For the Congress, silence is not golden (Comment)
September 8th, 2012 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Any one in India who heard the live telecast of Barack Obama's speech at the national convention of the Democrats in the US on Friday would have noted how his ... Read more...
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Winter session embarrassed UPA government
December 30th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Though not a washout as compared to last year, the winter session of parliament (Nov 22-Dec 29) proved to be an embarrassment for the ... Read more...
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‘The Dirty Picture’: Needlessly smutty (IANS Movie Review - Rating: **)
December 2nd, 2011 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "The Dirty Picture"; Cast: Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor; Director: Milan Luthria, Producer: Ekta Kapoor; Rating **Is it a voyeuristic peep-eye or the projection of a ... Read more...
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Graft-hit Yeddyurappa drops plan to support Hazare
August 18th, 2011 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 18 (IANS) Scam-hit former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Thursday backed out of his plan to stage an indefinite 'dharna' (sit-in) to support social activist Anna Hazare's ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa will continue to spell trouble for BJP (Comment)
August 6th, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
It is unlikely that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) thought its scam-tainted former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa will quietly walk away into the sunset after losing his post.The very ... Read more...
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Resumption of Indo-Pak parley will be key topic in Thimpu: Experts
February 6th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 6(ANI): Indian and Pakistani experts have said the focus of the foreign secretary-level talks on the sidelines of a SAARC meeting in Thimpu, Bhutan will be on ways to resume ... Read more...
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Education department’s e-mail hacked, porn sent to schools
January 20th, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Parminder Singh Bariana
Hoshiarpur, Jan 20 (IANS) In an incident that left school teachers in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district red-faced, the official e-mail address of the education office here was hacked Thursday and ... Read more...
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India’s winter of discontent (2010 in Retrospect)
December 26th, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Amulya Ganguli
For the first time in the Manmohan Singh government's six years in power, there is a pervading sense of negativism in the atmosphere. Not even when the Left withdrew ... Read more...
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`WikiLeaks exposed pettiness of Pakistani leaders’
December 3rd, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 3 (IANS) The WikiLeaks' revelation has exposed the "pettiness of a number of national leaders" of Pakistan, said a leading Pakistani daily that added "there is a whole set of ... Read more...
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Barack Obama - battling mystique and realpolitik (Profile)
November 4th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Minu Jain
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The romanticism of being the first African American president who rose from a middle class, mixed racial upbringing to occupy the White House is ... Read more...
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India draw level, Brazil concede first reverse singles
September 19th, 2010 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 19 (IANS) Brazil's top tennis player Thomaz Bellucci fell a victim to the city's infamous heat and humidity as he conceded his reverse singles match to Somdev Devvarman, helping ... Read more...
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Bihar Congress keen to use Nitish-Modi pic in poll campaign
July 21st, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Keen to capitalise on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's discomfiture over a photograph showing him holding hands with the controversial Narendra Modi, Congress workers in the ... Read more...
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The Marriage Of Kendra Wilkinson And Hank Baskett Experiences Unsteadiness Due To Her Sex Tape
May 14th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 14, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Recently, there have been conjectures about the annulment of the relationship between Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett. Purportedly, their matrimony is experiencing a genuinely ... Read more...
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Parliament adjourned for a second time over Dantewada massacre
April 15th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): A stormy debate between the treasury and opposition over the massacre of 76 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in a Naxal attack in Dantewada in ... Read more...
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Ruckus in Parliament over Dantewada massacre, adjourned till 12 noon
April 15th, 2010 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): Proceedings in Parliament were adjourned till 12 noon on Thursday after the Opposition questioned and criticized the UPA Government over its responses to the Dantewada Naxal ... Read more...
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Budget Session of Parliament resumes today
April 15th, 2010 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): The second phase of the Budget session of Parliament will commence from today.A number of issues have cropped up to the discomfiture of the government, which ... Read more...
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Terror probe is an indictment of ruling Left Front (Letter from Kerala)
December 29th, 2009 - 9:34 am ICT by IANS
By B.R.P.Bhaskar
Thiruvanathapuram, Dec 29 (IANS) Kerala's Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan is angry. Why is the National Investigating Agency (NIA), which has not taken over cases registered in connection with the bombings in ... Read more...
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Central team suggests better technology use in West Bengal (Lead)
December 3rd, 2009 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IANS) The union home ministry team, which was on a two-day visit to West Bengal on a fact-finding mission regarding political violence, Wednesday suggested the use of better technology ... Read more...
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Musharraf may avoid noose but won’t be playing golf in Pak for long time: Editorial
September 16th, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep.16 (ANI): With President Asif Ali Zardari disclosing that his predecessor General Pervez Musharraf was given a 'safe exit' from the country, it appears, Musharraf may have avoided a high ... Read more...
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BJP in ferment after Shourie calls it ‘kati patang’ (Lead)
August 24th, 2009 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Stoking fresh trouble in the crisis-ridden Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), party leader Arun Shourie Monday described it as a "kati patang" (adrift kite). The party has ... Read more...
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Fear grips farmers in J-Ks border areas
December 7th, 2008 - 11:45 am ICT by ANI
Chilyari/Samba Sector/Londi/Hiranagar, Dec 7 (ANI): Farmers of Kathua district that shares borders with Pakistan said they face a bleak future after relations soured between India and Pakistan in the wake of ... Read more...
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Somnath Chatterjee always an “outsider” in CPI-M
July 21st, 2008 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Monobina Gupta
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Though a high-profile face in the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has always been somewhat of an "outsider" within his ... Read more...
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Price rise sends UPA partners into a tizzy
April 5th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Increasing prices of essential commodities are giving the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partners pre-poll jitters. Restive with the inability of the Manmohan Singh government to bring ... Read more...
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Mayawati ‘inspires’, but could Bollywood get her nod please?
April 3rd, 2008 - 9:38 am ICT by admin
By Jivraj Burman
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) Upon learning that some Bollywood producers are planning films 'inspired' by her life in politics and out of it, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has advised ... Read more...
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Sonia takes on BSP government in Uttar Pradesh
March 31st, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)Kanpur, March 31 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched a broadside against Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Monday and said her MP son Rahul Gandhi would go to jail if ... Read more...
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Sonia takes on BSP government in Uttar Pradesh
March 31st, 2008 - 5:52 pm ICT by admin
Kanpur, March 31 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched a broadside against Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Monday and brought son Rahul into the picture too as she exhorted her ... Read more...
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