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Rural women set up grain bank in Uttar Pradesh

August 13th, 2009 - 9:15 pm ICT by ANI -
By Kamna Hejela Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 13 (ANI): A group of considerate rural women in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district have set up 'Anaz Bank' (Grain Bank) to provide relief to the needy ...

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They find suitable boys for poor girls

August 8th, 2009 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS -
By Asit Srivastava Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) Simply put, they fix matches. They also organize mass weddings. Sounds like any old marriage bureau? Wait, they only arrange marriages for impoverished families, don't charge ...

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Krishnam Raju quits Chiranjeevi’s party

Krishnam Raju quits Chiranjeevi’s party

July 31st, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, July 31 (IANS) Veteran actor and former union minister U.V. Krishnam Raju Friday quit Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party (PRP). Raju, who had left the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for ...

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Rajmata Gayatari Devi of Jaipur passes away

July 29th, 2009 - 7:05 pm ICT by ANI -
Jaipur, July 29 (ANI): Charismatic former royal, Rajmata Gayatri Devi (90), who had an eventful stint in politics and was jailed during the emergency, died at a hospital in Jaipur on Wednesday ...

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A year on, 37 accused in Ahmedabad blasts still absconding

July 26th, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, July 26 (IANS) It's been exactly a year since 22 bomb blasts ripped through this Gujarat city leaving 59 dead and over 100 injured. But after a Rs.9-lakh investigation bill, the ...

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Green activists criticise Jairam Ramesh for supporting plastic

July 10th, 2009 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has come under criticism from green activists for his remark that ban on plastic bags is not the way to clean up India's ...

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Writer files case against 13B makers and R. Madhavan

Writer files case against 13B makers and R. Madhavan

June 7th, 2009 - 3:06 am ICT by sampurn -
We were the first to report that Satyaprakash Mangtani, the founder and owner of The Script Gallery in Andheri, Mumbai had alleged that the story concept of recently released Madhavan – ...

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Radio station collects 1,500 ‘purani jeans’ for underprivileged

June 1st, 2009 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) FM station Radio Mirchi 98.3 along with an NGO came up with a unique way to help the underprivileged - by asking their listeners to contribute an ...

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Bangalore’s professionals get together to teach village kids

May 30th, 2009 - 10:29 am ICT by IANS -
By Maitreyee Boruah Bangalore, May 30 (IANS) Every weekend children of Koonankoppalu village in Karnataka eagerly await visiting teachers from India's tech hub to help them with mathematics, English and science. The village, around ...

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Samajwadi Party expels Azam Khan for six years

May 24th, 2009 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI -
Lucknow, May 24 (ANI): The Samajwadi Party on Sunday expelled senior leader Mohammad Azam Khan for six years for anti-party activities, capping weeks of bitter feud with the party leadership over its ...

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Unhappy Azam Khan quits as SP general secretary (Second Lead)

Unhappy Azam Khan quits as SP general secretary (Second Lead)

May 17th, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi/Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), May 17 (IANS) Capping weeks of discontent with the party, especially over its association with Kalyan Singh, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan Sunday resigned as the ...

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Karnataka teaches backpackers to respect wildlife

May 17th, 2009 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS -
By Maitreyee Boruah Bangalore, May 17 (IANS) Mohit Kumar, 32, a bank employee in Bangalore, has always dreamt of sighting the majestic tiger from close quarters. So, this summer break when Kumar came to ...

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Hope on wheels for Bangalore’s homeless and ill

May 15th, 2009 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS -
By Maitreyee Boruah Bangalore, May 15 (IANS) Two months ago a malaria-struck Joseph P was fighting for survival on the streets of this city. Today he has not only been cured but is ...

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A party - sans politics - does its village proud

April 10th, 2009 - 11:02 am ICT by IANS -
By Asit Srivastava Hathchoya (Uttar Pradesh), April 10 (IANS) Fed up with the false assurances of politicians, this village decided to set up its own party to initiate development work. Within a year, ...

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Ulema Council may not field candidate against Rahul Gandhi

Ulema Council may not field candidate against Rahul Gandhi

April 4th, 2009 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, April 4 (IANS) The Ulema Council Saturday announced two more candidates in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha polls and indicated it may not name a party nominee against Congress ...

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29 Lok Sabha candidates have criminal records: study

March 12th, 2009 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) As many as 29 Lok Sabha candidates from various parties have criminal records, according to an analysis made as part of a national campaign by NGOs. The ...

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Police reaction to attacks on Bangalore women disappointing: group

March 3rd, 2009 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, March 3 (IANS) Bangalore police have brushed aside concerns over attacks on women on the streets of India's IT capital as "sporadic" and mere "eve-teasing", says a group formed to protest ...

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Bangalore takes on moral police through love on stage

February 20th, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, Feb 20 (IANS) Those who think that the threat from Karnataka's moral police brigade is going to deter people here from expressing their love for each other, take heart. Far from ...

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Touching lives, building hope - meet Bangalore’s ’slum heroes’

February 19th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, Feb 19 (IANS) The much celebrated "Slumdog Millionaire" is a fairytale saga of rags to riches captured on celluloid, but in real life the climb towards a better and more equitable ...

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Kashmir shuts down on death anniversary of Maqbool Bhat

February 11th, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI -
Srinagar, Feb 11 (ANI): Srinagar observed a shutdown on Wednesday in response to a call by separatists to mark the 25th anniversary of the hanging of separatist leader Maqbool Bhat in ...

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Malaysian Indian Congress veteran Ubaidulla dies

January 23rd, 2009 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 23 (ANI): Veteran Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) politician Tan Sri S. O. K. Ubaidulla Kadir Basha died at his Bukit Pantai home in Petalin Jaya on Thursday. Ubaidulla, who ...

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India sends peacekeeping troops to Lebanon

January 19th, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): A unit of the Army contingent left on UN peace keeping mission to Lebanon from here on Monday. Third largest contributor to UN peacekeeping operations, India ...

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Obama’’s victory marks end of racism: S.African Nobel laureate

November 11th, 2008 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI -
Kolkata, Nov.11 (ANI):South African Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer has hailed US President-elect Barack Obama''s victory as an end of racism. Gordimer, 84, is in India to deliver the second Nobel laureate lecture, ...

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Dave Gilmour pays glowing tributes to Pink Floyd founding-member Richard Wright

September 16th, 2008 - 6:55 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 16 (ANI): Pink Floyd star Dave Gilmour led the tributes to Richard Wright, the group''s founder member, who died at the age of 65 after battling cancer. Wright was popular ...

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Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies at 65

Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies at 65

September 16th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by Bupha Ravirot -
Richard Wright, the self-taught pianist and founding member of English rock band " Pink Floyd " died at his home Monday Sep 15, at the age of 65 after a long suffering ...

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Two Maoist rebels arrested in Jharkhand

July 14th, 2008 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS -
Ranchi, July 14 (IANS) The Jharkhand police Monday arrested two hardcore Maoist rebels in Khuti district, the police said. Three pistols and live cartridges were seized from the arrested rebels. Acting on ...

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Chautala predicts Third Front split

July 5th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , July 5 (ANI): A day after the Samajwadi Party endorsed the Indo-US nuclear deal and expressed its intention to back the Congress should the Left decided to withdraw ...

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Country’s seventh IIM starts from today

July 4th, 2008 - 9:13 am ICT by ANI -
Shillong, July 3 (ANI): The first academic session of the country's seventh Indian Institute of Management (IIM), the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management (RGIIM) in Shillong, will begin today. Meghalaya ...

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Management Institute in Shillong

July 3rd, 2008 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI -
Shillong, July 3 (ANI): The first academic session of the country's seventh Indian Institute of Management (IIM), the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management (RGIIM) in Shillong, will begin tomorrow. The institute's ...

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In Assam, Bodo looms are now weaving success stories

June 30th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS -
By Maitreyee Boruah Guwahati, June 30 (IANS) Till two years ago, 45-year-old Motori Brahma, a Bodo woman from Rowmari village in Assam, was doing menial jobs to feed her family of five, including ...

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