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A list of 15 individuals and trusts allegedly holding secret accounts in the tax haven of Liechtenstein was released by Tehelka news magazine on Friday. The list was handed over to the Indian government in March 2009, and the government took the stand that the names could not be disclosed as they had been given by the German... 

The 3D Alpha and Omega is the first Hollywood project designed by an Indian animation studio The Indian animation market might still be grappling to create a fanbase because of its reliance on mythological subjects, but that hasn’t prevented Indian animators from creating ripples overseas. For Lionsgate Productions’ latest... 

Top Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal reached her career-best ranking in WISPA by rising to the 24th spot. This is the best-ever ranking for an Indian woman, bettering Misha Grewal’s 27 achieved in 1995. Dipika is now at the same level as Saurav Ghosal who dropped from 23 to 24 in the men’s PSA ranking this month. The... 

He loves to take potshots at fellow actors in Bollywood, but this time Salman Khan has developed disliking for the term ‘Bollywood’ itself. The actor finds the name for the Indian film industry very disgusting. “Hate this bloody name, bollywood, koi naam hai kya? Disgusting,” wrote Salman Khan on his... 

Apart from individual honours and prize money, a berthat next year”s London Olympic Games is also at stake for theIndian army trio of Meghalaya-born Lyngkhoi, and UP-born Yadavand Angad. The magical mark of 2:18 is beckoning them and otherchallengers and they are hopeful of achieving it though theoverworked Yadav, running... 

Pongal is the harvest festival celebrated by Tamilians across the globe and falls on January 14th of every year. The festival coincides with Makara Sankranti which is also celebrated throughout the nation during this time. Pongal in Tamil means “boiling over” so on this festive day the milk is boiled in a clay pot... 

BANGALORE: The looming sovereign debt crisis in Europe may impact the Indian IT industry’s growth in 2011 in case of defaults, a top official of the IT bellwether Infosys Technologies Ltd said. Though the slow economic recovery in the developed markets has not impacted our business till now, the sovereign debt crisis... 

The snub to Sourav Ganguly in the IPL players auction shocked his former team Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowling coach Wasim Akram, who said he expected any of the other franchise to pick the ex-India captain for his “experience and leadership qualities”. In a major embarrassment for Ganguly, he was not picked... 

Ever since I was young there has been a halo around the name of Swami Vivekananda, as there was around his master’s, Sri Ramakrishna. Recognition outside India meant a lot a hundred years ago; it was an enviable kind of validation. But to be candid, none of this reverence affected my life. Vedanta was just an arcane term,... 

Bangalore: Investigations have revealed that Swami Nithyananda was blackmailed just before his sex scandal broke out. During interrogation, Swami Nithyananda admitted that he paid 1.4 million pounds to a blackmailer to stop the release of a video of him having sex with a popular Indian film actress, reports the Telegraph. It’s...