Narayana Murthy on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose - indian-enews

“Netaji could have taken us past China” — the TOI quotes Infosys chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy. Here’s a bit. “He was bold, upright and could take on anybody. He could question even Mahatma Gandhi and dared to disagree with him, which he did on the dominion status issue. Netaji knew that areas...

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Kalam, Dhoni to urge young voters to register

New Delhi, Jan 24: Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam along with cricketer M.S. Dhoni will urge the youths in the country to get registered as voters and participate in democracy. "Messages from regional icons are also being used to ask the youths to register and vote." As part of the drive, Kalam...

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13/7 Mumbai blasts case cracked, 2 from Bihar arrested: ATS | 13/7 Mumbai blast case solved

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on Monday claimed to have cracked the July 13, 2011 Mumbai blasts case, in which 27 people were killed and over 130 others injured. Two people, Naqee Ahmed and Nadeem Mukhtar, have been arrested and Yasin Bhatkal, who commissioned the blast and two...

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Australian attack among best I've faced, says Sehwag

Virender Sehwag rates the current Australia pace attack as among the best he has faced in his 10-year test career. The 33-year-old opener, who has scored 8,098 runs in 95 tests since his debut in late 2001, is standing in as captain for the fourth test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval...

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Jaipur Literature Festival: Oprah Winfrey charms 'chaotic' India | Oprah In India

JAIPUR: Amid raucous cheers from thousands of admirers, television superstar Oprah Winfrey praised the contrast of calm and chaos in India at the annual Jaipur Literature Festival which is fast becoming a global cultural gala. Considered one of the world's most influential women, Winfrey lived up...

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Jaipur Literature Festival:Speculation continued over the visit of controversial writer Salman Rushdie

Jaipur: Speculation continued over the visit of controversial writer Salman Rushdie at the Jaipur Literature Festival, with representatives of some Muslim organisations today meeting the organisers and asking them to cancel his appearance at the event. Sources said that in a meeting suggested by the Rajasthan government, Muslim organisations made...

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Imran “left” PTI! | Gilani Questions Imran Khan’s Credibility | Talk Shows | Pakistan News | Current Affairs

  How easily (within one year) Imran compromised on his sixteen years long stance is surprising and worrisome too. Now there is an immense difference between the ideology of 16 years back PTI and current PTI. Unfortunately, PTI is no more Imran’s party. Is he the same Khan who said...

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Twitter lashes out at Google search changes

San Francisco: Twitter lashed out at changes Google Inc unveiled for its search engine on Tuesday, describing the changes as "bad" for consumers and for Web publishers. Twitter, a microblogging service which allows its users to broadcast short, 140-character messages to groups of "followers,"...

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Homai Vyarawalla - The First Lady of Indian Press Photography | Farewell Homai Vyarawalla

India’s first woman press photographer: India’s first woman press photographer Homai Vyarawalla, who passed away January 15, 2012 at the age of 98, captured the last days of the British Empire in India. Her work also traces the birth and growth of a new nation. The story of Homai’s life and her...

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Google+ Review – Can It Beat Facebook? | The Year in Review: Google

  A good friend of mine who was one of the first people on Google+ shared a photo of his wife with me yesterday. As he shared it through Google+ I was automatically sent an invite so that I could join up and see the photo. This has proved to be a great opportunity to learn a little bit about...

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15 GREAT THOUGHTS BY CHANAKYA | Literary Persons of india - indian-enews

1) "Learn from the mistakes of others... you can't live long enough to make them all yourselves!!" 2)"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first." 3)"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous." 4)"There is some...

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