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PIX: Modi to Kharge, famous faces at polling booths

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, and Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar supremo Sharad Pawar were among the famous......

Man who 'booted' Bush released

Iraqi television journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who threw his shoe at former US president George W Bush in Baghdad last year, has been released from prison. Muntazer, 30, was initially sentenced to......

A soldier remembers

A veteran of the Second World War, Major General Eustace D'Souza (retired) PVSM was sent to the Italian front when he was just 21. He stayed on till the end of the war in Europe. On the 70th......

First batch of T-90 tanks handed over to Army

The first batch of indigenously built T-90 Bhishma tanks was flagged off by Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju in Avadi near Chennai on Monday. This group, consisting of......

Ganpati's back. Let the celebrations begin

People thronged the famous 'Lalbaug Ka Raja', which has the huge 23-feet Lord Ganpati idol, ahead of the popular Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai. "I wait whole year to see Lord Ganpati. I am......

Tata Tea ropes in Amrita Patel

Amrita Patel (pictured), the chairman of National Dairy Development Board, has joined the board of Tata Tea as a non-wholetime independent director. In an intimation to stock exchanges, the company......

Amrita Patel on Kurien's ideologies, the road ahead

The late Verghese Kurien left an indelible mark on Amrita Patel. As a young veterinary scientist during the early days of the dairy cooperative movement at Anand in the 1960s and later as his......

War Over Amul's Plans For South India

'As long as Amul was coming in with products it was not a problem because it was something value added and with a shelf life.''When it gets into the local market by procuring locally, it cuts into......

Hillary meets India Inc's top leaders

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday had a breakfast meeting with top honchos of India Inc at the iconic, sea-facing Taj Hotel in Mumbai. Amongst those from India Inc who......

Bihar plans white revolution with NDDB help

Now, Bihar wants a white revolution in the state. So, the state has approached National Dairy Development Board to seek assistance. With this in mind, the Bihar government has urged the NDDB to......

Sunny Deol, Bollywood's Knockout Man!

At many stages, it has appeared as though Sunny Deol's career was running out of steam, but each time he has risen Phoenix-like from the ashes.Dinesh Raheja gives us a closer look at the man on his......

Images: Celebrities' Day Out

Bollywood actress Amrita Rao and cricketer Harbhajan Singh pose for pictures during a promotional event for a sports television channel in Mumbai on Tuesday. The function was held to......

Will Hrithik ace Sunny Deol's act in Gadar? VOTE!

What if Gadar was remade today? Sukanya Verma picks actors best suited for the key roles. Twenty years after the historical success of Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India and Gadar Ek Prem......

Meet the hottie in Let's Dance

This Friday, US-based actress Gayatri Patel will dance her way to Indian screens. Her debut is Arif Sheikh's Let's Dance. Patcy N caught up with the dancing sensation for more. Tell us about......

PIX: Katrina parties with Karan Johar

Bollywood loves to work hard and party harder. So after the dramatic curtain raiser show at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week, Manish Malhotra called his friends over for a party. Manish......

Images: India vs Sri Lanka, Tri-series Final

India sent in their two most experienced batsmen to open the innings -- Rahul Dravid (336 ODIs) and Sachin Tendulkar (428 ODIs) -- with the obvious intent of giving them more overs to settle in and......

I don't care about losses anymore: Safin

Former champion Marat Safin's grand slam career came to an end when he punched a backhand into the net to end a two-hour, 13-minute match, going down to Austrian Juergen Melzer in a first-round......

England optimistic about Flintoff

England's Andrew Flintoff and captain Andrew Strauss talk on the dressing room balcony before a training session prior to the second Ashes Test match at Lord's. England are optimistic......

Ashes trophy unveiled: Who will earn the urn?

After all the hype before Australia start their Ashes defence in a series delayed by the Twenty20 World Cup, both captains seemed happy to stop talking and start...

Cricket eases tension in Australia

After Steve Waugh, Brett Lee and Adam Gilchrist, it was the turn of Brad Hodge to express solidarity with Indian students following racist attacks. Hodge on Friday took part in a street cricket......

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