By Sourabh Gupta Jaipur, The sixth edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival is running on a negative budget of over Rs.1.5 crore (approx $278,000) with several sponsors pulling out in the last three weeks citing financial constraints, said organisers. “Our budget for this year is between Rs.5 crore-Rs.6.8 crore but we managed to garner only [...]
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By Mohit Dubey Allahabad, For reasons other than preaching salvation and guiding the teeming millions on faith and spirituality, the saffron-robed seers camping in the sprawling Kumbh mela premises are making waves for many other reasons too. Some are attracting eyeballs for their fondness for computers, IT accessories, pets, gold jewellery and even fleets of [...]
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By Arun Kumar Washington, (IANS) President Barack Obama is set to have a one up – or rather two up – on his predecessors when he takes the oath of office for his second term twice – first on Sunday and then again Monday. A private ceremony in the Blue Room of the White House [...]
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By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, The Uttar Pradesh capital may be hundreds of miles away from Islamabad but the two cities have a connect of sorts in the fiery cleric Tahirul Qadri. The 61-year-old former professor of international constitutional law does not only trace his ancestral roots to Lucknow but also visited the city in March [...]
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It was one of the most watched TV programs in recent times and people really liked Bigg Boss 6. Meanwhile Salman Khan lords over Bollywood and silver screen By Aaqib Raza Khan (NVONews.Com) Bollywood’s latest blockbuster machine, Salman Khan is on a high with back to back money spinners in his name. The superstar has [...]
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By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Singing legend Lata Mangeshkar has launched her music lable LM Music, which has already taken off in a big way. She says her immediate plans are to sing with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bahchcan other than releasing a ghazal album and creating a platform for children who are seen on reality [...]
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Tensions between the two countries are mounting. Indian, Pakistani armies are set for flag meeting while hawk on the Indian side talk of hot pursuit New Delhi, (NVONews.Com): Indian and Pakistani armed forces are set to jointly hold a flag meeting to defuse the mounting tension that has continued unabated for the past fortnight. There [...]
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By Vidya Bhushan Rawat The atrocious beheading of Indian soldiers at the LOC and subsequent firing between the Indian and Pakistan troops must not be allowed to escalate into a blame game. The Pakistanis have as usual rejected Indian claiming for ‘beheading’ of the soldiers while the Indian intelligence and army blames the Special Operation [...]
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By Vishal Gulati Shimla, In Himachal Pradesh’s higher reaches, where the harsh winter has frozen water resources and wiped out food sources, herds of hoofed wild mammals are moving to lower altitudes. “A few evenings back I saw a herd of Asiatic ibex strolling through my fields. They often show up in the village these [...]
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Thiruvananthapuram, A study on migration of Indians to Saudi Arabia says that despite various economic advantages, there is also a social cost that migrants are forced to pay over time for staying away from their kin. “Remittances from migration potentially improve education and health outcomes for children. However, the opportunity costs of absentee parents make [...]
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By B.R.P.Bhaskar Leaderless and unorganised groups of young men and women have been demonstrating demanding women’s security and just punishment to perpetrators of the Delhi gang-rape. They have defied ban orders and braved repressive police action. The death of the rape victim Saturday appears to have strengthened their resolve. But punishment in criminal cases, just [...]
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By Soroor Ahmed (NVOnews.Com) The letter of a Rajasthan MLA urging the state chief secretary to ban skirts as school uniform for senior girls is no new demand. Nor has it anything to do with India or Hindu or Muslim religion or dress code as some liberals and mediapersons tend to propagate. In fact in [...]
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Many Russians need not even interact with Indians while visiting Goa. They can eat, drink, stay in Russian hotel and ride in Russian taxi in Goa. But many local cabbies are agitating against Russian taxis By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji: A chartered flight from Moscow lands. A family of five ash-blonde Russians steps out, clears immigration [...]
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By Shafey Danish (NVONews.Com) I would like to report that 2012 was a year full of innovation, and in a way it was. High science got something of a spur on its side when researches said, ‘we got the Higgs Boson, maybe’. Somebody else was actually able to use quantum entanglement to teleport particles over [...]
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