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  • US Strategy toward the Islamic State

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    Jon B. Alterman says the new U.S. policy is more than merely a military strategy, it is much more military than it should be. Recalibrating the policy should be an immediate priority of the administration After trying hard to downplay policy in Syria and Iraq, the Obama White House has dived in. The recorded beheadings of…

  • Gordon Brown hero of ‘No’ campaign

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    Former British prime minister Gordon Brown, culminating a series of rousing speeches before Scotland decides whether to become independent of the United Kingdom or not, has passionately appealed to fellow Scots to reject separation in Thursday’s referendum. Targeting an estimated half a million undecided voters, Brown, a lifelong Labour party activist, asked them “to be…

  • Turkish president slams NY Times

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    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday slammed The New York Times for its report claiming that Turkey is one of the major sources of recruitment of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, saying that some foreign media outlets are trying to depict Turkey as a country that supports terrorism. “A newspaper in the US accuses…

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  • ‘No’ has a slight edge

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    Three new opinion polls published Wednesday have shown a slight lead for the “no” vote on Scottish independence. Meanwhile, politicians from both sides made last minute appeals before Thursday’s referendum seeking to convince those who have not yet made up their minds. The polls by Opinium for the British newspaper Daily Telegraph, ICM for the…

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  • Pakistan air-strikes kills 40 militants

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    The Pakistan army Wednesday said fighter jets bombed positions of militants in the North Waziristan tribal region and killed 40 local and foreign militants. “Today in precise aerial strikes five terrorists hideouts and ammunition dumps were destroyed and 40 terrorists, including foreigners, were killed in villages Nawae Killi and Zaram Asar in area north of…

  • Modi meets Xi

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi warmly received Chinese President Xi Jinping, who began a three-day India sojourn Wednesday. Modi set aside protocol and received Xi, who arrived in Ahmedabad from Colombo , became the first world leader to begin an India visit from Gujarat. . Both leaders smiled, shook hands and waved at those who had…

  • Celebs @ ‘Finding Fanny’ success bash

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    With the presence of ecstatic and fully energetic celebs like Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Pankaj Kapoor with his wife and actor Supriya Pathak, Nasseruddin Shah amongst many other noted ones, the event witnessed celebrations getting doubled up. Apart from the entire team of Finding Fanny including Homi Adjania with wife Anaita Adjania, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj…

  • Hair Trendz Collection

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    Actor Gauhar Khan and models walks on the ramp during the launch of Streax Pro unique Zodiac Hair Trendz Collection in New Delhi.

  • Alex Salmond insists of using pound

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    Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond Tuesday insisted that an independent Scotland could not be prevented from using the pound. In an interview with Sky TV news, Salmond reiterated his desire to hold on to sterling, saying that the words about “being able to be vetoed from using the pound” actually is not true and no…

  • Real Madrid begin title defence

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    Spanish football club Real Madrid started its Champions League title defence with a comfortable 5-1 win over Swiss club Basel while Atletico Madrid slipped to a surprise 2-3 defeat to Olympiakos. Real Madrid’s big victory Tuesday night lifted the confidence of coach Carlo Ancelotti and the fans after they lost two out of their first…

  • UN announces pact on rebuilding Gaza

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    The United Nations Tuesday announced an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip, devastated in the recent Israeli military offensive. The pact will allow urgent reconstruction work to be carried out in Gaza, while ensuring that materials entering the area will not be used for other purposes, Robert…

  • Obama calls for gun control

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    US President Barack Obama renewed his call for “common-sense” gun control measures, one year after a shootout in a US Navy facility in Washington left 12 people dead. “One year ago, our dedicated military and civilian personnel at the Washington Navy Yard were targeted in an unspeakable act of violence that took the lives of…

  • James Bond shoot starts in December

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    Shooting of the next James Bond film, the 24th instalment of the popular spy series, will begin Dec 6 at Pinewood Studios near London, Variety reported. Sam Mendes is back to direct the new film following his work on the hugely successful “Skyfall” (2012). Daniel Craig will once again play Agent 007 in the new…

  • UN chief welcomes Ebola fight

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    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon welcomed the US support against the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and called for “bold and courageous” international efforts to fight the epidemic. “The secretary-general warmly welcomes today’s announcement by the United States government to provide a range of measures to assist in the global response to Ebola virus disease,”…

  • Bypoll results a shock: Sena

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    The Shiv Sena Wednesday described the Sep 13 bypoll results as an “unexpected shock and surprise” and said there are lessons to be learnt from it for the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. “Don’t take the voters for granted… They are very intelligent. Keep your feet on the ground and don’t indulge in sword-fights from the…

  • Bobby Jindal to decide on presidential run

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    Louisiana’s Indian-American Republican Governor Bobby Jindal has acknowledged that he’s considering a 2016 run for president, and will make his decision after the November Congressional elections. His decision would not hinge on polls or fundraising, he told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast here Tuesday. Only 3 percent of Republican primary voters backed him…

  • Modi seeks mother’s blessing

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday met his mother here and sought her blessings on his 64th birthday. A large number of residents gathered to wish “Happy birthday Narendrabhai”. Modi, who turned 64 Wednesday, reached Ahmedabad Tuesday in his first visit to Gujarat after becoming the prime minister. Modi family sources said that early Wednesday morning Narendra…

  • Red carpet awaits Xi

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    Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives here Wednesday afternoon on the first leg of his three-day India visit during which trade and investment are expected to top the agenda of talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi besides other bilateral and regional issues. Xi is arriving in Ahmedabad, the commercial capital of Gujarat state, at the head…

  • Britain and Foreign Students

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    Mohammad Touseef looks in to the decline of the arrival of foreign students The past 14 years have witnessed the rise and fall of independent and further Private Education Industry in United Kingdom. The reports of Quality Education Agency and Independent Schools Inspectorate have played a major role in reshaping the current immigration policy and…

  • Congress see positive signals

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      The Congress party Tuesday said the results of assembly bypolls in various states were a good signal for it and showed that people were rejecting BJP policies. Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed said the party had done well in Rajasthan and Gujarat though it did not perform as per expectations in Uttar Pradesh. “The results,…

  • Times Square to beam Modi speech

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the Indian community at a grand public reception at Madison Square Garden Sep 28 will be beamed live on giant screens at New York’s iconic Times Square. With no more tickets available for the event at the huge multi-purpose indoor arena in Midtown Manhattan with a capacity of over…

  • Typhoon Kalmaegi makes landfall

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  • Iraqi troops retake villages

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    Iraqi security forces Tuesday recaptured several villages in heavy clashes with extremist insurgent groups, while US warplanes expanded their airstrikes and pounded Islamic State militants near Iraq’s capital Baghdad. A senior Iraqi security spokesman said the US air force carried out the first airstrike under a new anti-IS plan on positions of the IS militants…

  • London’s Muslims call for peace

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    London’s Muslims are fearful of a backlash from indigenous Britons following the beheading of British national David Haines in West Asia by militants of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. To pre-empt such attacks, they plan to stand united in peace and prayer Friday. Scotland Yard disclosed the London Muslim Communities Forum has appealed to…

  • Stop police brutality: Imran Khan

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    Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan Tuesday appealed to the Supreme Court to play its role in stopping police brutality in Islamabad where protestors are engaged in sit-ins against the government. Addressing participants at the ongoing protest, Khan highlighted the sacrifices rendered by people for the supremacy of the judiciary, adding that it was the…

  • BJP feels the heat

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     The Congress and the Samajwadi Party, which suffered a rout in the general elections, bounced back Tuesday in the assembly bypolls in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. For the first time in 15 years, the BJP will now have its lawmaker in the West Bengal assembly. In Gujarat, the BJP romped home in Vadodara Lok Sabha…

  • Modi sees upswing in ties

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    Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday described the India-China ties as moving ahead from “Inch (India and China) towards Miles (Millennium of Exceptional Synergy)”. In a conversation with Chinese journalists based in New Delhi, Modi said: “India and China are bound by history, connected by culture, and inspired by…

  • LONDON TO HOST PRAVASI MEET

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    Sushma Swaraj, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, will inaugurate the event on 17th October, Friday The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs of the Government of India has decided to hold the 2014 Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (RPBD) Convention in London over three days from October 16 to 18, 2014. The main events will take place…

  • Sikhs open free school in Coventry

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    After facing a lot of disappointment in Britain’s Coventry schools, members of the Indian-origin Sikh community have set up their own school for their new generation. Opened in Coventry, a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands, the newly opened Seva School presently offers education to 130 pupils (aged four to seven)…

  • ‘Happy New Year’ music event

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    Producer Bhushan Kumar, lyricist Irshad Kamil, music composer Vishal Dadlani, actors Vivaan Shah, Boman Irani, Deepika Padukone, Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood and director Farah Khan during the music launch of film Happy New Year in Mumbai. The music of forthcoming multi-starrer movie “Happy New Year” was unveiled Monday in the presence of its…

  • Paradise on Earth turns hell

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    As historical records confirm that the recent floods in Kashmir have been worse than the worst ever – that in 1893 – the human suffering and devastation caused have few parallels in the Valley’s recent history. Walter Lawrence, who documented the 1893 floods in his famous book, “The Vale of Kashmir”, says the water level…

  • Long working hours bad for heart

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    The longer the work hours or overtime you put in, the higher your chances of developing coronary heart disease within 10 years, says an alarming study. Working more than a 40-hour week has already been linked to stress, dissatisfaction and compromised health. Now, new research on 8,350 Korean adults has found that it may also…

  • US air strikes target ISIS in Iraq

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      A US airstrike was carried out near Iraqi capital Baghdad which marked a new phase in the fight against Islamic State (IS). US Central Command said in a statement that it was the first strike as part of “expanded efforts” to help Iraqi forces on the offensive against IS, CNN reported Tuesday. Monday’s airstrike…

  • Thousands evacuated in Philippines

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    Thousands of people living near the Philippines’ Mayon Volcano Tuesday were ordered to be evacuated after a warning was issued that “hazardous eruption is possible within weeks”. In its 24-hour observation, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said that Mayon Volcano in Albay province, had generated 32 earthquakes and 72 rock fall events…

  • Leaders sign ‘No’ vote pledge

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        The leaders of the three main parties at Westminster Tuesday signed a pledge for more powers for Scotland if in Thursday’s referendum it rejects independence. The pledge has been signed by Prime Minister David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg, BBC reported. The “Yes” campaign said a vote for independence in Thursday’s referendum…

  • Kerala the land of the elderly

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    Kerala added one million elderly every successive year since the census of 1981, a study said. In terms of the proportion of elderly in the population, Kerala ranks first, with Punjab and Himachal Pradesh occupying the second position, followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, says the study, which also shows that more than 12 percent…

  • BJP trails in Rajasthan

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    The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday won Rajasthan’s Kota South assembly constituency, but was trailing in the remaining three constituencies where bypolls were held till reports last came in. According to the results till 10.45 a.m., BJP’s Sandeep Sharma was declared elected from the Kota South constituency, defeating Congress candidate Shivkant Nandwana by over 25,000…

  • Modi to receive Xi

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will set aside protocol and himself receive Chinese President Xi Jinping when he arrives here Wednesday. Xi will become the first world leader to begin an India visit from Gujarat. The Chinese president will be in India on a three-day sojourn that will also take him to Delhi. Modi will himself…

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  • ‘Aalishan Pakistan’

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    Overwhelmed by Indian shoppers’ response during the second edition of lifestyle exposition “Aalishan Pakistan” here, Pakistani designers want the governments of the two nations to join hands and promote fashion business for a win-win situation. With buyers going gaga over their products as the designers from across the border sold over 70 percent of their…

  • Paris meet pledges military aid to Iraq

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    Representatives of 29 countries, including the five member of the UN Security Council, agreed Monday to provide Iraqi authorities with “any means necessary including military assistance” to help in cracking down on the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, France’s foreign ministry said. “All participants underscored the urgent need to remove Daesh (or IS) from the…

  • The riverfront diplomacy

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    By Jaideep Sarin As Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits down to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Riverfront this Wednesday, it will not be a first such riverfront interaction between two top leaders of both countries. Almost 50 years ago, this small town in Punjab hosted Chinese premier Chou Enlai on the invitation…

  • Indian spacecraft closer to Mars orbit

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    An Indian spacecraft will enter Mars Sep 24 for scientific exploration of the red planet after a 300-day voyage through inter-planetary space, a space agency official said Monday. “After cruising through 666-million km across the solar orbit, for over nine months, our spacecraft will be inserted into the Martian orbit Sep 24 at 7.30 a.m.,…

  • Davis Cup: Serbia edge India out

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      Champions in 2010 and runners-up last year Serbia regained their Davis Cup World Group spot when they completed a 3-2 win over India in the play-off here Monday. Filip Kranjinovic won the second reverse singles that was halted Sunday night due to rain, against Yuki Bhambri 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. It took the 22-year old…

  • French start reconnaissance flights

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      French warplanes early Monday began carrying out aerial reconnaissance for the fight against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said, while ruling out sending French ground troops to the region. Raffale fighter planes started flying over Iraq at 9:30 a.m. in what was the first military action by Paris as…

  • Udhav rejects BJP offer

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    Further hardening his stand on seat- sharing with BJP, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said he has rejected the saffron ally’s demand for contesting 135 seats in Maharashtra assembly polls and hinted at going it alone, saying “everything has an alternative”, according to Times of India. He, however, clarified that talks are still…

  • Libya rejects talks with Islamist group

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    Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has ruled out any negotiations with the Libya Dawn Islamist armed alliance, saying the government will launch new assaults to wipe it out. Sky News Arabia TV reported Monday that al-Thinni accused Libya Dawn of committing crimes against humanity, adding the armed group does not represent the Libyan people, according…

  • Australian troops reaching Middle East

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    Australian Special Forces will travel to the Middle East this week to join a US-led international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday. Once in position, about 600 Australian troops will await orders to support Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces battling the militants, Xinhua reported. Abbott described IS’s…