The agreement would divert China's attention and keep them busy in the Pacific theatre, probably resulting in a reduction in threat perception in our area of interest in the Indian Ocean, notes Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
Justifying the transfer, the CBI pinned the blame on Mishra for keeping the preliminary enquiry pending without any reasons, they said.
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They will enable the people to access and enjoy the same rights, same privileges and same facilities as their fellow citizens in the rest of the country, he said.
Dharmendra was fascinated by Gabbar's role, then he said he would like to play Thakur. 'I told him he won't get Hema Malini.' 'He laughed and said okay (to play Veeru).'
'The best thing that Modi can hope for in this visit is that he is able to mobilise Indians in America to vote Republican and try and help Trump return to power,' argues Aakar Patel.
'The difficult part is that there is no script and you have to be impromptu. So by the end of the day, I am very tired.'
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'He is psychologically preparing the PLA and the Chinese public to avoid a loss of face.'
'But India, increasingly, is not that far behind, which is a story I never expected to tell.'
The camera sports two spherical, 18-megapixel wide-angle fisheye camera lenses on the back and front that protrude just a little too much, making them vulnerable to scratches, says Khalid Anzar.
Tomy was battling for life on the dismasted sailboat Thoriya with a severe back injury, the officials said.
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'India and China have the wise and sage leadership to steer this complex relationship in the coming decades.'
Some of these clippings were from places like Bengaluru, Syria and Karachi in Pakistan, he said.
Magdalena Rybarikova, who was crushed by Garbine Muguruza in the Wimbledon semi-finals on Thursday, said she was tired and nervous going into the match and had no idea how to respond to her opponent's superb shot-making.
'If deterrence through India's conventional superiority is to be established now, then India will have to escalate to a point where its greater resources make the difference.' 'This is, to put it mildly, both difficult and dangerous and thus inadvisable,' points out Mihir S Sharma.
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Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who also heads the Maharashtra Congress Party election committee, said in New York on Friday that despite some irritants between Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party led by Sharad Pawar, seat adjustments would be done between the two parties for the coming assembly election.
When you visit a place where you know you have nothing to do, you begin to consider doing something adventurous rather than just laze around, says Sudhanshu Yadav.
Health authorities and experts in Washington have warned governments across the world that the new wave of swine flu could badly hit people in the poor and least-prepared parts of the globe.
A look at Magadheera, the latest Telugu film, which is one of the most keenly awaited movie this year.
Saina Nehwal scripted history on Sunday, becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament after clinching the Indonesian Open with a stunning victory over higher-ranked Chinese Lin Wang in Jakarta.
Around 600 Porsche employees work on the latest Panamera and Cayenne models in this plant that was built in 2002 in the eastern German city, east of the capital of Berlin.
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The home ministry said the West Bengal government is not cooperating with the central teams visiting the state to assess the ground situation and are specifically restraining them from interacting with health workers and touring the affected areas.
As Kolkata goes to polls under a heavy security cover, Indrani Roy Mitra analyses the dissent within the CPI-M and the 'alternative' of Trinamool.
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'The government should refrain from 'adventurism' and 'megalomania'.' 'But this should be true of reckless government action against every Indian, whether or not they are wealthy or have access to the finance minister even when he is in hospital,' says Aakar Patel.
Most people have made plans to travel over the long Independence Day weekend. What about you? Planned something exciting for the I-Day weekend? No? Fret not! Rediff.com's Anita Aikara is here!
'But the world would be much poorer without economics' contribution to understanding how societies function and without economists' suggestions as to how politicians might improve them. 'And economists themselves could do wonders by simply incorporating the country-specific factors in their econometric models rather than just applying them in toto," say Soumya Kanti Ghosh and Samir K Jha.
Rediff.com's Ashish Narsale presents a list of gadgets that will fit your budget and instantly impress your bae.
After years of trying, South American coaches are finally gaining a foothold in European football and their growing influence will be heavily felt as the Champions League round of 16 gets under.
There are some victories in the house that make you smile along. And Manveer's victory is one of them, says Divya Nair.