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Did A Rogue Tweet Just Force A Jet Airways Emergency Landing?
A Dubai-bound Jet Airways flight from Mumbai made an emergency landing in Muscat after reports of a bomb threat today. The flight (9W-536) was diverted to Muscat airport after the pilot received a bomb...
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Narendra Modi Accepts Nawaz Sharif's Invitation For Visit To Pakistan For...
UFA (Russia) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday accepted an invitation from his counterpart Nawaz Sharif to visit Pakistan to attend the SAARC Summit in 2016 which will be his first to the country....
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I Do Not Think Gajendraji Is Qualified As A Producer, Director Or Actor, Says...
After Ranbir Kapoor, veteran actor Anupam Kher has extended his support to the FTII students who have gone on strike to demand the removal of TV actor and BJP member Gajendar Chauhan as chairman of the...
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Bangladesh Court Bans Use Of Indian Films Songs As Mobile Ringtones
DHAKA—A Bangladeshi court today barred mobile phone users from using film songs from India and other nations in the sub-continent as ringtones or welcome tunes, in a ruling likely to affect the...
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Sikh Postman Wins Battle Against Disney To Appear With Turban And Beard...
A Sikh postman at Disney World, who claimed that he was kept out of sight because of his turban and beard, has won a significant battle against the Florida-based theme park to stop this "religious...
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2 Killed In Germany Shooting, Suspect Captured
BERLIN -- A man shot and killed two people in the southern German region of Bavaria on Friday, and fired at two others before being apprehended by authorities, police said. The man, whose identity has...
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Can't Stop People From Watching Porn At Home, Says Supreme Court
There will be no restrictions on watching porn within the confines of your own home, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court declined a plea to pass an interim order to block all porn sites in...
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WATCH: Americans Try On Saris For The First Time
We're not going to lie to you. The sari can prove to be a tricky thing to tie even for the deftest Indian woman at times. So, what would possibly go wrong if Americans tried to wear it without any...
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These Onion Rings Are So Crunchy, They'll Make You Cry
Some would say that this is the perfect season for a plate of steaming pakodas, and a cuppa chai. We would generally agree, but this time we're contesting that theory with these onion rings that...
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Gajendra Chauhan Says He Won't Give Up FTII Chairmanship
Actor Gajendra Chauhan, the controversial new chairman of the Pune-based Film And Television Institute Of India (FTII), has decided not to step down despite an ongoing protest by students and harsh...
View ArticleThe Hare, The Tortoise And The UPSC's Superwomen
As news broke of women dominating the upper ranks of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams, arguably one of the toughest series of tests in the world, I burst into a celebratory jig, pumped...
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Pahlaj Nihalani Has Essentially Barred Adult Films From Being Aired On...
Pahlaj Nihalani, now surely the most controversial head that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC, commonly known as the Censor Board) has ever had, has never been friendly towards the concept...
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Rajasthan High Court Asks Government To Implement Bigger Warnings On Tobacco...
NEW DELHI - The Rajasthan High Court has directed the Indian government to immediately implement a rule for bigger health warnings on tobacco packaging, months after the measure was put on hold pending...
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After A Month Of Search, Debris Of Missing Dornier Aircraft Located Off Tamil...
CHENNAI—After a little more than a month of intensive search, the debris of the missing Coast Guard Dornier aircraft and its Flight Data Recorder were located today off Tamil Nadu coastline, a top...
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Government Defends Gajendra Chauhan; Says Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth Would...
NEW DELHI—In the light of media reports claiming that names of Amitabh Bachchan and Rajnikanth were among those suggested for the top post at FTII, MoS for I&B Rajyavardhan Rathore on Friday said...
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Kashmir Shall Attempt To Break The Record In Asia For The Longest Iftar...
Last month, Alexandria broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest iftar spread— the table extended over 4.3 kilometres, and hosted 7,000 people who broke their fast together during the...
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ISRO Successfully Powers Five British Satellites In Space, More Launches Planned
SRIHARIKOTA— Heralding a new era, India on Friday launched its heaviest commercial space mission ever with its polar rocket successfully putting five British satellites into the intended orbit after a...
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Tasneem Zakaria Mehta: The Revivalist
This article is from Open Magazine. By Payal Khandelwal With piles of books scattered everywhere, the large office of art historian Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, managing trustee and honorary director of...
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DU Admissions: Cut-Off And Cut-Throat
This article is from Open Magazine. By Sonali Acharjee As she stood on the front lawns of Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) in Delhi waiting for the first cut-off list to be announced, Mehak Lalla, a...
View ArticleIra Singhal And The Disabilities Of The Government, Society
"The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but no vision." -- Helen Keller Recently, Ira Singhal gained the distinction of being the first differently-abled woman (she has...
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