CBI dictated my statement: Aarushi case witness
September 4th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 4 (IANS) CBI witness and slain teenager Aarushi Talwar's part-time maid
told a special court here Tuesday that whatever was recorded in her statement was dictated to her ... Read more...
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Aarushi murder: Magistrate appears as witness
July 18th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 18 (IANS) In the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder, a magistrate Wednesday appeared in a court here as a CBI witness and said that he did not see any sign ... Read more...
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Veteran writer, commentator Dilip D’Souza wins Daily Beast South Asia prize
June 21st, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 Dilip D'Souza, the 52-year-old author of "Roadrunner: An Indian Quest in America" (HarperCollins India), has won the Newsweek and The Daily Beast award for South Asian commenatry.... Read more...
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Confusion can be good for learning: Study
June 21st, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 21 (IANS) US researches have found that by strategically inducing confusion on difficult conceptual topics, people actually learn more effectively and were able to apply their knowledge to ... Read more...
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‘India needs to modernise strategic culture’
January 20th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) India needs to develop its unique vocabulary and doctrines, drawing from its long tradition of strategic culture, if it is to deal with the issues ... Read more...
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Jharkhand police failed to present key witness in massacre case
December 15th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 15 (IANS) Acquittal by the Jharkhand High Court of four suspected Maoists who were awarded death sentence for the 2007 massacre of 19 people, including the son of ... Read more...
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Governor expresses grief over Mario Miranda’s death
December 11th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 11 (IANS) Condoling the death of cartoonist Mario Miranda's death, Governor of Maharashtra and Goa K. Sankaranarayanan has expressed grief over his demise."Mario Miranda will go down in ... Read more...
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US energy policy moving in wrong direction: Chevron CEO
October 20th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) The energy policy in the US is moving in the wrong direction and may risk making energy more scarce and expensive, John S. Watson, chairman and ... Read more...
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Not trying to destabilize government: BJP
September 28th, 2011 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday made it clear that it was not trying to destabilize the Congress-led government.At a press conference also addressed ... Read more...
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TRAI, law ministry views on 2G unsolicited, CBI tells court (Lead)
September 15th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam, Thursday rejected reports of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the ... Read more...
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Air India aircraft acquisition was necessary: Patel
September 8th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Former civil aviation minister Praful Patel defended the acquisition of 111 aircraft for Air India in 2005-06 after a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report ... Read more...
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Convicts question police theory on Gujarat ex-minister’s killing
July 13th, 2011 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 13 (IANS) The 12 people convicted for the killing of former Gujarat minister Haren Pandya Wednesday told a court that there were contradictions in the statements of ... Read more...
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Concept of ‘Bharatiya Nari’ a can of worms: Namita Gokhale
May 29th, 2011 - 10:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Being a housewife in contemporary India is a tedious task and comes with a new set of pressures, says writer-publisher Namita Gokhale who also believes ... Read more...
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Heavy fines for squatting on Agra’s heritage land
April 6th, 2011 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, April 6 (IANS) Encroachers in Agra and the surrounding area will no longer have it easy, with the state government setting up a panel and announcing heavy fines to ... Read more...
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Reply to Shunglu charges, don’t pass judgement: BJP to Dikshit
March 30th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) In a sharp attack on Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday asked her not to pass a judgement but ... Read more...
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Police unable to get hold of slain Pak minister’s cell phone, driver
March 6th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 6(ANI): Police officials probing the assassination of Pakistan's Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti have neither been able to access his cell phone nor his driver, which could help yield valuable ... Read more...
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Jessica case: Hostile witnesses to now face the heat
February 17th, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Witnesses who turned hostile during the trial in the 1999 murder of model Jessica Lal may now be in trouble as the Delhi High Court will from ... Read more...
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Gilani emerges ‘king of contradictions’ in utterances over Pak’s blasphemy law
February 3rd, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 3(ANI): Apparently in a desperate bid to appease Pakistan's conservative religious groups, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has been making widely contradictory statements regarding the country's controversial blasphemy law.After a ... Read more...
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Pakistani ‘lesbian’ pulp fiction ‘too hot to be read aloud’ in Jaipur Literary Festival
January 28th, 2011 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 28(ANI): One of Pakistan's best selling and most salacious pulp fiction serial novels, Challawa, was considered 'too hot to be read aloud' in India's annual Jaipur Literary Festival.On Monday, ... Read more...
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Ban Ki-moon condemns UN HR official for ‘US orchestrated 9/11 terror attacks’ claim
January 26th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 26 (ANI): United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned one of the organisation's human rights officials for suggesting that the US had masterminded the 9/11 terrorist attacks.Richard ... Read more...
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Kashmir: The media myths and the reality
December 4th, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.4 (ANI): For those looking at the state from outside, Kashmir is an enigma. It represents a complex mosaic of thoughts and emotions, of diverse beliefs and opinions about its ... Read more...
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1 in 4 US divorces involve Facebook: Study
December 1st, 2010 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 1 (ANI): A new survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers has found that one in five divorces involve the social networking site Facebook.A staggering 80 per cent ... Read more...
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Caste-dominated politics still rule in IT land Karnataka (Letter from Bangalore)
November 22nd, 2010 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
By V.S. Karnic
Bangalore, Nov 22 (IANS) The southern Indian state of Karnataka is a land of contradictions - a leader in education, banking, science and technology but backward-looking in politics dominated ... Read more...
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The perfect girlfriend ‘has a big sex appetite and eats a lot!’
November 10th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 10 (ANI): Men believe that the perfect girlfriend is the one who has a high sex drive, enjoys a hearty meal and gets ready to go out in 10 minutes.Apart ... Read more...
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Time Change Fall 2010 Sets The Clock Back Again
October 31st, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Oct 31, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The summer has officially ended in Europe and this was marked as clocks has just about back an hour. It has been declared that everyone should ... Read more...
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Contradictions thrive in Jammu and Kashmir
October 9th, 2010 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
By Jaibans SinghNew Delhi, Oct 9 (ANI): Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's remark on the floor of the state Legislative Assembly on October 6 that Jammu and Kashmir acceded and not merged ... Read more...
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US evangelical leader’s ‘yoga at odds with Christianity’ comment stirs controversy
October 8th, 2010 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct 8(ANI): An American evangelical leader, Albert Mohler, who has cautioned Christians against the practice of yoga, saying that its spiritual basis violates the tenets of Christianity, has sparked a ... Read more...
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New biography lifts the lid on Lady Gaga’s food, weight, psychological issues
September 9th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 9 (ANI): Lady Gaga may have scaled heights in her career, but a new unauthorized biography has revealed that her journey to success was full of food, weight, psychological ... Read more...
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Rishma discloses Neha’s secrets
September 4th, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 4, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): It seems that Rishma Rochlani and Neha Sargam essaying on screen friends Divya and Nivedita respectively, of "Chaand Chhupa Badal Mein' had got mingled so well ... Read more...
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Sarkozy’s biopic may upset his applecart ahead of elections
August 31st, 2010 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 31 (ANI): A new biopic on the career of French President might just end up making him angry, as it will be released uncomfortably close to his bid for re-election.The ... Read more...
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Is Abhishek Being Made The Scapegoat For ‘Raavan’’s Failure?
June 23rd, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 23, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): There has to be something really flawed about a film which is based on 'Ramayana', has Mani Ratnam at the helm of affairs, stars the Bachchan ... Read more...
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Shekhawat was a close friend, says Vajpayee
May 15th, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Saturday condoled the death of former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, saying he was a "close friend, a tall leader ... Read more...
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A terrorist’s tale, some spirituality, some branding tips (Books This Week)
April 29th, 2010 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Here are five new books to sit back and enjoy this week:
1. "Traitor" - written by Shobasakti; published by Penguin-Viking: Set in the turbulent milieu of ... Read more...
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Personal political views shape our interpretation of political messages
April 28th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 28 (ANI): People interpret a politician's statement according to their personal political views, a new British research has revealed.Martin McKee, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and ... Read more...
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Scarlett was frothing from mouth, cop tells court (Lead)
April 5th, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 5 (IANS) Fifteen-year-old British teenager Scarlett Keeling who was sexually assaulted and left to die at Anjuna beach in February 2008 was frothing at the mouth when police reached the ... Read more...
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