‘Sultans’ win Mumbai billiards league
August 7th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) PJ Hindu Gymkhana 'Sultans of Hazard' lived up to their reputation when they beat CCI 'Billiards Boys' to emerge champions in The Zarine and Yazdi Daruvala ... Read more...
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CCI Boys, Sultans meet in Mumbai billiards final
August 6th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) CCI 'Billiards Boys' and favourites PJ Hindu Gymkhana 'Sultans of Hazard' registered contrasting wins Monday to set up a title clash in The Zarine and Yazdi ... Read more...
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Sultans, Samurais in semis of Mumbai billiards
August 3rd, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) Favourites PJ Hindu Gymkhana 'Sultans of Hazard' and Park Club 'Samurais' registered comfortable wins to sail into the semifinals of The Zarine and Yazdi Daruvala Charitable ... Read more...
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Ghadge leads ‘Star Blue’ into Mumbai billiards semis
August 2nd, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) Sunil Ghadge snatched the decider with exquisite shots to lead Central Railway Mumbai Institute 'Star Blue' into the semifinals of The Zarine and Yazdi Daruvala Charitable ... Read more...
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CCI, Park Club in Mumbai billiards quarters
August 1st, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) CCI 'Billiards Boys' and Park Club 'Samurais' fashioned exciting wins to storm into the quarter-finals of The Zarine and Yazdi Daruvala Charitable Trust Mumbai Billiards League ... Read more...
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Khar Gym ‘Senior’ stun ‘Gladiators’ in Mumbai snooker
July 31st, 2012 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Khar Gymkhana 'Senior' stunned last year's runners-up Chembur Gymkhana 'Gladiators' to advance to the quarterfinals of The Zarine and Yazdi Daruvala Charitable Trust Mumbai Billiards League, ... Read more...
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Zeenat Aman wants ban on horse-carriages in Mumbai
July 25th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Former Bollywood actress Zeenat Aman Wednesday called for a total ban on horse-drawn carriages in Mumbai, which she contended as "cruel and dangerous."In a letter ... Read more...
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Make CSR mandatory, says philanthropist Sitaram Jindal
June 3rd, 2012 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The idea of legislation for corporate houses to make charity mandatory might sound pushy, but veteran industry warhorse Sitaram Jindal, who set up his ... Read more...
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Annual awards announced for 50 homeopaths
May 25th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Fifty homeopaths across India will be given the Malati Allen Nobel Award every year by a private company as a means of encouragement, the firm's official ... Read more...
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Andhra Congress legislator speaks against party leaders
May 10th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 10 (IANS) Miffed Andhra Pradesh Congress leader P. Shankar Rao Thursday defied his party's diktat and held a press conference outside Congress Legislature Party's locked office in the ... Read more...
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Students take up fight against smuggling, counterfeiting
April 30th, 2012 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Thousands of students from almost 100 schools in Delhi and the national capital region are participating in a five-day campaign against smuggling and counterfeiting, organisers ... Read more...
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10,000 students to campaign against smuggling, counterfeiting
April 22nd, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Over 10,000 school students will participate in a five-day campaign in the national capital against smuggling and counterfeiting from April 30, industry body FICCI, its ... Read more...
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‘Paan Singh Tomar’ team to care for former athletes
March 10th, 2012 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Who says actors and films do not make a difference to the quality of our life? A biopic on the life of athlete-turned-outlaw Paan Singh ... Read more...
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Gujarat High Court raps Narendra Modi government
February 8th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Feb 8 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Wednesday criticised the Narendra Modi government in the state for "inaction and negligence" during the 2002 post-Godhra riots that led to ... Read more...
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Murdered British charity worker rules slum children’s hearts (With Images)
December 23rd, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Dec 23 (IANS) He may have been brutally murdered here five years ago, but British charity worker Michael Blakey continues to live in the hearts of schoolchildren who have ... Read more...
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A Tibetan charity rehabilitates Indian slum children (With Images)
December 6th, 2011 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Dec 6 (IANS) They are from the slums here, mostly children of migrant labourers from Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Around 57 young ones are getting a better shot at ... Read more...
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Rs.16 crore credit card racket busted in Bangalore
October 28th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 28 (IANS) The cyber crime branch of Karnataka Police arrested five people, including a woman kingpin, for defrauding foreign nationals of funds equivalent to around Rs.16 crore (Rs.160 ... Read more...
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Prateik to advocate safe sex
September 27th, 2011 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 27 (IANS) In order to advocate the importance of safe sex, Bollywood actor Prateik has become a member of the Mumbai Districts AIDS Control Society (MDACS) and will ... Read more...
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Ash dedicates award to fans, family
August 31st, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Actress Aishwarya Rai, who has been honoured with the Abhinaya Kala Ratna by the Pazhassi Raja Charitable Trust, has thanked her colleagues, fans and ... Read more...
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Gurgaon revenue officials suspended after land controversy
August 30th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 30 (IANS) Two revenue officials of Gurgaon district have been placed under suspension by the deputy commissioner for "concealing" facts in the partition of private land in ... Read more...
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Lata to be honoured with Pazhassi Raja award
August 24th, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) Singing legend Lata Mangeshkar will Thursday be honoured with the Pazhassi Raja Sangeetha Ratna award by Governor of Maharashtra K. Sankaranarayanan for her contribution to the ... Read more...
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Some food for thought for Anna supporters
August 20th, 2011 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Holding a mike with a mini loudspeaker slung over his shoulder, 35-year-old Kamal Sharma roams around the Ramlila Maidan tent calling out to people to ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned over Haryana land to Rajiv trust
August 18th, 2011 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday raised the issue of land in Haryana being granted to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, forcing adjournment of ... Read more...
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Khaleda Zia slapped with case over undisclosed money
August 8th, 2011 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 8 (IANS) The anti-corruption officials in Bangladesh Monday lodged a police complaint against the country's main opposition party leader Khaleda Zia after she failed to reveal the ... Read more...
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Mumbai dabbawalas to back Hazare’s fast
August 5th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Mumbai's famed dabbawalas (tiffin-box carriers) have again decided to support anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare in his second fast for the Lokpal bill Aug 16, an ... Read more...
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Congress hits back on Gurgaon land issue (Lead)
August 3rd, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday denied that land had been acquired for the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust and termed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attack over ... Read more...
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Gandhi trust land given by gram panchayat: Congress
August 3rd, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Congress party Wednesday clarified that the land taken by the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust was only a leased land which was willingly given by ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha adjourned twice over land to Gandhi trust
August 3rd, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha Wednesday was adjourned twice after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sought to raise the issue of the Haryana government being pulled ... Read more...
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Gurgaon villagers move court for return of land
August 2nd, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 2 (IANS) A group of villagers in Haryana's Gurgaon Tuesday alleged they were threatened by district officials in 2009 to lease their land to the Rajiv Gandhi ... Read more...
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BJP flays Congress over Gurgaon land deal
August 2nd, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A day after a court pulled up the Haryana government for unlawfully allocating land in Gurgaon to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, opposition Bharatiya ... Read more...
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Oxfam India rolls out three projects in Chhattisgarh
July 26th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 26 (IANS) Rights organisation Oxfam India said Tuesday it has taken up three projects in Chhattisgarh in partnership with local NGOs."Oxfam India is working with three NGOs in ... Read more...
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Sri Sri’s father passes away
June 8th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 8 (IANS) Acharya Sri Ratnanandaji, father of the Art of Living Foundation founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, died here early Wednesday. He was 87.The Acharya was the pioneer ... Read more...
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‘Chillar Party’ profits for charity: Salman Khan
May 20th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) Actor Salman Khan, who has donned the producer's hat with children's film "Chillar Party", has said that the profits from the movie will go to ... Read more...
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Hindu, Muslim leaders offer support to UK man over Christian cross ban
April 20th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 20 (ANI): Hindu, Muslim and Sikh leaders have voiced their support for UK electrician Colin Atkinson who faces the sack for displaying a small cross in his company van.The religious ... Read more...
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Judicial custody of Karmapa’s aide, 6 others extended
February 24th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 24 (IANS) A Himachal Pradesh court Thursday extended the judicial custody of seven people, including the Karmapa's aide Rubgi Chosang, also known as Shakti Lama, a police official said."The judicial ... Read more...
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