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US working with India on Salem case

"The US and India have worked together closely in a prominent counter-terrorism case -- Abu Salem Ansari, an associate of [Indian fugitive gangster] Dawood Ibrahim.Following his arrest in Portugal......

Scottish isle to turn Baba Ramdev's yoga retreat

Yoga teacher Baba Ramdev's popularity seems to be spreading to corners of the world-- quite literally. On September 27, the guru will be inaugurating a yoga retreat at a remote Scottish island......

Jhumpa Lahiri achieves rare feat

Pulitzer-prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's new collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth, has gone to number 1 in The New York Times bestseller list less than two weeks after its......

Bush interviews provoke media anger

The Indian media based in Washington, DC is angry with the White House decision to grant interviews with President George W Bush -- on the eve of his visit to India -- to just two Indian......

Journalist Batuk Vora dead

Journalist and activist Batuk Vora died Tuesday morning, according to an Indo-Asian News Service report. Vora, 74, was suffering from liver cancer.Vora was a former staffer of India Abroad, which......

India, now a $1-trillion economy!

India is now a trillion-dollar economy. According to a Credit Suisse report, Indian GDP at the current price level of the rupee (Rs 40.76 per $) stands at $1trillion. The strengthening rupee has......

'IIT-ians have created a global brand'

R Raghuttama Rao is managing director, IMaCS (ICRA Management Consulting Services Ltd). He is also an Indian Institute of Technology alumnus. IMaCS is a multi-line management and development......

5 things entrepreneurs must do to succeed

Uma Ganesh is the CEO and principal consultant, Kalzoom Technologies. Kalzoom Technologies is focussed on providing boutique solutions in business transformation with a large focus on knowledge......

Mini-Budget: What's in it for you and me

Now is the time to buy that high-end mobile phone you have been thinking of and to gift a computer to your son. And to take the earliest flight to that dream vacation in Goa.It may have been termed......

Are Abhay Deol, Mira Nair planning a film together

Abhay Deol was spotted with director Mira Nair at the star-studded India Abroad Person of the Year award ceremony in New York on March 20. Now, Deol has been making quite a splash with off-beat,......

Shyam Benegal felicitated

Eminent filmmaker Shyam Benegal participated as chief guest at the Centre for Media Studies Academy-Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Awards 2007 presentation ceremony......

Fardeen-Bipasha team up in Acid Factory

Sanjay Gupta's White Feather Films will soon launch its first film after Sanjay Dutt broke away from the production house. Titled Acid Factory, the film will boast of a big star cast like Fardeen......

Rahman's birthday gift!

A R Rahman celebrated his 42nd birthday on Sunday like he always does -- quietly. But there came a big announcement later in the day which was as a pleasant surprise to all the music lovers. The......

Will Mira direct 5th Potter film?

Mira Nair is certainly going places.Her new film Vanity Fair, starring Reese Witherspoon, opened to mixed reviews this week, even as it competes at the ongoing Venice Film Festival for the Golden......

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