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Phelps throws cold water on comeback reportNadal to meet Federer in Rome final, Serena rolls onAlex Ferguson to bid farewell todayTearful Beckham bids farewell to Paris and careerAfter border row, China PM visits India for stronger tiesPositive diplomacy drowning in jingoism?Pieces of a geo-political puzzleChandila went expensive shopping with the bookieHidden, in plain sightPeople ready to pay for better in-flight service: pollPhelps throws cold water on comeback reportNadal to meet Federer in Rome final, Serena rolls onAlex Ferguson to bid farewell todayTearful Beckham bids farewell to Paris and careerAfter border row, China PM visits India for stronger tiesPositive diplomacy drowning in jingoism?Pieces of a geo-political puzzleChandila went expensive shopping with the bookieHidden, in plain sightPeople ready to pay for better in-flight service: pollPhelps throws cold water on comeback reportNadal to meet Federer in Rome final, Serena rolls onAlex Ferguson to bid farewell todayTearful Beckham bids farewell to Paris and careerAfter border row, China PM visits India for stronger tiesPositive diplomacy drowning in jingoism?Pieces of a geo-political puzzleChandila went expensive shopping with the bookieHidden, in plain sightPeople ready to pay for better in-flight service: pollPhelps throws cold water on comeback reportNadal to meet Federer in Rome final, Serena rolls onAlex Ferguson to bid farewell todayTearful Beckham bids farewell to Paris and careerAfter border row, China PM visits India for stronger tiesPositive diplomacy drowning in jingoism?Pieces of a geo-political puzzleChandila went expensive shopping with the bookieHidden, in plain sightPeople ready to pay for better in-flight service: pollPhelps throws cold water on comeback reportNadal to meet Federer in Rome final, Serena rolls onAlex Ferguson to bid farewell todayTearful Beckham bids farewell to Paris and careerAfter border row, China PM visits India for stronger tiesPositive diplomacy drowning in jingoism?Pieces of a geo-political puzzleChandila went expensive shopping with the bookieHidden, in plain sightPeople ready to pay for better in-flight service: poll
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Troubles getting bigger
Mumbai Police may book Sreesanth in a separate spot-fixing case, seek his custody

S Sreesanth’s troubles seemed to get bigger with the Mumbai Police on Saturday seizing several of his personal belongings and indicating it might book him in a separate spot-fixing case and seek his custody. HT reports. The investigation in Mumbai, Delhi

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After border row, China PM visits India for stronger ties

The India-China border dispute is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, but Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to India is likely to give impetus to bilateral and trade ties. Sutirtho Patranobis & Jayanth Jacob report. Engaging the dragon | China’s ring of friction

Sunday special
Kalahandi: from hunger deaths to a rice revolution

Odisha’s Kalahandi district — once the cause of global embarrassment for India due to its high number of starvation deaths — today stands tall with a five-fold increase in its rice production since 1999, figures reveal. Chetan Chauhan reports.

Wary govt denies advice to CBI in corruption case

Slugfest over food security bill, Rahul blames Oppn

Narendra Modi hails Raman Singh, tears into Centre

8 Jain ‘hawala’ case accused plead guilty

Cong rethinks strategy of wooing Brahmins in UP

Officer killed as army foils infiltration bid in J&K

CWC chalks out ways to rehabilitate rape victims

Delhi students to be published in international journal

Railway staff beat touts in ticket fraud

'Clean' Karnataka cabinet sworn in amid anger

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Red Herring
India’s coolest town

The moment you get out of Gauhati airport, you hear a bunch of people announcing ‘Schlong. Schlong’. The road to the capital of Meghalaya is paved with good intentions and little else. Indrajit Hazra writes.

Sunday Sentiments
A very sharif Nawaz

The first thing that strikes you about Nawaz Sharif is his smile. It’s big and broad and seems to cover his large face. And when he smiles his eyes light up. Karan Thapar writes.
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Cricket betting reveals its pan-India presence

The success of the T20 league appears to have led to, among many outcomes, an upsurge in cricket betting in smaller cities and towns across India. HT reports. Between the lines: Fixing's call centre

Dispensing courage to youngsters

The Delhi gangrape case in 2012 will go down in India’s history for dramatically changing anti-rape laws. Discussion on child sexual abuse on Aamir’s reality show made many open up. Sneha Agrawal reports. Setting a precedent

Book bound
90-yr-old’s 1 lakh books in Karnataka a global hit

Atop an idyllic green hill overlooking Gokarna beach in Karnataka, a 90-year-old priest and former theatre costume designer carefully dusts the 30 bookcases and assorted boxes that house his collection of 1 lakh religious and secular texts. Riddhi Doshi reports.

Debate
Step across this line

Yo Yo Honey Singh attended music classes at the Trinity School in London and Sunny Leone likes watching The Simpsons in her spare time. These are facts that one must consider while deconstructing the impact a proven pornographer and an alleged misogynist have had on the Indian psyche. Shreevatsa Nevatia reports.

Young, beautiful and dramatic at Cannes

Francois Ozon’s Young and Beautiful, running for the Palm d’Or, is one of the most impressive movies screened till now at the Cannes Film Festival, whose 66th edition began on May 15. Gautaman Bhaskaran reports

BLOG | Ecostani
Spot fixing: cricket mandarins not above board

Busting of the spot-fixing scandal this week reveals only one thing that India’s T20 cricket league is a sham against which the government has failed to muster courage for proper investigation. Chetan Chauhan writes. Tailor Talk | Dabs & Jabs
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Cover Story: how is it to be on the longest train journey in India?

As rail travel in India completes 160 years, Aasheesh Sharma and photographer Arijit Sen embark on the adventure of a lifetime aboard the Vivek Express, the country’s longest train ride.
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When Led Zep Reunited

In 2007, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin reunited to produce a concert that many would’ve died to be able to watch live. Six years later, the DVD is out and so is the audio recording. Bliss for middle-aged rockers. READ BLOG

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100 years of Indian cinema

As Indian cinema completes its centenary anniversary, we celebrate it by visiting all the defining moments in its history.
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Are you a Bollywood junkie? Get the latest buzz and updates on the lives of your favourites celebs. Stay tuned and know it first!
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You Read They Learn

You Read, They Learn is a year-long initiative to help educate underprivileged children. every time you pick up a copy of Hindustan Times, a child...
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Karnataka Assembly polls 2013

The latest news on the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections 2013
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Designer jeans, Underworld threats

Police seek footage from official broadcast channel

If found guilty, the trio should be punished

Virat keeps Challengers alive

Board tipped off Jaipur cops

Jealousy the key word for endorsers

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Sports

Virat keeps Challengers alive

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 24 runs in the rain truncated eight overs a side Indian T20 League match in Bangalore. Kaushik Chatterji reports. Scorecard

Gloves are off, Gilly has a ball

With Mumbai needing 51 off the last over, Adam Gilchrist decided to bowl an over. And, he just needed one ball to warp up the match — Harbhajan Singh’s slog found Gurkeerat Mann at long on. Ashutosh Sharma reports.
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Panel probing Walmart’s lobbying charge submits report

A government-appointed committee that was looking into allegations of US retail major Walmart’s lobbying activities to enter the Indian market has submitted its report to corporate affairs minister Sachin Pilot on Saturday.

Overseas business margins under pressure: SBI

Public sector lender State Bank of India chairman Pratip Chaudhuri today said the lender's margins in overseas business were under pressure. However, NPA levels of the bank in the fourth quarter last fiscal remained low compared to third quarter.
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Eva Longoria sizzles in gold


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Sonam Kapoor blooms at Cannes


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Sanjay Dutt's surrender saga

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Whip up a quick mangolicious spread

Are you crazy about mangoes? Well, yes this is your season and in the fourth of our five-part series on mangoes, we help you toss up a lavish spread with the king of fruits.
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Beyonce `pregnant` second time over

Riteish Deshmukh back with Salman Khan

Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone show sizzling chemistry

B'town friends visit Sanjay Dutt at his residence

Let’s talk about cancer: Angelina Jolie, other celebs show the way

Kate Moss, the manicurist!

Veena Malik plans to join politics

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Mahindra e2o detailed road-test review

If you think about it, the e2o is the first ‘car’ that Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has developed in-house and it’s an electric one. The Verito doesn’t really count as it’s been handed down by Renault and the rest of M&M’s products are all UVs, SUVs, trucks and even bikes.

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Facebook outlook still muddled one year after IPO

Some analysts remain lukewarm about Facebook because of its high price-earnings ratio -- Wall Street measure of share price against profits. Even with optimistic profit projections, Facebook's ratio is around 70.

    Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?

    Google Glass, a cross between a mobile computer and eyeglasses that can both record video and surf the Internet, is now available to a select few but is already among the year's most buzz-worthy new gadgets.

    A stretched Samsung chases rival Apple's suppliers

    Overtaking Apple Inc as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics Co's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers.

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    Novelist Irvine Welsh spies future in mixed-media

    Electronic publishing is allowing authors to be more creative and the best ones are successfully blending video and online content with traditional text, says cult writer Irvine Welsh.

      Qantas enlists authors to write books that match flight times

      Calling the airplane the final bastion for the old-fashioned paperback novel, Aussie airline Qantas is launching a series of specially written books that can be read from start to finish within the duration of the flight.

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      Options aplenty at AUD

      Offering a range of interdisciplinary elective courses and applied courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with multiple exit possibilities, Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) allows students to graduate after three years...

      Making a choice: Course or college?

      While a renowned institute can help you build a strong foundation, a good course can give you long-term benefits. Make an informed choice, say experts.
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      Treetop accommodations growing in popularity

      Adventurous travelers interested in branching out may want to consider looking beyond the standard hotel room and gazing further afield at an increasingly popular kind of accommodation: treehouse hotels.

        48 hours in Bucharest

        Got 48 hours to explore Romania's capital and its eclectic mix of western architectural ideas, eastern imagery, 20th century totalitarian megalomania and buzzing nightlife?

        Couchsurfing: an evening with the adventure lovers

        Interacting with a bunch of travelers who live to trust can be a fun experience. On a potluck to share knick-knacks and form travel groups, we caught up with the Couchsurfers in Delhi. Durga M Sengupta writes about the emerging travel lifestyle!
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        Three astronauts return to Earth after half-a-year ISS mission

        The first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan with two crewmates on Tuesday, wrapping up a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

        Boy genius diagnosed with autism has IQ higher than Einstein

        A 14-year-old boy from Indiana, who was diagnosed with moderate to severe autism at the age of 2, has an IQ of 170, which is higher than Einstein’s, and he is now on the road to winning a Nobel Prize.
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