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As a leading fashion designer and politician, having reached where I have today, I strongly feel that it is only right that I give back as much as possible for the betterment of our city and country at large. The youth are our future and they should take it upon themselves to make a...

With a view to get the exact figures of HIV infected people, Madurai District Administration would soon form a network of the affected persons and the organisations working for them. District Collector S S Jawahar said that such a network would also help the administration to extend all the...

President Pratibha Patil today called upon the youths to play an active role in eliminating evil social customs and address social issues. "It is incumbent upon the youth of the country to prepare themselves for the responsibilities that lie ahead and to look at the challenges facing the...

Three more freak incidents of Nokia cell phones exploding in Kolkata have given rise to a question: Are the BL 5C batteries to blame yet again or is there a bigger picture? This is the third reported incident of a mobile phone blast in the past two weeks. The daughter in law of the Saha...

HELSINKI (AFP) — Nokia, the world's leading maker of mobile phones, unveiled on Wednesday a new digital music shop designed to loosen the grip of Apple's iTunes on downloads. The high-tech Finnish group is to launch a new portal for users called Ovi, which will include the Nokia Music Store, a...

Seeing the response of his film Heyy Babyy at the BO, Sajid Nadiadwala has asked numerologist Niraj Mancchanda to work on his next film too. If you are wondering why there were two extra 'y's in the title Heyy Babyy , its due to calculations done by numerologist Niraj Mancchanda after he was...

SYDNEY: A steel and concrete wall was being put in place around Australia's largest city Sydney on Friday as officials ramped up security preparations for the APEC summit. The so-called 'ring of steel', a 2.8 metre high wall trailing through the city's main tourist centre near the Sydney Opera...

New Delhi, August 31: India’s growth story remains intact. Down by 30 basis points over the previous year’s figure in the same quarter (9.6 per cent), it has not belied expectations. According to Subir Gokarn, chief economist, Standard & Poor, Asia Pacific, “I don’t see any surprises. The...

Worried about your kids growing up being addicted to junk food? Well then stay away from fatty, sugary and salty foods while pregnant and breastfeeding. The finding is based on a new study by researchers at the Royal Veterinary College, London, who found that mothers who eat junk food during...

As the economy continues to evolve and people have more disposable income in hand, the travel, tourism and hospitality sector has witnessed a phenomenal accretion. Where 10 years ago, the industry was not yet fully developed, the advent of multinational hotels and the boom in Indian tourism has...

Celebrity Big Brother has definitely lifted the star status of actress Shilpa Shetty. The actress, who is currently preparing for her first Broadway play to be staged in United Kingdom, has been approached to play the next Bond girl. Though the actress refused to comment on it, sources close...

New Delhi's stray dogs lead a difficult life. But if it was up to one city councillor, they would find themselves in more hot water soup to be precise. Shipping the thousands of strays to Korea, where dog meat is widely consumed in soup, was one of the more outlandish ideas proposed at a city...

BEIJING: Toy retailer Ma Haibo is unfazed by the recent scandals over dangerous Chinese products. In fact, he does not even know of the recall of 18 million toys in the United States that made global headlines. "I have not heard much about these reports, but our business is still very good,"...

LIMA: A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital on Wednesday, toppling buildings, setting off landslides and killing at least 15 people when a church collapsed in a southern city. Authorities issued a tsunami warning for Latin America's Pacific coast but later...

WASHINGTON: Close on the heels of a US intelligence report of a resurgence of Taliban in Pakistan's border areas, newly declassified documents reveal that Islamabad was directly involved in funding, arming and advising the militant group. The National Security Archives of the George Washington...

On the 15th of August, it's not really surprising the Indian players have freedom on their minds. So what if it is of another kind? So what if they are feeling enslaved just by the game of cricket while their masters are only the short-sighted BCCI? Just two days after scoring a historic Test...

http://www.nokia.com/batteryreplacement/en/ Dear Nokia Customer, This is a product advisory for the Nokia-branded BL-5C battery manufactured by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. Ltd. of Japan between December 2005 and November 2006. This product advisory does not apply to any other Nokia...

Ash-Abhi are making the clasped-hands look quite a trademark. Recently, at a special screening of Guru at Los Angeles, each seemed to be eager to outdo the other by extolling each other. At the discussion that followed the screening, when asked why she chose to act in Guru, Ash said "I love the...

Flown to celebrate the Independence Day in this frontier town, many of the kites that are cut mid-air cross the border and land in Pakistan. “Yes, it happens. People there see kites coming from across the border, which then land on the terraces of their houses,” said Samina Khalid Ghurki...

India’s long march from an agriculture-dominated economy at the time of independence to become the world’s biggest back-office has taken the charm away from government jobs with salaries in private sector higher by as much as two times. According to salary tracking firm Payscale, the median...