Noida, (IANS) FM station Radio Mirchi has turned two of its popular shows — “Meethi Mirchi” and “Purani Jeans” — into specific stations only for mobile users. Pakistani singer Shafqat Amanat Ali, who has here for the launch Tuesday, believes these are a step ahead towards development in the entertainment world. “It is a step [...]
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Thiruvananthapuram, (IANS) Actress Swetha Menon’s 40-day-old daughter Sabaina was the cynosure of all eyes at the State Film Awards held here. Swetha, who recieved best actress award for her performance in film “Salt and Pepper”, came to collect the honour along with Sabaina, and it was the little angel who caught all the attention. The [...]
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American voters are turning out in large numbers to vote. They have very narrow choice. It is either Barack Obama or his Republican challenger Mitt Romney. There are some other candidates in the fray too, but not many people have even heard their name or even know the parties they represent. Obama despite several odds, [...]
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So now the choices have increased so much that you have difficult time selecting the most suited to your needs and likes. Here we compare Microsoft Surface RT vs Asus Vivo Tab RT vs Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 Microsoft Windows RT is the talk of the town. The special software for ARM-based tablets is to [...]
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Mumbai, (IANS) Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar was presented with the Order of Australia by Simon Crean, Minister for Regional Australia, at a felicitation ceremony here Tuesday. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard had made the announcement on her visit to India last month, making Tendulkar only the third Indian to receive the honour after Mother Teresa [...]
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London, (IANS) Former British prime minister Tony Blair committed a mistake by sending his country to war in Iraq, according to Lord Mandelson, a former Labour cabinet minister. Mandelson has been Labour party’s former king of political spin, who helped mastermind Blair’s three consecutive victories at general elections, the Daily Express reported Tuesday. He said [...]
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Vientiane (Laos), (IANS) Energy cooperation between Europe and Asia should include “sharing of best energy practices” and promoting greater dialogue between energy exporting and importing countries, India said Tuesday. Addressing the plenary summit of the Ninth ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) in the capital of Laos, Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said the dialogue on energy [...]
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Tehran, (IANS) Iran has said it will build a pipeline to facilitate exporting its oil products to Afghanistan, Xinhua reported. “With the construction of this pipeline, part of the energy needed by Afghanistan will be met with full guarantee and security,” Iranian deputy oil minister Ali-Reza Zeighami was quoted by Press TV as saying Tuesday. [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi Tuesday sought immediate remedy to the woes of passengers who have been troubled in recent months by successive diversions and cancellation of Gulf-bound flights from states like Kerala. The minister, who was also overseeing the aviation portfolio earlier, met his successor in the ministry, Ajit Singh, [...]
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One of the great things that Windows 8 platform has done is give a fillip to hardware innovation. There isn’t a hardware maker in the game who isn’t innovating on hardware to better adjust to the massive redesign of the Windows 8 platform. Most of these innovation focus on making hybrids – the tablet laptop [...]
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Presidential elections 2012 is finally here and we are faced with numerous election day issues including ‘where do I vote’ and polling places and time With election day’s arrival, all eyes are on Ohio for the slightest sign of any irregularity. There are accusations of tricks and fraud about errors in voting equipments, passing false [...]
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Redmond based software giant Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet sales may get a boost by Oprah Winfrey endorsement Microsoft led its campaign for the Surface that shows people dancing with the clickety tablet. So the great strength of the tablet that the ad highlights is…it clicks. While it may seem retarded to some technophiles, the ad [...]
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Washington, (IANS) The sister of a man suspected to have shot and injured teenage Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousufzai has apologised to her, saying that he has brought shame to their family. Teenager Malala, since she turned 11, has been encouraging fellow Pakistanis to stand up to the Taliban, who have been trying to push [...]
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New Delhi, (IANS) BJP leaders went into a huddle Tuesday as the internal rift over party president Nitin Gadkari widened with more demands for his ouster while the man in the proverbial centre of the growing storm said sorry for comparing Swami Vivekananda to Dawood Ibrahim. Gadkari has been facing the heat over alleged involvement [...]
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