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Mumbai mayor tells people to raise terror concerns on radio

November 29th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) Mumbai Mayor Shubha Raul has asked radio listeners to voice their concerns over the terror attacks that have shaken the city on radio and said their queries would ...

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Bikaneris seek a committed candidate

Bikaneris seek a committed candidate

November 17th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI -
By Jethmal Sharma Bikaner, Nov.17 (ANI): Although election fever has gripped the Bikaner constituency, the voters in this Rajasthani city are wary of political outfits and their local leaders. The main contenders in ...

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Pak Taliban decide not to hold talks with federal govt in future

Pak Taliban decide not to hold talks with federal govt in future

November 17th, 2008 - 4:06 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, Nov 17 (ANI): The Pakistans unit of the Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly said that it will not negotiate with the Pakistan government in future because the latter ...

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Nepal Constituent Assembly puts final stamp on statute calendar

November 17th, 2008 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI -
Kathmandu, Nov 17 (ANI): Nepal Constituent Assembly (CA) has unanimously endorsed the proposed calendar of events, according to which the new constitution will be endorsed by April 2010. According to Kantipur, ...

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Hundreds protest in New Delhi against POSCO plant in Orissa

November 15th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 15 (ANI): Hundreds of people marched in New Delhi on Saturday to protest against a plant being built by South Korean steel maker POSCO in Orissa. Activists belonging to ...

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Cong, BJP let down people, says Mayawati

Cong, BJP let down people, says Mayawati

November 9th, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Nov 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)supremo Mayawati Sunday hit out at the Congress-led Government at the Centre and Chhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party government for `ignoring ...

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Militants with foreign backing behind blasts: Assam CM

November 3rd, 2008 - 11:12 am ICT by ANI -
Guwahati, Nov 3 (ANI): Without naming any country, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday blamed disruptive forces with foreign backing for the recent blasts in the state. "Forces inimical to Assam ...

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2000 yr old tunnel found in China

2000 yr old tunnel found in China

October 27th, 2008 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 27 (ANI): A tunnel, buried for nearly 2000 years, has been found in Changan City, Shaanxi Province, in China. According to a report in The Epoch Times, the entrance to ...

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”Nano”, hope for Gujarat, regret for West Bengal

”Nano”, hope for Gujarat, regret for West Bengal

October 8th, 2008 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI -
Ahmedabad/Singur, Oct 8 (ANI): While Gujarat is rejoicing over Tata Motors decision to shift its ultra low-cost Nano car plant to Sanand near Ahmedabad, residents in Singur are regretting that the ...

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Gandhi’s ideas more effective outside India than in it: Rushdie

October 1st, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Oct 1 (IANS) Author Sir Salman Rushdie says people outside India have made greater use of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's ideas of non-violence than those within his native country. Speaking to the ...

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British intelligence agency MI6 launches recruitment drive on Facebook

British intelligence agency MI6 launches recruitment drive on Facebook

September 29th, 2008 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 29 (ANI): In a bid to recruit the next generation of spies, UKs Secret Intelligence Service MI6 has launched a series of online adverts on the social networking website ...

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Militants target Manipur schools

September 27th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by ANI -
Imphal, Sept 27 (ANI): Militancy has affiliation to none. Their language is the language of violence for various reasons political, religious or ideological. Manipur is a victim of such militancy. If ...

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Haryana agri-markets get computers, internet

August 31st, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, Aug 31 (IANS) All 108 'mandis' (agriculture grain markets) and 25 sub-centres of the agricultural marketing board in Haryana have been provided with computers and internet facilities to publish the prices ...

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Indian, Pakistani peaceniks thrown open Wagah at midnight for peaceniks

August 15th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI -
Wagah, August 14-15 (ANI): At midnight of August 14-15, the gates at Indian side on the Wagah land border that divides it from Pakistan, were thrown open to for peaceniks from ...

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Global economic crisis created by bankers: Swraj Paul

August 11th, 2008 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, August 11 (IANS) The present economic crisis that has hit most of the countries across the world has been created by the investment bankers, Britain-based NRI businessman Lord Swraj Paul ...

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NRI Kashmiri director’s ‘Zero Bridge’ goes to Venice fest

August 10th, 2008 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) "Zero Bridge", a film by NRI Kashmiri filmmaker Tariq Tapa, is the only movie by a director with Indian links to be screened at the 65th Venice International ...

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Mayawati takes on Rahul Gandhi over n-deal

August 9th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi may have earned much appreciation for his speech in defence of the nuclear deal during the trust motion debate in the parliament. But Uttar ...

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‘Insensitive’ government officials need regular flogging: apex court

August 8th, 2008 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Describing government officials as "insensitive to the suffering of people", the Supreme Court Friday said they "need regular huntering (flogging)" to make them work. The remark was ...

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‘Bigg Boss’ to start Aug 17 with Shilpa as host

August 6th, 2008 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) The second season of reality show "Bigg Boss" is all set to hit television screens Aug 17 and will be hosted by Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty on entertainment ...

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Inflation will moderate in six to nine months: Chidambaram

Inflation will moderate in six to nine months: Chidambaram

August 6th, 2008 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday told a gathering of Congress spokespersons here that inflation would take a minimum six to nine months to moderate. Speaking at the ...

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Civil Society welcomes former ULFA cadres move to restore peace in Assam

August 4th, 2008 - 10:55 am ICT by ANI -
By Peter Alex Todd Guwahati, Aug 4 (ANI): It is not just the common people who are supporting the efforts of the former ULFA cadres to bring about peace in Assam. ...

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Support for Brown dips to historic low: Poll

Support for Brown dips to historic low: Poll

August 1st, 2008 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua London, Aug 1 (Xinhua) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's personal appeal dipped to a historic low as speculation over his future ran wild, said a poll published in Daily Telegraph Friday. Some ...

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N-deal should not affect independent foreign policy: IUML

N-deal should not affect independent foreign policy: IUML

August 1st, 2008 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS -
Kozhikode, July 31 (IANS) The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) Thursday said that India-US civil nuclear deal should not affect country's independent foreign policy. "We have conveyed our concern regarding this to ...

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Photo exhibition shows suffering caused by Maoists

July 31st, 2008 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 31 (IANS) A week-long exhibition of photographs showing the suffering caused to common people due to Maoist guerrillas' actions was organised here by West Bengal's ruling Communist party of India-Marxist ...

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Video art comes to Delhi

July 29th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) After learning to appreciate works of modern and contemporary masters like Raja Ravi Varma, M.F. Husain and Subodh Gupta, the capital is now opening up to new ...

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Bombs were macabre piece of local engineering

July 27th, 2008 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, July 27 (IANS) The bombs that went off at 17 busy areas of the city on Black Saturday bore a clear imprint of classic concoction of ammonium nitrate, ball bearings and ...

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Olympic Media Village opens in Beijing

July 25th, 2008 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Beijing, July 25 (Xinhua) The Olympic Media Village opened here Friday amid some foreign media's concerns about free reporting in China. People's Daily, the mouthpiece of China's ruling party, ran a commentary ...

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BJP indulged in political terrorism: Congress

BJP indulged in political terrorism: Congress

July 23rd, 2008 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in "political terrorism", the Congress Wednesday said it had attacked people's faith in parliament by displaying wads of currency ...

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Trust vote? It’s all about distrust, say people

Trust vote? It’s all about distrust, say people

July 22nd, 2008 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) It should be about the future of the nation, the issues that confront it and the challenges that lie ahead. But the trust vote in parliament seems ...

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Cell phone connections zoom to 88 million in Pakistan

July 22nd, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS -
By Muhammad Najeeb Islamabad, July 22 (IANS) From just 300,000 eight years ago, the number of mobile phone connections in Pakistan has grown to 88 million in 2008 covering over half of the ...

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