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CHENNAI / KOLKATA / DELHI: Cultural
intolerance stalked the world’s largest democracy on Wednesday.
The ban on Kamal Haasan’s new movie was upheld, prompting him to consider moving to another country, and internationally acclaimed writer Salman Rushdie was stopped from attending
Asia’s largest book fair in Kolkata.
J Jayalalithaa’s Tamil Nadu government was quick to ban the screening of Haasan’s new movie
Vishwaroopam after certain
Nadar: Queen-in-waiting
ROSHNI NADAR NEXT
HCL CHAIRMAN
NEW DELHI: Roshni Nadar
Malhotra will take over the reins of HCL Corporation, which controls two of India’s leading IT companies, as chairman, her father and chairman Shiv
Nadar told HT. He did not mention when his
31-year-old daughter would take charge.
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China plans more dams on
Brahmaputra, India in dark
BEIJING: India wasn’t officially informed about
China’s decision to build three new dams on the stretch of the Brahmaputra flowing through
Tibet. The dams were sanctioned under China’s plan to augment its energy sector as chalked out in the 12th five-year plan. P9
Colleagues resist PC’s move to tighten allocations
NEW DELHI: Finance minister
P Chidambaram’s attempt to control expenses appears to have run into stiff resistance from ministerial colleagues, who fear it would leave fewer resources to fund flagship welfare schemes.
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RIM renamed BlackBerry, new smartphones unveiled
WASHINGTON: Research in
Motion on Wednesday relaunched itself as
BlackBerry, named after its smartphone