Archive for September, 2009
Qureshi calls for inquiry into Kashmir killings
NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is demanding an international inquiry to investigate the recent killings of Kashmiris by Indian security forces. In his address to the OIC contact group on Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, Mr Qureshi said …
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I get angry, but don’t show it: Amitabh Bachchan (Interview)
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Amitabh Bachchan has learnt to live with controversies. But India’s biggest star admits they sometimes get under his skin ‘” and when that happens he says he takes care not to show his irritation, particularly before the …
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At least 31 people die as tourist boat capsizes in India, dozens more …
NEW DELHI – A boat carrying 74 tourists capsized on a reservoir in southern India on Wednesday, killing at least 31 people and leaving dozens missing, police said. The state-owned boat was travelling in the remote Thekkady forest area in Kerala state …
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UPA internationalised caste: BJP
To its criticism that the UPA government is a failure on the foreign policy front, the BJP on Wednesday added a new charge: the government has internationalised India’s age-old caste problems at the United Nations Human Rights Council session in …
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US apprised of India’s perspective, fears on aid to Pak: Krishna
As the US Congress prepared to vote on a Bill to triple aid to Pakistan, India on Wednesday said that it has conveyed its perspective and fears to the US and that the Obama administration “understands” the position. “As and when we feel, we have …
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Fann goes Bollywood
ACTRESS Fann Wong looked like a Bollywood princess when she stepped into the Shangri-La Hotel last night with her bridegroom, fellow MediaCorp star Christopher Lee. She wore a pale cream wedding gown encrusted with over 1,000 gems and crystals …
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NJ’s GOP candidate for governor big ‘Boss’ fan
MENDHAM, N.J. -New Jersey’s Republican candidate for governor insists he’ll spend the night before his first debate at a Bruce Springsteen concert. Chris Christie tells The New York Times that Wednesday’s show at Giants Stadium offers him an escape …
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King-size comeback for ‘militant’ model
The Bangladesh government suddenly declared him an Indian spy, arrested him and deported him to India. As soon as he reached India, Indian authorities in turn took him into custody, suspecting him to be a Lashkar-e-Tayyeba operative. He was subjected …
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Actors can’t dictate their look in films: Abhishek Bachchan
Bangalore: Abhishek Bachchan may be famous for his stubble look but the Bollywood star says that actors cannot dictate the way they want to be presented in the films. Abhishek Bachchan may be famous for his stubble look but he says he cannot dictate …
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Kareena Kapoor shops, Salman Khan pays!
He has touched many lives with his benevolent ways, helping many small time actors by taking them under his wing; Salman Khan is famous for his generosity and expensive gifts. This time, however, his generosity had a different expression. It’s not …
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