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  US official hints at renewed Iranian sanctions waiver for India      Soaring temperatures can affect quality of pills: Doctors      Bangkok university honours Moily for making B'lore an IT hub      Legalise betting to counter spot-fixing: FICCI      27,000 Indians apply for exit papers in second batch in Saudi      Morgan Freeman falls asleep during interview      Jet Airways shareholders approve Etihad deal      We have a long-term plan to curb corruption: Jitendra      Mamata to acquire closed Saradha TV channels, Left opposes      London attack: Scotland Yard arrests two more people      Salman Khurshid leaves for Saudi Arabia      Shukla, Jaitley meet Sibal, call for quick anti-fixing law      Etihad deal to improve profits, cut costs: Naresh Goyal      Three Army personnel killed in encounter      Police refuses to extend deadline for Meiyappan's appearance      Bhutia feels legalising betting would stop corruption      26 Indian fishermen return to India after release      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coordinator      Mother of two tried to talk down London terrorists      PM calls for reorientation of country's strategic thinking      US senate panel approves immigration reform      Toyota mulls launching more small cars, compact SUVs in India      Sensex falls nearly 350 points; Nifty below 6000      It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing      It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing      U R Ananthamurthy loses out to American in Booker race      Samsung says Galaxy S4 sales hit 10 million      Top LeT commander killed in J&K encounter      British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack      A birthday gave her gift of love, another pain of death      Royals eclipse Sunrisers      Oppn slams UPA on its anniversary      Taylor Swift refused to speak about Justin Bieber      Bipasha Basu looks forward to shoot 'Creature' in Ooty      Upbeat Sunrisers meet beleaguered Rajasthan Royals      Lindsay Lohan struggles in rehab      Massive Moon explosion 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War undercover

A delicate truth, John le Carre, Viking
'A Delicate Truth', a new thriller by John le Carre, pits good against evil by way of two innocents plopped into a high-stakes game...

Of love & longing

Those pricey thakur girls, Anuja Chauhan Harper Collins 2013,
It has all the trappings of an interesting tale - romance, action, drama and politics. Add to it the uncanny ability of the storyteller to narrate...

Book rack...

A paying guest seems like a win-win proposition to the Joshi family. He's ready with the rent, he's willing to lend a hand when he can. But he's also a man...

Crime in paradise

The Sea of innocence Kishwar Desai Simon & Schuster 2013,
Third in the Simran Singh series, The Sea of Innocence by Kishwar Desai follows Simran Singh, a social worker and crime investigator, on a holiday...

Fall of the minimum city

Calcutta: Two years in the city, Amit Chaudhuri Penguin 2013,
Calcutta has been Amit Chaudhuri's abiding preoccupation, going by the number of books he has written on the subject. I was very keen to learn, before reading...

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