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  • India and China agree to boost trade and paper over border differences India and China agree to boost trade and paper over border differences

    NEW DELHI - India and China Monday played down a recent border stand-off and agreed to maintain peace along their disputed boundary as well as boost economic relations. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, who decided to make India the first stop of his maiden foreign jaunt as premier, stressed that the population of the two nations comprised one third of the world. Both countries have ...

  • Li pushes for sunlight ties that clouds cannot darken

    Reiterating his philosophy that India and China need to shake hands across the Himalayas, visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Tuesday pushed for greater economic integration between the two Asian giants and combining the strengths of their 2.5 billion people to make an impact on the global scene. At an address organized by the business chamber FICCI and the Indian Council of World Affairs ...

  • India China held specific discussions Khurshid

    India and China held very "specific" discussions without "shying away from anything", External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said here Tuesday. About the discussion, Khurshid said: "How are we addressing trans-border rivers, trade imbalance, aspirations as far as the United Nations is concernedThere was no shying away from anything." He added that the talks were "very specificvery ...

  • Sammy ecstatic after propelling Sunrisers into the playoffs

    West Indies captain Darren Sammy says he was ecstatic after scoring the winning hits that propelled Sunrisers Hyderabad into the playoffs of the Indian Premier league (IPL). Sunrisers defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets to secure the final playoff spot at the expense of Chris Gayle's Royal Challengers Bangalore. Sammy hit Kolkata Knight Riders' most successful bowler on display ...

  • Sensex trades nearly 0.30 percent down auto stocks down

    A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets was trading nearly 0.30 percent down in the pre-afternoon trade Tuesday owing to negative foreign cues and continued profit-booking. There was healthy buying spree in IT, technology, media and entertainment (TECk) and consumer durables stocks. However, scrips like automobile, health care, capital goods and realty plummeted. The 30-scrip ...

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You Don't Mess With the Zohan

You Don't Mess With the Zohan

You have to give Adam Sandler some credit: He is trying new things and working to expand his particular brand of juvenile comedy, albeit not always successfully. Last summer he tried playing a hypersexualized lothario who pretends to be gay to help his best friend keep his wor ... ...

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  • Nawazuddin celebrates 39th birthday at Cannes

    It was what Nawazuddin Siddiqui calls the most memorable birthday of his life. He celebrated his 39th birthday with friends like Anurag Kashyap, Madhu Mantena, Vikas Behl and Tannishta Chatterjee at Cannes. But he had nothing special to wear. "What to do," asked the brilliant actor, who has four films in various sections at the ongoing 66th Cannes International Film Festival. "I had no time to ...

  • President to get taste of Shimlas colonial past

    President Pranab Mukherjee will visit this hill town for one-and-a-half days beginning Thursday. During his stay, he will get a taste of British era heritage. Mukherjee will stay at The Retreat, the summer holiday resort of the president, on the outskirts of Shimla, an official told IANS. Constructed in 1850, The Retreat was once the summer residence of the British viceroys when this hill town ...

  • Pappu Yadav released from jail

    Four days after the court acquitted former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on charges of killing CPI-M leader Ajit Sarkar, he was formally released from jail here Tuesday, police officials said. Citing lack of evidence, the Patna High Court last Friday acquitted Yadav in the case related to Sarkar's murder. Left Front parties in Bihar last Saturday had urged the CBI to appeal in the ...

  • President vice president PM pay tribute to Rajiv Gandhi

    President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday paid homage to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 22nd death anniversary. The leaders offered flowers at his memorial Vir Bhumi here. Sonia Gandhi, the late leader's wife, was also joined by son and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, daughter Priyanka and ...

  • I thought Im too ugly to be an actress Shruti Haasan

    Actress Shruti Haasan, daughter of legendary actor Kamal Haasan and actress Sarika, always wanted to be in showbiz, but was skeptical about facing the camera because she didn't find herself attractive enough to be a heroine. "I always wanted to become actress, but I always thought I am too ugly to be an actress. I was always in the sport, in the sun and always running around. I always thought ...

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