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Mayhem in the East
*War on terror revisitedMarch 7, 2013, 12:00 pm by Shamindra FerdinandoGemunu Watch parade at its regimental headquartersBrig. Hiran Halangode, RWP, RSP, USP, USACGSC, one-time commanding officer of...
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Approach of Current Sri Lankan Govt has Presented Tamil Diaspora with Golden...
ByGordon WeissIn the past few years, I’ve largely avoided junkets from Sri Lankan diaspora groups, for fear of being tarred with various brushes.Gordon Weiss at Global Tamil Forum Conference-pic by: ©...
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Writing and Talking About War Crimes Every Day is Corrosive and Soul Destroying
ByFrances HarrisonFrances Harrison at The Global Tamil Forum Conference – pic by: ©2013 Geoff Wilson ~ courtesy of: facebook.com/GTFOnlinePublishing a book about a highly charged ethnic conflict in...
View ArticleGeek in uniform Premal Balan meets an Ahmedabad constable who is helping...
A 37-year-old constable in Gujarat is changing the way police in Ahmedabad function. Dilip Thakore, who started out by studying diesel engine mechanics and went on to maintain guns at the police...
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The anomaly of a secular Bangladesh Sunanda K Datta-Ray BS
Begum Khaleda Zia's snub to Pranab Mukherjee sadly confirmed that Bangladeshis are still fighting yesterday's battles. They still suffer from the dilemma Zulfikar Ali Bhutto tried to exploit by arguing...
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World Bank bars L&T for 6 months over forgery by executive PTI
World Bank has barred Larsen & Toubro (L&T) from doing any business with it or the projects funded by it for six months, after finding that a senior executive of the Indian conglomerate has...
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Budget 2013: Just 42,800 super-rich in India. Seriously? ET
By Jamal MecklaiA member of the super-rich club in India welcomes the FM's move to impose a 10% tax surcharge on his fraternity. But surely there are many more than the number on tax records.The other...
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Why is Maruti halting production of petrol cars in Gurgaon? N. Madhavan BT
Is Maruti Suzuki halting production of petrol cars at its Gurgaon plant on Saturday in view of poor demand? It appears so, if the timing of the move is any indication. Car sales have taken a beating on...
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We can't afford to lose a day on digitisation: Uday Shankar Ajita Shashidhar BT
Uday Shankar, CEO of Star India and Chairman of the FICCI Media and Entertainment CommitteeThe latest FICCI-KPMG Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry report says the industry grew 11.7 per cent...
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, Sudeshna Sen,ET Bureau UK hopes India won’t cancel Agusta deal ET
Clearly something went wrong in the procurement process, but the product is excellent, the best for the job, and I don’t believe the Indian government will cancel the order LONDON: The British...
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Raji Reddy Kesireddy,ET Bureau Unique business: Cine stars, ministers &...
The olive, and many other exotic trees that share space at a 250-acre facility on the outskirts of Hyderabad, have been imported by Unique Trees. HYDERABAD: Born in the Iberian Peninsula some 800 years...
View ArticleVijaysinh Parmar & Melvyn Thomas,TNN Diamantaires flourish in Saurashtra...
AMRELI/SURAT: Not too long ago, creepy silence would prevail in Abhrampara village near Amreli during daytime too. The main market shut by 5pm and most young men were in Surat, 500 km away, in search...
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Dinner at 'world's top' restaurant in Denmark sickens dozens
Noma prides itself for its attention to detail and relying on fresh locally-sourced productsMore than 60 people had food poisoning at a Danish restaurant dubbed the world's best eatery, it has...
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Van Dyck painting 'found online'
Van Dyck's portrait depicts Olivia Boteler Porter, lady-in-waiting to Charles I's wife Henrietta MariaA previously unknown painting by 17th Century master Van Dyck has been identified after being...
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Burma's opposition NLD holds first congress
Some 900 delegates from across the country are attending the congress in RangoonBurma's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) is holding its first ever congress, at which it will elect party...
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner: NTSB details battery fire
After repeated attempts to put out the flames, the battery was removed from the aircraftA detailed description of a battery fire on board a Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been released by a US regulator but...
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Vagina Monologues challenges India's taboos
The Vagina Monologues challenges India's taboosAs the debate around the Delhi rape case has demonstrated, India is still a conservative country where sex is rarely discussed in the open. But, for the...
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Colombo should hold talks with Tamils: Manmohan Sandeep Dikshit
T+ · T-1PTI'/TV Grab Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on Friday. A week before Sri Lanka’s human rights record comes up for review before a United Nations panel,...
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Sri Chenna Mallikarjuna Swamy temple: Picture of monumental neglect V....
The ancient Nayakuralu Nagammagudi near Dachepalli in Guntur district. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar As the clock ticks fast towards the auspicious occasion of Mahasivaratri, devotees started thronging small...
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Centre for stargazers
Anand Narayanan1The Hindu The astronomical observatory in Thiruvananthapuram is one of the oldest in the India. Photo: Anand Narayanan The Hindu A view of the transit telescope that was purchased...
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