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Tulisa seeks action against Fake Sheikh
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Former X-factor judge and singer Tulisa Contostavlos seeks action against The Sun journalist Mazher Mahmood aka Fake Sheikh for trying to tarnish her image and a year of torment over drug charges. In a statement, the singer said: I have never dealt drugs and never been involved in taking or dealing cocaine. This whole case…
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PICS: Monisha’s ‘World Bride’ collection
Veteran Designer Monisha Jaising to showcase the ‘World Bride’ collection at India Couture Week 2014. Designer Monisha Jaising is all geared up to unveil her elite and dazzling ‘World Bride’ collection at the India Couture Week at Taj Palace, New Delhi. The line is called “World Bride” because it is created for a travelling bride…
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Parents to face jail over FGM
UK will introduce new legislation to prosecute parents if they fail to stop their daughters undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM). Prime Minister David Cameron is unveiling a £1.4m prevention programme aimed at ending the practice at a global summit in London. It is estimated that up to 137,000 women and girls living in England and Wales…
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Remake of film ‘Khubsoorat’
Filmmaker Rhea Kapoor, actress Sonam Kapoor, Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, Siddharth Roy Kapur, MD, Disney India and filmmaker Shashanka Ghosh during the trailer launch of film Khoobsurat in Mumbai. Actress Sonam Kapoor Monday unveiled the trailer of her forthcoming film “Khoobsurat”, and said the film’s producer and director have “exposed me completely in this film”.…
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Rochdale to host Gaza rally
Rochdale is gearing up to host a huge rally on Sunday to show their support and solidarity with victims Gaza and condemn Israeli aggression on innocent civilians during the holy month of Ramadan. Thousands will assemble outside Rochdale Town Hall on Sunday 27th July 2014 at 2pm . This peaceful rally will hear from a number…
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India’s Mars Orbiter nearing Red planet
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India’s Mars Orbiter spacecraft that left the Earth last November is nearing the Red planet with all its payloads in good condition, ISRO said Tuesday. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India’s Mars Orbiter or Mangalyaan has travelled over 540 million km on its journey to the Red planet. The Indian space agency…
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Jaya oppose India-Lanka sea boundary
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa urged the central government to pursue the idea of sustainable fishing by Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen and disagreed with a proposal to instal buoys to demarcate the international maritime boundary. “During the talks between the fishing communities of two countries, there has been a clear recognition that fishing…
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Fake Sheikh Lied in Court
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A drugs trial involving the singer Tulisa Contostavlos has collapsed after a judge ruled that it was likely the Sun’s veteran investigative reporter Mazher Mahmood aka Fake Sheikh had attempted to persuade a witness to change his evidence and then lied about it under oath, The Guardian reported.. The damning comments by Judge Alistair McCreath both vindicated Contostavlos –…
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Heart attacks kill younger women faster
Aakriti Gupta, an Indian-origin researcher at the Yale School of Medicine, has found that women have longer hospital stays and are more likely than men to die in the hospital after a heart attack. “Younger women are a vulnerable yet understudied group with worse cardiac risk profiles and worse outcomes after a heart attack as…
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Energy security top priority: Modi
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday reiterated that energy security, increasingly based on clean and reliable sources, was the critical driver of India’s rapid and sustained long-term development. On a visit to the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) here during his maiden trip to Maharashtra after taking over as prime minister, Modi envisaged an essential role…
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Bolt will be in Glasgow
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Sprint superstar Usain Bolt is set to return to the tracks next month after injury concerns slowed his return this season. Bolt, who has not been seen in competition all season, is set to compete in four events starting with an appearance at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month, reports CMC. The Jamaican athlete,…
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Miliband raps Israeli incursion
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British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has become the first western politician to condemn the ongoing Israeli incursion on Gaza. The Labour leader, son of Jewish parents who fled the Nazi regime to escape holocaust, said the the incursion into Gaza is likely to help Hamas’ recruiting efforts, and undermines Israel in the eyes of the international…
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Troubles in Congress party
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Troubles mounted for Congress Monday as two senior ministers – Narayan Rane in poll-bound Maharashtra and Himanta Biswa Sarma in Assam – resigned from their posts signalling their desire to replace the incumbent chief ministers. The resignations came even as the party is battling problems in poll-bound states of Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir and…
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Obama affirms strong ties with Britain
US President Barack Obama and Ed Miliband, leader of the British opposition Labour Party, Monday affirmed the strong ties that bind the US and Britain, the White House said in a statement. The president made the affirmation while joining his National Security Advisor Susan Rice’s meeting with Miliband, Xinhua quoted the statement as saying. Miliband…
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MH17 Black boxes handed over
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Pro-Russian rebels have reportedly handed over the black boxes of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that crashed in Ukraine last Thursday to Malaysian authorities. The prime minister of the self-proclaimed people’s republic of Donetsk, Alexandr Borodai, presented the two devices to the head of the Malaysian delegation during an official ceremony held at the seat…
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Delhi seeks World Heritage City tag
Shilpa Raina looks into Delhi’s campaign to become World Heritage City As Delhi gears up to welcome a team from Unesco in September to evaluate the national capital’s bid for the World Heritage City tag, an NGO spearheading the move says this idea should have been proposed earlier and reveals how “frustrating” it can be…
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CRICKET: Lessons to learn from India
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Veturi Srivatsa says Indians taught Englishmen how to play in their backyard India’s handsome victory at Lord’s would have come as a big relief to skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, leading a young side with almost the entire top-order batting playing in England for the first time. What must have pleased Dhoni’s team is that they…
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India stands for Palestinian cause
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The government Monday said its policy on Palestine remains unchanged and rejected calls for a parliament resolution on the violence in Gaza where more than 500 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military attacks since the past fortnight. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in her reply to a debate on the Gaza violence, said the…
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Israeli blitzkrieg continues
The toll in the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip rose to 540 Monday, a day which saw a hospital being shelled and 10 Palestinian militants trying to infiltrate Israel being killed. A new Israeli airstrike on a building in the centre of Gaza city Monday afternoon killed 11 Palestinians, including four children, Xinhua…
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India has 274 accredited universities
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There are 274 universities and 7,070 colleges in India which have been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), HRD Minister Smriti Irani said Monday. Citing information provided by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the human resource development minister said there are 676 universities and 37,204 colleges in the country. “Accreditation is the…
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Historic win for India at Lords
India registered a historic 95-run win over England on the fifth and final day of the second cricket Test at Lord’s here Monday. Resuming the second session at 173/5, England were bowled out for 223 while chasing a target of 319 runs. Pacer Ishant Sharma was the pick of the Indian bowlers with career best…
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Asian exports and decoupling
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Vatsal Srivastava in his weekly column Currency Corner looks in to the state of Asian exports. Will ‘decoupling’ theory work this time around? During the financial crisis of 2008, there was a prevailing view among asset managers that a sell-off in developed market (DM) equities would not lead to a downturn in emerging market (EM) equities, especially in…
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‘The eternal wanderlust’
Actress Huma Qureshi walks on the ramp for designers Rimple and Harpreet Narula`s show during the India Couture Week 2014, in New Delh. Bollywood actress Huma Qureshi, who walked the ramp as showstopper for designer duo Rimple and Harpreet Narula on the last day of Shree Raj Mahal Jewellers India Couture Week 2014, says that…
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Obama very concerned over Gaza
US President Barack Obama Sunday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing his “serious concern” about growing number of casualties in the Gaza crisis, a White House statement said. Obama and Netanyahu spoke Sunday morning over phone, their second call in three days to discuss the situation in Gaza, Xinhua reported. Obama reiterated the US’…
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Israel reject to protect Arab Bedouins
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The Supreme Court of Israel rejected a petition by human rights groups to protect Arab Bedouin villages in southern Israel from Gaza rocket fire. The petition Sunday was submitted following the death of Auda al-Wadj, a 32-year-old Bedouin who was hit by a rocket near city of Dimona Saturday, Xinhua reported. Four of his family…
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Freida Pinto to address Girl Summit
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Actress Freida Pinto will address and give the closing speech at the world’s first Girl Summit hosted by the British government along with its Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Tuesday. The initiative is aimed to bring together girls, women and community leaders from Britain and overseas, alongside governments, international organisations and the private sector to…
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Kejriwal for dissolving Delhi assembly
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AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Monday told Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung that the delay in dissolving the Delhi assembly was encouraging the poaching of legislators. After meeting Jung, Kejriwal tweeted: “We told him that delay in dissolving (the) assembly was encouraging horse trading.” In response to persistent BJP claims that it was in a position to…
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Kerry to travel to Egypt
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US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Egypt Monday to meet officials on the situation in Gaza, the State Department said Sunday. Kerry is working to support Egypt’s initiative to pursue a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants, Xinhua quoted State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki as saying in a statement. The Gaza Strip…
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India must reflect Gandhi
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By C Uday Bhaskar After considerable vacillation that brought little credit to the world’s largest democracy, the Indian parliament is now set to discuss the violence and bloodshed in Gaza on Monday, July 21. Earlier, even as the spiral of violence continued, the Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said: “We have diplomatic ties with…
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Whisky tops Scottish export to CW
Almost a fifth (19%) of exports of Scotland’s national drink goes to Commonwealth countries. Last year exports to the Commonwealth were up 1% on 2012 to £793 million, out of a global total of £4.3 billion. Singapore is the largest market in the Commonwealth for Scotch Whisky with exports of £330m last year. However, a…
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NASA celebrates its first moon landing
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. Forty-five years later, NASA will celebrate Monday the giant leap by honouring Armstrong, who died in 2012, with a renaming ceremony of the historic operations and checkout building at Cape Canaveral in Florida,…
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UN Calls for Gaza Ceasefire
The UN Security Council has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after holding an emergency closed-door meeting on the crisis. The talks came after the UN chief described Israel’s shelling of a Gaza City suburb as “an atrocious action”, BBC reported. A total of 501 people have now died in Gaza during Israel’s operation against…
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UK to top on G7 economy growth
The British economy will grow faster in 2014 than any other G7 economy, while low wage rises will ensure interest rates do not rise until next year, an influential report has forecast. UK GDP growth will hit 3.1% this year, spurred by strong capital investment by businesses, the EY Item Club said, BBC reported. Meanwhile rates will…
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India in firm control at Lords
India put themselves in pole position by reducing England to 105 for four, still needing 214 runs to win, at stumps on day four of the second Test at Lord’s here Sunday. England top order failed to get going as Indian pacers bowled brilliantly in the final session. After losing opener Sam Robson (7) in…
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Rosberg takes German Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg extended his lead in the Formula One drivers’ standings with his first win on home soil while both Force India drivers scored points at the German Grand Prix here Sunday. Nico Hulkenberg, like Fernando Alonso, kept up his record for finishing every 2014 race in the points, and took seventh for…
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Israel feels the heat in Gaza
Thirteen Israeli soldiers were killed overnight and early Sunday in several clashes with Palestinian militants amid the military’s ground incursion in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said. Seven soldiers were killed when their armoured personnel vehicle was hit by anti-tank missiles overnight, Xinhua reported citing Walla! news website. Shortly afterwards, at 1.20…
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Encephalitis toll in Bengal crosses 50
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With six more people dying of encephalitis here since Saturday night, the vector-borne disease has claimed altogether 51 lives in northern West Bengal over the past 18 days, health officials said Sunday. Six patients admitted to the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) died between Saturday night and Sunday evening, the facility’s assistant Superintendent…
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Lady Gaga to perform in Dubai
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Lady Gaga will perform in Dubai September 10, the Gulf News reported. The tour, launched to support the singer’s third studio album, ArtPop, kicked off earlier this week in Florida in the US. Gaga will perform across North America until August before heading to Japan later that month. Her UAE stop will kick off the tour’s European…
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‘The Lunchbox opened the doors’
Nivedita talks to Nimrat Kaur, the lovelorn Ila in the super hit movie the Lunchbox She was born and raised in a simple middle-class Indian family, but she got exposed to the world courtesy her internationally-acclaimed film “The Lunchbox”. Actress Nimrat Kaur says the movie “opened all doors” for her, allowing her to do…
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Gandhi & Gaza – By C Uday Bhaskar
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C Uday Bhaskar says India’s parliament must reflect on Gandhi’s words After considerable vacillation that brought little credit to the world’s largest democracy, the Indian parliament is now set to discuss the violence and bloodshed in Gaza on Monday, July 21. Earlier, even as the spiral of violence continued, the Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj…
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BAPIO chief joins march to save NHS
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Prof. Rajan Madhok, Chairman of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO), is joining a campaign to save the crisis-hit National health Services (NHS). Prof. Rajan, one of the senior most Indian-origin doctors in the country, is a former director of public health and medical director in the NHS. BAPIO is the largest organisation of the…
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Turkish PM compare Israel to Hitler
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while lambasting Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza, Sunday accused the Israeli government of “barbarism that surpasses Hitler”, a leading British daily reported. “(Israelis) have no conscience, no honour, no pride. Those who condemn Hitler day and night have surpassed Hitler in barbarism,” the Independent quoted Erdogan as saying at…
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Modi keeps media at bay
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It has been almost two months since Narendra Modi took charge as India’s prime minister, but the new government is yet to spell out its media and information policy – except by default. All that journalists are able to surmise – in the absence of any official articulation – is that the Modi government wants…
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Mosque Offers One Million Iftars
The Shaikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre in Abu Dhabi has hosted around 515,000 people who are fasting in the first half of the Holy Month of Ramadan, WAM reported. The mosque is providing Iftar meals in tents located in the grounds of the mosque, including 350,000 through the “Guests for Iftar” project which is held…
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Israel expands into Gaza
Clashes in the Gaza Strip have intensified overnight after the Israeli army announced that it was expanding its ground operation phase of Protective Edge. “The ground phase of Operation Protective Edge has expanded, as additional forces join the effort to combat terror in the Gaza Strip,” Xinhua quoted the Israel defence forces (IDF) spokesman as…
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Andhra to develop new capital
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The Andhra Pradesh government Sunday constituted an advisory committee to examine the various aspects of building a state capital and suggest a plan of action for its development. To be headed by Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister P. Narayana, the committee comprises nine members, majority of them industrialists. The state government Sunday issued orders…