Patil sends Quraishi’s letter to PMO
February 12th, 2012 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil has forwarded Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi's letter over Law Minister Salman Khurshid's defiant stand on quota for backward Muslims in ... Read more...
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Will get backwards their dues even if poll panel hangs me: Khurshid
February 11th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Farrukhabad (Uttar Pradesh)/New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Triggering a fresh controversy after he was censured by the Election Commission over promise of nine percent quota for minorities, Congresss leader ... Read more...
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Now row over deputy ombudsman hits Karnataka
February 11th, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 11 (IANS) A controversy a day seems to be becoming a norm in Karnataka. The latest row is over Karnataka Chief Justice Vikramjit Sen seeking cancellation of ... Read more...
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UN chief seeks to ease Falkland tensions
February 11th, 2012 - 5:15 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Feb 11 (IANS) UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon Friday called upon Argentina and Britain to prevent "an escalation" of tensions over the Falkland Islands.The secretary-general made the appeal when ... Read more...
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Tripura Left Front ministry to be expanded Sunday
February 10th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 10 (IANS) The Left Front ministry in Tripura will be expanded Sunday with the re-induction of former minister Sahid Chowdhury, an official said here Friday."Tripura Governor D.Y. Patil ... Read more...
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Argentine oil firm made $3 bn investments in 2011
February 9th, 2012 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Feb 9 (IANS/EFE) Argentine oil company YPF, a unit of Spain's Repsol-YPF, announced Wednesday that its investments in the South American country rose last year by 50 percent ... Read more...
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Nothing written on UP poll official’s transfer: Goa official
February 8th, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 8 (IANS) The mystery behind the transfer of Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) poll observer Pawan Kumar Sain to Goa deepened as poll officials in the western state said ... Read more...
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Not scared of controversies, says Prateik
February 7th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) Actor Prateik is unperturbed by the controversy surrounding the song "Hosanna" from his ready-to-release movie "Ek Deewana Tha" and says one should not pay much attention ... Read more...
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Bhardwaj rejects BJP government nominee as ombudsman
February 6th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 6 (IANS) Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Monday rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party government's nominee S.R. Bannurmath, a former Kerala High Court chief justice, as the state's new ... Read more...
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‘Scientists should be accountable’
February 6th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 6 (IANS) India's scientific community should learn to deal with public accountability while doing business with the private sector to avoid a repeat of the controversial Antrix-Devas ... Read more...
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Veena Malik doesn’t represent entire Pakistan: Ali Zafar
February 6th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Pakistani actress Veena Malik is controversy's favourite child but it would be unfair to judge the entire country on the basis of what she does ... Read more...
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Supreme Court raps government over army chief’s age row (Third Lead)
February 3rd, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday rapped the government over the way it has handled army chief Gen. V.K. Singh's age row, saying the entire process ... Read more...
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Army chief meets Mukherjee amid age row
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday, a day before the Supreme Court is likely to take up the ... Read more...
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China to rate films for the first time
February 1st, 2012 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 1 (IANS) Ratings for movies have existed in countries like the US and Japan for years. Chinese audiences, however, have been left in the dark when it comes ... Read more...
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Kolkata Book Fair organisers apologise to Imran Khan
January 31st, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) Kolkata Book Fair authorities Tuesday said they had apologised to former Pakistani cricketer and politician Imran Khan for switching off power supply during a talk by ... Read more...
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Antony blames army for chief’s age row (Lead)
January 31st, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Tuesday blamed the army for the dispute over chief Gen V.K. Singh's age and denied that there was any civil-military confrontation ... Read more...
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No civil-military confrontation: Antony on age row
January 31st, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Downplaying the controversy over army chief Gen V.K. Singh's age, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Tuesday said the issue should not be seen as a civil-military ... Read more...
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Government reiterates order on Army chief’s age issue, to settle case in court (Lead)
January 29th, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The defence ministry said Sunday it would prefer to settle the issue of army chief General V.K. Singh's age in the Supreme Court rather than ... Read more...
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Boycott Olympics if Dow stays, says Chouhan
January 29th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 29 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Sunday demanded that India should boycott the London Olympics if Dow Chemicals remains a sponsor."India is now an economic ... Read more...
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Government to settle army chief age issue in court, not administratively
January 29th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Scotching rumours that it asked the Indian Army's Adjutant General to correct records of General V.K. Singh's year of birth to 1950 ahead of the ... Read more...
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Odisha denies Bonda tribes’ exploitation
January 25th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 25 (IANS) Authorities in Odisha Wednesday denied that primitive Bonda tribes in the state were in any way exploited by tourists.The denial came after a section of media ... Read more...
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Rushdie is poor, sub-standard writer: Katju
January 25th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) A day after Salman Rushdie's video conference at Jaipur Literature Festival was cancelled, Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju Wednesday said the author is ... Read more...
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Demi Lovato quits Twitter after controversy
January 24th, 2012 - 12:47 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Jan 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Singer Demi Lovato is quitting the popular microblogging and social networking site Twitter after a controversy. It seems that she finally learned that it is not ... Read more...
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Indian Minister Gauri Shankar Bisen involved in shoe-lace tying row
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mumbai, Jan 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An Indian minister is fighting desperately to save his face after a shoe lace-tying controversy. Gauri Shankar Bisen, who is a minister in the Indian state of ... Read more...
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Congress candidate to be booked for giving away cricket kits
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 23 (IANS) Election officials here are in the process of filing a complaint against Congress candidate and Goa Cricket Association (GCA) president Dayanand Narvekar for distributing cricket kits ... Read more...
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Mamata lets Left garland Netaji statue first
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) On Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birthday Monday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday did a U-turn and allowed Left leaders to garland his ... Read more...
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Argentines at odds over case of pregnant 11-year-old
January 22nd, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Jan 22 (IANS/EFE) The case of a pregnant 11-year-old girl, whose mother asked a court to give her daughter permission to have her pregnancy interrupted - but later ... Read more...
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‘Jodi Breakers’ not a copy of ‘Heartbreakers’: R. Madhavan
January 21st, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) Actor R. Madhavan is not amused by the plagiarism charges levelled against his new Hindi film "Jodi Breakers" by the Indian distributors of the Belgian ... Read more...
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Bangladesh border guard held after killing Indian (Lead)
January 20th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 20 (IANS) Troopers of Border Guard Bangladesh shot dead an Indian farmer along the border with Tripura Friday, but one of them was detained by angry Indian villagers ... Read more...
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Scandal brews, Tripura orders probe against senior cop
January 20th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 20 (IANS) The alleged presence of a widow in the official residence of Tripura's additional director general of police has led to controversy, forcing the government to probe ... Read more...
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Army chief’s age issue sensitive: PM
January 19th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday conceded that the controversy relating to the age of army chief General V.K. Singh was "sensitive" and refused to ... Read more...
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Government, army chief set for legal battle (Evening Lead)
January 17th, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Preparing itself for a legal battle with Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh, the government Tuesday requested the Supreme Court to hear its version ... Read more...
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Army chief’s age row: Defence ministry too moves apex court
January 17th, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The defence ministry Tuesday filed a caveat in the Supreme Court in army chief General V.K. Singh's age controversy matter, requesting the court to hear ... Read more...
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Everybody has right to justice: Soni on army chief
January 17th, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Tuesday said it was army chief Gen V.K. Singh's right to move court seeking justice over his age ... Read more...
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No clue when age row will end: Army chief
January 15th, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Earlier he was indecisive on what he would do next on his age row, but now Indian Army chief Gen V.K. Singh is unsure when ... Read more...
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