Christmas cakes, candles, carols amid security in Kolkata

KOLKATA - The city donned a Christmas robe Thursday to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with cakes, cookies, candles and carols amid tight security for a peaceful festivity.

Hasty military action will jeopardize long-term national interest (Comment)

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s pithy observation that ‘nobody wants war’ should serve as an appropriate response to the acerbic comment made earlier by Pakistani Army Chief, General Pervez Kayani, that Islamabad could retaliate within minutes of any Indian pre-emptive strike on Pakistani territory.

Woman chops off husband’s head

KOLKATA - A woman allegedly chopped off her husband’s head in a West Bengal village as part of tantra rituals, but police Wednesday said a love affair with another man was behind the murder.

Chandigarh hotels cancel Christmas, New Year parties

CHANDIGARH - Come Christmas and New Year, and this city gets into party mode. But this year all prominent hotels and even clubs and discotheques have cancelled celebrations in the wake of the shocking tragedy in Mumbai a month ago.

Fog delays flights: aviation regulator helpless

NEW DELHI - An under-staffed aviation regulator is finding it difficult to crack down on airlines guilty of not doing enough to avoid flight delays due to dense winter fog, officials say.

India slammed for ‘killing’ Mohali Test

LONDON - English cricket writers slammed ‘myopic’ Team India Wednesday for allowing Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh to bat on at the expense of a result in the second Test against England in Mohali.

US to deliver 21,000 tonnes of food to North Korea

WASHINGTON - The US plans to deliver another 21,000 tonnes of food to North Korea in the near future, the US State Department has said.

Tobacco giant Philip Morris infiltrated Thai research: Report

BANGKOK - A scientist working for the American cigarette-maker Philip Morris infiltrated a Thai research institute, a study alleged.

New organic bulbs better for lighting

WASHINGTON - Green compact fluorescent bulbs cast a cold light, which does not seem to go well with many. Now researchers have achieved a new record in efficiency of blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which will be more agreeable.

All my films will star my son Adhyayan: Shekhar Suman

MUMBAI - Actor Shekhar Suman is not interested in talking about his 20-year-old son Adhyayan’s reported affair with actress Kangana Ranaut. Instead, he talks about how all the films made by his production house will star his son.

Hawker boys to play Santa to Kolkata street dwellers

KOLKATA - Throughout the year, these boys sell strawberries, toffees, mouth fresheners, roses and newspapers at city crossings to earn a living. This Christmas eve they will don Santa Claus robes and shower gifts on pavement dwellers.

Indian representation over in women’s ITF

NEW DELHI - Ankita Bhambri fought hard but failed to clear the second hurdle and so did Shikha Uberoi and Poojashree Venkatesh to end India’s fight in the $50,000 women’s ITF tournament at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) stadium here Wednesday.

Positive signs in Indian politics in 2008 (Yearender - 3)

Indian politics can be said to have taken a giant step forward in 2008 by showing the politicians that their familiar exploitation of caste, religion and region will no longer yield dividends.

For M.F. Husain, coming back is fraught with risk: Son

NEW DELHI - He does not want his illustrious father, M.F. Husain, to come back from Dubai. But that has not stopped Shamshad Husain from fondly painting the master artist’s formative and defining years in India, replete with family memories.

Like Aamir, I’m also quite a perfectionist: Asin

NEW DELHI - Aamir Khan’s perfectionist attitude often sends jitters down his co-stars’ spines. But southern beauty Asin, who is set to make her Bollywood debut with Aamir in ‘Ghajini’, says she had no issues matching up to the superstar as she too always settles for nothing but the best.

Michael Jackson denies being ill

LONDON - Pop legend Michael Jackson has denied that he is seriously ill and needs a lung transplant, slamming his biographer’s claims to be a ‘complete fabrication’.

Piramal Healthcare acquires US firm for $40 mn

MUMBAI - Indian pharma major Piramal Healthcare will acquire Minrad Inernational Inc of the US for approximately $40 million, a top company official said here Tuesday.

Government pushes rate cuts, pegs growth at 7 percent

NEW DELHI - The Indian government Tuesday nudged the central bank to reduce key interest rates in a bid to offset the impact of global slowdown on the country’s economy, while warning that growth could fall to seven percent this fiscal.

Dasmunsi re-elected AIFF president, Colaco to continue

NEW DELHI - An ailing Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was Tuesday unanimously re- elected as the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) while paid secretary-general Alberto Colaco will stay in office for some more time, though his contract ends Dec 31.

Sri Lanka Cricket led by Ranatunga dissolved

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge Tuesday dissolved the interim committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) headed by former world-cup winning cricket team captain Arjuna Ranatunga.

Court stays worldwide release of Aamir-starrer ‘Ghajini’

CHENNAI/MUMBAI - The much-awaited release of Aamir Khan-starrer Hindi film ‘Ghajini’ has been nixed with the Madras High Court Tuesday staying its worldwide screening Thursday after the producers of the Tamil film on which it is based filed objections.

It was great learning experience in India, says Pietersen

MOHALI - Despite losing the two-match Test series 1-0, England skipper, Kevin Pietersen feels that it was a great learning experience to play in India.

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