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The Truth BBC Will Not Tell You...

If Mr Modi is to be blamed for the post-Godhra riots, he should also be given credit for maintaining peace after the Akshardham and Ahmedabad terror attacks.The BBC will never tell you that, points......

Secret UK-Israel N-deal revealed

Britain secretly sold Israel a key ingredient for its nuclear program in the 1950s, according to official documents uncovered by the British Broadcasting Corp. The BBC's Newsnight program,......

Lanka describes hacking incident as 'cyber terrorism'

Sri Lanka on Tuesday described hacking of the ministry of media and information's website as an act of ‘cyber terrorism’. "We see this as an act of cyber terrorism," Secretary to the......

'US alliance puts UK at risk'

Britain's close alliance with the United States has put it at particular risk of terrorist attack, two leading think tanks said Monday, but a government minister said the nation would not have been......

Blasts: UK police raid 5 houses

British troops blasted their way into a home in northern England in what they said was a search for explosives,and police conducted a series of raids linked to last week's London bombings.Police......

Sony, BBC in alliance for India business

BBC Worldwide India, a unit of British Broadcasting Corp, and Multi-Screen Media, which runs Sony Entertainment Television, are finalising a mega alliance involving distribution and sales.......

News Corp mulls splitting into two: WSJ

News Corp is mulling to split into two companies, separating its publishing assets from the entertainment businesses, a media report says. The split would carve off News Corp's film and television......

James Murdoch expands role at News Corp

Rupert Murdoch on Thursday set in motion the biggest management shake-up at News Corp in years, giving his son, James, control over the media group's European and Asian operations and dispatching......

James Murdoch bypasses father in media ranking

Media tycoon James Murdoch has leapfrogged his father, Rupert, for the first time in a list of the most powerful figures in the British media, in which Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page......

Markets gain on August expiry day

Markets recovered from the day lows to end higher on Thursday, following the expiry of August derivative contracts, led by financial and FMCG shares.Markets remained volatile throughout the day......

Celebs sign up for gag orders on nannies

Indian ingenuity meets Hollywood need - and the outcome is a nanny gag. In the age of UTube, where any cell phone is potentially a spy camera, and your best kept secrets are liable to be splashed......

Ronaldo loses blue tick on Twitter, LeBron James remains

IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo does not have a verified account on Twitter anymore. Photograph: Ahmed Yosri/Reuters Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with......

Soaring heart rates laid bare on TV as archers okay new tech

IMAGE: Japan's Miki Nakamura competes in the archery Women's Individual 1/8 Eliminations at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty......

Australia face pressure over Zimbabwe tour

Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says he would prefer his country's tour of Zimbabwe in May to be cancelled."We'd rather it didn't go ahead. Obviously the Zimbabwe government would be......

New Zealand want Zimbabwe banned

The New Zealand government is leading a push to have Zimbabwe banned from international cricket after saying it would not welcome a team representing the troubled African nation.Foreign Minister......

London Olympics most watched in US TV history

NBC's TV coverage of the London Olympics was the most-watched television event in US history, attracting some 219.4 million viewers, the network said on Monday. Despite complaints during the Summer......

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