Country music spreading among kids in India: Bobby Cash (With image)
June 1st, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Indians may not be that familiar with Doc Watson, the American pioneer of bluegrass and country music who died May 30, but Bobby Cash, India's ... Read more...
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Dropping terror charges against Ghandy hailed
March 28th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) Maoist sympathisers and activists Wednesday hailed a Delhi court decision to drop terror charges against Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy and demanded the release of all political ... Read more...
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Maoist Kobad Ghandy to stand trial for cheating (Second Lead)
March 28th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday paved the way for trial of Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy for cheating and impersonation. He was arrested here Sep 20, 2009 ... Read more...
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Maoist Kobad Ghandy to stand trial for cheating (Lead)
March 28th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday paved the way for trial of Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy for cheating and impersonation. He was arrested here Sep 20, ... Read more...
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Fresh chargesheet filed against Maoist Kobad Ghandy
March 23rd, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Police Friday filed fresh sets of charges in a Delhi court against top Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, allegedly involved in setting up a new ... Read more...
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Old Cottonians gift a Parents’ Room to alma mater
June 6th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 6 (IANS) The more than half a century old Bishop Cotton School (BCS), which boasts of famous alumni like writer Ruskin Bond and golfer Arjun Atwal, has a ... Read more...
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Nepal government asked to recall envoy to India
January 9th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 9 (IANS) Thirty MPs cutting across party lines Sunday asked Nepal's caretaker government to recall the country's ambassador to India, Rukma Shumsher Rana, following his alleged involvement with ... Read more...
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President Patil gives a call to make education amalgam of knowledge
October 23rd, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by ANI
Dehradun, Oct.23 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Saturday called upon the educational institutions of the country to make education an amalgam of knowledge.Addressing the 75th Founders Day of the Doon School ... Read more...
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Delhi University lecturer quizzed on Maoist links
April 4th, 2010 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) A joint team of Delhi Police and Andhra Pradesh Police Sunday questioned an assistant lecturer of Delhi University for his alleged links with Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, ... Read more...
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Court sends Kobad Ghandy aide to police custody
March 19th, 2010 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy's suspected associate Arvind Joshi, arrested from Kanpur by the Uttar Pradesh Police, was sent to police custody for 10 days by a city ... Read more...
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Terrorist threats in Dehradun
November 28th, 2009 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Dehradun, Nov 28 (ANI): Police Department officials have tightened the security here, after some well-known organisations and public schools in the region received threatening letters from alleged terrorists.The top brass of the ... Read more...
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Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy brought before Andhra court
November 20th, 2009 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 20 (IANS) Top Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, who was arrested in New Delhi two months ago, was Friday brought to a court in Karimnagar town of Andhra Pradesh in the ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda videos recovered from LeT operative’s house in US
November 7th, 2009 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) plot to launch new terror attacks in India with the help of two Pakistan-born Chicago men has taken a new turn with FBI ... Read more...
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Government still undecided on special forces against Maoists
September 24th, 2009 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
On Board Air India One, Sep 23 (IANS) The government is yet to take a firm view on using special forces against the Maoist rebels whom Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ... Read more...
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Doon School old boy could be Nepal’s new envoy to India
July 30th, 2009 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 30 (IANS) A 72-year-old history scholar and a former student of India's elite Doon School is being considered for the post of Nepal's new ambassador to India.Rukma Shumsher Jung Bahadur ... Read more...
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Punjab’s blogger finance minister hits cyber fame
July 1st, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, July 1 (IANS) Many finance ministers around the world may appear icy and unapproachable, but not Punjab's 40-something Manpreet Singh Badal who is blogging his way into cyber ... Read more...
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St Stephen’s, Doon networks in Team Manmohan
May 28th, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The strange ways of old boys networks are not clear to everyone, but they sure seem to work. At least six ministers in Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
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Age triumphs over youth in Manmohan’s new ministry
May 27th, 2009 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Despite the presence of a large numbers of young MPs to choose from, only seven of those below 40 have found a place in Prime Minister ... Read more...
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What makes Naveen Patnaik so charismatic?
May 17th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Jatindra Dash
Bhubaneswar, May 17 (IANS) He is not very fluent in his mother tongue Oriya. He speaks little and is often reticent. But Naveen Patnaik's success in both parliamentary and state ... Read more...
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How Congress candidate woos Delhi ‘pahalwans’ (Poll Prattle)
May 3rd, 2009 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Trust politicians to use all weapons in their arsenal to woo prospective voters.
At a recent rally in her north west Delhi constituency, Congress candidate Krishna Tirath ... Read more...
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Its a three-way fight in Orissa polls
April 13th, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 13 (IANS) With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) parting ways after an 11-year alliance, Orissa's two-phased elections for the Lok Sabha and the ... Read more...
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Opposition says Naveen doesn’t know Oriya, BJD disagrees
March 31st, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 31 (IANS) The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been campaigning against Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, saying he doesn't know the state's language Oriya - a ... Read more...
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Girls outshine boys in ICSE, ISC exams (Lead)
May 20th, 2008 - 9:51 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Girls outshone boys in the Class 10 and 12 results announced by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) Tuesday. The pass percentage for the ... Read more...
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Girls outdo boys again ICSE 10th and 12th exams
May 20th, 2008 - 6:34 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): Girls have outdone boys again in this years Class X and XII examinations conducted by the Indian Council for Secondary Education (CBSE).
The pass percentage this year ... Read more...
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