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‘I am a total drama queen’
In Bollywood, if one doesn’t believe in ‘marketing oneself as a brand, chances are that either he or she is too confident of his or her acting prowess or just happy to struggle his or her way up, gradually’.
Former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri and Sudheendra Kulkarni at Mani Bhavan in Mumbai on Tuesday. PTIInk attack sparks India-Pak spat
Delhi says needs no lessons in pluralism in respose to Pak raising concerns14 Oct 2015 | 2:08 AM
NEW DELHI: The rise of the radical in India over the past few days returned to cast its shadow over the India-Pakistan ties on Tuesday.
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Why return award, writers can talk to state govts: Minister
14 Oct 2015 | 1:12 AM
NEW DELHI: Severely sullied in the backwash of a spate of litterateurs returning their state-sponsored awards, the government today asked the writers to air their grievances with the respective state governments or write to the Prime Minister.
Drifting apart: Sena takes on CM, goes solo in civic polls
14 Oct 2015 | 1:12 AM
MUMBAI: Candidates of the Shiv Sena today filed nominations for all the seats in the forthcoming elections to the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation after the party decided not to tie up with the BJP, party sources said here today.
‘Rail roko’ off as farmers plan new stir
14 Oct 2015 | 1:12 AM
CHANDIGARH: Following their meeting with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal yesterday, Punjab farmers today called off their ‘rail roko’ agitation.
Prices of pulses soar amid hoarding fears
14 Oct 2015 | 1:47 AM
CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR: Already bearing the brunt of rising prices of fruit and vegetables, the common man has been hit hard by soaring costs of pulses in the local markets across the region.
China’s dam on Brahmaputra gets going
14 Oct 2015 | 1:12 AM
BEIJING: China today operationalised its $1.5 billion Zam Hydropower Station, the largest in Tibet, built on the Brahmaputra, which has raised concerns in India over the likelihood of disrupting water supplies.
China reopens border with Nepal for supplies
14 Oct 2015 | 1:12 AM
BEIJING: Amid mounting pressure on Nepal’s government over dwindling supplies of goods from India due to the ongoing violent agitation over the new Constitution, China today reopened its border with Nepal in Tibet which Chinese officials say will see “explosive growth” in trade.
Saluting Corbusier
Celebrating Chandigarh and its present
Shiv Sena’s unworthy tactics
Only India''s global image smeared
Mother of eggs
Neoliberal India needs a rural revolution
Kewal Raj Dawar
A big push for rural transformation is the need of the time. The concept of smart villages is highly appreciable. The gradual extension of its domain will bring down the rural-urban gap and add economic vitality to the system.
Whitefly epidemic result of system failure
S.S Johl
The system to allow use of pesticides and fertilisers, if meticuloulsy followed, is perfect. The parameters neither permit any deviation nor leave scope for any kind of delinquency. How come, in the case of the whitefly epidemic, the system in place was totally bypassed with impunity?
Sena warns of break-up with NDA, BJP says ‘pressure tactic’
14 Oct 2015 | 1:40 AM
NEW DELHI: As the Shiv Sena honoured its six party men who smeared former BJP ideologue Sudheendra Kulkarni’s face with black paint and talked about walking away from the NDA, BJP leaders dismissed the thought as “mere pressure tactics”.
Another undertrial escapes from District Courts
14 Oct 2015 | 1:53 AM
CHANDIGARH:Less than a month after four undertrials escaped from the judicial lock-up at the District Courts, Sector 43, another undertrial escaped from police custody with the help of his girlfriend and two other friends today.
Policemen run for cover after being attacked by Sikh protesters with stones and sticks at Buttar Kalan village in Moga district on Tuesday10 cops hurt in Moga village arson
14 Oct 2015 | 1:54 AM
At least 10 police personnel, including an SP, were injured in a clash with activists of radical Sikh groups at Buttar Kalan village in Moga district today.
Crackdown on protesters boomerangs on police
14 Oct 2015 | 1:52 AM
FARIDKOT: The situation continued to remain tense as the number of protesters kept swelling in Bargari village of Faridkot district today.
Now, farmers to gherao legislators
14 Oct 2015 | 1:52 AM
CHANDIGARH: With farmers calling off their “rail roko” agitation this afternoon, a new phase of protests would start from tomorrow.
Lethargy slows down digital thrust
14 Oct 2015 | 12:52 AM
CHANDIGARH: Inexperience cuts both ways and the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government in Haryana understands this more than anybody else.
IGMC to have campus in Shimla’s suburbs: CM
14 Oct 2015 | 12:19 AM
SHIMLA: The premier Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) would have a second campus at Chamyana in the suburbs of the town to cater to the needs of the people for which the process is already on, said Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh while speaking at the Golden Jubilee celebration function of the IGMC here today.
Mufti heads for Delhi to seek much-awaited Rs 1.25 lakh cr
14 Oct 2015 | 1:05 AM
JAMMU: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will leave for Delhi tomorrow to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the plea to release a financial package for the state to enable the coalition government sustain itself politically and economically.
MP: Development only on paper, scams in reality
14 Oct 2015 | 1:07 AM
PAURI: Haridwar MP Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank today criticised the Congress-led state government for its failure to provide development-oriented governance.
Rockets hit Russian embassy during rally in Syrian capital
14 Oct 2015 | 1:16 AM
DAMASCUS: Two rockets struck the Russian embassy in Damascus today sparking panic as several hundred people gathered to express their support for Moscow’s air war in Syria.
Govt ups black money hunt with new tax tool
14 Oct 2015 | 12:30 AM
New Delhi: The government is set to unveil an ambitious PAN activity monitoring and analysis software tool that will enable the Income Tax Department to check transactions history of a person country-wide and help sleuths in effective tracking of black money trail.
The Indian players during a training session on the eve of the second ODI in Indore. PTIDhoni in distress, team in trouble
14 Oct 2015 | 1:43 AM
INDORE: Going through the toughest phase of his cricketing life, an under-fire Mahendra Singh Dhoni will seek to revive his career and change the fortunes of his dispirited team when the hosts take on South Africa in the second One-dayer here on Wednesday.
SA’s plan to stop Rohit: Get him in first 10 balls
14 Oct 2015 | 1:43 AM
INDORE: Rohit Sharma's form is giving South Africa some tough time and the Proteas are planning to get the marauding right-hander out of their way in the first 10 balls of the match.
Younis becomes Pak’s highest run-getter
14 Oct 2015 | 1:43 AM
ABU DHABI:Younis Khan became Pakistan's all-time leading run scorer in Test cricket and Shoaib Malik scored his first century in almost six years, as the home side posted 286-4 at the end of the opening day of the first Test against England.
LIFE+STYLE
‘I am a total drama queen’
In Bollywood, if one doesn’t believe in ‘marketing oneself as a brand, chances are that either he or she is too confident of his or her acting prowess or just happy to struggle his or her way up, gradually’.
- Star Track
Kangana talks about her struggle
Kangana Ranaut, who has earned the epithet of Bollywood's Queen, was recently in London to speak at the Women in the World Summit.
- Gyan Zone
When youth rocks!
From a bhangra on the Gangnam Style to a selfie on the stage, who can match the excitement of youth and the energy of college life? Freshers’ party for the diploma wing students of Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET) had all it takes to rock.
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A dream set in stone
Chandigarh is a beautiful thought Chandigarh was a new culture introduced to Independent India. Unlike the unplanned towns and villages of Punjab, Himachal and Haryana, people came here live in a newly made setup.Corbusier’s creation
The sham of Free Basics
Debunking hoax viral stories
Style your home
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The war against women
Tiny Nepal has shown the way with a National Action Plan for Women. The Himalayan nation has become an example not just for its much bigger regional peers but beyond South Asia too.Digital boost for dying languages
Aditi, a student of Class 12 in Delhi, loves the sing-song quality of conversations between her mother and grandmother in Nyishi, a language spoken in the North-East. Stressed under the fiercely competitive education system, she never had time to learn her mother tongue.Broad brush
The Changdeokgung Palace during a ‘moonlight tour’ in Seoul.
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Khushwant’s pen driveOf wounds that won’t heal - Travel
Where you can island hop - Society
Beat the blues creativelyDon’t bank on them for confidentiality
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Chic chefs
It is ironic though that it is standard norm for women to be in the kitchen at home, they are not seen in the kitchens of professional setting.
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