Nagpur: Encouraged by a Supreme Court verdict, making live-in relationships legal and inspired by a recent meet of senior citizens in Ahmedabad, in search of a life partner, elders in Nagpur have decided to give the idea a go. A group of senior citizens under the banner of 'Jyeshtha Nagrik Liv-In Relationship Mandal', led by a former banker Arvind Godbole hit on the idea to float an organisation for helping...
12:24 PM, Jan 24, 2012
London: French actress Vanessa Paradis has spoken about her feelings as her 14-year relationship with Hollywood star Johnny Depp is said to be on the brink of collapse. The 39-year-old, who has two children with the Pirates Of The Caribbean star, was in Paris promoting 'Cafe De Flore', in which she plays a single mother, reported Daily Mail. The actress did not refer to Depp by name and claimed she...
01:15 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Los Angeles: Johnny Depp's 14-year romance with French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis has hit the rocks, People magazine claimed on Wednesday, and the couple are living largely separate lives. In a cover story for this week's issue of People called 'Love Gone Wrong', the celebrity magazine quoted several unnamed sources as saying the pair's relationhip is nearing an end. The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star, 48, and Paradis, 39,...
11:40 AM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: Despite legal legitimacy, live-in relationships are largely perceived to be immoral and it is a fad visible only in urban areas, a Delhi court observed on Tuesday while dubbing it as "infamous western cultural product". In remarks that may stoke a controversy, Additional Sessions Judge Surinder S Rathi said, "Traditionally peaking, live-in relationships were alien to our nation till late. Even today it is fad which is visible...
07:58 AM, Jan 18, 2012
Writing about relationships is not an easy task. The writing has to come from a personal place, known and sometimes unknown to the writer. While reading 'Overwinter', I had mixed feelings - sometimes of joy but mostly of sadness and Ratika Kapur, intelligently has managed to evoke these emotions in her readers. 'Overwinter' is not an easy book to forget. It has been two days since I have finished it...
02:30 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Washington: US hopes to sustain a strong relationship with the Indian military, a top Pentagon official has said. "We have and certainly hope to continue a very strong relationship with the Indian military," Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt John Kirby told reporters at a news conference. "They are contributing to issues in Afghanistan in a very constructive way, whether it's training or economic assistance, and we certainly want to see that...
08:13 AM, Jan 12, 2012
Washington: The Obama Administration is working to improve its relationship with Pakistan as this is in the interest of the US, top officials said on Monday. "We have an important relationship with Pakistan. We have a complicated relationship with Pakistan. We continue to work on it because it's in the interests of the American people and in the interests of American national security to do so," White House Press Secretary...
03:26 AM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh has rubbished reports that he is in a relationship."Guys just for the record. I am single! A lot of speculation happening. Wouldn't mind betting into a relation!" Neil tweeted. Rumours were abuzz that Neil was in relationship with a Delhi-based girl. However, the actor has set the record straight, adding he dislikes people who use the word love frivolously. "I'm a "real" person! Hate...
01:30 PM, Jan 08, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday expressed hope that the positive trends seen in Indo-Pak relations in 2011 would continue this year to boost the agenda of development and prosperity in the region. Khar made the remarks when Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal paid a courtesy call on her. She said "2011 had been a positive year for Pakistan-India bilateral relations". She expressed the hope that "this...
09:31 PM, Jan 03, 2012
London: Predictive text, a marvel of mobile phones that has made it quicker and easier to communicate with people, has been blamed for errors that can sabotage relationships by leaving users fuming. Predictive texting is a facility that makes SMSing faster especially for phones with non-qwerty keyboard. The latest submissions to the DamnYouAutoCorrect website show how the simple predictive text misspelling of the words 'at Pam's' resulted in a very...
11:41 AM, Jan 02, 2012
New Delhi: Dr Pratap Bhanu Mehta is a man who wears many hats and juggles many roles. He has closely observed and written about Indian politics and education for more than twenty years now. On Sunday, Mehta won the Infosys Prize 2011 for Political Science & International Relations. Some time back, when CNN-IBN caught up with him, he had said he was going through some sort of a professional identity...
08:45 AM, Jan 02, 2012
Jammu: Violating the ceasefire yet again, Pakistani troops fired at a BSF patrol party leaving a jawan injured in Samba district. Pakistani troops fired on the patrol party along the International Border (IB) in Khowara belt in Samba district last night, a senior BSF officer said on Thursday. In the firing, a BSF jawan was injured, he said, adding that he has been admitted to a hospital. "It was a...
11:58 AM, Dec 31, 2011
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12:04 PM, Dec 17, 2011
Ancient India and China never coveted others lands. Both feared the marauding hordes from Central Asia who ultimately assimilated into both the Indian and Chinese fold. India was protected to an extent by the Himalayas whereas the Chinese had to build a great wall, but both the obstacles were breached a number of times. China was influenced by Indian ideas when Hieun Tsang and others before him visited India and...
01:16 PM, Dec 13, 2011
Washington: Amid growing uneasiness in the US over the rise of Chinese military power, Washington on Tuesday asserted that its interest in the Asia-Pacific region is not targeted towards any specific country, but towards the general peace and security of the region. "The United States views the Asia-Pacific region as a top priority. Our policy is focused on the region and not on any one country in particular," George Little,...
06:38 AM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: The extension to trade for four days in a week and the proposal to raise infrastructure at the trade center have given businessmen in the valley much to cheer about. LoC trade is now worth more than Rs 800 crore three years since it began. Custodian Officer, Salamabad Nazir Ahmad Baba said, "If the items are increased, the quantum of trade will increase. There are number of unemployed...
07:03 AM, Nov 19, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama held talks in Bali on the sidelines of ASEAN Summit on Friday. This was the their first meeting since Obama's visit to India in 2010. According to the sources, Singh and Obama held discussions on nuclear civil cooperation and future bilateral ties. Addressing the press in Bali Obama said, "This is an outstanding occasion to discuss how we can...
07:17 AM, Nov 18, 2011
Through the centuries, the enticing aroma of spices lured Indian sea traders to the shores of a sprawling archipelago. Made up of over seventeen thousand islands scattered across 5 thousand kilometers, Indonesia was a land of promise that sparked the curiosity of Indian traders and merchants who came in pursuit of commercial and economic activity. From the majestic splendour of Prambanan, the largest Hindu temple complex in Yogyakarta in Central...
01:25 PM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: Shekhar Naik is a man on a mission. His team of visually impaired cricketers are all set for their Pakistan series - the first time since 26/11 that any sports team from India will be playing in Pakistan. And they're very excited. Shekhar Naik Lachma said, "We believe India and Pak are one, we want to prove that." Not only are Naik and his boys confident that they...
08:53 AM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Most Favoured Nation status, granted by Pakistan to India, will be formalised by the end of January. Pakistan's Commerce Secretary Zafar Mahmood, ahead of Day two of talks with India, said the process has been endorsed by the Pakistani Cabinet. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Mehmood said Pakistan is looking forward to increase trade relations with India. Mahmood said, "The Pakistan cabinet has endorsed the MFN process and...
08:58 AM, Nov 15, 2011
