Om Puri’s role in ‘Chakravyuh’ similar to Kobad Ghandy
August 11th, 2012 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Filmmaker Prakash Jha's new movie "Chakravyuh", which explores the Maoist insurgency, will see Om Puri playing a character similar to Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy. The veteran ... Read more...
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‘India-Africa must make most of demographic dividend’
June 11th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 11 (IANS) India and Africa must leverage their strengths to make the most of their demographic dividend, a leading South African educationist says."India and Africa are working on ... Read more...
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‘India-Africa must make most of demographic dividend’
June 11th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 11 (IANS) India and Africa must leverage their strengths to make the most of their demographic dividend, a leading South African educationist says."India and Africa are working on ... Read more...
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‘Forge commonalities of the past into Asia-Africa bond’
June 5th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 5 (IANS) India and Africa should both ride on their religious, cultural and colonial linkages to forge an even stronger bond for collective development and prosperity of the ... Read more...
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Campaign for body donation in Agra
May 12th, 2012 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, May 12 (IANS) An organisation has been launched in the Taj city to promote the donation of human bodies for educational research and more.The body, a brainchild of ... Read more...
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Kolkata rocked by protests, counter protests
April 19th, 2012 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) Even days after the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor for circulating cartoons involving West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the city continued to be ... Read more...
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Ex-UN official, TV anchor is new president of Maldives
February 7th, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Mohammad Waheed Hassan, who was sworn in president Tuesday after Mohamed Nasheed quit following street protests, is an educationist who has served in the UN ... Read more...
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Kerala to adopt Narayana Guru’s philosophy in education
January 31st, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 31 (IANS) The Oommen Chandy government Tuesday cleared a committee consisting of education experts to submit a report on how the teachings and philosophy of social reformer Sree ... Read more...
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19 women among Padma award winners
January 25th, 2012 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Nineteen women, including veteran actor Shabana Azmi and director Mira Nair, have won this year's Padma awards announced Wednesday.Azmi, Nair and educationist Vidya Dehejia are ... Read more...
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IIC, intellectual and culture hub, celebrates 50 years
January 22nd, 2012 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The India International Centre (IIC), a multi-dimensional hub of intellectual and cultural discourse nestled in a leafy environment, Saturday became 50 year old, winning ... Read more...
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Maoists ask Andhra legislators to oppose bauxite mining
January 11th, 2012 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 11 (IANS) Maoists Wednesday urged legislators in Andhra Pradesh to pass a resolution opposing the proposed bauxite mining in tribal areas.The banned Communist Party of India-Maoist has put ... Read more...
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PM’s tribute to Malaviya on 150th birth anniversary (Lead)
December 27th, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Rich tributes were paid to Madan Mohan Malaviya on his 150th birth anniversary celebrations with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the educationist and freedom ... Read more...
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‘Foreign varsities can make Indian education job-oriented’
November 17th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) As India and Scotland forge new ties in education, Scottish education experts say foreign varsities can not only fill the huge demand-supply gap in this ... Read more...
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Intellectuals flay Mamata for Nandigram ‘injustice’
November 10th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) A section of intellectuals and activists Thursday publicly criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for not ensuring justice for the families of those killed ... Read more...
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Supreme Court rejects Manohar Joshi’s erase strictures plea
October 16th, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court has slammed former Maharashtra chief minister Manohar Joshi while rejecting his plea to erase the strictures passed against him and the then ... Read more...
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‘Aarakshan’, a well-crafted film on the need for education (IANS Hindi Film Review)
August 13th, 2011 - 1:19 am ICT by IANS
Film: "Aarakshan"; Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Prateik, Manoj Bajpayee; Directed by: Prakash Jha; Rating: ****First things first. Is "Aarakshan" pro or anti reservation? The intricacies ... Read more...
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Pakistan apex court not to seek release of prisoner in India
June 16th, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 16 (IANS) The Pakistan Supreme Court has rejected a petition asking it to request the Indian president, prime minister and governor of Rajasthan state for the release ... Read more...
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Samajwadi Party eyes Lucknow after Agra meet
June 10th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, June 10 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party is singularly focussed on how to seize power in Uttar Pradesh as it ended a two-day national convention here amid luxurious trappings. ... Read more...
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Protect northeast’s wetlands, lakes: Environmentalists
May 10th, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 10 (IANS) Three of northeast India's most important ecosystems - Rudrasagar Lake in Tripura, Deepor Beel in Assam and Loktak Lake in Manipur - face serious threats from ... Read more...
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PETA wants kids to catch kindness to animals on camera
May 9th, 2011 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) With an eye to the impending school summer vacations, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has launched a campaign for children which requires ... Read more...
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Tagore was Bengal’s Shakespeare: Sonia Gandhi
May 7th, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore "is the Shakespeare from Bengal" and "it is our (country's) privilege to pay tribute to the greatest genuis of our ... Read more...
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Jaitapur Project: Ramesh accuses Shiv Sena of political opportunism
April 19th, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr. 19 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday criticised the Shiv Sena for politicising the Jaitapur nuclear plant issue.Speaking as the opposition ... Read more...
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Goa eyes expats as resource for educational institutions
December 7th, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 7 (IANS) Goa government wants to tap men-of-letters of Goan origin in Europe and other parts of the world to be resource persons for its educational institutions, an official said ... Read more...
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Sizzling Telugu Actor Allu Arjun Gets Engaged
November 27th, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nov 27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a move that can break the heart of his thousands of fans across South Indian, gorgeous Telugu actor Allu Arjun got engaged to Sneha Reddy. ... Read more...
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A laddoo king shapes academic careers in Punjab
October 26th, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Jalandhar, Oct 26 (IANS) The hands that once shaped laddoos are now shaping the academic careers of thousands of students. The Lovely group, which ruled in Punjab as the undisputed ... Read more...
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500,000 lactating or pregnant flood-hit women in Pak need instant care: NGO
October 15th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 15 (ANI): Amongst millions of Pakistanis displaced by the recent floods, more than 85 per cent are women, 500,000 of whom are lactating or pregnant, requiring special food and nutritional ... Read more...
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Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar, Ansari named Kashmir interlocutors (Lead)
October 13th, 2010 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Naming eminent journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, Information Commissioner M.M. Ansari and academician Radha Kumar as the interlocutors who would re-start peace talks in troubled Jammu and Kashmir, ... Read more...
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LSR principal to be DU’s first woman vice chancellor? (Second Lead)
October 7th, 2010 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Meenakshi Gopinath, principal of Lady Shri Ram College, may be the first woman vice chancellor of Delhi University. But the veteran educationist, who is also an India-Pakistan ... Read more...
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Malay Indian educationist says racist remarks in schools nothing new
August 28th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Aug.28 (ANI): A former teacher and former president of the National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP), the country's largest teachers organisation, P. Ramanathan, has said racist remarks are nothing ... Read more...
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I’m not involved with any underworld gang: IMPPA president
August 22nd, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 22 (IANS) Ahead of the Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association (IMPPA) elections, its president T.P. Aggarwal has been accused of having links with underworld don Ravi Pujari, but he denies ... Read more...
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Saliesh A.k.a Tarak Mehta Is A Multi-Talented Personality!
August 13th, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 13, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Actor Shailesh Lodha, who is popularly known as Tarak Mehta of SAB TV's "Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah', is a person with multiple talents. Apart from ... Read more...
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Board to regulate madrassa education planned
August 9th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is all set to create its independent education board to institutionalize and modernize madrassa education in the country.
Lucknow's Naib ... Read more...
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Welsh varsity remembers man who served in colonial India
August 2nd, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) A Welsh university is celebrating the 250th birth anniversary of surgeon and educationist Thomas Phillips who served the better part of his life in colonial India as ... Read more...
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Mumbai University gets new vice chancellor
July 7th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) Rajan M. Welukar, an educationist with 25 years of experience in the field, has been appointed the new vice chancellor (VC) of Mumbai University, it was announced here ... Read more...
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Steve Tracy Remembered Fondly By Alison Arngrim In Her Memoir
June 17th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
June 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Alison Arngrim the actress who played the role of Nellie Oleson in the famous "Little House on the Prairie" has penned down a book revealing all. ... Read more...
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