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8 April 2016
Entries by Adrija Bose
Zomato Came Up With A Rather Wicked Name For A List Of Pricey Delhi Restaurants
It's been nearly a week since the Panama Papers hit the headlines of newspapers. The leak of about 11 million secret documents from the Panama-based law firm, Mossack Fonseca, revealed some of the world's biggest names who have set up offshore entities in tax havens around the world.
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An Artist Made A Mashup Of Rahman And Coldplay And The Result Is Pure Magic
(0) Comments | Posted 7 April 2016 | (21:11)
If you have grown up in the 90s, you know there are some musicians and bands that were a part of your adolescent years. Michael Jackson, Kishore Kumar, Nirvana, Madonna, Bryan Adams, Coldplay and AR Rahman saw you through countless heartbreaks.
New Delhi-based singer Vipin Sharma combined Coldplay's 'Adventure of...
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Jungle Book Gets U/A Certificate Because Pahlaj Nihalani Thinks It's Too 'Scary'
(0) Comments | Posted 7 April 2016 | (03:31)
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book has been one of the favorites of children across the world. That was in 1894. Since then it has been shown in different shows--as TV shows and movies.
However, the latest version of it in the form of a movie — The Jungle Book directed...
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The Mexican Ambassador's Official Vehicle Reportedly Denied Parking Because It Is A Humble Auto
(0) Comments | Posted 7 April 2016 | (01:28)
For the last three months, the Mexican Ambassador to India, Melba Pria, has been travelling across Delhi to attend meetings in a chauffeur-driven auto rickshaw. White in colour with a lovely floral pattern and the Mexican flag fluttering proudly above the indicator, her official vehicle might be too cool for...
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10 Photos That Show PM Modi Does The Exact Same Things We Do When Travelling
(1) Comments | Posted 6 April 2016 | (23:51)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is no aam aadmi. Besides the fact that he is the Prime Minister of a country with more than a billion people, and that he is popular and powerful, there are more reasons to envy him.
In a span of one year, he...
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Embattled Hyderabad VC Appa Rao Podile Is In News Again, For Plagiarism
(2) Comments | Posted 6 April 2016 | (01:35)
Appa Rao Podile, the vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad, has been in the eye of the storm for a while now. Students have been protesting against the resumption of duty by Rao who has been blamed for the ‘institutional killing’ of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula. The students have...
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Panama Papers Explained So That Even A 5-Year-Old Can Understand
(4) Comments | Posted 5 April 2016 | (20:47)
A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth.
In a massive investigation, hundreds of journalists went through 11 million documents from the secret files of Mossack Fonseca, a law firm headquartered in tax haven Panama, to reveal...
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West Indies Team Manager Donates To Missionaries Of Charity, Proves Why They Are The Real 'Champions'
(2) Comments | Posted 5 April 2016 | (06:54)
Every time they took a wicket, they did the Champion dance last evening while playing the final match. In fact, they have been doing it throughout the tournament. Finally, West Indies won the T20 World Cup to become the 'champions' for the second time, by beating England.
But that's not...
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JNU Students And Alumni Are Miffed With This Ridiculous Yatra.Com Ad
(66) Comments | Posted 3 April 2016 | (23:42)
Kanhaiya Kumar is no longer just a JNU student who was arrested on charges of sedition. Since he made his fiery speech on March 3, political parties made him the poster boy. They have been lining up to stake claim to his ideology, his oratory skills, and even...
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7 CRPF Jawans Lose Their Lives In Dantewada While Trying To Save A Sick Dog
(0) Comments | Posted 3 April 2016 | (20:48)
They were on a mission to save their four-legged comrade. But, it cost them their lives in a Maoist strike in Dantewada.
On Wednesday, the jawans were trying to arrange medical aid for sick “Scout”, a Belgian Malinois who had proved his mettle as an expert sniffer dog. He had...
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I Took A Bullet For My Indian Colleagues, Says Journalist Who Got Special Dhoni Love
(0) Comments | Posted 1 April 2016 | (20:43)
By now all of us have seen the video where Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned into the interviewer, had some 'fun' and asked a journalist some questions, instead of answering them.
Following the press conference, Sam Ferris, the Australian journalist became the media spotlight. He was swamped by the...
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How The Folks Of Kochi Are Helping A Restaurant Owner Keep A Fridge Full Of Goodies To Feed The Poor
(0) Comments | Posted 1 April 2016 | (00:25)
For the last one week, the road outside a restaurant in Kochi has remained very crowded. And, most of the passersby have a smile plastered on their face--thanks to Minu Pauline and her 420 litre fridge.
Minu, the 28-year-old banker turned restaurateur, wanted to feed many more people than just...
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Jimmy Fallon Has A Message For The World: Do Not Play Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's 'Love Charger'
(1) Comments | Posted 31 March 2016 | (19:23)
It seems Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan is going global. Not for his name, not for his organisation Dera Sacha Sauda and not for his recently launched “swadeshi and organic” products. It's his song that's taking him places.
Last night, Jimmy Fallon, in an episode of The Tonight...
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Hrithik Roshan Is In Trouble Again, For His Tweet On 'Affair With Pope'
(1) Comments | Posted 30 March 2016 | (20:48)
It seems troubles won't end for Hrithik Roshan anytime soon. A tweet by the actor has now landed him in legal soup.
Abraham Mathai, the former Vice-Chairman of the States Minorities Commission, has filed a suit against Roshan for his remarks suggesting that he would have rather have an...
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Sreesanth Joins BJP With Lotus In Hand And Twitter Tries To Figure What's On His Mind
(0) Comments | Posted 30 March 2016 | (03:07)
Former pacer for the Indian cricket team S Sreesanth has donned a new hat. He is now a politician, all ready to contest the Kerala assembly elections. Last Friday, the BJP announced that Sreesanth has formally joined the party and would contest from Thiruvananthapuram.
So, the former cricketer, inspired by...
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NDTV's Prannoy Roy Says India Has Entered An Era Of McCarthyism
(11) Comments | Posted 30 March 2016 | (01:53)
When Prannoy Roy, the well-regarded television anchor and co-founder of NDTV, was presented the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management this week, he had much to say on journalism and how politicians have tried to control the media over the years.
In...
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Disrespect To Constitution? Historian Irfan Habib Says 'Bharat Mata' Is Not Even Indian
(9) Comments | Posted 29 March 2016 | (23:04)
Last week, at the National Executive, the BJP came to a conclusion: "Refusing to chant ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ is disrespect to Constitution."
When Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was asked for his opinion, he said: "Bharat Mata ki Jai is not merely a slogan. It was a...
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In Case You Didn't Get The Invite, This Holi, A Cow And A Bull Are Getting Married In Gujarat
(0) Comments | Posted 24 March 2016 | (02:25)
To spread the message of cow protection, Parasana Charitable Trust, a group in Ahmedabad's Kotiya village has planned a lavish wedding for Poonam and Arjun.
Around 300 guests including 'relatives' of Punam, will leave from Bopal-Ghuma gam for groom Arjun's house in Bagdana village in Bhavnagar. Gold...
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No Food Or Water, Trapped Hyderabad Students Narrate Campus Ordeal
(5) Comments | Posted 24 March 2016 | (01:01)
A month after Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula's death, protesting students of Hyderabad Central University are completely stranded on the campus -- allegedly their internet has been shut down, there's no drinking water or food available in the mess for the last 24 hours.
Tension mounted after the students protested...
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This Is What SRK Was Inspired To Do When He Saw A Fan's Sand Art Video
(0) Comments | Posted 23 March 2016 | (02:55)
Shah Rukh Khan has come a long way--the Bollywood actor who was once a 'Fauji' in a television show went on to become the Badshah of Bollywood.
The same man can now entice a billion fans with a single arm-sweep, and there are movies being made on his fans....
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