Cartoonist Trivedi’s questioning cut short, sent to judicial custody (Second Lead)
September 10th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Barely a day after cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was sent to seven days police custody after being arrested on sedition charges, investigators cut short his questioning ... Read more...
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Kerala CPI-M in tight spot over murder probe
September 9th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 9 (IANS) The decision arrived at the CPI-M politburo meeting in New Delhi Sunday that there was no need for a CBI probe into the murder of ... Read more...
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Anna to go on fast from July 29 on corruption (Lead)
July 24th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Brushing aside concerns over his poor health, Anna Hazare Tuesday announced that he will go on an indefinite fast from July 29 if the ... Read more...
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Mulayam remains mum as Samajwadi Party keeps everyone guessing
June 15th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 15 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders Friday spoke in different voices on the party's crucial role in the July 19 presidential poll, leaving both the United Progressive ... Read more...
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Trinamool’s opposition to anti-terror body is political posturing: CPI-M
February 18th, 2012 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Dubbing Trinamool Congress' opposition to the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) as "political positioning" to gain national importance, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday ... Read more...
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Congress leader re-ignites quota controversy, opposition furious (Roundup)
February 16th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Congress leader and Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma's promise on quota for Muslims re-ignited the reservation row in the midst of Uttar Pradesh assembly ... Read more...
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BJP for Khurshid’s removal, Congress reaction mixed (Lead)
February 13th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday demanded the sacking of union Law Minister Salman Khurshid for "denigrating" the Election Commission over his promise for ... Read more...
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BJP not serious in fighting corruption, says Congress
January 18th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of not being serious in fighting corruption, and said the Narendra Modi government's decision to ... Read more...
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For women, love comes from vulnerability: Namita Gokhale (Interview)
January 10th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Love and grief, motherhood, redemption and her hometown Nainital...Writer and novelist Namita Gokhale runs her readers through a roller-coaster of emotions in her first ever ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s overt support to terror has diminished: Chidambaram
December 2nd, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Pakistan has not delivered on its promise to bring the 26/11 perpetrators to justice, Home Minister P. Chidambaram has said, adding that Islamabad's overt ... Read more...
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Congress speaks in different voices on Uttarakhand Lokayukta
November 2nd, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) A day after the BJP government in Uttarakhand passed legislation creating a Lokayukta (ombudsman), the Congress spoke in different voices Wednesday with Law Minister Salman ... Read more...
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Differences not uncommon in coalitions: PM
October 20th, 2011 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
On Board Air India One, Oct 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said differences among alliance partners in a coalition are not uncommon but governance was not an ... Read more...
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US, China cooperation crucial: Kissinger
October 18th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Oct 18 (IANS) The cooperation and strategic trust between the US and China are critically important in times of difficulty, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has ... Read more...
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Modi’s absence, talk of PM candidate, cloud BJP meet (Roundup)
September 30th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Narendra Modi as a prime ministerial candidate? The issue saw differences crop up in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at its two-day national executive ... Read more...
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Modi absent as BJP national executive attacks government
September 30th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Controversy dogged the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) two-day national executive that began here Friday with its star leader Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as ... Read more...
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BJP wins Karnataka bypoll, battle for credit begins
September 29th, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Koppal, Sep 29 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday won the bypoll for the assembly seat from this north Karnataka town, immediately sparking a wrangle in the ... Read more...
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Congress accuses BJP of hypocrisy on Lokayukta, Reddy arrest
September 7th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the arrest of former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and its stalling of parliament ... Read more...
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Old-time extras back on screen with ‘Mutton song’
April 20th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) "Mutton song", an item number from upcoming film "Luv Ka The End", not only has the lead actor grooving to it, but the choreographer has also ... Read more...
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BJP leaders speak in different voices on prospects in Assam
March 29th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 29 (IANS) Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spoke in different voices about the party's prospects in the coming Assam polls - one saying the ... Read more...
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Fake banker held in capital
January 7th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A man was arrested here for duping 53 people of Rs.9 lakh on the pretext of providing interest-free bank loans, police said Friday. According to the police, ... Read more...
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‘Sheila ki jawani’ spices up ‘Tees Maar Khan’ album (IANS Music Review)
November 18th, 2010 - 9:19 am ICT by IANS
By Ruchika Kher
Film: "Tees Maar Khan"; Music Directors: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani; Lyricists: Anvita Dutt, Vishal Dadlani and Shirish Kunder; Singers: Sonu Niigaam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal Dadlani, Sukhwinder Singh, Shreya Ghoshal, ... Read more...
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US has not denied us any 26/11 information, says Rao
November 4th, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit, India Thursday rejected reports that the government was speaking in different voices over 26/11 intelligence sharing by the US, ... Read more...
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Congress speaks in different voices on Mamata after accident (Lead)
July 19th, 2010 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Congress Monday spoke in different voices on the moral responsibility of Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee over the train accident in West ... Read more...
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Congress, opposition spar over Anderson’s 1984 passage (Roundup)
June 16th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The opposition and the Congress were locked in a war of words Wednesday after a former US diplomat said that then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson ... Read more...
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Opposition slams UPA-II report on security, price rise
June 2nd, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Opposition parties Wednesday said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's report card on the first year of its second term did not adequately address price rise ... Read more...
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Different UPA voices on cause of rail accident
May 29th, 2010 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Ministers of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Friday spoke in different voices on the cause of the rail accident in West Midnapore district of West Bengal ... Read more...
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Government should not speak in different voices on Maoists: Yechury
April 15th, 2010 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in the Rajya Sabha Thursday trained its guns on railway minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamta Banerjee during a debate ... Read more...
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Computers ‘understand women more than men’
March 5th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 5 (ANI): Voice recognition computers find men harder to understand than women, Edinburgh University scientists have found.In the study, researchers recorded phone calls and studied how much of conversations a ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb ticks off officials for airing differing views
February 18th, 2010 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Thursday ticked off state Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen and Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh for speaking in different voices about Monday's ... Read more...
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‘It’s time for eye-grabbing rural reporting’
January 25th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Dismissing notions that readers are not interested in development issues or rural reportage, editors and activists Monday stressed that the media perspective on the issue needed a ... Read more...
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India abandoned G-77 at Copenhagen: Yashwant Sinha (Interview)
January 4th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for speaking in different voices at home and abroad on key foreign policy issues, senior Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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Sophie Chaudhary beats Himesh Reshammiya
December 12th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Sophie Chaudhary gives Himesh Reshammiya a run for his money as she can sing in five different voices where as poor Himesh can manage only two. In her latest album "Sound ... Read more...
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Khurshid slams BJP for exploiting Ayodhya issue
December 8th, 2009 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of exploiting the Ayodhya issue for political purposes, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Monday said the party should regret orchestrating ... Read more...
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‘Radio’ a Himesh Reshammiya act all the way (IANS film preview)
November 30th, 2009 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Composer-singer-actor Himesh Reshammiya, whose last two films bombed at the box office, has done away with his trademark cap, got rid of his nasal twang and ... Read more...
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Mirwaiz suspends entire Hurriyat (M) organization
November 24th, 2009 - 9:56 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Nov 24(ANI): Executive Council of the Hurriyat Conference (Moderate) has suspended its entire organizational structure including all its office bearers except its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.The gag order comes in ... Read more...
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