CPI(M) leaders accused in murder of former party leader
August 13th, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, Aug 13 (IANS) Kerala Police probing the gruesome murder of a former CPI(M) leader Monday submitted a list of 76 accused, which includes middle and lower level cadres of ... Read more...
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Kerala CPI-M leader held for ex-colleague’s murder (Lead)
June 29th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), June 29 (IANS) Marxist leader P. Mohanan was arrested Friday for his alleged involvement in the murder of former party colleague T.P. Chandrasekharan, sparking violence by his supporters, ... Read more...
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Kerala CPI-M leader nabbed for former colleague’s murder
June 29th, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala), June 29 (IANS) Senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader P. Mohanan was arrested Friday for his alleged involvement in the murder of former party colleague T.P. ... Read more...
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Chandy rebuts Left claims of police torture in murder case
June 8th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Friday denied accusations by the Left that police were using third degree methods or torture against those held for the ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan speaks out against party
June 1st, 2012 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 1 (IANS) Former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan Friday again spoke out against his CPI-M and said it should not have gone to the court against the media ... Read more...
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Roll back petrol hike: Mamata
May 26th, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Stepping up pressure on the beleaguered Congress-led central government on the issue of hike in petrol prices, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday led ... Read more...
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Mamata begins second year - with bouquets, brickbats
May 19th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee begins her second year in office Sunday after a tumultuous year when the former firebrand opposition leader exhibited her ... Read more...
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Mamata rule disappoints many women (One year of Mamata Banerjee)
May 18th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Many women saw themselves in her. Trinamool Congress firebrand Mamata Banerjee, always clad in a simple cotton sari and slippers, gave rise to huge ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan versus Vijayan - and CPI-M? (Kerala Newsletter)
May 13th, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) The feud between the Communist Party of India Marxist's (CPI-M) two tallest leaders in Kerala - V.S. Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan - appears to be headed ... Read more...
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Vijayan will meet Dange’s fate: Achuthanandan
May 12th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 12 (IANS) In stinging remarks, CPI-M veteran V.S. Achuthanandan warned Saturday that his rival Pinarayi Vijayan will soon meet the fate of the once iconic Indian Communist S.A. ... Read more...
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Uma warns Mulayam against hooliganism, minority appeasement
April 19th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti Thursday cautioned the state government against minority appeasement.In the state capital to be sworn in as the ... Read more...
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‘Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu’ a chilled-out romcom (IANS Hindi Film Review)
February 11th, 2012 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Film: "Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu"; Starring: Kareena Kapoor, Imran Khan; Directed by: Shakun Batra; Rating: *** 1/2She is fun, feisty and ….well, full-on. He needs to loosen up. Urgently!! ... Read more...
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Goa priest makes debut on election altar
January 12th, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 12 (IANS) If Father Bismarque Dias sticks to his guns till March 3, he may well become the first man of the cloth to contest elections in Goa.The ... Read more...
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Cannot be chief guest on Madhya Pradesh day: Uma Bharti
October 31st, 2011 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 31 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh's former chief minister Uma Bharti Monday declined to be chief guest on the state's foundation day, citing prior engagements.The Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Bharatiya ... Read more...
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Congress MP demands reprobe into 1994 Kerala firing
October 16th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kasargode (Kerala), Oct 16 (IANS) Firebrand Congress Lok Sabha member from Kannur, K. Sudhakaran, Sunday demanded that the 1994 Koothuparambu firing incident be re-investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation."Only ... 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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13th Kerala assembly session begins Wednesday
May 31st, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 31 (IANS) With Congress leader Saktan Nadar sworn in as pro-term Speaker, the 13th Kerala assembly Wednesday begins its first session after the Marxists were voted out narrowly.Nadar ... Read more...
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Spaniards defy ban on pre-election protests
May 19th, 2011 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, May 19 (IANS/EFE) Chanting a cry of resistance from Spain's 1936-1939 civil war, thousands of mainly young people thronged this capital's Puerta del Sol square Wednesday night in defiance ... Read more...
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BJP’s lotus again fails to bloom in Kerala
May 13th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had claimed that the lotus - its party symbol - will bloom in Kerala after this assembly elections, had ... Read more...
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Burton went almost broke trying to please Elizabeth Taylor
April 24th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 24 (ANI): Firebrand Welsh actor Richard Burton almost went broke trying to please the late actress Elizabeth Taylor with exquisite diamonds, fabulous furs and exotic holidays around the world.Though warned ... Read more...
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‘London Taliban’ sharia law to target women and homosexuals
April 18th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 18 (ANI): Women who do not wear headscarves are being threatened with violence and even death by Islamic extremist group Taliban, in a bid to impose sharia law in ... Read more...
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Radiation is good for you, says Ann Coulter
March 19th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar 19 (ANI): Right-wing blowhard Ann Coulter has become the latest celebrity to cause a stir with her controversial remarks on the disaster in Japan.During a segment on Bill ... Read more...
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Arjun Modhvadia named Gujarat Congress chief
March 3rd, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Gandhinagar, March 2 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday named Gujarat's firebrand legislator Arjun Bhai Modhwadia as the party's state president.Gandhi appointed Sadanand Singh, former chief of the ... Read more...
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Sarah Palin Name Trademark Refused
February 6th, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin is back in news again. This time the firebrand GOP leader is hogging the headline as the U.S. Patent and ... Read more...
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Sarah Palin To Miss CPAC This Year Too
February 4th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Firebrand GOP member and former mayor of Alaska, Sarah Palin always manages to stay in the headlines and the reasons are not always related to her ... Read more...
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Achint Kaur to play queen in ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’
December 18th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Popular actress Achint Kaur, seen in shows like "Banegi Apni Baat", "Swabhimaan" and "Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii", will now be seen as a feisty queen in Zee ... Read more...
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Need a month to decide future: Uma Bharti
December 12th, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Dec 12 (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti, whose return to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been indicated by party veteran L.K. Advani, said Sunday that she ... Read more...
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Stuart Broad could win Ashes for England like dad Chris: Mark Waugh
November 12th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov.12 (ANI): Stuart Broad could win Ashes for England like his dad Chris did in 1986, fears former Australian middle-order batsman Mark Waugh.England's last triumph in Australia in 1986-87 was decorated ... Read more...
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Sajid Khan at receiving end
October 25th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Satyen K. Bordoloi
Mumbai, Oct 25 (IANS) The Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) saw sparks fly when filmmaker Sajid Khan said "there are no stories left", triggering a tirade against him from ... Read more...
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“[Broken Images] Has Fulfilled The Actress In Me After A Long, Long Time.” – Shabana Azmi
October 8th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 8, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): A rebel, a firebrand, a social activist all rolled into one sums up Shabana Azmi’s portrait. She is Bollywood’s most fiery, blunt to the point of ... Read more...
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Arunachal lawmakers want power projects to stay
August 13th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Itanagar, Aug 13 (IANS) Congress lawmakers from India's northeastern state of Arunchal Pradesh have locked horns with New Delhi over construction of mega dams to generate energy, saying any ... Read more...
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Bihar Police hunt for former MP Pappu Yadav
July 15th, 2010 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 15 (IANS) An alert has been sounded for the arrest of former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Pappu Yadav, who has failed to surrender after his bail was cancelled by ... Read more...
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“In-house” tennis tournament helping Pak cricketers relax, keep fit during ICC T20WC
May 14th, 2010 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 14 (ANI): The Pakistan cricket team, which is just a couple of steps away from retaining the ICC World T20 Championship in the West Indies, has adopted a unique ... Read more...
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Togadia on SIT probe: It’s victimization for his Hindu identity
May 10th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by ANI
Gandhi Nagar, May 10 (ANI): Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia on Monday alleged that he was being victimized for belonging to the Hindu community."My crime is that I am ... Read more...
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‘BJP will strive to retain power in Madhya Pradesh’
May 9th, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 9 (IANS) Newly elected Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Prabhat Jha Sunday said the party would strive to retain power in the state for the third time ... Read more...
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