My vision is to make the concept of giving accountable: Salman Khan Ajita...
Actor Salman KhanThe iconic Mehboob Studio in Mumbai is teeming with pre-schoolers on a Wednesday evening. They are on the sets of a pre-school educational video anchored by actor Salman Khan....
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Panasonic Real Pro Heat MassagerPANASONIC REAL PRO HEAT MASSAGERSink into Panasonic's intuitively designed Real Pro heat massage chair after a week of being hunched up in front of the laptop. This has...
View ArticleA Point of View: Is there a secret to a happy marriage?
Charles Darwin and his wife EmmaNobody can explain the secret to a happy marriage, says Adam Gopnik, but it doesn't stop people trying. Anyone who tells you their rules for a happy marriage doesn't...
View ArticlePolice released Kilinochchi attackers — TNA
… claims govt. complicity in assaultMarch 31, 2013, 9:37 pmby Shamindra FerdinandoThe Tamil National Alliance (TNA) yesterday accused the government of trying to disrupt its Northern Provincial Council...
View ArticleConvocation causes rift in BASL
March 31, 2013, 9:38 pmThe Lawyers’ Association for Human Rights and Democracy (LAHRD), in a statement issued yesterday, stressed the need to form an alternative Bar Association, in view of the Bar...
View ArticleSwarna Hansa Foundation faults LLRC
… raises issue of ‘God Fathers of terrorism’March 31, 2013, 9:41 pmby Shamindra FerdinandoSwarna Hansa Foundation has alleged that the appointment of Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC)...
View ArticleBare the truth of the bare bones of Matale
March 31, 2013, 8:57 pmAnother mass grave has been exhumed in the Pearl of the Indian Ocean! Experts have determined the date and the doubts have been cleared. They are certainly not Homo Balangodensis...
View ArticleGenocidal anti-Muslim racism
March 31, 2013, 8:51 pmBy Izeth HussainSuddenly, and quite unexpectedly, the term "racism" has come into vogue. I myself have been using it for years, in preference to the term "ethnic" in connection...
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Extremism: Take the bull by the hornsMarch 31, 2013, 8:50 pmThursday night’s dastardly attack on a clothes store warehouse owned by a Muslim businessman in Pepiliyana is a clear indication that...
View ArticleOVL-OIL offers $5 bn for 20% in Africa gas field Closes in on the stake put...
After buying ConocoPhillips’ 8.4 per cent stake in a Kazakhstan oil field for $5 billion last year, ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) and its partner Oil India Ltd (OIL) have closed in on another energy asset in...
View ArticleYouTube announces shutdown in April Fool's prank Says site was was merely an...
In an elaborate April Fool's prank, YouTube announced it was going dark for a decade, and that the site was merely an eight-year contest to find the best video. "It's finally time to pick the winner,"...
View ArticleIPL6: Teams now hunt for innovative partnerships Viveat Susan Pinto & Gaurav...
The sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament is round the corner and individual teams are busy stitching last-minute partnership deals to create a buzz on the ground as the...
View ArticleCyrus begins transition at Tata Group - Dev Chatterjee | Mumbai BS
Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry, who completes his first 100 days in office next Monday, has rarely been seen or heard at public forums - his trips to New Delhi to meet ministers have been restricted...
View ArticleNovartis: India rejects patent plea for cancer drug Glivec
Many poorer people rely on India's generic drug industryIndia's Supreme Court has rejected a plea by Novartis to patent an updated version of its cancer drug, Glivec.The Swiss drugmaker had been denied...
View ArticleFacebook phone buzz grows stronger ahead of Thursday event BT Online Bureau
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California on March 7, 2013. (Photo: AP)Though there has been a lot of speculation about a 'Facebook phone' in the past, the...
View ArticleWill not invest on R&D in India, says Novartis after SC ruling PTI Mumbai
Swiss pharma major NovartisSwiss pharma major Novartis on Monday said it will not invest on research and development in India and move R&D to favourable destinations following the Supreme Court...
View ArticleMumbai Police's circular on Jihad training by Jamaat's women organisation...
Mumbai Police has kicked up a controversy following its circular which says the women's wing of an Islamic organisation is "brainwashing and training girls for Jihad".The outfit has threatened legal...
View ArticleFlying drummers, Chinese percussionists, fireworks...No, it's not a circus...
Dogged by myriad controversies but glamorous nonetheless, the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League will kick off tomorrow with what promises to be a glitzy opening ceremony featuring Bollywood...
View Article15-year-old boy with Down syndrome scales Mount Everest PTI New York
Mount Everest | A 15-year-old US boy has possibly become one of the first person ever with Down syndrome to have scaled the Mount Everest - the world's tallest mountain. Eli Reimer is also possibly the...
View ArticleG V Prasad is chairman of Dr Reddy's Satish Reddy appointed vice-chairman,...
Executing a quick and smooth succession plan within a fortnight after the death of the company's founder, the board of directors of Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd has appointed G V Prasad, who is now...
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