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  • India and China strategic partners and good friends Li

    India and China were "strategic partners and good friends" that could speak to each other with candour, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Monday while stressing on discussions between the two on the border issue and river waters. Addressing the media alongside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the visiting premier said the two countries had worked to "maintain tranquillity and peace in the border ...

  • Seeds sowed today should be harvested in autumn Li

    Stating that he looked forward to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit later this year, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang turned poet of sorts Monday to say that seeds sowed in spring sould be harvested in autumn. Addressing the media alongside Manmohan Singh, he said the Indian leader's visit would "harvest the fruits of cooperation between China and India". "We hope that the seeds we sowed today ...

  • BJP protests outside CBI office in Chandigarh

    Police had to use water cannons to disperse scores of BJP workers who clashed with police during a protest near the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office here Monday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers were seeking the ouster of the CBI Chandigarh region chief Mahesh Aggarwal alleging that he had leaked information about the raids of the CBI's Delhi team on former railways minister ...

  • India China border experts will meet soon

    Special representatives of India and China will meet soon to discuss their disputed border where Chinese incursion sparked tensions recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. Speaking to the media jointly with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Manmohan Singh said that while India and China have had differences, relations had been built steadily in the more recent times. He said both ...

  • Tripura strike Tuesday to protest murders

    Opposition parties have called a 12-hour shut-down in Tripura Tuesday to protest the killing of three newspaper employees who were murdered at their office here, a Congress leader said. The three employees of 'Dainik Ganadoot', a vernacular daily were killed by unidentified assailants Sunday. "Chief Minister Manik Sarkar must resign owning moral responsibility to this barbaric crime. Congress ...

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The Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion

Disneys The Haunted Mansion is, like last summers Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, inspired by the theme-park ride of the same name. Scripted by David Berenbaum (Elf), The Haunted Mansion uses the rides familiar visuals as a leaping-off point for the horror-comedy, which is at times delightfully silly and at other times depressingly thin. ...

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  • Traffic restrictions for Lis visit hits commuters

    Commuters here faced difficulties Monday morning as traffic restrictions were placed in and around central Delhi and in parts of south Delhi due to the visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. According to directions issued by Delhi Traffic Police, traffic was restricted since Sunday night due to the VIP movement across the city. Traffic police closed access to Sardar Patel Marg from Panchsheel ...

  • Close Agra monuments in afternoon

    Emplayees at monuments in Taj city Agra should get a four-hour lunch break to give them some respite from the scorching heat, Federation of Travel Agents of India Rajiv Tiwari said here Monday. "I have written to the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) asking them to close the Taj Mahal and other monuments for three to four hours in the afternoon to save tourists and employees the nightmarish ...

  • Ranbir has taken a road less travelled Rishi Kapoor

    Rishi Kapoor admits that "films are our family business", is happy that his son Ranbir entered filmdom and praises him for taking an unconventional route to stardom without his help. Rishi told IANS: "I am very proud that my son is trying to keep the flag of the Kapoor's flying. I always encourage him and want him to do better work." Rishi wants Ranbir to be successful while being level ...

  • Tibetans protest in Delhi hold Chinese premier responsible for self-immolations

    Tibetan organisations are staging protests in different parts of Delhi against the three-day state visit to India of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Shouting slogans against the visiting Chinese dignitary, the Tibetans said they held Keqiang responsible for the spate of self immolations in their homeland. "Li Keqiang is responsible for the killings in Tibet. 117 self immolations have happened and ...

  • Rohtang Pass to reopen for tourists from Wednesday

    The majestic Rohtang Pass, which is still wrapped in a thick blanket of snow near this picturesque tourist resort of Himachal Pradesh, will be reopened for the tourists from Wednesday, an official said. "The tourists bound for Rohtang Pass from Manali will be allowed to travel Wednesday onwards," district tourism officer Vinay Dhiman told IANS here on Monday. At present, the tourists are not ...

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