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Didn’t shy away from any discussions with China: Khurshid

May 21, 2013

New Delhi: India and China held very "specific" discussions without "shying away from anything", External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said in New Delhi on Tuesday. About the discussion, Khurshid said: "How are we addressing trans-border rivers, trade imbalance, aspirations as far as the United Nations is concerned... There was no shying #China #External Affairs Ministry #India #Li Keqiang #Manmohan Singh #Salman Khurshid #World
Barfi! bags 9 awards at IIFA Technical Award ceremony

May 21, 2013

Ranbir Kapoor-Priyanka Chopra starrer Barfi! bagged nine awards in the technical category at the 14th annual IIFA Awards. The Anurag Basu directed movie took home nine awards out of 14 for Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design, Best Song Recording, Best Sound Mixing, Best Background Score, #Barfi #Priyanka Chopra #Ranbir Kapoor
Real Madrid juggernaut in need of repair post Mourinho

May 21, 2013

Florentino Perez's decision to hire Jose Mourinho to coach his beloved Real Madrid in 2010 was the fruit of the construction magnate's obsession with winning the 10th European crown that has eluded the club since 2002. The bespectacled 66-year-old, who has splurged more than 400 million euros ($514 million) of the #football #José Mourinho #KickingAround #Real Madrid #Sports
Telugu film industry has no spot-fixing links: producers

May 21, 2013

Hyderabad: The Telugu film industry has no links with the IPL spot-fixing scandal, the Telugu film producers council has said. The council on Tuesday denied reports that a Telugu film producer had links with the scandal which rocked the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). Council executive committee member T. Bharadwaj clarified that #NewsTracker #S Sreesanth #Telugu film industry
Has the Chinese premier’s visit made any difference to Sino-India ties?

May 21, 2013

Has Chinese premier Li Keqiang made a positive move by choosing India as the first country for the foreign visit or is it too much to expect from him too soon? Defence expert Sriram Raghavan said that this joint statement and the premier's visit had hit the correct note as far #China #ConnectTheDots #India #Li Keqiang #Manmohan Singh
Manchester United earns EPL-record $93M from broadcasters

May 21, 2013

London: Manchester United earned a record 60.8 million pounds ($92.7 million) in Premier League television revenue this season en route to a 20th English time. The bottom team, Queens Park Rangers, received 39.8 million pounds ($60.6 million). The cash paid by overseas broadcasters is split evenly between the 20 topflight teams. Half #English Premier League #KickingAround #Manchester United #Soccer #Sports
IPL betting racket: Crime Branch arrests alleged kingpin in Chennai

May 21, 2013

Chennai: The Crime Branch today arrested the alleged kingpin in an IPL betting racket while conducting searches here. Police conducted searches at the house of the alleged kingpin Prashanth and recovered some mobile phones and laptop besides some documents and cash. Police did not elaborate on the seizure but said they #Cricket #Indian Premier League #IPL #IPL 6
Actor Vindu Dara Singh arrested for links with IPL bookie

May 21, 2013

Actor Vindu Dara Singh was today arrested in connection with a betting scandal associated with the Indian Premier League. The actor, best known for winning the third season of reality television show Bigg Boss, was arrested by the crime branch of the Mumbai Police today after he was allegedly found to #actor #bookies #IPL 6 #Mumbai Police #NewsTracker #Vindu Dara Singh
Social media skills the reason Modi is on BJP Parliamentary panel?

May 21, 2013

Could this be why special exception was made to include Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the high powered BJP Parliamentary panel? Modi, who attended his first ever board meeting since being inducted into the parliamentary committee, reportedly advised the BJP top leadership on the use of social media. "Modi advised us #BJP #BJP Parliamentary group #Blog #facebook #India #JustSaying #LK Advani #Narendra Modi #Politics #social media #Technology #Twitter
Classified material to be used as evidence in Bradley Manning’s trial

May 21, 2013

Fort Meade, Maryland: The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret US documents to WikiLeaks is returning to Fort Meade for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next month. The pretrial hearing Tuesday for Pfc. Bradley Manning concerns classified material that would be used as evidence during the #Bradley Manning #Manning trial #NewsTracker #Wikileaks #World News

IPL

IPL 6: Relentless Chennai crush Mumbai to reach finals

IPL 6: Relentless Chennai crush Mumbai to reach finals

May 21, 2013

IPL as it happened: CSK beat Mumbai by 48 runs to reach final

IPL spot-fixing live: I’m innocent and have done no wrong, says Sreesanth

IPL spot-fixing: Is Sreesanth’s celebrity status weakening his case?

BUSINESS

China offers free trade pact, more market access

China offers free trade pact, more market access

May 21, 2013

GM India to hike prices of all its vehicles by up to Rs 10,000

Oil companies fixing petrol prices by cartelisation? CCI begins probe

Why Rupee-RMB-dollar trade is an idea whose time hasn’t come

Life

Why Phaneesh Murthy will get a third and fourth chance

Why Phaneesh Murthy will get a third and fourth chance

May 21, 2013

Mediterranean diet can help weaken cancer cells: Study

Why the humble rajma chawal is a favourite of Premier Li

Since when did IPL spot-fixing become about casting couches and sex?

politics

Why the handling of Saradha scam is make or break for Mamata

Why the handling of Saradha scam is make or break for Mamata

May 21, 2013

UPA not a liability, says NCP

Frail UPA pulled down by corruption, bad economy: survey

Advani, Gadkari, Rajnath: Why Modi’s Delhi visit was about them

Real Estate

You better know these things before opting for property redevelopment

You better know these things before opting for property redevelopment

May 20, 2013

Forget gold, real estate is a bigger time-bomb for all

Developers’ body says LBT will lead to rise in corruption

‘Home prices near most affordable levels in over 30 yrs’

India

Chit fund scam: Saradha group director Debjani Mukherjee in hospital

Chit fund scam: Saradha group director Debjani Mukherjee in hospital

May 21, 2013

India, Switzerland pact soon to boost healthcare ties

Delhi gangrape: Victim did not die in India, police tells court

J&K govt synonymous to corruption: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

Editor's picks

Hamid Karzai's visit: Why supplying arms to Afghanistan is a hard choice

From across the Hindu Kush, a plea for Indian help. Hamid Karzai wants New Delhi to provide artillery and military transport aircraft. It won’t cost India much—but New Delhi is worried about upsetting Pakistan, and wary of making commitments before it becomes clear which way the political wind is blowing in Kabul.
Sreesanth and IPL spot fixing: Why history makes it so hard to believe the police

With the glut of information regarding the IPL spot fixing scandal and the three cricketers how much of it can we really trust?
Phaneesh Murthy admits to relationship with employee

This is the second time the IT industry veteran has been involved in a sex scandal.
Despite BJP edge over Cong, both NDA and UPA are conjectures

Opinion polls show the BJP and the NDA ahead of the Congress and UPA. But it is the regional parties that are likely to make the biggest gains. NDA and UPA are post-poll creatures

Not just niceties, China and India need to focus on thorny issues

India’s discourse with China has traditionally been trapped in the Mao-ist maze that defines how “friends” ought to conduct themselves. But Chinese statecraft has evolved, and India too must up its diplomatic game.
Why the Indian media gives a damn about poverty

In that sense the poverty line of India is cruel. It is merciless and doesn’t allow the majority of Indians any money for shelter or access to education or healthcare or sanitation or anything else that civilised nations would consider as essential as food.
Goa meet: Will the BJP finally find a way out of its troubles?

Can the party resolve internal discord and take a call on Modi’s PM candidature?
Why Dhoni, Tendulkar can't distance themselves from spot fixing

Try following a game on twitter or with friends or at the ground. At every step of the way, the spot-fixing question raises itself.

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

Pichai has emphasised that Google is embracing both Chrome and Android is investing in both at least for now.