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When Nawaz Sharif gave Bill Clinton a hard time over Kargil

When Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visits the White House on Wednesday, it will be his first encounter with an American president since that turbulent meeting with Bill Clinton when the......

Aravind Adiga wins Man Booker Prize for Fiction

Aravind Adiga has won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008 for his debut novel The White Tiger. The 33-year old became only the third novelist to win the award on his debut. DBC Pierre had won......

Anti-Jewish remarks: Gandhi's grandson resigns

Arun Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, has resigned from a prominent institute he founded in the United States after he made some comments about Jews, media reports said. The M K Gandhi Institute......

Indian in US auctions soul, sparks debate

An Indian-American student has sparked an amazing chapter in the age-old debate of atheism versus religiosity, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.It is a chapter about a bizarre auction,......

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......

5 great business books to read

There are thousands of 'business' books adorning hundreds of bookstore shelves acrossthe world, and new ones keep being written practically everyday.Given this problem of plenty, how do you select......

Biometric PAN cards? What are those?

Finance Minister P Chidambaram has announced that soon biometric smart Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards may be issued to reduce chances of duplication and to ensure better tax compliance. The......

Shobhaa De takes on Sonam, Imran

After Shobhaa De saw I Hate Luv Storys last week, she mentioned how She Hates Dumb Storys on her blog. It is not the first time, of course, that the columnist has been critical of romu-movies.......

New Harry Potter book leaked on the Internet

Trust the World Wide Web to defeat all attempts at hiding information. As the countdown to July 21-- when the final instalment of the mega-popular Harry Potter series will make its way to eager......

Why Zayed impresses

Reader Sunil Patil met Zayed Khan, when the actor was shooting for his latest film, Rocky, in the UK. Zayed was very approachable, and on hearing Sunil's son Aryan's name, he talked about his Main......

Spotted! Kareena, in California

Reader Vasudha Chikoti bumped into Kareena Kapoor at the Great Mall, Milipitas, California, in May. The actress was on a shopping trip with her mother, yesteryear actor Babita, and boyfriend,......

Spotted! SRK, with his soccer fans

If you watched Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, you will remember the children's soccer game, in which SRK's screen son is introduced.Though the match lasted a couple of seconds, the makers......

Beware of Ashes tickets on the Internet

For the 40,000 English fans estimated to travel to Australia to watch the Ashes series that begins on November 23, there is bad news. Cricket Australia is planning to cancel tickets that have been......

'You are a genius of world football'

Zinedine Zidane leaves the Elysee Palace -- the French president's home -- in central Paris after a special lunch for the French football team and their families with French President Jacques......

Help the BCCI clean up its act

The recent Chennai high court judgment, supporting the Board of Control for Cricket in India in the matter of awarding of telecast rights, received much media attention -- but an equally key court......

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