Tamil Nadu parties again demand India back US UNHRC resolution
March 13th, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 12 (IANS) The demand of Tamil Nadu's political parties that India support a US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) got stronger ... Read more...
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Nair, three others found responsible for controversial deal
February 5th, 2012 - 2:42 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) A five-member team that probed a controversial deal between Antrix Corporation and Devas Multimedia has concluded that former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. ... Read more...
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Indian diplomat secretly tried to take away two Indians: Paper
January 5th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) An Indian diplomat who offered consular support to two Indians involved in a business dispute secretly tried to take them away from a court in eastern ... Read more...
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China values ties with India
January 5th, 2012 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) After India protested the illegal confinement and alleged torture of two Indian traders in China, Beijing has said it values relations with New Delhi.Foreign ministry spokesman ... Read more...
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Chinese envoy meets Krishna on Indian traders plight
January 4th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Chinese envoy Zhang Yan Wednesday met External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and assured him about the safety of two Indian businessmen who were tortured and ... Read more...
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Indian diplomat ill-treated in Chinese court, India protests (Lead)
January 2nd, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) An Indian diplomat posted in China was ill-treated in a court near Shanghai, triggering a strong protest from New Delhi, which summoned a Chinese diplomat ... Read more...
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Tagged birds return to Pong wetlands from China
December 27th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Pong Dam (Himachal Pradesh), Dec 27 (IANS) It was an experiment that worked. Four migratory birds in the Kangra Valley's Pong wetland, which were tagged with global positioning system (GPS) ... Read more...
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‘No fund crunch for Kerala port project’
April 30th, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 30 (IANS) There will be no shortage of funds for the proposed port at Vizhinjam near here, the State Bank of Travancore (SBT) has said.It was in ... Read more...
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Signals from a ruddy shelduck in Pong wetlands
March 23rd, 2011 - 9:47 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 23 (IANS) It's a very special ruddy shelduck. In the Pong wetlands, it is chirping, flapping its wings and sending out crucial information on its whereabouts to scientists ... Read more...
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Is this the Arab world’s Berlin Wall moment? (Comment)
February 18th, 2011 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
By P.P. Balachandran
Over 300 years ago, the English poet John Dryden had warned us against the fury of a patient man. Looks like the anger of the patient Arab is finally ... Read more...
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Income Tax returns: Moily defends former CJI Balakrishnan
February 15th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Feb 15 (ANI): Reacting on former Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan's reported refusal to make Income Tax returns public, Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said ... Read more...
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Income Tax returns: ‘I have nothing to hide’, says former CJI
February 15th, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson and former Chief Justice of India, K.G. Balakrishnan, reacting to the controversy over his unwillingness to disclose his Income Tax returns ... Read more...
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Now GPS to monitor winged visitors to Himachal
January 22nd, 2011 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Jan 22 (IANS) The bar-headed goose, the ruddy shell duck and the mallard, all winter visitors to Himachal Pradesh's Pong Dam wetlands, are about to find themselves tailed - ... Read more...
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Indian firm to invest $250 mn in knowledge, food processing hubs in East Africa
December 18th, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kigali (Rwanda), Dec 18 (IANS) An Indian company has signed a pact with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) to invest $250 million for a knowledge hub and an integrated food park in ... Read more...
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Court sets aside Tamil Nadu top cop’s appointment
October 8th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 8 (IANS) Madras High Court Friday held that the appointment of Tamil Nadu's Director General of Police (DGP) Letika Saran is not as per the Supreme Court guidelines.It, however, allowed ... Read more...
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Telugu Movie Parents Launched At Taj Banjara, Hyderabad
August 3rd, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 3, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Director Anand Ravi's latest venture Telugu movie Parents has been launched on Sunday at Taj Banjara, Hyderabad. Well-known personalities form the Telugu films such as Thammareddy ... Read more...
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Chennai Petroleum plans 9 million tonne refinery
May 18th, 2010 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 18 (IANS) City-based refinery Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) is planning to set up a 9 million tonne per annum (mtpa) plant to increase capacity to around 18 mtpa by ... Read more...
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Terror attack report tabled, opposition demands probe into leak
December 21st, 2009 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 21 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Monday tabled in the legislature the report of the Ram Pradhan-V Balachandran Committee that inquired into the Nov 26-29 Mumbai terror attacks with the opposition ... Read more...
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Maharashtra to table terror probe panel report
December 14th, 2009 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Dec 14 (IANS) The Maharashtra government will finally table the Ram Pradhan-V.Balachandran Committee Report, which probed the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, in both houses of the state legislature next Monday.
The ... Read more...
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Manikyam Mydhili looks ahead
November 25th, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Manikyam Mydhili, also known as Brighty Balachandran, is looking forward to the release of her second Malayalam film, Palery Manikyam. The actress, who started her career with Tamil films, played a major ... Read more...
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Return of Shanu!
August 21st, 2009 - 1:35 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Director Kukku Surendren has cast veteran director Fazil's son Shanu in his upcoming film Mirror. Shanu made his debut a few years ago with his father's film, Kaiethum Doorathu, which was a ... Read more...
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Ashok Chavan lauds Maharashtra police for handling of 26/11
August 17th, 2009 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Three months after the Maharashtra government-appointed probe panel identified police lapses during the 26/11 terror attacks, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan Monday praised the force, saying that "despite ... Read more...
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Make 26/11 report public, Maharashtra opposition demands
June 25th, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) Building pressure on Maharashtra's Democratic Front government before the assembly elections, the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opposition Thursday met Governor S.C. Jamir and demanded that a ... Read more...
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Former Mumbai Police chief indicted for 26/11 lapses
June 16th, 2009 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 16 (IANS) A government-appointed probe panel has criticised former Mumbai Police commissioner Hasan Gafoor for failure to provide "visible and overt leadership" during the 26/11 terrorist attacks.
Though the committee of ... Read more...
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Prabhakaran was tortured before being killed, says report
June 10th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was tortured by the Sri Lankan military before being killed, a leading human rights body said in a report released Wednesday.
The University ... Read more...
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Sudha Chandran re-enters Mollywood
June 5th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Dancer-actress Sudha Chandran is all set to be seen in Malayalam cinema after a long gap. She would be seen as Bala's mother Gayathri in super star Mohanlal's ongoing Alexander the ... Read more...
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Meenakshi in Alexander
June 4th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
North Indian actress Meenakshi Dixit will be seen opposite Bala in Murali Nagavally's upcoming venture Alexander, the great. Mohanlal also stars in the film but like his recent three movies like Pakalnakshatrangal, ... Read more...
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Alleged leak of 26/11 probe report rocks Maharashtra assembly
June 2nd, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) The Maharashtra assembly witnessed pandemonium for the second consecutive day Tuesday with the opposition parties walking out over the alleged leak of the Ram Pradhan Committee probe ... Read more...
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Prabhakaran’s body cremated
May 22nd, 2009 - 9:03 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, May 22 (ANI): The Sri Lankan military spokesperson Brigadier Udaya Nanyakkara said that LTTE Supremo Prabhakaran's body was cremated in Mullaithivu on Wednesday.According to the military, his body was treated ... Read more...
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LTTE chief Prabhakaran to be buried in a mass grave
May 21st, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, May 21 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Government is to bury Liberation Tiger of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) chief V.Prabhakaran in a unmarked mass grave, Sri Lankan Army sources said.Prabhakaran will be burried ... Read more...
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Prabhakaran’s son wounded in fighting: Military
April 1st, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 1 (IANS) Charles Antony, the elder son of Sri Lanka's elusive Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, has been injured in fighting with the Sri Lankan troops in the island's embattled ... Read more...
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Congress names 16 Lok Sabha candidates from Kerala
March 20th, 2009 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Eminent writer and former UN official Shashi Tharoor was named by the Congress in its list of 16 candidates who would contest the Lok Sabha polls from ... Read more...
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Prabhakaran sends his wife, younger son abroad by sea: report
February 22nd, 2009 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 22 (IANS) Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, facing an unprecedented military thrust into his very last stronghold in northeast Sri Lanka, has sent his wife and the younger son to ... Read more...
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Prabhakaran still in Sri Lanka, but son playing key role (Lead)
February 15th, 2009 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 15 (IANS) Sri Lanka's elusive Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is still in the island but his elder son Charles Antony is playing a key role in the fight against ... Read more...
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Prabhakaran still in Sri Lanka, say surrendered rebels
February 15th, 2009 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 15 (IANS) Sri Lanka's elusive Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is still in the country's north, two suicide cadres who have surrendered to the military were Sunday quoted as saying.Prabhakaran, ... Read more...
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