'The Idea of Justice', 'The Lost Symbol' top bestseller listOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amartya Sen's "The Idea of Justice" climbed eight steps to reach the number one spot in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while "The Lost Symbol" by author Dan Brown continued to dominate the fiction category. The top 10 in each section are as follows:
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Jaswant Singh's book on Jinnah already tops chartAugust 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The controversial book "Jinnah: India-Partition Independence" by Jaswant Singh predictably tops the non-fiction section of the bestseller list here in the first week of its release while Ali Sethi's "The Wish Maker: A Novel" continued at the No.1 position in the fiction category for the third week in a row. The top 10 in each section are:
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Arundhati Roy's new book tops bestseller listJuly 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Arundhati Roy's new book "Listening To Grass Hoppers: Field Notes on Democracy" topped the non-fiction category of the bestseller list this week while "The Wish Maker: A Novel" by Ali Sethi dominated the fiction list. The top 10 in each section are:
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'Prisoner of the State' tops bestseller list againJuly 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - "Prisoner of the State" by late Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang continues to dominate the non-fiction section in the bestseller list this week while James Patterson's "Swimsuit" - the new entrant - tops the fiction group. The top 10 in each section are:
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Coelho's 'The Winner Stands Alone' is top selling fictionJune 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Paulo Coelho's "The Winner Stands Alone" jumped seven steps this week to reach the No.1 position in the fiction section of the bestseller list, while "From Fatwa to Jihad : The Rushdie Affair And Its Legacy" by Kenan Malik stepped up four positions to dominate the non-fiction group. The top 10 in each section are as follows:
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Publishing firm to hold walk on World Environment DayJune 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Employees of the publishing firm Penguin will hold special walks in various cities around the world Friday on the occasion of World Environment Day to support the 'plant a billion trees' campaign of the UN Environment Programme, a spokesperson of the firm said here Thursday. In the capital, employees of Penguin and sister firm Pearson Education will hold their walk in the historic Siri Fort area.
'Stranger to History' still atop bestseller listMay 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aatish Taseer's "Stranger to History", that has been ruling the non-fiction section for over a month now, continued to maintain its position on the bestseller list this week, while "Percy Jackson and The Last Olympian: Half Boy, Half God, All Hero" by Rick Riordan topped the fiction group for the second week running. The top 10 in each section are as follows:
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'Stranger to History' still leads bestseller listApril 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aatish Taseer's book 'Stranger to History' continued to dominate the bestseller list in the non-fiction category for the third week while Paulo Coelho was the new author atop the fiction list, with his latest 'The Winner Stands Alone'. The top 10 in each group are:
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Congress has most candidates with criminal records in phase IIApril 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 300 candidates with criminal records from different political parties are fighting the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 23, with the Congress party topping the list with 40, according to a survey. According to an analysis by an NGO, National Election Watch, of the 1,425 candidates in the fray for the second phase, 288 have criminal records.
Congress has most candidates with criminal records in phase IIApril 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 300 candidates with criminal records from different political parties are fighting the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 23, with the Congress party topping the list with 40, according to a survey. According to an analysis by an NGO, National Election Watch, of the 1,425 candidates in the fray for the second phase, 288 have criminal records.
Congress has most candidates with criminal records in phase IIApril 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 300 candidates with criminal records from different political parties are fighting the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 23, with the Congress party topping the list with 40, according to a survey. According to an analysis by an NGO, National Election Watch, of the 1,425 candidates in the fray for the second phase, 288 have criminal records.
Jeffrey Archer finds 'Paths of Glory' on bestseller listApril 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aatish Taseer makes his mark on the bestseller list as his 'Stranger to History' tops the charts in the non-fiction category this week, while the king of racy fiction Jeffrey Archer tops the fiction category with his new 'Paths of Glory'. The top 10 in each group are:
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'Benjamin Button' tops global box officeFebruary 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Brad Pitt starrer 'The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button' tops the global box office by raking in $31 million in 47 markets at the weekend. The David Fincher directed film debuted at number one in the Britain, Spain and France, making it the second-biggest international opener of 2009, just behind 'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa', reported imdb.com.
Clutch of new books in fiction bestseller listJanuary 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There was a clutch of new entries such as 'The Story of My Assassins' by Tarun J. Tejpal, 'Scarpetta' by Patricia Cornwell and 'Silks' by D Francis & F Francis in the fiction bestseller list this week.
Obama books return to bestseller listDecember 24th, 2008 NEW DELHI - While the top of the bestseller lists remained the same this week, with Nandan Nilekani's 'Imagining India' atop the non-fiction category and Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger' heading the fiction group, two books by US president-elect Barack Obama return to the bestseller list. The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are:
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