Pahlaj Nihalani And His Son (And Daughter-In-Law) Are On Opposite Sides Of...
Pahlaj Nihalani, the controversial chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), is under fire from all quarters now for the ongoing battle with Abhishek Chaubey's Udta Punjab. The entire...
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This Relentless Focus On Modi-Obama's Bromance Comes At A Price
You like me. You really really like me. Is that what the Narendra Modi - Barack Obama meeting should be about? Narendra Modi lands in Washington DC with a long to-do list. There’s a Logistics Exchange...
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Barack Obama Asks Pakistan To Punish Pathankot Attack Perpetrators
WASHINGTON -- Treating Pathankot attack at par with 26/11, President Barack Obama today sent out a clear message to Pakistan, asking it to punish its perpetrators amid the US vow to stand with India...
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7 Cartoon Gadgets That Are Now Real
If you are a 1990s kid, you probably spent a good amount of time watching cartoons on television. And cartoon shows that featured gadgets were always a hit, not just among little ones but even among...
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RBI On Wait And Watch Mode, But Rate Cut Likely In August
In the Reserve Bank of India's second bimonthly policy review, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan decided to adopt a cautious stance and maintain the status quo despite a compelling case to cut interest rates...
View Article3 American Grant Providers Added To Indian Government's 'Watch List': Report
NEW DELHI -- Three American grant-giving organisations are on the Indian government's "watch-list", and will have to get clearance from the Indian home ministry before providing any funds to NGOs here,...
View ArticleIndia Aims To Join Paris Climate Change Agreement This Year
WASHINGTON -- India has agreed to work towards joining the Paris Agreement on climate change this year, India and the United States said on Tuesday, giving a jolt of momentum to the international fight...
View ArticleHiroshima, Robert Oppenheimer And The Gita
This May, Barack Obama became the first American President to visit Hiroshima, which was ravaged by the world's first atomic bomb attack in 1945. More than 140,000 people lost their lives, while others...
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US And India Pledge To Ratify Paris Climate Pact
India wants to fulfil its "dream of climate justice," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the White House on 7 June after a two-hour meeting with President Barack Obama, who reaffirmed that the United...
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Mexico Supports India's Membership Of The NSG
MEXICO -- In another crucial backing for India's NSG bid, Mexico today supported "positively" and "constructively" its membership of the 48-nation bloc as the two countries agreed to develop a roadmap...
View ArticleHere Are All The Cuts The Censors Want In 'Udta Punjab'
The Pahlaj Nihalani-led Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is under serious fire from the film industry for the staggering number of cuts — reportedly 89 — that it has imposed upon the upcoming...
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How Zumba Saved My Life: Sucheta Pal
Zumba is a dance fitness programme that originated in Colombia and made an entry in the Indian fitness market approximately ten years ago to a tentative reception. But it found a foothold and over the...
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18 Year Old Kolkata Boy Dies After Being Beaten Up For 'Trying To Steal Mangoes'
An 18-year-old boy in Kolkata's Thakurpukur district died after he was beaten up on suspicions of stealing mangoes. Aniruddha Biswas, who was suffering from jaundice, had just gone for a stroll with a...
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Here Are The Biggest Investments Announced By US Companies During Modi Visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on his fourth visit to the United States as part of his five-nation tour. While strengthening India’s strategic partnership with the US has been one of the main items on...
View ArticleIndia Has Not Claimed Intellectual Property Rights On Yoga, Modi Tells US...
WASHINGTON -- Observing that there are over 30 million practitioners of Yoga in America, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday told members of the US Congress that India has not yet claimed IPR on...
View ArticleKerala Sports Minister Threatened Me, Says Olympian Anju Bobby George
Olympian Anju Bobby George has accused Kerala's Sports Minister EP Jayarajan of threatening her and other members of the Kerala Sports Council, which she heads. George, who is the first Indian athlete...
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Prakash Javadekar Responds To Maneka Gandhi's Allegation That His Ministry...
NEW DELHI -- Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Thursday trained guns at her cabinet colleague Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and said the latter's ministry...
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5 Takeaways From Modi's Speech To The US Congress
From Abraham Lincoln to Walt Whitman, from poking fun at the divisive politics of the US and Indian political classes, which he defined as “shared practices”, to pointing out that the American...
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'Moral Policing Is Not The Job Of The Censor Board': Leela Samson
With each snip of the film censorship scissor, the chorus demanding that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) be scrapped is getting louder. Anurag Kashyap's ongoing battle against the Censor...
View ArticleA Man In Rajasthan Sold His Goat, Wife's Jewellery To Build A Toilet At Home
There's a lot to learn from Kantilal Roat, a daily wager from a village in Rajasthan. Recently, some social workers campaigning for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan reached out to Roat's family and explained...
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