I can look back at life with satisfaction, surprise: Dilip Kumar’s interview
December 11, 2012 1 Comment
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, On his 90th birthday Tuesday, thespian Dilip Kumar, who has regaled scores of fans over decades, recalls his journey full of surprises with satisfaction and a smile. He says it was his patience and sense of choice that helped him lead a successful career. “I can look back at my [...]
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By Ram Puniyani Gujarat is going to have the assembly elections in December 2012. As per the surveys and the claims of BJP and Narendra Modi himself, the ruling Chief Minister, will be winning with great majority. The media has created a larger than life image for him, Modi’s own media management firm has been [...]
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By Shubha Singh Inder Kumar Gujral was India’s prime minister for a brief 11 months in 1997-98. But the mild-mannered, soft-spoken politician, whose personality flew against the political archetype, will be remembered primarily for his keen interest in protecting and promoting India’s external interests and the eponymous Gujral Doctrine – his mantra for India’s neighbourhood [...]
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By NVONews.Com Correspondent, New Delhi/ Ahmedabad: Muslim organizations appear to have softened their stand on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. From demand of resignation and punishment they have scaled down their demands to an apology from him and “expression of sorrow” for the 2002 communal riots, before extending him support “in rebuilding Gujarat”. The Joint [...]
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New Delhi, Six books including “River of Smoke” by Amitav Ghosh, “Narcopolis” by Jeet Thayil and “The Wandering” by Pakistan-based author Jamil Ahmad, have been shortlisted for the DSC South Asian Literature Prize 2013. The list, announced in a gala at the Mayfair Hotel in London late Tuesday night, includes six writers — three Indians, [...]
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By Shafey Danish (NVONews.Com) The cyber warfare is taking shape in unlikeliest place. Gaza and Israel are once again locked in a one sided confrontation. The Hamas government of Gaza puts out strong words and fires homemade Qassam rockets, while the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) pounds it with precision guided bombs fired from the ruthless [...]
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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat Faizabad burnt horribly on the Dusshera day when crowd attacked many places of Muslims including some of the mosques too because of a rumor of the theft of idols from Devkali temple by the Muslim miscreants. It turned out later that the idols were actually stolen by the Hindus themselves but [...]
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By Soroor Ahmed (NVONews.Com) “What’s in a name?” asked Juliet in entirely different context in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. But there is certainly something in the name, Ranvir, in Nitish Kumar’s Bihar. First it was the killing of Ranvir Sena chief, Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiyaji, on June 1 last, which sparked off large scale [...]
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By Azera Parveen Rahman New Delhi, Remember when you unwrapped a gift, put it away and never touched it again? Selecting a gift can be tricky, especially when you are unaware of the person’s taste or collection, the reason why gift coupons are becoming popular this festive season. Shruti Agarwal, a public relations manager who [...]
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Salman Khurshid rewarded despite his disconnect with Indian Muslim community
October 28, 2012 No Comment
By Syed Ubaidur Rahman (NVONews.Com) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is facing opposition onslaught on skyrocketing corruption and financial irregularities in his government has tried to give a fresh look to his cabinet by infusing new blood. But it is yet to be seen if this reshuffle will help him stave off opposition and [...]
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Gaza, Qatar is launching a massive rebuilding project in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip without coordinating with the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Israel, a Qatari official said Sunday. In addition to Hamas, which wrested control of Gaza in 2007 from President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party, Qatar also arranges with Egypt to deliver materials needed for [...]
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Mumbai, Veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra, hailed as ‘King of Romance’, died here at the Lilavati Hospital Sunday, following multiple organ failure. The 80-year-old was suffering from dengue. Chopra’s last rites will be performed Monday at the Vile Parle crematorium, near Pawan Hans Helicopter company’s office, in south Mumbai, confirmed his office. “It is with deep [...]
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Malala Yousafzai has been transformed in a very short time. From a Youtube sensation she has become a talking point across the world for her bravery and her stand against Taliban extremism in Pakistan, says Shafey Danish of NVONews.Com Malala Yousufzai is how one would want one’s children to be. In a region not known [...]
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By Soroor Ahmed (NVONews.Com) Though Israel is not saying much, except claiming that on Oct 6 it had shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Negev desert Iran on Sunday claimed that the launch of a drone aircraft into Israel by Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was a sign of Tehran’s military capabilities and [...]
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