb korma. I’ll maybe…

  • REVIEW- BRICS summit in Brazil

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    Amit Kapoor  and Sankalp Sharma review the BRICS summit held in Brazil The recently concluded BRICS annual summit held in Brazil resulted in the important Fortaleza Declaration and Action Plan from the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The joint declaration has some important points that highlight the importance of this year’s summit. The…