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New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad amongst best airports in world

Mar 13, 2013

Airports Council International, a global body of airports, has adjudged Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport as second best after Seoul's Incheon airport in the category of airports handling 25-40 million passengers per annum for their service quality for the year 2012. #Survey #Airports of Delhi #Airports Council International #Delhi's Indira Gandhi International #Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji
9XM enters Limca Book of Records

Feb 18, 2013

Music channel 9XM has entered the Limca Book of Records for creating the biggest wall of music in India. The digital wall, created for World Music Day in 2012, enabled viewers to download free music for a day. #BuzzPatrol #Noida #Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus #9XM #Limca Book of Records
Mumbai braces for massive workers' procession

Feb 18, 2013

Over two lakh workers from all over Maharashtra are expected to join a protest march led by the Shiv Sena on Monday ahead of the proposed two-day all India strike called by various trade unions later this week. #NewsTracker #Shiv Sena #Azad Maidan #Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

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By spurning Uddhav, Raj Thackeray throws open Maharashtra polls

Feb 13, 2013

Raj Thackeray has discomfited the Sena and the BJP and given some room to the Congress and NCP to smile. Also, he makes the next round of Maharashtra Assembly elections quite interesting. #HowThisWorks #Uddhav Thackeray #MNS #Raj Thackeray #Shiv Sena #Chhatrapati Shivaji
Why preserving Mumbais heritage is preserving Marathi asmita

Sep 10, 2012

While most of Mumbai's regional political parties have taken up the cause of preventing Shivaji Park in central Mumbai being declared a heritage site, they ignored how important the area is to the Marathi culture. #ToTheContrary #Redevelopment #Mumbai #Shivaji park #Heritage site
Plastic bags: We have reached the crisis point, lets act

May 28, 2012

#ToWhatEffect #Independence Day #Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus #Plastic shopping bag #Plastic bag #Waste container #Packaging

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Double murder: Victims' daughter sexually abused, say Goa cops

2013-05-18 15:44:00

Please read our terms of use before posting comments Police today said the minor daughter of the couple , who was murdered last week, was sexually abused by one of the culprits. Police have slapped Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act against #Goa
Zee News
Double murder: Husband was tied to pole and beaten, say cops

2013-05-16 15:55:00

Panaji: Sustained beating led to the death of the first victim in the double murder case that came to light this week, Goa police said. Two persons were arrested on Tuesday for murdering Shivaji Nayak (40) and his wife Sujata, and attempting to murder th #Goa
The Hindu
Goan girl helps nab parents’ murderers

2013-05-15 23:28:00

Two men have been arrested for the murder of a couple and for an attempt to murder their two children at Ribander in north Goa. Oswan Lucas Fernandes, a contractor, and his accomplice Ramesh Tayaji Bhagve, a labourer, were arrested by the Goa police on T #Goa

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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.