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Excessive alcohol use during adolescence may disrupt brain development: Study
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Excessive alcohol use during adolescence may disrupt brain development: Study
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Sonam Gupta bewafa hai: What's the story and why is she unfaithful?
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Watch: I have the new Rs 2,000 note, but where do I get the change now?
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Rs 500, Rs 1,000 ban: Do NOT do these things or else you will end up helping crooks
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Jun 16, 2014
'Govt should set up board to regulate NGO funding'
The government should either ban foreign funding of all NGOs altogether or allow this funding only when routed through a specially created autonomous Board. -
Jun 16, 2014
'Govt scrutinising NGOs defeats its very purpose'
NGOs are people organised together to take a stand and propagate their views. One may agree or disagree with their views but that is part of the overall discourse, writes ank123 in reply to an article on Firstpost. -
Jun 16, 2014
Report on NGO funds: Is the Intelligence Bureau on a witch hunt?
The first thing first. All NGOs should be made accountable. They must make full and public disclosure of their funding and expenditure. They must also be made answerable under the RTI Act. The voluntary sector is a den of corruption and needs to be set straight. -
Jun 14, 2014
Shocking! Mumbai Metro security uses 1857 era guns fit for museums
The state government security agency in charge of security on the Mumbai Metro is using guns of the kind that are not only completely inappropriate for urban situations, but are beyond obsolete and similar to guns which were used in the Indian uprising of 1857. -
Jun 12, 2014
Q&A: Not a superhero fan, says Gareth Evans director of 'The Raid 2'
One of the best, most explosive films to grace cinema screens this year was writer-director Gareth Evans’ Indonesian action typhoon The Raid 2. Mihir Fadnavis got a chance to speak with director Evans. -
Jun 10, 2014
Beas river: Drowned engineering students are not the only tragedy
Demand-driven power generation leads to drastic hourly fluctuations in water levels in most rivers. At risk are the lives and livelihood of thousands and the riverine ecology. -
Jun 09, 2014
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7: Madhuri danced... We wish she hadn't
The problem with reality shows like Jhalak DIkhhla Jaa is they start our with the pick of the celeb litter. But as the seasons go on, the celeb quotient starts scraping the bottom of the barrel. -
Jun 08, 2014
The World Before Her review: An important, provocative film
Durga Vahini is the female counterpart of the Bajrang Dal, a subsidiary of the Hindu nationalist organisationVishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). If you think you know about this extremist group from media coverage, that’s not the half of it. -
Jun 08, 2014
Holiday review: This Akshay Kumar movie is hilarious, though unintentionally
Director Murugadoss makes you wonder if you should be making a movie simply because you’re allowed to make a movie. -
Jun 04, 2014
The moral of Gopinath Munde's death: Wear your rear seat belt
Perhaps we need to pay closer attention to those rear seat belts too. And while we're at it perhaps more Indians need to look at cars with airbags. -
Jun 04, 2014
Pune Muslim techie's murder over a FB post is just plain wrong
Stringent punishment should be given to all religious & political leaders along with masses who gets involved in such incidents. -
Jun 04, 2014
Campa Cola flats: Why only single out the owners for punishment?
One can still find a reason to be sympathetic to the Campa Cola residents affected – the fact that only they, the owners of the illegal flats, are being singled out for punishment. -
May 31, 2014
Can the Modi sarkar chart a green road to growth?
Striking a balance between growth imperatives and green concerns is not impossible. It requires sincerity in politics, economy and science. The key challenges before the Modi sarkar -
May 31, 2014
CityLights review: Disappointing despite Rajkumar's brilliant act
For a film called City Lights, the film is quite ugly to look at. There’s not a single memorable set piece, the camerawork is deathly dull, and the film made me feel as if it didn’t spend enough time in postproduction. -
May 30, 2014
Maleficent Review: An alternative take that is utterly boring
An alternative, origin-story take on the classic Brothers Grimm fairytale Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent is also a vastly inferior film – one that attempts to subvert and thrill but somehow ends up being even more boring for it. -
May 28, 2014
Brainwashing in VHP's Durga Vahini camp shocked me: Filmmaker
Pahuja's film follows the lives of Prachi, a twenty year old trainer at Durga Vahini, and a number of Miss India (2011) contestants. -
May 28, 2014
Smriti Irani vs Madhu Kishwar: Let's debate policies, not degrees
Belittling someone for their (un)education is not helping matters. A close observation will reveal the best ministers were not the Ox-bridge bunch but hard-working people from humble background. -
May 25, 2014
In Ashish Nehra, Chennai Super Kings find an unlikely hero
Nehra’s bowling not only restricted RCB to a lower total but also showed the rest how to bowl in Indian conditions. -
May 25, 2014
IPL 7: Dear Pietersen, how are Delhi and you still having fun?
Never have we seen great players or teams appreciating a fun environment after losing so many games on a trot. -
May 24, 2014
Heropanti review: Tiger Shroff can pull off stunts, but that's about it
The best thing that could be said about Heropanti is that it is not as terrible as Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar films. The second best thing about it is that Tiger Shroff may be effeminate, but he’s a likable guy who can do some truly amazing stunts. -
May 24, 2014
Modi emerges strongest but what’s with the liberals crying foul?
The rise of the right wing politics poses a great challenge to the liberal. But slighting a mandate and crying foul at the new dispensation even before it takes over is both unfair and self-defeating.
