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SC Questions Z-Class Security Cover For Mukesh Ambani
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court today questioned the government’s decision to provide state security to billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani. The government had agreed to provide Mukesh Ambani with toplevel security cover following threats to […]
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Trinamool In Chit Fund Muddle Over Saradha Links
KOLKATA (TIP): The chit-fund mess threatens to blow up in the face of Trinamool Congress even as it battles public outrage over the murder of a police officer in Garden Reach and the vandalism of […]
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Bangladesh Pm Sheikh Hasina Rules Out New Blasphemy Law
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh‘s prime minister has ruled out a new blasphemy law despite a mass campaign by Islamists to introduce the death penalty for bloggers whom they accuse of insulting the Prophet Mohammed. As part […]
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Obama Branded Sexist for Remark on Indian-American Kamala Harris
She is brilliant and she is dedicated and she is tough, and she is exactly what you’d want in anybody who is administering the law, and making sure that everybody is getting a fair shake,” […]
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Bangladesh Cracks Down On Anti-Islam Blogs
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh haslaunched a crackdown onInternet sites for “hurtingreligious feelings” in themajority Muslim nation amidprotests by Islamic groupsagainst bloggers seen as anti-Islamic, officials said onThursday.Giasuddin Ahmed, vicechairman of the country’stelecommunications regulator,told AFP at least […]
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As I See It : Everything Is Live
Everything is live these days whether a dog barks in the street or a donkey brays in the neighborhood. A cockerel makes an untimely call, while the crows create a public outcry. The monkey plays […]
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Carnegie Foundation Names Indian-American Autar Kaw Professor of The Year
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian- American professor of mechanical engineering at the University of South Florida, has been named US Professor of the Year by an influential thinktank. Autar Kaw, 52, is among the four […]
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XI Jinping takes China’s Helm with many Tough challenges
BEIJING (TIP): Long-anointed successor Xi Jinping assumes the leadership of China at a time when the ruling Communist Party is confronting slower economic growth, a public clamor to end corruption and demands for change that […]
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Stanford B-school to start course in India
MUMBAI (TIP): Stanford Graduate School of Business is looking to kindle the innovative mindset of students by launching new courses for entrepreneurs across the world, with support from Silicon Valley experts. The institute will soon […]
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Karnad says Tagore ‘second-rate playwright’
NEW DELHI (TIP): Theatre personality and actor Girish Karnad’s statement that Rabindranath Tagore was a ‘second-rate playwright’ has not only created ripples in the literary world but also angered Twitterati. After his recent criticism of […]
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Anna to begin nationwide tour from Patna in January
PUNE (TIP): Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday announced his plan to begin a nation-wide tour from January 2013 for starting a citizens’ movement for a corruption-free India and for bringing in the Jan Lokpal […]
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‘Pyar Mein Kyun’ Premieres with Star-Studded Red Carpet
NEW YORK CITY: It was a celebrity-packed night as the stars came out for the red carpet gala premiere of Pyar Mein Kyun, a full-length Bollywood feature film made entirely in the United States. The […]
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Taliban insurgents posing as “attractive women” on Facebook for spying
Melbourne (TIP): Taliban insurgents are posing as “attractive women” on Facebook to befriend coalition soldiers for gathering sensitive intelligence about operations in Afghanistan, an Australian government report has warned. The dangers of social media have […]
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