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Henry Kissinger, 100, Passes Away

 Former United States secretary of state Henry Kissinger died on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut at the age of 100, The Washington Post reported. IMAGE: Dr Henry Kissinger seen here, October......

KRN's life was a saga of surprises

 'KRN's journey from a humble cottage in Uzhavoor to Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi was no less spectacular than that of Abraham Lincoln from the log cabin to the White House,' notes Ambassador T P......

'RSS will use him as a poster boy of Hindutva'

 'I have been in the Dalit movement for 27 years, I have not heard of R N Kovind's views on the Dalit agenda.''He is a BJP man among Dalits, not a Dalit man in the BJP.' What does Ram Nath Kovind's......

Do America's voters have a choice at all?

 The American electorate are forced to choose between a shop-soiled spokesperson of crony establishmentarianism and an outlandish boor of a showman who should never have been where he is now, says......

Why US presidential poll campaign dejects Obama

 President Barack Obama on Tuesday expressed his dismay on developments in the United States presidential election campaign in particular the ‘divisive and often vulgar rhetoric’ coming......

In largest-ever US city bankruptcy, cuts coming for Detroit creditors

 A federal judge on Tuesday formally declared Detroit bankrupt, a landmark ruling that clears the way for potentially sweeping cuts to city worker pensions and retirement benefits and for steep and......

Growth will be back on track by elections: Chidambaram

 'India will succeed. I know this past year has caused a lot of concern, but this year is over and by elections we will achieve our ambitious economic agenda.' Aziz Haniffa on P Chidambaram's......

Corporate America urges FM to issue a bold Budget

 Corporate America has urged India's Finance Minister to announce a bold Union Budget that would unleash the next generation of economic reforms and help the country realise its full growth......

The uniqueness of Professor Raj

 Bliss it must have been in that dawn to be alive, but to be an economist working for Jawaharlal Nehru must have been heaven (with apologies to Wordsworth)! No retired bureaucrat around to say you......

What US business wants from India

 'Nuclear energy' is sexy; 'long-term economic development' not so -- which probably explains why the newly constituted CEOs' Forum has not drawn a fraction of the ink expended on the nuclear......

'I want the big a** Indian wedding'

 Photograph: Kind courtesy Kal Penn/Instagram Actor-comedian Kal Penn has come out as gay and has revealed that he is engaged to Josh, his partner of 11 years, with whom he is planning a wedding.......

Kal Penn: I would love to shoot five Bollywood films simultaneously

 '...But my strong suit will not be dancing,' Kal Penn tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com, in the concluding part of the interview. Part I of the interview: 'I'm not related to......

Kal Penn robbed at gunpoint

 Indian-American actor Kal Penn, who works in the White House's Office of Public Liaison, has been robbed at gunpoint in Washington DC. Penn, whose real name is Kalpen Modi, was in the Dupont......

Why the White House is not enough for this actor

 Conventional wisdom states that Washington DC insiders -- White House and congressional staffers, and elected officials, use their positions of power to move to more lucrative options, from cable......

Alien vs Predator battles to the top!

 Distributor 20th Century Fox was confident of a big opening for Alien vs Predator. Itwas it was also surethe film would be trashed mercilessly by the critics. So it opened the fantasy adventure......

Here's a complete list of Wimbledon men's singles champions

 Novak Djokovic clinched a fifth Wimbledon title and 16th major on Sunday, shattering Roger Federer's bid to become the oldest Grand Slam champion in the longest final ever played at the tournament.......

FIFA scandal: US law may struggle to reach all defendants

 FBI agents carry boxes from the headquarters of CONCACAF after it was raided. Photograph: Joe Skipper/Getty Images US prosecutors may find it difficult to get a number of the people they have......

Sports Shorts: Platini to keep luxury gift given by Brazil, make charity donation

 UEFA chief Michel Platini. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images for UEFA UEFA president Michel Platini has said he intends to ignore FIFA requests and not return a luxury watch valued at......

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