Archives for August 2016

I don’t need your visa, Indian MP tells the US embassy

August 26, 2016 2 Comments

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NEW DELHI: Virendra Singh, BJP member of parliament who regularly dons a turban, has refused the US visa after he was asked to remove his headgear at the US embassy here.

Virendra Singh, who has been elected thrice from Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh, was invited by the embassy to visit the US because of his expertise on farming issues.

Olympic champion discus thrower Piotr Malachowski donates medal to poor boy

August 25, 2016 Leave a Comment

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Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski, who won the silver medal in the just concluded Rio Olympics, has put it on sale to raise money a three-year-old Polish boy battling a rare form of eye cancer.

The 33-year discuss thrower said on his facebook page,

Sapna Bhavnani calls Salman Khan a monkey

August 25, 2016 Leave a Comment

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MUMBAI: In an interview with the Hindustan Times, celebrity hairstylist Sapna Bhavnani has slammed Bollywood super star Salman Khan for in terms which nobody has ever used against him.

A gangrape victim, Sapna was speaking about her upcoming book Chapter One and her experiences on Bigg Boss.

India is the worst performer at Olympics, Canada is the best

August 23, 2016 Leave a Comment

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NEW DELHI: Though euphoria is sweeping India after two medals by women athletes at the just concluded Rio Olympics, per person, India has turned out to be the worst performing nation in the mega-sportiing event and Canada the best nation.

India with a population of 1,329,182,000 won just two medals –