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2 bomb blasts in India?s restive northeast leave 7 people dead, 5…

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

2 bomb blasts leave 7 dead, 52 wounded in India GAUHATI, India ? Suspected militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India’s restive northeast on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said. Five people di read more

Goa all set to host IFFI from Monday

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

PANJI - Popular tourist hub Goa is all set to host the 40th International Film Festival of India from Monday. Interacting with the media after reviewing the preparations of the fest state Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said: “Goa is all set to read more

A.R Rahman urge people to maintain cleanliness around Ajmer Darga…

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

AJMER - Oscar winning musician A. R. Rahman has urged the people to keep the surroundings of the Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Dargah here clean. He made this request during his visit to the Dargah on Saturday. Speaking to the newsmen, Rahman said: read more

Assam Police suspect nine ULFA terrorists behind Nalbari blasts

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

GUWAHATI - Assam Police on Sunday suspected the involvement of nine most wanted United Liberation Front of Assom (ULFA) terrorists behind the Nalbari serial blasts. Earlier in the day, three-bomb blasts in Nalbari killed five people and left over 30 read more

Ludhiana Police seize three kilograms of heroin

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

LUDHIANA - Police in Ludhiana have recovered three and a half kilograms of heroin from a fruit consignment. The high-grade heroin being in valued at around 3.8 million dollars and was found in a consignment of pomegranate from Afghanistan. Ludhiana read more

Pakistan claims India supports insurgents

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has accused India of supporting insurgents in Pakistan, including areas bordering Afghanistan. Speaking with the DPA, Qureshi claimed that Pakistan was “compiling hard evidence of Ind read more

Snowstorm: Rescue teams recover ten bodies from Rohtang Pass

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

MANALI - Rescue teams have recovered at least ten bodies of snowstorm victims in the Manali hill resort area. According to officials, the victims are mostly labourers from Bihar and Jharkhand. Most of the victims died of hypothermia. It was estimate read more

Moily favors more powers to election commission

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

NEW DELHI - : Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily has opined that the Election Commission of India should be given more powers to check electoral malpractices. Addressing a seminar on electoral reforms here Moily said: “Can we no read more

Bomb blasts kill five in Assam

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

NALBARI - Just four days before the first anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks, bomb blasts in Assam claimed the lives of five people and injured about 30. All the three-bomb blast took place in Assam’s Nalbari District. At around 10.30 in read more

3 bomb blasts in India?s restive northeast leave 5 people dead, 2…

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

3 bomb blasts leave 5 dead, 25 wounded in India GAUHATI, India ? Three bombs exploded in India’s restive northeast Sunday, killing five people and wounding more than 25, police said. Five people died after two blasts went off within minutes of read more

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Congress wants ban on Azhar lifted

World News Zone | Latest Business News |Sports News | Techno… | November 22nd 2009 by Jaydip

The Indian Cricket Board is under pressure from the Congress party to revoke the life ban on former skipper Mohd Azharuddin for his alleged involvement in the 2000 match-fixing scandal. Azharuddin, who is now a Congress MP from Moradabad in Uttar P read more

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Sitaram vs Jairam over ‘Nobel for filth’

World News Zone | Latest Business News |Sports News | Techno… | November 22nd 2009 by Jaydip

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh’s ‘Filthy India’ comment has drawn a sharp reaction from the Left. The minister had said that if there were a Nobel Prize for dirt and filth, India would get it. View post: Sitaram vs Jairam ove read more

Mumbai Jewish center struggles to rebuild as city still vulnerabl…

Simple Thoughts | November 22nd 2009

Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack MUMBAI, India ? The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors read more

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Gateway to Mahim: Neglect in the city

World News Zone | Latest Business News |Sports News | Techno… | November 21st 2009 by Jaydip

Images of SRPF jawans, forced to squat at the Gateway, shocked India. Now NDTV has found more proof of how other SRPF jawans posted in Mumbai are forced to live in utter squalor. Visit link: Gateway to Mahim: Neglect in the city read more

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Chavan does a Raj, seeks Railway jobs for locals

World News Zone | Latest Business News |Sports News | Techno… | November 21st 2009 by Jaydip

Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has asked Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee to recruit more locals in Railways. See original here: Chavan does a Raj, seeks Railway jobs for locals read more

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Raj hits at SEBI, wants Marathi website

World News Zone | Latest Business News |Sports News | Techno… | November 21st 2009 by Jaydip

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has asked Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to provide Marathi option on its newly launched website. MNS Colaba vibhag pramukh, Arvind Gawde, met Ashish Kumar Chauhan – Deputy Chief Executive offic read more

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Ram Jethmalani angers Saudi envoy

World News Zone | Latest Business News |Sports News | Techno… | November 21st 2009 by Jaydip

Senior lawyer and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani’s charge that Wahabi sect was responsible for terrorism provoked a walkout by Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to India Faisal-al-Trad from an international conference of jurists on global read more

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Channel attack: 17 sent to police remand

World News Zone | Latest Business News |Sports News | Techno… | November 21st 2009 by Jaydip

A local court on Saturday remanded all the 17 Shiv Sena members, arrested for attacking Marathi news channel office, to police custody till November 23. The 17 were produced before the Vikhroli metropolitan magistrate, which remanded them to two da read more

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Local support for 26/11 not ruled out

World News Zone | Latest Business News |Sports News | Techno… | November 21st 2009 by Jaydip

The 26/11 terrorists either had advance teams study the targets or local support to carry out the strikes, former NSG chief J K Dutt tells NDTV. It’s an allegation that has been repeatedly denied by the government and security agencies. “Th read more

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India’s shame: 5,000 child deaths a day

World News Zone | Latest Business News |Sports News | Techno… | November 21st 2009 by Jaydip

For millions of children in India, childhood is an elusive dream, as a reports have revealed that 5,000 children below five die every day. It may be a shocking statistic but the United Nation’s Status of the World’s Children 2009 says, read more

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Permanent Marker Ad

HaHa | November 21st 2009 by fouad

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East vs. West – The Myths that mystify: TED Talk

Dhi Only One | November 21st 2009 by Dhimant Parekh

About a month ago, I had come across this interesting article about goddess Lakshmi, which gave a very different perspective on the concept of wealth creation and its associated morals. The article was so insightful that I made note of the author, De read more

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Indian Travel Agent – Helping you Unravel India!!

Travel and Tourism | November 21st 2009 by Percival Pelaez

India is a vast country with innumerable facets. The diversity that Indian showcases, in terms of its culture, tradition, topography, wildlife, natural vegetation and natural beauty is both overwhelming and alluring. It is not for nothing that Indi read more

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A tribute to MNS

Politics Of Negative Thoughts | November 21st 2009 by Prasanta

The President of MNS: Ok here i go, i can't fight election without inciting hatred among my own people. I know i am stupid and but i want to show the media that i am not really that stupid to call me stupid. But i proud myself a man with no common s read more

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Italy Arrests Pakistanis Suspected of Mumbai Links

We Gossips Around | November 21st 2009 by gossips

Italian authorities say police arrested two Pakistanis Saturday, suspected of helping fund and providing logistical support for last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India that killed 166 people. read more

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The White misty beauty

Life is just a bowl of cherries !! | November 21st 2009 by Megha

I wanted to share this beautiful image of the Himalaya It was the day we had to trek to Dhundi, Himachal Pradesh, India and camp there for two nights. But when we got up, we were surprised by the sudden turn of events. It was raining heavily and th read more

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Wake Up, Till You Manage To Hit The Snooze Button

Youth Ki Awaaz: Mouthpiece for the Youth | November 21st 2009 by Anshul Tewari

Preetika Rana The movie 'Wake up Sid' set the ball rolling in the critics court, sparking popular debates on beliefs and notions about Gen Y. While on one hand the movie painted an idealistic picture of overnight transformation of a 21st century unp read more

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Travel to India: How to Choose Your Travel Agent?

Travel and Tourism | November 21st 2009 by Percival Pelaez

A magical land reverberating with rich history and glowing with the promise of tomorrow, India is one of the most happening tourist destinations for travelers from across the globe. We have just returned to US after a great Indian vacation. The respl read more

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Iraqi Lawmakers Delay Vote on Electoral Law

We Gossips Around | November 21st 2009 by gossips

Parliament session aimed at resolving a deadlock on an electoral law required for general elections in January has ended without agreement. read more

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Ball Hockey India : Proud to be an Indian

India's sport news , blog and interviews | November 21st 2009 by Robin

Sometimes it is not the knowledge about a particular game that makes you read about the game, follow it or even watch it. Rather, it is the spirit of sports, so called “sportsmanship”, that drives you to read and then write about that game, just read more