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  • Rock the Ramp

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    Models presents a creation of designer Lisa Romanyuk during the 2015 Moscow Fashion week,in Moscow, Russia.    

  • Upcoming film ‘Kill Dil’

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    Actors Arjun Kapoor, Govinda, Ranveer Singh, Parineeti Chopra, and Ali Zafar during the song launch of film Kill Dil in Mumbai. Actors of forthcoming film, ‘Kill Dil’, Govinda, Ranveer Singh, Parineeti Chopra and Ali Zafar attended a special launch of their song ‘Nakhriley’ from the film. Ranveer Singh, Govinda, Ali Zafar and Parineeti Chopra launched…

  • India lacks innovation skills

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    By Amit Kapoor  Entrepreneurship and innovation are intrinsically linked with growth and development of any economy. Newer ways of competing define not just innovation but are also intrinsic to the very idea of capitalism. India of late is realizing this paradigm of innovation. How real is it? There are several organizations (the likes of ISRO,…

  • Sharif vows to battle militants

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    Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed the military operations against militants would continue till their complete elimination as the Wagah suicide bombing toll mounted to 59, a media report said. Over 110 people were bloodied and wounded, some of them critically, when a young suicide bomber blew himself up near the Wagah border. There were…

  • BJP wants to get fresh in Delhi

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     The BJP has decided it will not form a government in Delhi and fresh polls should be held, party sources said . BJP sources said Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay met Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung. Upadhyay, according to sources, conveyed BJP’s point of view in the meeting. The LG’s office, however, refused to comment. Jung…

  • Merkel ‘would accept UK exit from EU’

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    Chancellor Angela Merkel has reportedly warned David Cameron she would rather see the UK leave the EU than compromise over the principle of free movement. Der Spiegel news magazine quotes German government sources as saying she feared Britain was approaching “the point of no return”reports BBC. Downing Street has not commented on the reports. Mr…

  • China Fashion Week

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    Models present creations by designer Deng Zhaoping (front) during the “Watermark Deng Zhaoping Collection” of China Fashion Week in Beijing, capital of China.

  • Aishwarya turns 41

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    Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, 41, addresses a press conference on her birthday in Mumbai. It was an occasion nobody can miss and forget. Yes, it was Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s 41st birthday and for the first time, she celebrated it with media. Looking elegant in a black outfit, Aishwarya has been celebrating her birthday with actress…

  • Palestinians arrested for Jerusalem riots

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    Seventeen Palestinians have been arrested for their involvement in recent riots in east Jerusalem, Israeli police said. A total of 111 people have been arrested in the city over the past 10 days for disturbing public order, Xinhua reported. Five Jewish men were Sunday detained in Jerusalem’s Old City for attempting to enter the Temple…

  • India hands Lanka massive defeat

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      Twin centuries by openers Ajinkya Rahane (111) and Shikhar Dhawan (113) helped India register a mammoth 169-run win in the first of the five One-Day Internationals (ODI) against Sri Lanka at the Barabati Stadium here . After being put in to bat, the openers posted a 231-run partnership to help India reach a huge…

  • Sonia meets Vadra at home

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    Congress president Sonia Gandhi  visited daughter Priyanka and son-in-law Robert Vadra’s residence here, a day after Vadra snapped at a TV crew after being questioned over land deals. As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) denounced Vadra and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused the Gandhi family of “arrogance”, the Congress came to the defence of…

  • Blast kills 45 near Wagah border

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    At least 45 people were killed and over 70 others injured in a suicide blast  evening near the Wagah border in Pakistan’s Lahore metropolis, police said. Inspector General of Police Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera said a suspected 18-year-old suicide bomber blew up his explosive jacket around 5.50 p.m. amid a crowd of people who were coming…

  • How to chequemate your creditor?

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     Nury Vittachi shares his expertise to chequemate your creditors Cheques are dying out, a report says. This is a tragic loss of an ancient Asian invention – so I learned from the new Museum of Accountancy in India. That country invented that form of promissory note way back in the Mauryan period (321 to 185 BC), when…

  • Special Report: Kurdish women fighters

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    Kurdish women fighters, an unprecedented example of equality in Middle East The Syrian city of Kobane, where resistance against jihadis of the Islamic State (IS) has become a symbol of Kurdish unity, is also an unprecedented example of equality for its women, who fight side by side with men in the streets. The images of…

  • Saeed Naqvi on Owaisi Brothers

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    Saeed Naqvi asks: Do the Owaisi brothers have a pan India potential?     The two successes of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) of Hyderabad in assembly elections in Maharashtra may not affect government formation in Mumbai but reverberations will be felt in the nation’s politics for a long time. Victories in Aurangabad and Byculla were awesome, of…

  • Happy Birth Day Mr Khan: Didi

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    Mamata wishes Shah Rukh Khan on birthday West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday wished Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on his birthday. “Today (Sunday) is the birthday of our very dear Shah Rukh Khan. We wish him best of happiness, prosperity, good health and success. Our best wishes also to all members of…

  • How to name your film?

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    Southern cinema: Popular dialogues, songs inspire film titles…writes Haricharan Pudipeddi  A film’s title is the first step in grabbing a viewer’s attention much before it hits the screens. And more attention is guaranteed when a popular film dialogue or a line from a chartbuster song becomes the title of a movie. That’s just what a slew…

  • GALLERY: Pushkar Camel Fair

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    Foreign tourists flock to Pushkar Animal Fair in Pushkar of Rajasthan. The five-day long fair begins on Kartik Shukla Ekadashi and ends on Kartik Purnima. Mass trading of cattle, such as camels, horses, cows, goats, and sheep, take place during these five days  

  • HELLO MOTO- From China

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    Employees pose for a group photo in front of the “HELLO MOTO” installation during a celebration of Lenovo’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility in Beijing, China, Oct. 31, 2014. Lenovo Group, the world’s biggest personal computer maker, said on Oct. 30 it has fully acquired Motorola’s mobile business, making Lenovo world’s third largest smartphone maker. In…

  • Are you sleeping with your smartphone?

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    A considerable number of people take their smartphones with them to bed – some even holding them in their hands as they dream, said a survey. According to a latest survey by California-based QR Code Press magazine, 53 percent of respondents said they regularly took their smartphones with them when they went to bed. QR…

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  • Modi govt on foreign policy overdrive

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    By Ranjana Narayan    Barring most of the African Union countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have met leaders of most countries of the world by the end of December 2014, pointing to the heightened stress on foreign policy by the new Indian government that took power on May 26. Modi, who set off a foreign…

  • INS Arihant n-sub’s sea trials by December

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    In a major boost to indigenisation of defence manufacturing, India’s first nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarine INS Arihant will head out for sea trials by the year-end. “INS Arihant will be ready for sea trials by the end of this year,” an official aware of the developments relating to the 6,000-tonne submarine said, speaking on condition…

  • 30 NRI’s vying for office in US poll

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    A record 30 Indian-Americans are contesting Tuesday’s US elections that will determine the course of power politics in the last two years of President Barack Obama’s term in office. Nearly three million people of Indian descent with an ever growing number of officials in high places,are better educated, earn more than other Americans, but haven’t…

  • ?India pays tribute to indentured labourers

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    India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj paid tribute to the ‘girmitiyas’, the nearly half a million Indians who arrived in Mauritius to work as indentured labourers in the 19th century, saying their sacrifice did not go in vain as they went on to become the architects of a resurgent and confident new Mauritius. In a…

  • ‘Iron Lady’ Sharmila refuses to give up

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    By Ninglun Hanghal    “Iron Lady” Sharmila Chanu completes Sunday 13 years of hunger strike that she began after the massacre of 10 people by Assam Rifles at a bus stand here. Over the years, the “Malom Massacre” memorial at the bus stand in Malom, around six kilometers from Manipur capital Imphal, bears a deserted look,…

  • Sexist slur against Nikki Haley

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    By Arun Kumar   Reflecting the falling standard of US politics, the Democratic opponent of South Carolina’s Indian-origin Governor Nikki Haley called her a “whore”, but more shockingly the mainstream US media largely ignored the story. Born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa, the daughter of Sikh immigrant parents, herself addressed her opponent’s sexist comments this week saying Vincent…

  • Autumn at Chatsworth estate

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    PHOTOGRAPHY: ARUN JACOB THOMAS Chatsworth house, built between 1687 and 1707, offers visitors a treasure trove of modern and historic artifacts. Wander around the three floors where you can see magnificent displays of art, furniture, sculptures and paintings housed in ornately decorated rooms. From the grandeur of the 1st Duke’s Painted Hall and State Apartments…

  • Modi vows to bring black money back

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     Prime Minister Narendra Modi  promised that he will get back “every paisa” of black money stashed abroad. In his “Mann ki Baat” radio address, the prime minister said that the people of the country should have faith in him and his assurance on this matter. “I want to tell the people that please have faith…

  • One dies in Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip crash

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    One person was killed and another badly injured when Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo exploded over southern California’s Mojave Desert after takeoff on a test flight, the California Highway Patrol said. The spacecraft normally flies with two pilots. “During the test, the vehicle suffered a serious anomaly resulting in the loss of SpaceShipTwo,” Virgin Galactic said on…

  • Fadnavis takes charge of Maharashtra

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    Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in  as chief minister of Maharashtra’s first BJP government along with nine ministers, cheered by some 30,000 supporters at the Wankhede stadium and watched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, VIPs and celebrities. Governor C.V. Rao administered the oath of office and secrecy to Fadnavis, 44, and the ministers, including two women,…

  • J.K. Rowling reveals story characters

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    British author Joanne Kathleen Rowling, the author of the “Harry Potter” series, has revealed previously undisclosed background details of the saga’s characters on her website, Pottermore, media reported. The author is immersed in writing short stories relating to places and characters that appear in the Harry Potter series on her site. Some pieces provide additional…

  • BCCI demands multi-million dollar settlement

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      The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will have to cough up nearly $42 million in order to stave off a lawsuit from the Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI), stemming from the abandoned tour of India last month. Indian authorities  told the WICB that its losses as a result of the abandoned…

  • Hrithik, Sussanne legally divorced

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    Hrithik Roshan and his estranged wife Sussanne Khan were granted divorce by the Bandra court, the Bollywood star’s lawyer said. Lawyer Deepesh Mehta said: “They are legally divorced now. Today at around 10:30 a.m., all things were done. They have got divorced in a very unique and elegant way where there is no alimony and…

  • Indian appointed to UN panel

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    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has appointed Abhijit Guha, a retired Indian Army Lieutenant General, to a high-level panel to assess UN peace operations. Announcing the formation of the 14-member panel Friday, Ban said it would make a comprehensive assessment of UN peace operations and the needs of the future and its recommendations would be…

  • Modi greets four states on foundation day

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi  greeted people of Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana on their states’ foundation day and ignore wishing the people of Kerala on its foundation day. “Greetings to people of Karnataka on Kannada Rajyotsava. May Karnataka scale new heights of progress in the years to come,” Modi said. Kannada Rajyotsava is celebrated Nov…

  • Virgin Galactic’s spaceship crashes

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      A passenger rocket plane developed by Virgin Galactic’s crashed after suffering an “in-flight anomaly” during a powered test flight over the US state of California, the company said. “SpaceShipTwo has experienced an in-flight anomaly. Additional info and statement forthcoming,” Xinhua quoted Virgin as saying on Twitter, giving no further details. Two pilots were on…

  • Britain to repay WWI debt

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    British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced that the British government will pay off part of the country’s First World War debt as part of the redemption of bonds stretching as far back as the 18th century. The Treasury will redeem 218 million pounds ($350 million) of debt from the 4 percent Consolidated Loan…

  • No Modi-Sharif meeting at SAARC: India

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    India  denied any plans for a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif during the SAARC summit in Kathmandu. External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin, in answer to a query at a briefing, said there is “no such proposal at hand” and that the issue is not under discussion. He…

  • India will appeal Lankan death sentence for fishermen

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    India indicated there may have been “miscarriage of justice” in the death sentence handed down to five Indian fishermen for alleged drug trafficking in Colombo and said it will appeal. New Delhi also said that under a bilateral “legal architecture”, a similar death sentence for two Indians was commuted to life imprisonment after a Sri…

  • Nokia close India plant

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      Nokia, once an iconic mobile handset maker, is shutting down its India plant  at Sriperumbudur near here, a company spokesperson said . “As announced earlier (Oct 7), we are stopping handset production at our Chennai plant from tomorrow (Nov 1) in the absence of orders from our new parent firm (Microsoft), which terminated the…

  • West Bengal seeks global investment

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    Fiannce Minister Dr Amit Mitra unveils raft of investment opportunities in West Bengal. The veteran leader invites investors to join ‘Bengal Global Business Summit – Bengal Leads 2015’ Dr. Amit Mitra, Minister- in-Charge, Finance, Excise, Commerce & Industries, Public Enterprises, Industrial Reconstruction and Information Technology & Electronics Departments, Government of West Bengal, today unveiled the…

  • Tributes to fallen WW I Heroes

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    The ceramic poppies, part of an art installation “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” in the moat of the Tower of London, in London, Britain. By its completion on Armistice Day in 2014, the moat will contain 888,246 ceramic poppies, each of which symbolizes a military fatality in the World War I

  • Didi to develop Sagar Islands

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    The West Bengal government has formed a task force to work on transforming Sagar Islands in the Bay of Bengal into an international standard tourist spot, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said . “We visited two beaches today. One of them will be developed as a port. I have named it Bhorsagar. “We have formed a…

  • DULMIAL: The Village with the Gun

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    Dulmial, Pakistan, popularly known as  ‘the Village with the Gun,’ paying tributes to  the Soldiers of the First World War, 100 years on…reports Dr Irfan Malik and Michael Noble, The Centre for Hidden Histories, University of Nottingham A nineteenth century cannon sits at the centre of a Pakistani village. Here we take a look at the…

  • Call to remember Muslim troops in WW I

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     Khudadad Khan, the first Muslim soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross, should be more widely recognised General Lord Dannatt and General Lord Richards lead a group of peers, MPs, historians and religious leaders who say children should be told about the role played by Muslim troops in the First World War. In a letter…

  • Star Plus retains the best channel award

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    Star Plus was named TV Channel at the second Asian Media Awards 2014 It was the second year running the channel had been presented with the accolade. The Asian Media Awards were held at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate and were sponsored by the University of Salford and Asons Solicitors. The channel has had another outstanding…

  • Fadnavis sworn in as Maharashtra CM

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    Devendra Fadnavis was sworn-in as the chief minister of the first BJP government of Maharashtra at a gala public function here . Nine other ministers also took the oath. Maharashtra Governor C. V. Rao administered the oath of office and secrecy to Fadnavis (44) and the others at a glittering ceremony in the sprawling Wankhede…

  • National sperm bank opens in Birmingham

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    A UK national sperm bank – charged with reversing a growing shortage of donor sperm – has started work in Birmingham. Fertility clinics have become increasingly dependent on imported sperm giving rise to the so-called “Viking babies” phenomenon. Meanwhile, data from the fertility regulator shows a 10th of IVF cycles are dependent on donated sperm or…

  • Labour face wipeout in Scotland

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    Ed Miliband has admitted that his party must “fight for every hour and every day” to hold on to its Scottish MPs after a shock poll predicted Labour could be wiped out by the Scottish National party next year. The dramatic poll for STV said the SNP could win up to 54 Scottish seats and…