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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 ...

  • Arunima becomes worlds first woman to scale Mt. Everest with prosthetic legs

    In a stellar show of indomitable spirit, Arunima Sinha became the first woman in the world to conquer Mt. Everest with prosthetic legs, when she successfully climbed the world's highest peak Tuesday. The 26-year-old scaled the peak at 10.55 a.m. carrying the tri-colour. The achievement coincides with the 60th anniversary of the first conquest of the Mt Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing ...

  • A Mughlai treat to rejuvenate taste buds

    An ongoing food festival offering true Mughlai flavours -- spicy aromatic biryanis with vegetables, fish, chicken and mutton accompaniments -- will leave you craving for more. Flavors of Mughals, a Mughlai restaurant located in Central Arcade in Gurgaon, is hosting the feast Mock-e-Biryani till May 25. A simple and not-so-elaborate menu has been prepared especially for the festival, offering ...

  • Two Ghaziabad cops arrested for extortion

    Two police constables were arrested in Ghaziabad for harassing a newly-married couple and extorting Rs.8,000 from them, police said Tuesday. The incident occurred Monday evening at Shipra Mall near Indirapuram here. The couple came for marketing in the mall. When they were boarding their car, the police constables, Vipin and Satish, posted at Shipra Sun City police post stopped the husband and ...

  • Tennis Easy for seeded players

    Top-ranked Siddant Jagdish Banthia led the bunch of seeded players into the quarter-finals of the Karle Infra ATF Under-14 Asian ranking junior tennis tournament here Tuesday that saw all fancied players making smooth progress. Joining Banthia in the round of eight were local hopes, second seed Adil Kalyanpur and No.3 Sai Pranav Ponaka both of whom made an untroubled progress. The ...

Movie Review

Grease 2 [DVD]

Grease 2 [DVD]

There was a time when I might have tried to mount a vigorous defense for Grease 2, arguing that it is not nearly as bad as it is often made out to be. Following the original Grease, a Broadway hit and the most successful movie musical of all time, how could Grease 2 be anything but a disappointment? It lacked the star power of then-red-hot John Travolta, the chance to exploit ... ...

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  • Delhi cops to quiz Sreesanth for five more days

    A Delhi court Tuesday extended by five days the police custody of cricketer S. Sreesanth, his Rajasthan Royals teammates Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila and eight bookies for alleged spot-fixing in the ongoing IPL. Metropolitan Magistrate Saumya Chauhan granted police custody of the players and the bookies till May 26 when they were presented in a packed courtroom at the end of their earlier ...

  • The Hangover Part III revisits Las Vegas

    The third installment of "The Hangover" series will take the lead characters of the movie back to Las Vegas, where the plot of the first movie was sketched. Starring Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha and Zachary Galifianakis, the film hits theatres in India May 31. Directed by Todd Phillips, the movie will take a two-year leap and the lead characters Stu, Phill, Doug and Alan will be ...

  • Pune Warriors pull out of IPL

    Pune Warriors India, owned by Sahara India Parivar, Tuesday announced they were pulling out of Indian Premier League (IPL). "It is firm and final decision of Sahara to withdraw from IPL," said a Sahara statement. Sahara failed to pay the full franchise fee for the current year which resulted in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) encashing the bank guarantee, leading to the ...

  • Dos and donts while travelling

    If you are planning to go on a summer vacation, make sure you are well-equipped. If stylish hats, sunglasses, and sunscreen lotion are a must have, avoid overloading bags and over-exerting yourself. Hotels.com, the global hotel bookings expert, shares a few travel tips that will help plan your holidays better. Check it out: Travel light: Carry stuff that you actually need. Don't overload your ...

  • India raised PoK construction activity with China Khurshid

    India had flagged its concerns about Chinese construction activity in Pakistan-administered Kashmir during talks between Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said here Tuesday. "Chinese construction activity in PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) is a cause of concern for us. We raised the issue during talksWe flagged our concernsWe ...

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