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Tunisia shines amid gloom
Arab Spring protests not in vain After three years of turmoil and bloodshed in the Middle East and North Africa, where is the Arab Spring? Apart from the relatively tiny state of Tunisia, where it […]
Europe
Chinese zoo keeper takes tiger for a walk
BEIJING (TIP): An animal keeper startled visitors to a zoo in China’s Henan province when he took a tiger for a walk through the public area of the zoo. It happened on February 11. The […]
Europe
Ugly scenes in British parliament upsetting voters
LONDON (TIP): Ugly scenes in the British parliament during its most televised Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQ) are upsetting voters, a Hansard Society survey has revealed. It revealed “noisy”, “childish”, “over the top” and “pointless” were […]
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A Sad Day for Indian Parliament
Even for a country with a long and unedifying history of parliamentary pandemonium, nothing can be as shameful and disgraceful as the use of pepper spray by a member on his peers to disrupt proceedings. […]
Entertainment
HASEE TOH PHASEE
STORY: Straight-forward boy and eccentric girl are drawn to each other. Wait, they’re not the ones in a relationship. Will their love fructify? REVIEW: Hasee Toh Phasee is for the romantics who like their martinis […]
Entertainment
WE SHOULD ALWAYS RESPECT WHAT SALMAN SAYS: KATRINA
Katrina Kaif has once again made headlines but unlike her last few news sightings, this one isn’t about her holiday pictures getting leaked or her rumoured tiff with alleged boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor. Katrina is under […]
Entertainment
SUNNY LEONE GETS BOLDER IN RAGINI MMS 2
Sunny Leone, who thrilled one and all with her bindaas attitude in Jism 2, is all geared up to set the screen on fire with her Baby Doll avatar in Ragini MMS 2. Sunny Leone […]
Entertainment
JENNIFER ANISTON TO STAR IN ‘CAKE’
Actress Jennifer Aniston is set to star in ‘Cake’. Produced by Courtney Solomon produced, the film sees a collaboration between Chinese TV producer Shenghua Entertainment and After Dark Films, said The Hollywood Reporter. The film […]
Entertainment
ELIZABETH HURLEY RUBBISHES CLINTON AFFAIR CLAIMS MADE BY EX
British actress Elizabeth Hurley took to Twitter to rubbish sensational claims made by ex-boyfriend Tom Sizemore that she allegedly had an year-long affair with former US president Bill Clinton. “Ludicrously silly stories about me & […]
Entertainment
ROCK PAPER DICE ENTER
STORY: Set in a fictitious city called Strathaven in North America, the film is about a series of events that follow a diamond heist planned by a mysterious hacker named Roman. REVIEW: Before you think […]
Business & Economics
Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion
NEW YORK (TIP): Comcast says it has agreed to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion in a deal that would combine the two biggest cable companies in the United States. If the deal is […]
Business & Economics
OVL inks agreements to raise $2.5 bn
NEW DELHI (TIP): ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), has signed separate agreements with two consortiums of international banks to raise $ 2.5 billion by way […]
Business & Economics
Growth is still very weak: Rajan
NEW DELHI (TIP): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan, on Thursday, said growth was still very weak. Nevertheless, it was stabilising on the back of a good harvest, strengthening exports, and some early […]
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INTERIM RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGH-SPEED CORRIDOR ACCELERATES
NEW DELHI (TIP): High-speed trains in India could be a reality soon, with Indian Railways (IR) focusing on bringing new technology for modernisation of trains. The first high-speed rail (300-350 km/hour) will likely connect Mumbai […]
Business & Economics
SPECTRUM SALE EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
NEW DELHI (TIP): After 10 days of intense bidding, eight telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India, on Thursday, bought spectrum worth a total of Rs.61,162.22 crore against the government’s estimate of Rs.47,933 crore. […]
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CAN SMART RIFLE HIT BULL’S EYE?
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US army has confirmed that is testing new high-tech rifles that incorporate “computer vision and object tracking technologies” that allow “any soldier (to become) an extraordinary marksman”. A spokeswoman confirmed reports that […]
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Lasers fuel hopes of unlimited, clean Nuclear-power
CALIFORNIA (TIP): A milestone has been reached in the 60-year struggle to harness the nuclear reactions that power the Sun in an experiment that could lead to a way of producing an unlimited source of […]
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INDIAN SCIENTISTS CONVERT DISCARDED PLASTIC INTO PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
LONDON (TIP): In a major breakthrough Indian-origin scientists based in US have successfully converted plastic shopping bags into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products. The conversion produces significantly more energy than it requires […]
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FARTHEST GALAXY CLUSTER FOUND
LONDON (TIP): Astronomers have found the farthest galaxy cluster till date – 10 billion light years from earth. Four unknown galaxy clusters each potentially containing thousands of individual galaxies have been discovered. Galaxy clusters are […]
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SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
When it slips from his hand, his body turns black, and his face withers away. Those who focus their consciousness on the True Guru – peace comes to abide in their minds. They meditate on […]
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THE BHAGAVAD GITA
Attaining salvation by devotional love The doers of the rituals prescribed in the Vedas, the drinkers of the nectar of devotion, and whose sins are cleansed, worship Me by doing good deeds (Yajn) for gaining […]
India
Ending boycott, US envoy Nancy Powell meets Narendra Modi
GANDHINAGAR (TIP): The United States ended a decade-long boycott on February 13 of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi over deadly religious riots as a top diplomat held talks with the man who could be the […]
India
KEJRIWAL ORDERS FIR AGAINST RIL, MOILY, DEORA
NEW DELHI (TIP): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ordered registration of an FIR against Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani, Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily, former minister Murli Deora and former director general of Hydrocarbons […]
India
EIGHT SECRET AKALI-CENTRE MEETINGS BEFORE BLUESTAR
CHANDIGARH (TIP): “I received a call from Chief Commissioner Krishna Banerji asking me to see him immediately. As soon as I entered his room, he signalled all those already present there to leave immediately. He […]
India
Kejriwal threatens to quit
NEW DELHI (TIP): After witnessing disruptions on the first day of the special assembly session, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he will resign if the BJP and the Congress stalls the tabling and the […]