Fortunate to have dream cast for ‘Satyagrah’: Prakash Jha
September 10th, 2012 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Prakash Jha, who has managed to put together an ensemble cast for "Satyagrah", says that he is lucky to have Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgnm Kareena ... Read more...
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Resolve Cauvery water dispute, SC tells PMO (Lead)
September 3rd, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday expressed displeasure over the failure of the PMO (Prime Minister's Office) to hold a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority ... Read more...
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Presence of CPI-M politburo member at church altar kicks up row
September 2nd, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 2 (IANS) A section of the laity at the St. George Orthodox Syrian Cathedral in the capital city are up in arms following what they term "a ... Read more...
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Watch ‘Delhi In A Day’, a complete package (IANS Movie Review)
August 23rd, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Delhi In A Day"; Director: Prashant Nair; Cast: Anjali Patil, Lee Williams, Lillete Dubey, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Victor Banerjee; Rating: ** 1/2
"Delhi In A Day" is a fine reflection of ... Read more...
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Some truth in attacks on northeastern students: Lapang
August 17th, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 17 (IANS) Former Meghalaya chief minister D.D. Lapang Friday said there has to be some truth in reports of students being attacked in southern states and these can ... Read more...
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Children petition against Kudankulam reactors
August 13th, 2012 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 13 (IANS) Around 250 children Monday petitioned the district collector in Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu to stop work on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in the region.The ... Read more...
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India is world’s capital for open defecation, says Ramesh
July 27th, 2012 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Terming India as world's capital for open defecation, Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday said that 100,000 "bio-toilets" will be installed in ... Read more...
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Court slams Air India stand over sacked pilots (Lead)
July 16th, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Slamming the Air India management for its stiff stand on the issue of reinstatement of 101 sacked pilots, the Delhi High Court Monday asked it ... Read more...
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YSR Congress cries conspiracy over Jagan’s arrest
July 5th, 2012 - 5:36 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's mother Y.S. Vijayamma Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here to allege that there was a conspiracy against ... Read more...
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Deeply sorry if an innocent was killed: Chidambaram
July 4th, 2012 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Following charges that security forces killed 17 Chattisgarh villagers branding them as Maoists last week, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said he was ... Read more...
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I’ve faced many insults: Dibakar Bannerjee
June 24th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 24 (IANS) Instead of being angry with Pitobash Tripathy for badmouthing him, Dibakar Banerjee says he understands the actor's frustration as he himself faced the same humiliation and ... Read more...
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DMK demands removal of cartoon from NCERT textbook
June 9th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai June 9 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Saturday urged the central government to remove from a textbook the controversial cartoon lampooning the anti-Hindi agitation that raged in Tamil Nadu ... Read more...
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India to express concern to Pakistan on minorities’ plight
May 17th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) India will convey its concern to Pakistan over the plight of its Hindu minorities when External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna visits the neighbouring country ... Read more...
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Happy to be cleared of Bofors taint: Amitabh Bachchan (Second Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) Expressing happiness over his name being cleared in the Bofors payoff scam, mega-star Amitabh Bachchan, however, said Wednesday that he is "pained" that it came ... Read more...
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Amitabh Bachchan happy to be cleared of Bofors taint (Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) Expressing his happiness over his name being cleared from the Bofors payoff scam, mega-star Amitabh Bachchan, however, said that he is "pained" that it came ... Read more...
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Kolkata rocked by protests, counter protests
April 19th, 2012 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) Even days after the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor for circulating cartoons involving West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the city continued to be ... Read more...
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Apex court to hear in July a 37-year-old case
April 16th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said it would hear in July the petition by Ranjan Dwivedi - an accused in a bomb attack at then railway ... Read more...
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Why Pakistanis in jail if sentence over: SC
April 10th, 2012 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed its anguish at mentally challenged and deaf-mute foreign nationals, mostly Pakistanis, who continued to languish in Indian jails long ... Read more...
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Supreme Court decries abuse of court process by criminals
April 1st, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A Haryana-based black-marketeer sentenced to a one-year jail term kept filing petitions in various courts for over 12 years to delay his surrender. The Supreme ... Read more...
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CAG dismisses coal scam report, says no loss to exchequer (Roundup)
March 22nd, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Thursday said its audit report on coal block allocations was still under preparation and a newspaper report ... Read more...
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CAG disowns coal blocks report, says no loss to exchequer
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Thursday said its audit report on coal block allocations was still under preparation and a media report suggesting ... Read more...
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Poll panel censures Khurshid for quota announcement (Second Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) In an embarrassment to the Congress during the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission Thursday censured Law Minister Salman Khurshid for his ... Read more...
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Poll panel censures Khurshid for quota announcement (Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The poll panel Thursday censured Congress leader Salman Khurshid for his nine percent job quota announcement for minorities in Uttar Pradesh, and said that as ... Read more...
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Goa church protests poll squad’s raid on priest
February 9th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 9 (IANS) The Goa church has protested a raid by poll officials on a priest in Velim constituency, located 50 km from here, and seizing Rs.6,000 from him.Joint ... Read more...
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Bihar dismisses six BDOs for corruption
February 8th, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 7 (IANS) The Bihar government Tuesday dismissed six block development officers (BDOs) in Araria district on corruption charges, officials said.Ravikant, the principal secretary of the cabinet coordination department, ... Read more...
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Discrimination with girl child sad: Meira Kumar
February 1st, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday expressed concern over the condition of the girl child and urged doctors to put a stop to female ... Read more...
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Congress slams Hazare for remarks justifying slapping
January 26th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday hit out Anna Hazare for justifying slapping as a means of expressing anguish against corruption and said the whole country would ... Read more...
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Rushdie may speak at Jaipur fest - via video
January 23rd, 2012 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial "The Satanic Verses", is likely to address the Jaipur Literature Festival via video-link Tuesday, the organisers said, days after ... Read more...
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Rushdie visit cancellation sparks outrage on social media
January 17th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The cancellation of award-winning author Salman Rushdie's visit to the Jaipur Literature Festival on the inaugural day Jan 20 has sparked outrage on social media ... Read more...
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Hygiene in Delhi: Court issues notices to civic agencies
December 14th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Expressing anguish over the failure of civic agencies to maintain hygiene in the national capital, the Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to a ... Read more...
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PM mourns deaths in Kolkata fire, sanctions relief
December 9th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday expressed grief at the deaths of 73 people, mostly patients, in a fire in Kolkata's AMRI Hospital.
The ... Read more...
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BJP minister complains to Sonia over Bhuria’s remarks
November 19th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 19 (IANS) A woman minister in Madhya Pradesh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi seeking action against the Congress' state chief for ... Read more...
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Court orders promotional avenues for Tihar jail officer
November 17th, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Accepting the plea of Tihar jail's law officer, the Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Delhi government to create promotional avenues for him in the ... Read more...
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PIA staffers to stage nationwide protests
November 11th, 2011 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 11 (IANS) Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees have decided to stage nationwide protests for an indefinite period against the deteriorating condition of the national flag carrier, Dawn newspaper ... Read more...
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Don’t encourage self-immolation, says Tibetan PM-in-exile
November 5th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Nov 5 (IANS) Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay has appealed to Tibetans not to encourage self-immolation or protests inside Tibet because China only responds with more repression.In his ... Read more...
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