Vice President Ansari condoles death of K M Mathew
August 2nd, 2010 - 8:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 2 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has condoled the death of Malayala Manorama Chief Editor K M Mathew, who breathed his last at his residence in Kottayam on ... Read more...
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Thousands attend last rites of K.M. Mathew
August 2nd, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kottayam (Kerala), Aug 2 (IANS) The last rites of Malayala Manorama chief editor K.M. Mathew were held here Monday with life coming to a standstill in the city and thousands of ... Read more...
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Mathew was a pioneer in language media: Soni
August 2nd, 2010 - 1:48 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Sunday condoled the demise of K.M. Mathew, chief editor of Malayala Manorama, saying that he was was a pioneer in ... Read more...
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Mathew was doyen of Indian media, says Gadkari
August 2nd, 2010 - 1:48 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Expressing shock at the demise of Malayala Manorama's chief editor K.M. Mathew Sunday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari described him a doyen of Indian ... Read more...
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Mathew championed highest traditions of Indian journalism: PM
August 1st, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday condoled the death of Malayala Manorama chief editor K.M. Mathew, saying that the country had "lost a true champion of the ... Read more...
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President Patil condoles death of K M Mathew
August 1st, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 1 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Sunday condoled the death of Malayala Manorama Chief Editor K M Mathew, who breathed his last at his residence in Kottayam today ... Read more...
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Media mogul K.M. Mathew was a workaholic till end (Lead Obituary)
August 1st, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Kottayam (Kerala) Aug 1 (IANS) Till the last days before his death, media mogul K.M. Mathew kept working in the Malayala Manorama office despite his advanced age, actively taking ... Read more...
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Maharashtra governor mourns K.M. Mathew’s death
August 1st, 2010 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Sunday expressed grief over the demise of Malayala Manorama chief editor K.M. Mathew, describing him as a visionary leader of the Indian media.
Saying that ... Read more...
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Media mogul K.M. Mathew passes away at 93 (Obituary)
August 1st, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Kottayam (Kerala) Aug 1 (IANS) Media mogul K.M. Mathew, the 93-year-old chief editor of Malayala Manorama, passed away early Sunday at his residence here in Kerala.Despite his advanced age, ... Read more...
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Doyen of Kerala’s media industry K.M. Mathew dies
August 1st, 2010 - 10:31 am ICT by IANS
Kottayam (Kerala), Aug 1 (IANS) Chief editor of Malayala Manorama K.M. Mathew died early Sunday at his residence here in Kerala. He was 93.
Mathew is survived by three sons and a daughter.An ... Read more...
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Tariff wars eat into revenues, telecom industry grew 2.5 percent
July 11th, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Tariff wars ate into the revenues of telecom operators in 2009-10, with the industry logging only a modest 2.5 percent growth, having grown even in the year ... Read more...
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‘Maoist’ killed with Azad was journalist: Maoists
July 4th, 2010 - 1:57 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 4 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Maoist Saturday claimed that the man killed along with top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad in an alleged gun battle with police in ... Read more...
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Moily’s Ramayana weaves current realities into epic
July 1st, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily, also a Kannada scholar-poet-playwright, has woven burning contemporary realities into his modern re-telling of the 2,000-year-old Indian epic - ... Read more...
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Belgium shaken as nationalists win polls
June 14th, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, June 14 (DPA) Belgians awoke Monday to confirmation of the news that the Dutch-speaking nationalist party N-VA has won a crushing victory in snap elections, raising fears that months of political ... Read more...
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Editor in China sacked for expose on authorities’ negligence in vaccine deaths incident
May 12th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, May 12 (ANI): In yet another case of Chinese authorities muzzling the media, an intrepid Chinese editor has been sacked after his paper ran a story exposing the careless handling of ... Read more...
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Over 360 Chinese newspapers to be shut down
May 10th, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 10 (IANS) Over 360 newspapers or periodicals in China - or three percent of the nation's total publications - would be shut down over the next three years.
A total ... Read more...
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Father of hybrid rice named China’s richest soul
April 29th, 2010 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Apr.29 (ANI): Yuan Longping, known as the father of hybrid rice, has been named China's soul-richest person.The China Social Sciences Press said in Beijing that Yuan's contribution with hybrid rice was ... Read more...
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Writers’ community throws weight behind Shashi Tharoor
April 19th, 2010 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) One of India's best known non-fiction authors, Shashi Tharoor, who Sunday quit as junior foreign affairs minister, should focus on his literary pursuits at this juncture, ... Read more...
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Gilgit-Baltistan debate in London shows resentment among local leaders
April 8th, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by ANI
By Cynthia ChandranLondon, April 8 (ANI): A debate on Gilgit-Baltistan, Chaired by the Baroness of Winterburne, Emma Nicholson, in a Committee room of the British House of Lords, on Wednesday reflected resentment ... Read more...
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Big B demands apology for ‘violation of journalistic norms’
February 20th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is in no mood to forgive and forget daily tabloid Mumbai Mirror for allegedly invading the privacy of his daughter-in-law actress Aishwarya Rai ... Read more...
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Graphic novels find toehold - with Bollywood twist
February 5th, 2010 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Graphic novels, the illustrated avatar of the conventional storybook, are gradually making their presence felt in the country, offering a wider bouquet of Indian and ... Read more...
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‘Made in Pakistan’ stands alone in Mumbai film fest
November 4th, 2009 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) "Made in Pakistan", a documentary that gives a glimpse into the thinking of modern day Pakistanis, was the only film from across the border which was screened ... Read more...
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Aravind Adiga’s second novel to be out in 2011
October 29th, 2009 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) After winning the 2008 Man Booker Prize for his debut novel, "The White Tiger", Indian-born author Aravind Adiga will publish his second venture "Last Man in the ... Read more...
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Security forces raid former Iranian presidential candidate’s office
September 9th, 2009 - 12:41 am ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) -- Iranian security forces raided the office of leading opposition figure and former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi in Tehran on Tuesday, state media cited a spokesman for the his ... Read more...
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Berlusconi-Vatican rift widens
September 2nd, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 2 (ANI): Relations between the Vatican and Silvio Berlusconi soured further after top church figures rallied to defend Dino Boffo, the Catholic editor, whose personal life was attacked by the ... Read more...
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Incisive reporting is need of the hour: Meira Kumar
August 1st, 2009 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Urging journalists to "rise above jingoism", Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar has said that sharp and clear reporting of various issues by the media is essential ... Read more...
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‘Indians pay scant attention to translated literary works’
July 15th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Writer-editor-translator Ira Pande, a familiar face in the capital's literary circuit, feels Indian readers do not pay much attention to "translated literary works". ... Read more...
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Shiney Ahuja’s arrest hogs Nepal media
June 16th, 2009 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 16 (IANS) The news of rising Bollywood star Shiney Ahuja being sent to police custody on the charge of raping his teenaged domestic help has been splashed in the Nepali ... Read more...
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Now, Indian gizmo freaks await iPhone Version.3
June 7th, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Himank Sharma
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) With Indians beginning to get a feel of the speed and features of third generation (3G) telephony, gizmo lovers are anxiously awaiting the launch of ... Read more...
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‘Telecom equipment industry grew 20 percent in 2008-09′
June 1st, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) India's telecom equipment industry reported 20 percent growth in revenues at Rs.114,527 crore ($24 billion) in 2008-09, compared to 24 percent rise recorded the year before, an ... Read more...
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Indian telecom industry grew 24 percent to top $24 bn: Survey
June 1st, 2009 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Despite the overall slowdown and driven by unprecedented demand for mobile phone connections, the Indian telecom equipment industry grew 20 percent last fiscal to top $24 ... Read more...
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HarperCollins launches business imprint
April 8th, 2009 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Publishing house HarperCollins Wednesday launched its business imprint "Collins Business" with its original title, "Making Breakthrough Innovation Happen - 11 Indians Who Pulled Off the Impossible" by ... Read more...
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No clean chit to anyone in Lavalin case: Kerala ex-vigilance chief
February 5th, 2009 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The politburo of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is in a fix with former Kerala vigilance director Upendra Varma, who initially investigated the SNC-Lavalin scam, saying ... Read more...
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Virgin Mobile tops regulator’s service benchmark: Survey
January 16th, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Only five telecom operators out of 11 have met the 90 percent quality of service benchmark set by the sector's watchdog, a survey released Friday said.Interestingly, the ... Read more...
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Nortel bankruptcy jolts Indian IT outsourcing firms (Lead)
January 15th, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) India's outsourcing firms were jolted Thursday after Canada-based Nortel Networks, one of North America's largest telecom equipment firms and a key client for many IT firms in this ... Read more...
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