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Vaisakhi- A Day to Celebrate Human Values
Rarely is found a person in the history of mankind who has left such a deep imprint on the life and character of people within a brief span of 42 years. More than three hundred years […]
Month: April 2015
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7 things men find unattractive about women
While many look at women as the ones who like to nitpick, men do have their nitpicky moments, too. Find out what they are… Unattractive female habits:Too much makeup, talking about bodily functions, and belittling […]
United States
Tornado kills two people, destroys homes in Illinois town
A second woman from a tiny Illinois farming community has died, Gov. Bruce Rauner confirmed Friday, a day after tornadoes struck a six-county swath of the state, injuring about a dozen other people and sweeping homes off […]
Entertainment
Ek Paheli Leela Movie Review
STORY: London-based model Mira (Sunny Leone) comes to India on an assignment. She falls in love with a prince in Jaisalmer and gets married to him. Meanwhile, a budding musician Karan (Jay Bhanushali) is getting persistent […]
Entertainment
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! Movie Review
BYOMKESH LOOKS STUNNING – BUT COULD BE SHARPER! STORY: Byomkesh Bakshy wants to find Bhuvan babu – but what happens when Byomkesh unearths a highly sinister plot? REVIEW: Straight up, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! is possibly India’s best-looking sleuth flick […]
India
INDIA AND FRANCE SIGN 17 PACTS
PARIS (TIP): India and France signed 17 pacts, April 10, after the talks between French President Hollande and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Paris. An agreement on proceeding forward on the stalled nuclear project […]
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Signs of alien life will be found by 2025: NASA
WASHINGTON (TIP): Signs of alien life will be detected by 2025, while “definitive evidence” of extra-terrestrial beings may be found within the next 20 to 30 years, top Nasa scientists say. “I think we’re going […]
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SEASONAL CHANGES ON SUN CAN BETTER PREDICT SOLAR STORMS
WASHINGTON (TIP): Not just planet Earth but the Sun too experiences seasonal changes, finds a significant research. By better understanding how these seasonal instabilities are formed one can greatly improve forecasts of space weather events. […]
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NEW BATTERY CHARGES PHONES IN A MINUTE
New battery charges your phone in just 60 seconds! Washington: A new inexpensive aluminium battery that could charge cellphones in just one minute has been developed by Stanford scientists. The new aluminium battery is much safer than […]
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Mummies reveal how TB ravaged 18th century Europe
LONDON (TIP): Samples from mummies in a 200-year-old crypt in Hungary have revealed that infections by multiple strains of tuberculosis (TB) gripped 18th century Europe when the disease was at its peak. Analysis of the […]
Entertainment
MARIAH CAREY TEAMS UP WITH BRETT RATNER
Mariah Carey is set to star in an upcoming, untitled movie centered around Christmas, based on a theme related to music and her rumoured boyfriend Brett Ratner is co-producing the project. The 45-year old actress, who […]
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GWYNETH PALTROW GOES PUBLIC WITH BRAD FALCHUK ROMANCE
Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow went public with her new romance over the weekend when she took TV executive and “Glee” producer Brad Falchuk as her date to Robert Downey, Jr’s 50th birthday bash. The “Shakespeare In […]
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Fast And Furious 7 MOVIE REVIEW
STORY: Dominic (Diesel), Brian (Walker), Letty (Rodriguez) Roman (Gibson) and Tej (Ludacris) are approached by Frank (Russell) to acquire a device called ‘God’s Eye’ designed by a hacker, Ramsey (Emmanuel). This is a backdrop for the […]
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SUNNY LEONE SPORTS VARIOUS AVATARS IN ‘EK PAHELI LEELA’
In her forthcoming film ‘Ek Paheli Leela,’ Sunny Leone will be seen in not one, but three different looks, which she hasn’t attempted before. Apart from the sex siren herself, credit for the outfits also goes […]
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ALIA BHATT HAS NO PLANS TO WORK WITH FATHER MAHESH BHATT
Alia Bhatt has said that she does not want to become too exhausting for the audience by having too many releases in a year. The actress who was recently awarded with the Filmfare Award for Best […]
Entertainment
RICHA CHADHA TURNS BELLY DANCER
Not many know that actress Richa Chadha is a trained Kathak and Street Jazz dancer. Interestingly, she will soon be adding ‘Belly dance’ to her resume. Since Richa will be playing a professional cabaret dancer in […]
Entertainment
PAISA HO PAISA – MOVIE REVIEW
STORY: While conducting an experiment in a lab, a college student accidentally invents a chemical which can turn things invisible. Taking undue advantage of the discovery, a few classmates decide to loot a wealthy woman. […]
India
VIRASAT-E-KHALSA: A Wasat-e-Khalsa: A Museum of Sikhism
A masterpiece of rich Sikh culture and religious history, the `Virasat-e-Khalsa` was dedicated to the nation in the Sikh holy city of Anandpur Sahib, the birthplace of the Khalsa, amidst an elaborate religious ceremony , on November […]
Business & Economics
US Opposes Former Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta’s Plea to Reverse Conviction
NEW YORK: India-born ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta’s conviction on insider trading charges should not be thrown out as the government provided “overwhelming” proof against him for passing on illegal information in return for “expected potential […]
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THE BIRTH OF THE KHALSA
IT was the Baisakhi day, March 30,1699. A large gathering of peasants was waiting anxiously. A strange excitement permeated the air. Something was going to happen. Something that would have an everlasting impact on Indian […]
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Guru Gobind Singh – THE SAINT SOLDIER
The tenth and the last Guru or Prophet-teacher of the Sikh faith, was born Gobind Rai Sodhi on Poh7, 1723 sk/22 December 1666 at Patna, in Bihar. His father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, the Ninth Guru, […]
Business & Economics
MOODY’S UPGRADES INDIA RATING OUTLOOK TO POSITIVE
MUMBAI (TIP): Moody’s ratings revised India’s sovereign rating outlook to “positive” from “stable” on Thursday as it expects the actions by policymakers will enhance the country’s economic strength in the medium term. Moody’s also said […]
Business & Economics
SEBI STRUGGLES TO SHIELD SAVERS FROM MORE SAHARAS
MUMBAI (TIP): As regulators try to contain one of India’s most spectacular investment scandals, dozens of smaller but similar schemes continue to mushroom, employing tactics similar to the ones that enriched the Sahara group and […]
Business & Economics
Shell to buy BG for $70bn, take on Exxon
Royal Dutch Shell agreed to buy smaller rival BG Group for 47 billion pounds ($70.2 billion) in the first major energy industry merger in more than a decade, closing the gap on market leader ExxonMobil after […]
Business & Economics
US-based mutual funds pull $1.3 billion out of bond funds
NEW YORK (TIP): Investors in US-based mutual funds pulled $1.3 billion out of bond funds in the week ended April 1 as tax deadlines approached for retail investors, data from the Investment Company Institute showed. […]