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What's Salma Hayek Doing With Xi Jinping?

China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan are on a trip through Europe, his first in five years. First stop was Paris, following which China's first couple will, with French President......

Remembering The Day JFK Died

On a sunny Texas day in November 60 years ago, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the president of the United States, and his elegant wife Jacqueline Lee 'Jackie' Bouvier Kennedy touched down in......

Sheila loved western music, watched DDLJ 20 times!

Apart from these, reading was also a big passion. Sheila Dikshit was quite fond of Western music since her youth and would sit near the radio waiting for her favourite songs to be aired. She also......

When Sonia Gandhi left museum staff dumb-struck

An ethnography museum in South Goa had a surprise visitor, when Congress president Sonia Gandhi walked-in without much security and prior information. Gandhi walked into Goa Chitra, in South......

What would Bhagat Singh think of India 2021?

'Communalism was the biggest enemy of a free society and Bhagat Singh imagined a future without it.''Did we succeed in bringing alive such a future?' Utkarsh Mishra remembers the revolutionary......

20 years on, LPG stands for loot, plunder, goonda-raj

It was exactly twenty years ago when the then finance minister Manmohan Singh presented his first Budget in the Parliament on July 24, 1991. Quoting Victor Hugo, he said: "No power on earth can......

PM to open Asia Society meet on Saturday

It's Destination Mumbai for business head honchos from more than 23 nations as they get together to assess India's rise in the global economy at the Asia Society's 16th Asian Corporate Conference,......

PM @ 80: A FAILED economist, and a prudent politician?

As the Prime Minister turns 80, there is no clear barometer of his successes and misses. Manmohan Singh has courted controversy by keeping quiet. But what has his two decades in 7 RCR meant for a......

No escaping private sector job quotas

Reformers are upset with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's persistence with the idea of job reservation in the private sector.Having heard him at the New York Stock Exchange, they had begun to......

Manmohan Singh: Father of Indian reforms

In the last five years, somewhere in the haze of India's rapid economic growth and the glowing corporate performance, the spotlight turned away from one man who years ago had changed the way......

Happy Anniversary Anushka-Virat!

Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli celebrated their second wedding anniversary by posting throwback pictures of their romantic Italian wedding. They had some sweet nothings to say to each......

Ben Affleck, Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathway win at Globes 2013

Here's a look at the big winners of the 70th Golden Globe awards. Les Miserables was a big winner at the 70th Golden Globe awards, bagging three awards -- Best Motion Picture (Musical or......

Da Vinci Code: Ho Hum!

Let me tell you a secret or three. Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene, whose sarcophagus is buried under the crystal pyramid at the Louvre. Their progeny, born after Jesus' was crucified, was......

Review: Les Miserables is EPIC FAIL!

Raja Sen feels Golden Globe winnerand Oscar nominee Les Miserables is epic fail.Once in a while there comes a movie that automatically deserves the tag of Epic. Tom Hooper's monumental,......

Rocky, Rekha and Paris Hilton

Staying home this weekend? Here's what to choose if you're in the mood for movies:Rocky 2Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers and Burgess Meredith. Director: Sylvester......

PIX: Celta hold 10-man Barca; Milan-Juve play out dour draw

IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Dani Olmo in action with Celta Vigo's Javi Rodriguez during their La Liga game played at Estadio de Balaidos, Vigo, Spain, on Saturday. Photograph: Miguel Vidal/Reuters......

Lewandowski magic lifts Barca to victory

Lewandowski double as Barcelona fight back to beat Valencia IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski scores their second goal from the penalty spot. Photograph: Pablo Morano/Reuters Poland......

PIX: Barcelona lose to Monaco; Arsenal held

Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Thursday.Ten-man Barcelona lose to Monaco IMAGE: AS Monaco's players celebrate after winning their Champions League match against Barcelona......

ISL: ATKMB set up final clash against BFC

IMAGE: ATKMB secured a win via penalties over defending champions HFC. Photograph: FSDL ATK Mohun Bagan came out 4-3 victors on penalties against defending champions Hyderabad FC in the second leg......

Sports Shorts: Singer Underwood, NFL sued

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Carrie Underwood has performed theme songs for "Sunday Night Football" since 2013. Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty......

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