A third batch of 212 Indians stranded in Egypt, which is in the midst of a political upheaval, arrived here early Thursday in a special flight. Air India flight AI-160 landed with the Indians at 5.30 a.m., an official said. This is the third flight to Mumbai in Air India’s efforts to bring back the [...]
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212 more Indians return from Egypt
February 3rd, 2011 |
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India, US plan several high-level visits ahead of April dialogue
February 2nd, 2011 |
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India and the US plan to exchange a series of high level visits ahead of the April round of their strategic dialogue in New Delhi to keep up the momentum built during President Barack Obama’s India visit. The dialogue headed by Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [...]
CBI is Congress Bureau of Investigation: Bal Thackeray
February 1st, 2011 |
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Calling it the “Congress Bureau of Investigation”, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Tuesday said investigative agency CBI was carrying out “politically-motivated probes” in various cases, including the Adarsh Society scam in Mumbai. In a stinging editorial in party mouthpiece Saamna, the Sena chief said for long the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been used [...]
Shahid, the only person Priyanka Chopra thought of during raid
February 1st, 2011 |
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The sudden income tax raid at her residence in Mumbai’s Versova area and the presence of actor Shahid Kapoor there was a double whammy for actress Priyanka Chopra. The actress, however, declined any tax evasion, and said because Shahid stays at a stone’s throw from her house, he was the only person she could think [...]
280 more stranded Indians in Egypt return home
February 1st, 2011 |
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Another 280 Indians stranded in strife-torn Egypt reached here early Tuesday on a special flight. The Air India flight – AI-800 – carrying the Indians landed here at 2.30 a.m., an official said. This is the second flight to Mumbai in Air India’s efforts to bring back the Indians stuck in different Egyptian cities. One [...]
You have to do roles that suit your age: Raveena Tandon
January 29th, 2011 |
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Raveena Tandon, who has been away from the big screen for nearly five years, promises to make a comeback soon but says she will only accept something that suits her age. “I am gradually going through scripts and you will soon see me back in movies. I am looking for something challenging and interesting. Not [...]
Threat call to Zardari post-26/11 was mischief of a Pakistani: Mukherjee
January 29th, 2011 |
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The hoax caller who threatened Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari after the 26/11 attack pretending to be the Indian foreign minister was in fact a Pakistani, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Friday. “It was a big mischief done by a Pakistani. That person made the call pretending to be me. It created a lot of [...]
It’s tough to impress my dad: Shazahn Padamsee
January 28th, 2011 |
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Shazahn Padamsee managed to win praise from director Madhur Bhandarkar and her “Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji” co-star Ajay Devgn, but says it is difficult to impress her “perfectionist” father, theatre veteran Alyque Padamsee. “My dad is my biggest critic. It is very tough to impress him… he is such a perfectionist!” Shazahn told IANS [...]
BCCI asks ICC to reconsider decision on Eden
January 28th, 2011 |
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The Indian cricket board Friday asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to reconsider its decision of taking away the India-England World Cup match from the Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata. “We have written a letter to the ICC to reconsider its decision. Now it is up to the ICC to decide, but we are confident [...]
Pakistan to again seek access to 26/11 witnesses
January 28th, 2011 |
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Pakistan has again decided to ask India for access to the witnesses of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack to record their statements. A formal request is going to be filed soon, officials said. This would be the second time that Pakistan would be making such a request, interior ministry officials told The Express Tribune Friday. [...]
Indian-American engineer gets 32 years for selling secrets to China
January 25th, 2011 |
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Weeks after China conducted a flight test of its new J-20 stealth fighter, a US court has sentenced a former Indian American B-2 stealth bomber engineer to 32 years for selling military secrets to China. Mumbai-born Noshir Gowadia, 66, who has been in custody without bail since his 2005 arrest, showed no emotion as Chief [...]
No dialogue till Pakistan stops terrorism: Gadkari
January 22nd, 2011 |
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Saturday said his party favoured resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue, but only after Islamabad dismantled all terrorist training camps in its territory and stopped cross-border terrorism from its soil. Speaking to Indian journalists in Beijing, Gadkari said Pakistan has failed to take action against the perpetrators of the [...]
Important for me to let go off my skill: Aamir Khan
January 19th, 2011 |
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He will try to “drop” his skills for his next film and forget what he’s learnt over the years, says Aamir Khan who believes the “real, raw performances” by newcomers in wife Kiran Rao’s “Dhobi Ghat” make it an unusual and delicate film that is likely to appeal more to women viewers. After more than [...]
I thought Bollywood was saturated: Singer Monica Dogra
January 19th, 2011 |
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It takes a lot to say no to a Bollywood offer, especially when it comes from Aamir Khan Productions, but not for singer Monica Dogra. The debutante was not interested in auditioning for “Dhobi Ghat” because she thought Bollywood was stuck in its cliches. “I wasn’t too interested initially in Bollywood. That was my first [...]
Mumbai attack: Court reserves order on Kasab’s appeal
January 18th, 2011 |
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The Bombay High Court Monday reserved till Feb 7 its order on the appeal filed by Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Kasab against the death sentence awarded to him for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. “The arguments undertaken by lawyers of (other accused) Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed concluded today (Monday), following which [...]
‘Salaam Bombay’: Bollywood’s romance with city of dreams continues
January 18th, 2011 |
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Mumbai with its varied faces – slums cheek by jowl with skyscrapers, page 3 celebrities, underworld dons, the wide expanse of sea – has always captivated filmmakers and many have painted different portraits of the Maximum City in their films. The latest is debutante director Kiran Rao’s “Dhobi Ghat” and 2011 will see quite a [...]
Mumbai oil depot fire under control, no casualties
January 18th, 2011 |
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A huge fire broke out in an oil storage depot of the public sector Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in Navi Mumbai early Tuesday. The fire was brought under control after nearly eight hours, police said. “After nearly eight hours, the fire has been contained. There are no reports of any casualties. We also do [...]
Rahman loses out on Golden Globe to ‘The Social Network’
January 17th, 2011 |
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Indian music maestro A.R. Rahman could not get second time lucky. He lost out on the trophy for the best original score – motion picture for Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours” at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross who won it for “The Social Network”. Rahman, the double Oscar-award wining [...]
Obama’s ‘embrace’ of India led to leap in economic ties : US
January 15th, 2011 |
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Describing US President Barack Obama’s November trip to India as a full “embrace” of India as a great power and partner, US officials say the trip resulted in a great leap in their economic ties. It “…was an extraordinary trip, to India, where we fully embraced India’s rise as a great power and a great [...]
My confidence went up after Ajay sir’s pat: Shazahn
January 14th, 2011 |
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She is a novice; he is a veteran. She is just 22; he is 41. Shazahn Padamsee was apprehensive about matching up her performance with Ajay Devgn, whom she romances in Madhur Bhandarkar’s first comedy “Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji”, but says her “zero confidence” level shot up when he praised her acting skills. “When [...]