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Votes Matter, Voters Do Not
"Democracy" in India continues to be severely impaired. It is mercifully loaned to the citizens only to cast a vote during elections, but at all other times "democracy" remains a mere throwaway phrase,...
View ArticleMaruti Suzuki To Recall Baleno, DZire Cars To Fix Airbag And Filter Issues
NEW DELHI -- Maruti Suzuki India Ltd , the country's leading carmaker, will recall 77,380 vehicles to upgrade the airbag controller software and replace a faulty fuel filter, the company said in a...
View ArticleKollam Temple Fire: HC Declines Bail To 39 Accused, Calls For Ban On...
KOCHI -- The Kerala High Court today declined bail to 39 accused in the Kollam Puttingal temple fireworks tragedy that claimed 109 lives in April. The Court, however, granted bail to two other accused...
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Chidambaram, Sibal, Ramesh Nominated For Rajya Sabha Polls As Congress Packs...
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram is Congress nominee from Maharashtra for the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha while senior leaders Kapil Sibal and Jairam Ramesh have been named from Uttar...
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Two Muslim Men Arrested For Sharing Offensive Photos Of Goddess Kali On Facebook
Two men were arrested by Mumbai police this week for allegedly sharing offensively photoshopped pictures of the Hindu goddess Kali on Facebook. According to a report in The Indian Express, the two...
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Pakistan Fails To Seal F-16 Deal After Financing Row With US: Report
Pakistan seems to have failed to seal the USD 700 million deal for the purchase of eight F-16 fighter jets from the US following a row between the two countries over their financing, a media report...
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Patna Road Rage: Telegraph Employee Abducted, Thrashed
In yet another incident of road rage, a newspaper employee was allegedly tortured for two hours in a moving vehicle in Bihar's Patna in the early hours of Friday after his official vehicle met with an...
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V Narayanasamy To Become New Chief Minister Of Puducherry
Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister V Narayanasamy was on Saturday unanimously elected Legislature Party leader and is all is set to become the tenth Chief Minister of Puducherry. Party...
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In One Tweet, Ram Gopal Varma Proves He's The Biggest Sexist Douchebag Around
Those who have the misfortune, patience or just enough bad taste to follow Ram Gopal Varma on Twitter, encountered a strange tweet on his timeline today. The tweet has been deleted since then, so...
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Here Is Who Said What At Modi Sarkar's Second Anniversary
Top Union Ministers on Saturday joined a gala event, which had a smattering of Bollywood actors, including megastar Amitabh Bachchan, aimed at publicising the ‘achievements’ of the Narendra Modi...
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LG Red-Flags AAP Govt's Proposed App-Based Premium Bus Service
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has refused to give a go-ahead to the AAP government's ambitious 'app-based premium bus service' which was to be rolled out from June 1 and sought explanation from...
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20 Signs That You Don't Give A Hoot About Fashion
To a woman who is a fashionista, my wardrobe might look a tad boring. That does not mean that my lifestyle is! In my growing up years, between books, hobbies, friends, family, a budding career and...
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The Indian Man's All-Too-Public Love Affair With Boxers
Not so long ago, the Indian Aunty discovered an unhindered, unclasped and drawstring-free existence in her nightie. In this stifling world of patriarchy that's constantly trying to suffocate her, she...
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The Housing Woes Of Lord Jagannath
Everything about us Oriyas is connected to Lord Jagannath. The Lord is a highly humanized deity. He brushes his teeth, takes baths, changes his clothes umpteen times. He falls ill after an extended...
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Why CSR Is As Vital To A Company As Sales Or Marketing
This happened 10 years ago when I was heading corporate communications for a company, and CSR or Corporate Social Responsibility was slowly attempting to penetrate our plans. The CEO said, "We need to...
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PM Modi Celebrates Two Years Of NDA Govt, Says It's A 'New Dawn' For India
NEW DELHI -- Celebrating second anniversary of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said a "change" has come in the last two years through good governance and vowed to root out corruption...
View Article16 Newborns Die In Two Weeks In Rajasthan Hospital, Probe Ordered
JAIPUR -- Sixteen newborns have died in Jawahar Lal Nehru (JLN) hospital in Ajmer in a span of two weeks, raising concerns in the state. While five newborns admitted to the neonatal unit of JLN...
View ArticleForty Naxalites Surrender In Bastar
RAIPUR -- A group of 40 naxals, including one carrying a reward of ₹8 lakh on her head, surrendered in naxal-affected Bastar district today, police said. A total of 40 naxals surrendered at the...
View ArticleMay We Ask Just One Question About Modi's Permanent Campaign?
Governing with political approval requires a continuing political campaign, wrote a pollster for US President Jimmy Carter in 1976. This gave birth to the theory of permanent campaign. Reliance on...
View ArticleIslamic Terrorism Is A Form Of Islam And We Can't Deny It, Says Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie has always said and written things hardline Islamists have nightmares about. Rushdie's tryst with Islam's conservative, oppressive practitioners is often held up as evidence of how...
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