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Kolkata: The hill town of Darjeeling recorded a temperature of minus 1 degree Celsius, the coldest in West Bengal on Tuesday, as the metropolis experienced 9.9 degree Celsius – the lowest in seven years. The Regional Meteorological Centre Director G C Debnath said that Darjeeling recorded minus 1 degree Celsius, while... 

London: Prince Charles wants to build an eco-friendly shanty town near Kolkata or Bangalore for 15,000 poor Indians, inspired by the one he saw in Oscar-winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, a media report said. The multi-million-pound venture plan includes schools, shops and 3,000 homes in a tiny area the size... 

Zurich: Lionel Messi’s mesmerizing performances for Barcelona outweighed a disappointing World Cup, ensuring the Argentina forward was named the world’s best player of 2010. Messi won the FIFA award for a second straight year yesterday, finishing ahead of Barcelona teammates Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez. “It’s... 

GADGETS»NEWS ‘App’ named Word of the Year 2010 IANS, January 11, 2011, LONDON High school English teachers are crying into their textbooks over the American Dialect Society’s choice for Word of the Year’ – ‘App’. The abbreviated tech slang for a computer or smart phone application... 

No One Killed Jessica is a dramatisation of the Jessica Lall murder in 1999 and the tumultuous events that followed including the botched up court case, the verdict, which allowed prime accused Manu Sharma to walk free and the ensuing public outcry, which eventually forced a retrial and a sentence of life imprisonment. The... 

Jammu: A flood alert has been issued in Jammu as heavy rains continued to lash the city for three consecutive days. According to reports, several buildings have collapsed in the city. This post was submitted by Deepti gupta. Read More →

Cast: Akshay Kumar,Trisha Krishnan, Makrand Deshpande Director: Priyadarshan Whatever else you do, don’t forget to carry cotton for your ears when you’re heading off to watch This post was submitted by Deepti gupta. Read More →

Cast: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber Director: Phillip Noyce Angelina Jolie’s new spy-thriller Salt is an exciting action blockbuster that succeeds where Tom Cruise’s Knight and Day so badly failed. This post was submitted by Deepti gupta. Read More →

France coach Laurent Blanc will drop all 23 World Cup players for his first match next month as collective punishment for the team’s embarrassing fiasco in South Africa. This post was submitted by Deepti gupta. Read More →

Galle: India on Sunday embark on a third Test series in two years against Sri Lanka, with the world’s top-rated side hoping to end their 17-year drought in the island nation. This post was submitted by Deepti gupta. Read More →