Roll back diesel hike, cooking gas cylinder cap, demands BJP
September 14th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep (IANS) The BJP Friday demanded rollback of the Rs.5 a litre hike in diesel prices and the cap of six cylinders on supply of subsidised cooking ... Read more...
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‘Bel Ami’ - Tale of a misogynistic society (IANS Movie Review)
September 2nd, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Bel Ami"; Cast: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott;
Directors: Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod; Rating: ****It is hard to imagine a time in the western world where the only difference ... Read more...
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Hindu boy converts to Islam on TV in Pakistan
July 27th, 2012 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 27 (IANS) A Pakistani television show broadcast live a Hindu boy converting to Islam, prompting a leading daily to say that it sent "a clear signal that other ... Read more...
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Be ready for future challenges, Kalam tells IIT graduates
May 25th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 25 (IANS) Former president APJ Abdul Kalam Friday appealed to the graduates of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) to get themselves ready for future challenges so ... Read more...
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British minister slams Pakistani men’s mentality
May 19th, 2012 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 19 (IANS) A British minister has hit out at the "small minority" of Pakistani men who view white girls as "fair game" for sexual abuse.Baroness Warsi, who is ... Read more...
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We have emerged as the big boys in world cricket: Rahul Dravid
March 27th, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Former India captain Rahul Dravid Tuesday said during his 16-year-long career, the Indian team has emerged from being second class citizens on tours to becoming the ... Read more...
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1,000 Pakistani women killed for honour in 2011
March 23rd, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 23 (IANS) Nearly 1,000 women and girls in Pakistan were victims of honour killings during 2011, a human rights group said.At least 943 women were killed last year ... Read more...
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South Asian New Yorkers still confront profiling
March 23rd, 2012 - 10:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 23 (IANS) New Yorkers of South Asian descent are confronting the impact of profiling by national and local law enforcement agencies even ten years after 9/11 terror attacks, ... Read more...
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Women activists stage silent protest in Srinagar (With Images)
March 8th, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 8 (IANS) Women's rights activists staged a silent protest in Srinagar Thursday against the alleged deteriorating women's rights scenario in Kashmir.Lighting candles in broad daylight and carrying banners, ... Read more...
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‘Change mindset towards widows’
July 30th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Vrindavan, July 30 (IANS) The mindset towards widows needs to be changed -- this was the dominent view to emerge from discussions of religious leaders and social activists here ... Read more...
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Gay history, rights to be taught in US schools
April 17th, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
New York, April 17 (IANS) California is all set to become the first state in the US to teach gay history and rights in schools.Children would get lessons on issues ... Read more...
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First US woman vice presidential candidate dead (Lead)
March 27th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 27 (IANS/EFE) Geraldine Ferraro, the first American woman vice presidential candidate, has died. She was 75.Ferraro died at the Massachusetts General Hospital. The cause of death were ... Read more...
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Muraleedharan set to return to Congress fold
February 15th, 2011 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 15 (IANS) K. Muralidheeran, the son of late Congress veteran K. Karunakaran, was Tuesday given the green signal to return to the Congress party after being suspended for ... Read more...
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Sir Elton John: Not Welcomed In U.S For Being A Gay
January 25th, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
What can be said about a man whom the world hails as one of its favourite singers and has ranked him at the heights not once or twice, but consecutively for ... Read more...
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Gay Elton John ‘fed up’ with being treated like ’second-class citizen’ in U.S.
January 24th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 24 (ANI): Elton John has accused U.S. of treating gay people like 'second-class citizens'.The 63-year-old gay singer took a stand last week during a performance at a private Beverly ... Read more...
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Stop treating Roma as pariahs: Hindus & Jews tell Europe
January 3rd, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Jan 3 (ANI): Europe needed to stop treating Roma as pariahs; Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California in USA; stated ... Read more...
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U.S. Congress passes $858 billion tax-cut extension
December 18th, 2010 - 12:37 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. Congress on late Thursday passed a $858 billion tax-cut extension to continue for two more years the tax breaks enacted under President George W. Bush, ... Read more...
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Cindy McCain In Gay Anti Bullying Video
November 13th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nov 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Cindy McCain the spouse of former Presidential runner republican John McCain has differed with her husband openly on the issue of gay ban in US Military. ... Read more...
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Britain will have 90,000 centenarians by 2034
October 1st, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 1 (IANS) Britain will have nearly 90,000 people over the age of 100 in the next 24 years, authorities have said.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a report ... Read more...
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Female workers sue banking firm Goldman Sachs over sex discrimination
September 17th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 17 (ANI): Three female executives have sued global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs over an alleged boys' club culture of sex discrimination.Former vice president H.Cristina Chen-Oster, 39, former vice ... Read more...
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President Barack Obama Slams GOP Economic Ideas
September 9th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Sep 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) US President Barack Obama has slammed the GOP economic ideas saying that it favored the millionaires and did not work for the middle classes. The President ... Read more...
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Enemy property bill withdrawn (Second Lead)
August 30th, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Giving in to vehement opposition by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Samajwadi Party, the government Monday dropped a controversial bill to amend an act ... Read more...
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Oz opposition leader Abbott says burkas are “particularly confronting” attire
August 4th, 2010 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, August 4 (ANI): Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott has labelled the burka a "particularly confronting" piece of clothing and wished to see fewer women in the country wearing the traditional Muslim ... Read more...
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Australian senator demands burka ban in country
July 18th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, July 18 (ANI): Australian liberal senator Cory Bernardi has urged the country to follow the lead of France and ban the burka, describing it as ``the most public symbol of fundamentalist ... Read more...
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Outrage over Brit Islamist leader’s call on Oz Muslims to ’shun haram democracy’
July 5th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, July 5(ANI): Australian Protectionist Party (APP) activists have protested against British Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) leader Burhan Hanif's advice to Aussie Muslims to spurn secular democracy and join the struggle for a ... Read more...
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Sydney magistrate rules word `prick’ is part of every-day vernacular
May 4th, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, May 4 (ANI): A Sydney court magistrate has ruled that the word "prick" is part of the every-day vernacular and has cleared a university student of an offensive language charge.According ... Read more...
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Gita Sahgal leaves job over Amnesty-’pro-jihadi’ links scandal
April 13th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 13(ANI): A senior Indian official at Amnesty International, Gita Sahgal, who was suspended after she complained that the human rights organization was closely linked to a "pro-jihadi group" has ... Read more...
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Goldman sued by ex-VP over “mommy track”
March 25th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 25, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A former vice president of the Goldman Sachs Group Inc has sued the company for alleged bias because she was consigned to a mommy track ... Read more...
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Christian-Muslim fighting resumes in Egypt
January 9th, 2010 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Nagaa Hamadi (Egypt), Jan 9 (DPA) Renewed fighting was reported in the Egyptian city of Nagaa Hamadi Friday evening, the same day police arrested three suspects in connection with a drive-by ... Read more...
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Those spreading rumours will face jail terms in Xinjiang: Chinese authorities
September 8th, 2009 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Urumqi (China), Sep. 8 (ANI): Authorities in riot-hit Chinese city of Urumqi have announced that those found spreading rumours will be jailed.In order to maintain peace between fighting Han Chinese and Uighur ... Read more...
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Gojra riots highlights insecurity of Pak Christian minority
August 3rd, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug 3 (ANI): The attack on Christian families in Gojra in central Pakistan, the culmination of several days of rioting over a claim that a Koran had been defiled, shows ... Read more...
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Indian farmers want reforms, not concessions
June 30th, 2009 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
By Mohammed Shafeeq
Hyderabad, June 30 (IANS) Reforms, not concessions, hold the key to agricultural growth in India, farmers' representatives told the finance ministry in the run up to the budget 2009-10.Farmers ... Read more...
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Body-snatching practice divides Malaysian society
June 25th, 2009 - 8:52 am ICT by IANS
By Christiane Oelrich
Kuala Lumpur, June 25 (DPA) The sudden death of Malaysian Mohan Singh, 41, came as a shock to his family. But worse was the nightmare that followed: the country's religious ... Read more...
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Zee Cinema Movie Synopsis - June 2009
May 29th, 2009 - 12:38 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
KLUBTAALMonday, June 1st 2009, 4:00 PMDirected by: Subhash GhaiStarring: Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye KhannaGenre: RomanceOn a road trip of India, U.K. based Manav Mehta (Akshaye Khanna) meets Mansi (Aishwarya ... Read more...
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End second-class treatment of Tamils, Sri Lanka urged
January 28th, 2009 - 10:37 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, Jan 28 (IANS) If Sri Lanka's Sinhalese majority doesn't accommodate the aspirations of Tamils, the LTTE-led insurgency could stage a comeback, warns a Canadian daily.In an editorial Tuesday, the respected Globe ... Read more...
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