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October 10th, 2008 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
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Toronto, Oct 10 (IANS) Bollywood star Akshay Kumar and Canada-based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta will jointly produce a new India-centric film "Komagata Maru", in which the actor will play the lead role.To ...
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September 28th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI
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By Avtar Gill
Ferozepur, Sep.28 (ANI): Every year Sikhs in Punjabs Ferozepur district mark Saragarhi Day to remember the unparalleled valour, demonstrated by 21 Sikh soldiers on September 12, 1897 while participating ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Shimla, Sep 24 (IANS) Five trains that run to and fro daily on the world heritage Kalka-Shimla rail line in Himachal Pradesh will remain off the tracks for a few more days ...
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September 22nd, 2008 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
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Shimla, Sep 22 (IANS) Large cracks appeared Monday on the main Shimla Ridge, the hill that has the historic mall atop it, from the Scandal Point to the Anglican church, the most ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
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Beijing , August 12 (ANI): Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore failed to qualify for the finals of men''s double trap event at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday.
Rathore shot a score of 43 ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 6 (IANS) West Bengal Tourism Minister Manab Mukherjee has written to Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supremo Bimal Gurung, seeking his assistance in ensuring the safety of tourists in the Darjeeling ...
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July 26th, 2008 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
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By Soudhriti Bhabani
For the last 224 years, the Asiatic Society in India's eastern city of Kolkata has bridged the gap between the old and the new - sheltering precious archaeological relics, ancient ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
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By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, July 8 (IANS) The century-old Kalka-Shimla rail line, a 96-km-long narrow gauge railroad built to ferry Europeans to and from this hill town - then the summer capital of ...
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June 12th, 2008 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) A group of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) activists Thursday attacked a tourist vehicle and injured eight people in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district. "A tourist vehicle was attacked by ...
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June 12th, 2008 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which called an indefinite shutdown in the Darjeeling hills to press for a separate Gorkhaland state, Wednesday relaxed its blockade for 60 hours, ...
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June 10th, 2008 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Thousands of tourists were stranded Tuesday in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills as the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters called an indefinite shutdown demanding a separate Gorkhaland state. An ...
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June 10th, 2008 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Maintaining that Darjeeling was an integral part of West Bengal, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Tuesday rejected the demand for carving the hill district out as a separate Gorkhaland ...
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June 3rd, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
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London, June 3 (IANS) Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul has attracted many controversies and enthusiastically engaged himself in many literary duels, but the latest has another Nobel winner targeting him - in rhyme. ...
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June 2nd, 2008 - 2:24 pm ICT by admin
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By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, June 2 (IANS) The live stage show "The Merchants of Bollywood", providing entertainment along with an insight into the Mumbai-based film industry, ended the South African leg of its ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 10:18 am ICT by admin
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By Gurmukh Singh
Vancouver, May 12 (IANS) Finally, Canada will formally apologise to the Indians here for the Komagata Maru tragedy of 1914 and acknowledge the hurt caused to the community. The Komagata ...
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April 28th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by admin
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Nowshera, Apr.28 (ANI): One hundred and thirteen years after the siege and battle of Chitral, a family that once ruled over the area, wants a neglected British monument to be moved ...
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March 14th, 2008 - 3:33 pm ICT by admin
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By Karan Kapoor Ludhiana, Mar 14 (ANI): Glorious relics of an age gone by hit the streets of Ludhiana when the inaugural edition of the vintage motor vehicles rally got underway. ...
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November 14th, 2007 - 8:33 am ICT by admin
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