‘Damarukam’ album satisfying, but lacks class (Telugu Music Review)
September 13th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Damarukam"; Music Composer: Devi Sri Prasad; Lyricists: Chandra Bose, Ramajogayya Sastry and Sahiti; Singers: M.L.R. Karthikeyan, Shankar Mahadevan, Jaspreet Jazz, Sunitha, Gopika Poornima, Sri Krishna, Harini, Venkat Sai, Karthik, Hariharan, ... Read more...
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Ramdev, Anna hold day-long fast in Delhi (Lead)
June 3rd, 2012 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Launching a joint agitation against corruption and black money, yoga guru Ramdev and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare started a day-long fast at Delhi's Jantar ... Read more...
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PM warns against growing intolerance (Roundup)
June 2nd, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Saying public debate seemed to have become a "hostage to sensationalism", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday warned against "growing intolerance and "narrow mindedness among Indians"."In ... Read more...
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India needs more young leaders: PM
January 28th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Calling for more Indian youth to take up leadership positions in all walks of life, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said the young leaders ... Read more...
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Political spats cloud Netaji birthday celebrations in Bengal (Roundup)
January 24th, 2012 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) West Bengal Monday paid glowing tributes to legendary freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 115th birth anniversary, but the occasion was marred by ... Read more...
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Mumbai Marathon: A carnival on the streets of Bollywood country (Roundup)
January 15th, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) It was like a huge party on the streets. From Bollywood personalities, top business honchos, people on wheelchairs and even Subhas Chandra Bose and Manmohan ... Read more...
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Meira Kumar meets Iranian President Ahmadinejad
November 5th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) In a sign of upswing in India-Iran relations, Lok Sabha Speaker Saturday met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran and agreed to bolster bilateral ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha speaker to to visit Iran
October 30th, 2011 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar will be visiting Iran in the first week of November, an official said Sunday.In a visit which is expected ... Read more...
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Sidhu bats for Modi as PM
September 24th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) Former cricketer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Navjot Singh Sidhu Saturday denied there was any difference of opinion within the party on its prime ... Read more...
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Capping fashion: Making statement with Gandhi Topi (With Images)
August 24th, 2011 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Who would have envisioned a 74-year-old man making a fashion statement with his white kurta pyjama and Gandhi Topi in the 21st century? But Anna ... Read more...
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Amitav Ghosh tops fiction charts - again (IANS Books)
July 7th, 2011 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Amitav Ghosh continues to rule the fiction category with his sequel "River of Smoke" while Henry Kissinger's "On China" is the bestseller in the ... Read more...
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Court questions Big B, Sony TV on show promos
July 5th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Tuesday issued notices to megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Sony TV and the censor board on a petition challenging promos of the forthcoming ... Read more...
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Slain Pakistani scribe’s book new bestseller (IANS Books)
June 30th, 2011 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Slain Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad's "Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban" is the new bestseller in the non-fiction category this week while Amitav Ghosh's ... Read more...
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Amitav Ghosh’s ‘River of Smoke’ new bestseller (IANS Books)
June 23rd, 2011 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Amitav Ghosh's "River of Smoke" is the new bestseller in the fiction category this week while former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's "On ... Read more...
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Amit Mitra: I have returned to my roots
April 19th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Khardah (West Bengal), April 19 (IANS) From air-conditioned boardrooms and state dinners to the heat and dust of rural campaigning. It is unfamiliar territory but Amit Mitra, secretary general ... Read more...
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Tagore loved northeast and it loves him back (With Images)
May 9th, 2010 - 9:54 am ICT by IANS
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala, May 9 (IANS) It is yesterday once more in the northeast cultural calendar as the region brushes the dust off its ties with Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who was ... Read more...
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Silambarasan’s ‘Valiban’ dropped
May 6th, 2010 - 11:56 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
May 6, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): With the grand success of "Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya', Silambarasan was quite perplexed over choosing his next project. Of course, he had to choose between two things – ... Read more...
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Paiyya’ and ‘Aawara’ to release with 500 prints
March 18th, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
March 18, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): With most of the releases turning to be mere disappointments, the entire town is eagerly looking out for the release of "Paiyya'. The film is directed ... Read more...
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MPs pay tribute to Netaji on birth anniversary
January 23rd, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and other MPs Saturday paid floral tributes to Netaji ... Read more...
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Four cultural institutions failed to utilise government grant: PM
January 16th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday termed as 'unfortunate' the failure of four premier cultural institutions in Kolkata, including the Victoria Memorial and National Library, to fully utilise ... Read more...
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‘Dammunnodu’ slated for release by Dec end
December 11th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Rishi and Soumya are playing the lead in "Dammunnodu' directed by BVV Choudar and produced by A Raju under the banner of Lachuram Productions.Though the film was completed long ago, it failed ... Read more...
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Indian politicians who died in or survived aerial crashes (Second Lead)
September 3rd, 2009 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's death in a chopper crash has added to the growing list of Indian politicians killed in aerial accidents. In a ... Read more...
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Aurangabad artiste promotes brotherhood by art in Punjab
July 28th, 2009 - 9:29 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinAmritsar, July 28 (ANI): Indian Miniature artistes have been known for creating marvels of art on themes largely related to historical or mythological characters since ages.Aurangabad's ... Read more...
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Indian Botanical Garden renamed
June 26th, 2009 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) The 222-year-old Indian Botanical Garden has been renamed Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden.
The one of its kind garden at Shibpur in neighbouring Howrah district was named after ... Read more...
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Kolkata celebrates Netaji’s birth anniversary
January 23rd, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) Cultural functions were organised in various parts of Kolkata to pay tribute to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 112th birth anniversary Friday. Hundreds of people ... Read more...
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Parliamentarians pay floral tributes to Netaji
January 23rd, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, leader of the house Pranab Mukherjee and opposition leader L.K. Advani led parliamentarians in paying floral tributes to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas ... Read more...
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Charter flight service takes off in northeast India
October 30th, 2008 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 30 (IANS) The Kolkata-based private airline Northeast Shuttles Ltd (NSL) Thursday announced that it has launched a chartered flight service in the northeast region. "The civil aviation ministry has given ... Read more...
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Lost in translation - PM gets Japanese translating device (Tokyo Diary)
October 23rd, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Oct 23 (IANS) Japan is known for its efficiency and clockwork precision but glitches do happen sometimes -- like during the joint press conference of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and ... Read more...
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Nouveau art takes up social reality to make bold statements
September 27th, 2008 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Art is charting a meaningful road in India. Investment opportunities aside, art enthusiasts are now using its power of instant identification and recall to drive home social ... Read more...
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Jackie Chan gets six times more for cameo than Mohanlal
August 12th, 2008 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 12 (IANS) Hollywood actor of Chinese origin Jackie Chan will get six times more for a cameo in "Nair San" than Malayalam star Mohanlal who is playing the title role ... Read more...
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BJP commemorates 1857 War of Independences
April 8th, 2008 - 11:25 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a public meeting at Parade Grounds opposite to the historic Red Fort here Tuesday to pay its obeisance to the freedom ... Read more...
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Tribute paid to Netaji on 111th birth anniversary
January 23rd, 2008 - 7:04 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Jan 23 (ANI): Nation paid tribute to Netaji Subash Chandra Bose on his 111th birth anniversary today.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and other top leaders of ... Read more...
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