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  • FASHION GALLERY: Signature Awards

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    A model walks the ramp during Signature Awards 2014 in Guwahati

  • GALLERY: Mount Slamet Erupts

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    Mount Slamet erupts as viewed from Dawuhan village, Brebes, Central Java, Indonesia, on Sept. 11, 2014. According to local media, volcanic activities of Mount Slamet continue to increase. Residents were advised to stay away at least 4 kilometres from the 3436 metres high volcano.

  • Boris to race from Uxbridge

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    London Mayor Boris Johnson has been selected as Tory candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in the 2015 general election. Conservative activists selected Mr Johnson – London mayor for six years – as candidate for the west London seat, BBC reported. Mr Johnson, who announced his intention to return to the Commons last month, plans…

  • Imran, Qadri end talks with govt.

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    Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahir-ul-Qadri Saturday announced an end to negotiations with the government. This announcement came after nearly 300 PTI and PAT protesters were arrested from across Islamabad Friday, Dawn online reported. “I suggest to halt the ongoing dialogue with the government,” Imran Khan said. “We…

  • GALLERY: Floods in Lahore

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    Pakistani troops used helicopters and boats to evacuate thousands of displaced people from the country’s plains where raging monsoon floods inundated more villages on Thursday

  • A happy wife means a happy life!

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    To all the husbands out there: the key to a quality marital life is to keep your wife happy no matter what. When it comes to a happy marriage, says an interesting study, the more content the wife is with the long-term union, the happier the husband is with his life no matter how he…

  • Cyberspace & social issues

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    From the gutsy tale of Malala Yousafzai who stood up to the Taliban, to the role played by cyberspace in today’s lives — Asian Lite bookshelf this week has all this and more on offer. Take a look. 1. Book: Picture Abhi Baaki Hai, Author: Rachel Dwyer, Publisher: Hachette India, Pages: 258 The book explores India’s…

  • Amulya Ganguli on Didi’s Decline

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    Amulya Ganguli says it’s now Ma, Mati, Mafia in West Bengal Mamata Banerjee belongs to the dwindling tribe of regional politicians who look upon their profession through a partisan lens, which means that their focus is almost entirely on advancing the prospects of their parties. They have neither the ability nor the inclination to do anything…

  • INTERVIEW: King Khan

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    Can’t do more than one film at a time: Shah Rukh Khan reveals his latest style to Arpana  In his over two-decade career, Shah Rukh Khan has maintained his on-screen charisma, his craze and an average of two and a half films per year and he wants to keep it that way. The Bollywood Badshah says he…

  • Nariman seeks social justice

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    Majority’ government not curbing tirade against minority says Nariman Distinguished advocate and former Rajya Sabha member Fali S. Nariman said that the “majority” central government is not doing much to control the tirade against minorities, and called on the minorities panel to take steps to ensure minority rights are safeguarded. “We have been hearing on television and…

  • Why Teenagers are too busy Tweeting?

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    Does your teenage kid keep tweeting even during his/her studies? This may well be because teenagers are far more sensitive than adults to the immediate effect or reward of their behaviours, says an Indian-origin researcher. “The rewards have a strong, perceptional draw and are more enticing to the teenager,” said Jatin Vaidya, a professor of…

  • Work-life balance? Forget about it!

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    In what could highlight the challenge of work-life balance that male academic scientists face, researchers have found that one-third of them in the US are willing to scale back their careers to focus on family life. Men in the male-dominated field of academic science, such as physics and biology, face significant challenges in trying to…

  • Indian envoy appeals to expats

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    Send aid for J&K through PM Relief Fund As the devastating floods ravage India’s Jammu and Kashmir state, the Indian mission in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has urged expatriates here to refrain from sending relief materials due to logistical issues and instead contribute to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. “Our suggestion is that they…

  • Pak courts asks Why the sit-ins

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    The Lahore High Court (LHC) Friday asked the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) to submit written responses during the Sep 22 hearing of a petition against sit-ins in Islamabad. The petition was filed by citizen Mohammad Kamran, saying PTI and PAT leaders had violated the court’s orders by continuing their sit-ins…

  • Indian-origin MPs skip debate

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    Indian origin MPs conspicuous by their absence at Kashmir debate Out of the 10 odd MPs of Indian-origin in Britain’s House of Commons, eight were missing from action in India’s hour of need at a potentially embarrassing debate on the political and humanitarian situation in Kashmir in Britain’s parliament . The two who were present…

  • Credit goes to Childhood mentor

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    Childhood mentor your ticket to rewarding career Having a mentor early in life can lead you to better personal and financial life in the future, says a study.Young people who have had mentors are more likely to find work early in their careers that gives them more responsibility and autonomy – ultimately putting them on…

  • Pakistan arrests Malala’s attackers

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    A group of Taliban terrorists who attacked Malala Yousafzai, the teenaged Pakistani girl education activist, and her friends in the country’s Swat district in 2012 has been arrested, the Pakistan Army announced . Since surviving the Taliban assassination attempt, Malala has become a global figure for the struggle of all children to study in school.…

  • Nepal Maoists burn India Accord

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    Nepal Maoists burn copies of power accord with India …writes  Anil Giri  Activists of Nepal’s hardline Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) burnt copies of the Power Trade Agreement (PTA) with India as part of their protests. Nepal and India initially signed the PTA last week in New Delhi aiming to boost bilateral power trade. The Maoist…

  • Bharara targets Dinesh D’Souza

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    Bharara wants Indian-American Obama critic jailed for 16 months…writes Arun Kumar   Indian-American prosecutor Preet Bharara wants Indian-American conservative commentator and author Dinesh D’Souza who made a highly critical 2012 documentary of President Barack Obama, jailed for 16 months for campaign finance violations. Bharara, US attorney for Manhattan made the recommendation to US District Judge Richard Berman opposing…

  • Emirates chief: MH17 tragedy was avoidable

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    Sir Tim Clark said the flight would not have flown over Ukraine if the knowledge that high-altitude missiles were there had been passed on The Malaysian flight MH17 tragedy, in which 298 people perished mid-July when the jetliner was reportedly downed by a missile over Ukraine, could have been prevented, the Emirates Airline’s chief has suggested. According…

  • EU delays Ukraine deal

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    EU delays implementation of association agreement with Ukraine The European Union (EU) announced to delay implementation of the association agreement with Ukraine until the end of 2015. EU Trade Commissioner Karl De Gucht, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin and Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukayev in a trilateral…

  • Vaz raps Radio DJs for ignoring QC requests

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    Jacintha Saldanha, an Indian-origin nurse, who put through a hoax phone call at King Edward VII’s Hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated took her own life, a coroner has concluded. Keith Vaz MP, speaking outside court on behalf of the family, said they were taking advice over possible future legal action. “Over the…

  • Loomba foundation to help Punjab widows

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    THE LOOMBA FOUNDATION AND PUNJAB GOVERNMENT LAUNCH GROUND-BREAKING PROJECT TO EMPOWER 5,000 WIDOWS   The Loomba Foundation, a UN accredited global NGO working exclusively for the cause of widows and their children, has launched a unique project together with the Punjab Government to empower 5,000 widows in the state. Hon’ble Chief Minister of Punjab, Sardar Parkash…

  • GALLERY: Davis Cup in Bangalore

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    Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during the draw ceremony of Davis Cup – 2014 at the Vidhan Soudha in Bangalore

  • DEBATE: Plight of Kashmiri Pandits/Hindus

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    Ms Krishna Bhan, President of the Indo-European Kashmir Forum (IEKF) organised a conference in association with the Hindu Council UK on the “Plight of Kashmiri Pandits/Hindus”, in the House of Commons. The meeting was jointly chaired by Conservative MP-Marcus Jones and Labour MP-Virendra Sharma. The speakers at the conference spoke passionately on many different perspectives…

  • Saeed Naqvi on Arab coalition against ISIS

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    Saeed Naqvi says Obama’s new coalition against the ISIS forces is willing to wound and yet afraid to strike  As soon as President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his intention to lead a Coalition of the Willing to “degrade and destroy” the ISIS, his core coalition partners began to fidget and reach out for the…

  • Erdogan Needs A Spasm Of Lucidity

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    Dr. Alon Ben-Meir, a professor of international relations at the Center for Global Affairs at NYU, comment on Erdogan’s elevation to new post to remain in power The ascendancy of Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the presidency places Turkey on a trajectory that could usher in a new era unlike any other since the founding…

  • Modi lauds Sania

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    Telangana CM presents Rs.1 crore cheque to Sania Mirza Prime Minister Narendra Modi praises tennis player Sania Mirza at meeting held in his office in New Delhi. The tennis star along with her Brazilian partner Bruno Soares last week won mixed doubles title at the US Open. Telangana government Thursday presented Rs.1 crore to tennis star…

  • GALLERY: Phantom of the Opera

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    Actors perform at a rehearsal of the musical “Phantom of the Opera” in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Sept. 11, 2014. The musical will be on stage in Taipei till Sept. 28.

  • Holy Gaga rocks Dubai

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    The eccentric pop star Lady Gaga buried her wild past to deliver a subdued performance at Dubai. This is her first-ever performance in the Arab world. “They used to tell me I was crazy, I would never come to the Middle East. They were wrong, they were the judgmental ones,” Gaga told her legions of fans…

  • Working yourself to death!

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    The Funny Side by Nury Vittachi   If they invited me on one of those radio shows where you choose your top 10 music tracks, I would choose the national anthem 10 times, so that everyone in the country would have to stand up for an hour. The fact that I would find this incredibly enjoyable is…

  • India News In Pictures

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  • France to join airstrikes against ISIS

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    Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Friday that French President Francois Hollande has promised to take part in the airstrikes against militants of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. “Our air force capabilities are limited… despite that we have qualified pilots who are doing a good job, but we still need air support from our…

  • Ahmedabad scrubbed clean for Xi Jinping

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      From relaying roads and painting the pathways to trimming trees and lighting up the streets, an army of civic workers are on double-shift to give a face lift to this largest city in Gujarat where both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to visit coming Wednesday. “More then Rs.10…

  • Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide

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    A court in South Africa Friday found paralympian Oscar guilty of culpable homicide for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. “Evidential material before this court shows that the accused acted negligently when he fired into the toilet door, knowing there was someone behind the door,” Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled in the…

  • Deepika Padukone @ ‘NDTV Fortis Health4U’ campaign

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    Actress Deepika Padukone with Dr. Prannoy Roy, Founder & Executive Co-Chairperson, NDTV Malvinder Mohan Singh, Executive Chairman, Fortis Healthcare, and Shivinder Mohan Singh, Executive Vice-Chairman, Fortis Healthcare and others at the launch of `NDTV Fortis Health4U` campaign in New Delhi.

  • International Apparel Fest

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    Models present creations during the 16th International Apparel Festival in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province. The festival kicked off at Nanjing International Expo Center.

  • Interview:Sukhbir Badal

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    Sukhbir Badal’s war on drugs Nearly 20,000 people associated with the drugs trade have been arrested in Punjab in the last one year alone and drugs seizures in the past 20 months have been over Rs.6,000 crore. The alarming figures are the reason why Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal says that Punjab is…

  • Indian Railways to get Chinese help

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    Modernisation of many Indian railway stations, upgrading signalling system at level crossings, and introduction of high-speed trains are likely to be among the economic cooperation agreements inked during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s India visit next week. It will be mostly business during President Xi’s three-day India visit beginning Sep 17. While Japan is working on…

  • Big B pray for Kashmir victims

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    Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is shocked by the devastation caused by floods in Jammu and Kashmir and says nothing can compensate the “mammoth” losses the people have suffered. The toll in the floods stands at over 200. “The … shocking visuals from Kashmir give us a glimpse of the suffering and the pain that our brothers…

  • Nawazuddin to be honoured in Chicago

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    Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui says he is being honoured for “outstanding achievement” at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival Sep 16. He says awards and recognition mean a lot to him. Speaking shyly of the honour, Nawazuddin said: “It’s something I am quite kicked about.” The “Kick” actor would then proceed to various other cities in…

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  • New security policy in final stage: Rajnath

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     Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Friday said policies to tackle extremism in the country – specially in Jammu and Kashmir and northeastern states – are being given final shape. “Policies to tackle extremism in various parts of the country like Jammu and Kashmir, northeast and central India are being given final shape,” he said. The…

  • Pistorius awaits homicide verdict

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     Olympian Oscar Pistorius will come to know Friday if a court in Pretoria finds him guilty of culpable homicide. Pistorius is on trial for fatally shooting his girlfriend Reeva Stenkamp through a locked toilet door Feb 14, 2013, at his house in Pretoria, Independent Online reported. Pistorius has denied the murder charges and said he…

  • Man not evolving fast enough: Scientist

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    Humanity is at an evolutionary paradox — neither able to keep pace with man-made changes to the environment nor able to control constantly evolving pests and diseases, a leading paedetrician and scientist of New Zealand said Friday. “On the one hand some pathogens, cancers and pests are evolving faster than our ability to treat or…

  • 10 Arab to states join forces against ISIS

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    Ten Arab countries, including six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, and the US have agreed to combine forces to destroy the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group wherever they exist in Iraq and Syria. A joint statement was issued after the meeting Thursday that was chaired by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal. It…

  • Business difficult in India: Vodafone

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    The Indian chief executive of a leading global telecom service provider has said it was difficult for foreign companies to do business in the country due to slow pace of government clearances. “Yes, it is difficult to do business in India… that’s the general perception I think of foreign companies and that is not just…

  • Daily meditation may reduce migraine

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    For those suffering from migraine attacks, daily meditation might be a good idea for instant relief. During a small study, researchers assessed the safety, feasibility and effects of a standardised meditation and yoga intervention called mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in adults with migraines. Nineteen adults were assigned to two groups with 10 receiving the MBSR…

  • NASA’s spacecraft set for December flight

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    NASA’s Orion spacecraft – built to take humans farther than they have ever gone before – is now ready for fueling. The Orion crew module, stacked atop its service module, moved out of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Thursday. Orion was transported to the payload hazardous…

  • CIA triples estimate of ISIS strength

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     A day after President Barack Obama vowed to strike the Islamic State (IS) terrorists “wherever they exist” to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the militant group, a CIA assessment increased its strength over three times to 31,500. CNN cited a CIA spokesman as saying Thursday that the Sunni terror group that calls itself the Islamic State…