India
Year: 2013
India
Business & Economics
EID UL FITR
Eid ul-Fitr is one holy festival for Muslims, which marks end of Holy Month, Ramadhan. It is an Arabic word, juvenile amalgamation of Eid and Fitr, which means festivity and the breaking of fast, respectively. […]
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TEEJ: FESTIVAL OF SWINGS AND MEHNDI
Held during the monsoons, July-August Teej is dedicated to Lord Shiva and Parvati and married women who pray for a happy and long married life. Though celebrations are held all over the state, it is […]
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BIG BREAKFASTS, NOT DINNERS HELP LOSE WEIGHT
People who eat their largest daily meal at breakfast time are far more likely to lose weight and have a lesser waist line circumference than those who eat a large dinner, a new study has […]
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WHY WOMEN CHEAT
Cultural stereotypes inform that it’s mostly men who cheat on their wives or girlfriends and not the other way around, but clinical research details that nearly as many women cheat as their counterpart. Women who […]
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Entertainment
ROLE OF PRINCESS DIANA TOUGHEST: NAOMI WATTS
Naomi Watts has revealed that playing Princess Diana in a film about her romance after her split with Prince Charles has proved her most challenging role yet. The Oscar-nominated actress also admitted that she rejected […]
Entertainment
KIM K TO LAUNCH CLOTHING BRAND FOR KIDS
Kim Kardashian is reportedly going to launch a clothing line for kids. Kardashian’s designer pal Lloyd Klein told Confidenti@l in L.A that he is sure that the 32-year-old TV personality would be coming up with […]
Entertainment
ANUSHKA LOOKING FORWARD TO ‘BOMBAY VELVET’
Actress Anushka Sharma will join the cast of upcoming movie “Bombay Velvet” in Sri Lanka and is looking forward to the experience. Directed by filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, “Bombay Velvet” brings actor Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka […]
Entertainment
Chor Chor Super Chor
STORY: Satbir (Deepak Dobriyal), a former pickpocket, intends to make a fresh start in life. He falls in love with Neena (Priya Bhatija) and plans to settle down, but a major twist awaits his tale. […]
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Micromax co-founder sent to 7-day CBI custody in graft case
NEW DELHI (TIP): A trial court has remanded Rajesh Agarwal, co-founder and director of mobile company Micromax Technologies Pvt Ltd, and six others, including four public servants, to CBI custody for seven days in a […]
India
Capture Kabul, cripple Kashmir: Pakistan’s new two-faced war
NEW DELHI (TIP): It was around 4.30 am on July 1 when a Pakistani suicide bomber crossed the Line of Control and blew himself up about 25 meters from an Indian Army picket at Saujiyan […]
United States
Anniversary and Guru Purnima
renowned scholars, writers, artists and volunteers– Balkrishan Naipaul, Ramesh Kalicharan, Dr. Bindeshwari Aggarwal, Nina Wahi, Anand Ramanujam, Narendra Budhakar, Chirag Mehta, Solochanie Boodhan, Tejal Desai, Kavita and Saheel Chandrani and others. The program ended with […]
United States
Shikshayatan celebrates 25th
Committed to promotion of Indian Culture and Heritage Shikshayatan, a premier institute to promote Indian culture and heritage celebrated its 25th anniversary on July 20 and 21, in the benign presence of a great spiritual […]
United States
Sanjay Gupta backs medical marijuana, apologizes for previous views
NEW YORK (TIP): One of America’s most prominent doctors says he has shifted his stance in support of medical marijuana. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent at CNN and a CBS News contributing medical correspondent, […]
United States
Heavy rain unleashes deadly US flooding
ST LOUIS (TIP): Torrential rains lashed the US midsection on augst 8, causing flash flooding that killed a woman and a child, damaged homes and forced multiple water rescues. Up to 10 inches (254 millimeters) […]
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REFLECTIONS ON PEACE: FROM GANDHI TO KING
A CONCERT TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The District of Columbia officially begins its commemoration of the March on Washington with Reflections on Peace: From Gandhi to […]
United States
4 dead, 4 wounded in Dallas-area shootings
DALLAS (TIP): Police were trying to determine Thursday, August 8 what prompted fatal shootings in two Dallas-area homes that left four dead and another four wounded. Investigators arrested a suspect, Erbie Bowser, 44, at the […]
United States
Threats to National Security and threats to Civil Liberties
SACRAMENTO (TIP): Geneva Liberty Group’s event “1984 Day Rally to ‘Restore the Fourth’ amendment attracted about sixty attendees on August 4th, 3:00-5:00 PM, at Cesar Chavez Park located in heart of the Downtown of Sacramento. […]
United States
Largest Customer Growth for T-Mobile in Four Years
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (TIP): T-Mobile US, the fourth-largest American carrier, lost thousands of customers over the past few years to rivals that offered cooler phones. But it appears to be getting its groove back, a […]