Entertainment
Main Tera Hero
STORY: Seenu loves Sunaina but they’re chased by a stalking cop, an infatuated beauty and her mafia don dad – can Seenu’s heroics work? REVIEW: Main Tera Hero (MTH) is a glittering vehicle for star […]
Month: April 2014
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HINDU SYMBOLS
Outward symbols are necessary and beneficial. When viewed from the right angle of vision, you will find that they play a very important part in your material as well as spiritual life. Though they may […]
Europe
Japan pushes plan to stockpile plutonium, despite proliferation risks
TOKYO (TIP): Just weeks after Japan agreed to give up a cache of weapons-grade plutonium, the country is set to push ahead with a program that would produce new stockpiles of the material, creating a […]
Europe
China warns US against selling arms to Taiwan
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese defense ministry spokesman on April 9 told the United Stated to stop selling arms to Taiwan and respect China’s “core interests”. The demand came a day after visiting US defence chief […]
Europe
Russia takes Voice of America radio off air
MOSCOW (TIP): Russia has pulled the US-funded Voice of America radio station from the air, a senior state media official said today, calling it “spam on our airwaves.” Dmitry Kiselyov, the head of the Rossiya […]
Europe
Russia plays gas card to threaten Ukraine
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that Russia may begin requiring advance payment for gas supplies unless Ukraine comes to the negotiating table over its unpaid energy bills. Russia’s statecontrolled natural gas company “Gazprom […]
Europe
Saudi Arabia mulls end to sports ban in girls’ state schools
JEDDAH (TIP): Saudi Arabia is considering ending its controversial ban on sports in girls’ state schools, after its consultative council recommended the ban be lifted over vociferous opposition from traditionalists. Following a heated debate on […]
Europe
Russia didn’t share all details on Boston bombing suspect, report says
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Russian government declined to provide the FBI with information about one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects that would most likely have led to more extensive scrutiny of him at least two […]
Europe
Flight search brings satellite company unaccustomed fame
LONDON (TIP): On an enormous electronic map of the globe in the modernist headquarters of a satellite company here, two green hexagons the size of dinner plates hovered off the west coast of Australia, revealing […]
India
Congress puts Vajpayee’s photo on website, stirs controversy
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress party stirred a controversy by putting Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s photo on its official website. The photo was published with a caption that […]
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MAKE A WATERFALL AT HOME
You can actually bring home some cool comfort with a very own waterfall at home. And it’s not all that difficult…Just get cracking right away… Research properly Start off by researching ponds. Before you start […]
India
PARKASH SINGH BADAL MAKES LIGHT OF GUJARAT’S DEVELOPMENT MODEL
JALANDHAR (TIP): Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on April 10 said work in Gujarat was visible more as it started from a very low level on development index while Punjab had already reached a […]
India
SP backs Mulayam’s rapist remarks, faces criticism from Congress, BJP
NEW DELHI (TIP): Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav got himself embroiled in yet another controversy as he defended rapists saying sometimes boys make mistakes but don’t deserve the death penalty which was strongly criticised […]
India
Unauthorized money collection worries AAP
GUWAHATI (TIP): The Aam Admi Party (AAP) has said people, who are collecting donations and maligning the party’s image in many districts of Assam, have been identified. The state unit of AAP found out such […]
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SMOKERS CAN’T TASTE BITTER TASTE OF CAFFEINE
Do you smoke or have quit recently? Chances are that you may not taste and appreciate the bitter taste of caffeine in your cup of coffee. According to research, smokers and those who have quit […]
India
High voter turnout in 91 seats in LS polls, crosses the 2009 mark
NEW DELHI (TIP): Marking a considerably high voter turnout as compared to the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, India voted for 91 constituencies in 14 states and Union Territories which went to polls in the third […]
India
Modi’s wife ‘on pilgrimage’ as media looks for her
UNJHA (TIP): Away from the world’s gaze, she was leading a quiet life as a retired schoolteacher. But when the spotlight turned to her, Jashodaben Modi, officially accepted by chief minister Narendra Modi, was nowhere […]
India
EC probes Azam Khan’s ‘hate speech’
LUCKNOW (TIP): It looks like UP cabinet minister Azam Khan’s problems are not over yet. On Thursday, Election Commission (EC) officials said the commission was probing numerous parts of a speech the Samajwadi party (SP) […]
United States
Bush 3.0? Jeb hints at White House run
WASHINGTON (TIP): Last year family matriarch Barbara Bush proclaimed there have been “enough Bushes” in the White House, but recently son Jeb unambiguously revived prospects of extending the political dynasty. In his most elaborate discussion […]
United States
Teen at Pennsylvania high school stabs 22
MURRYSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA (TIP): A 16-year-old boy with a “blank expression” flailed away with two kitchen knives, stabbing and slashing 21 students and a security guard in the crowded halls of his suburban Pittsburgh high school […]
United States
US navy to deploy electromagnetic railgun that fires at seven times the speed of sound
WASHINGTON (TIP):The US navy has announced plans to deploy its first ever electromagnetic railgun, a “game changing” device that fires projectiles without explosives over a distance of 100 miles and at seven times the speed […]
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Drinking milk can delay knee problem in women
Women who frequently consume fat-free or low-fat milk may delay the progression of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, research indicates. The findings showed that women who ate cheese saw an increase in knee OA progression. […]
United States
Vehicle crashes into US day care center, 11 children hurt
WINTER PARK, FLORIDA (TIP): A car smashed into a Florida day care on Wednesday, injuring 15 people, at least 11 of them children. Authorities were looking for the SUV that started the chain-reaction crash. Highway […]
United States
US in talks with France on Holocaust compensation
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Obama administration on April 9 warned several state legislatures against initiatives that would punish the state-owned French railway company SNCF for carrying out Holocaust-era deportations to Nazi death and labor camps. The […]
United States
After 25 years in prison, US man cleared of murder
NEW YORK (TIP): A New York City man who spent nearly 25 years in prison for murder was exonerated on April 8 when a judge found that he had been in Florida on vacation at […]