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FDI in Retail: All-Party Meeting to End Impasse

The Indian Parliament's winter session is likely to resume soon and the government will try to end an impasse caused by its decision to allow 51 percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the retail sector.

Dec 6, 2011

Facebook Recognizes Govt's Interest in Reducing Abusive Content

Even as Indian internet users are fuming over the government's proposal to screen the content on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google and Yahoo, Facebook has said that it recognizes the government's interest to minimize the abusive content online.

Dec 6, 2011

SRK Criticizes Village Chief for Slapping Woman [VIDEO]

Bollywood actor, Shah Rukh Khan, has tweeted his outrage at scenes of a village chief, from the Muktsar district in Punjab, slapping a woman.

Dec 5, 2011

Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao Blessed with Baby Boy

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, 46, and his wife, Kiran Rao, 38, are on cloud nine; they have been blessed with a baby boy. The celebrity couple made the announcement on Monday.

Dec 5, 2011

Remembering Evergreen Dev Anand: Down the Memory Lane (PHOTO)

As the whole nation is mourning the demise of Indian evergreen actor Dev Anand, who died of cardiac arrest on Sunday, we take you down the memory lane of the legendary actor.

Dec 5, 2011

Maoists Blow up Railway Lines in Jharkhand

Maoists Sunday started a two-day nationwide bandh (shutdown) against the killing of their military commander Kishenji. They blew up railway tracks in Jharkhand.

Dec 4, 2011

Veena Malik's Nude Photoshoot Controversy: Is it Real?

Pakistani actress Veena Malik's nude photoshoot for the cover page of India FHM's December issue has hit the headlines.

Dec 4, 2011

Bellary Bypoll: Sreeramulu Beats BJP, Congress Candidates

In a huge blow to ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, Independent candidate B Sreeramulu on Sunday won Bellary (Rural) Assembly by-poll election in Karnataka by more than 47,000 votes.

Dec 4, 2011

Top ULFA Leader, Indian Journalist Detained in Myanmar

Top ULFA leader Jivan Moran and an Indian journalist have been detained by authorities in Myanmar. However, there was no information about the detention of ULFA's self-styled commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah as reported by a section of the media, Union Home Secretary R K Singh has said.

Dec 4, 2011

Bollywood Mourns Dev Anand's Death

The film fraternity Sunday mourned the death of the legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand.

Dec 4, 2011

Maoists Attack Jharkhand MP's Convoy; 12 Killed

Twelve persons were killed when Maoists attacked the convoy of independent MP and former Jharkhand Assembly speaker Inder Singh Namdhari in Latehar district Saturday.

Dec 4, 2011

Left Blames Mamata for Police Firing Deaths; CM Orders Judicial Probe

Following the Communist Party of India-Marxist's allegation that the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal is responsible for the death of two people in a police firing, the Chief Minister said Saturday that a judicial probe would be conducted into the incident.

Dec 4, 2011