Jammu prisoners participate in kite flying festival
August 10th, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 10 (IANS) The staff and prisoners of Kot Bhalwal Jail, on the outskirts of Jammu city, together celebrated the Janmashtami, birthday of Lord Krishna, by taking part in ... Read more...
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Tendulkar defends rotation policy in Australia
March 25th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar Sunday defended the controversial rotation policy during the tri-series in Australia saying it was the need of the hour to ... Read more...
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‘The Iron Lady’-a perfect Streep show (IANS Movie Review)
March 3rd, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "The Iron Lady"; Cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant; Director: Phyllida Lloyd; Rating: ****The test of democracy is when a woman has as much right to a position ... Read more...
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A Punjabi politician’s ode to Tagore
November 15th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Punjab and Rabindranath Tagore have little in common, but Kanwar Deep Singh, an MP from the state, has merged the two by compiling two ... Read more...
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What is a forest? India yet to define (World Environment Day is on June 5)
June 4th, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Most people have read the definition of a "forest" at some point or another, but in India its legal definition is still evolving within the ... Read more...
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Awareness needed for Delhi’s women: Dikshit
February 19th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Delhi's women need to be made aware about their rights and the importance of their empowerment, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said here Saturday."We need to make women ... Read more...
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Maa Exchange: Apara Mehta And Sudesh Berry’s Wife Into Exchange Mode
January 27th, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
'Maa Exchange', the reality show on Sony Entertainment Television is somehow bringing in quite fascinating guests on the show along with the celebrity participants who are all ready to divulge ... Read more...
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Bigg Boss 4 Day 34: Dolly And Ashmit Fight It Out
November 10th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
November 10, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): The going ons within the four walls of the Bigg Boss household have kept the viewers hooked on to the small screen. The scandals, fights, kootchie-coos ... Read more...
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Want to sort out matter with Thackeray over tea: Begum Nawazish Ali
October 23rd, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Well-known Pakistani TV actor Ali Saleem, better known as Begum Nawazish Ali, fails to understand why the Shiv Sena was targetting him and fellow Pakistani Veena Mallik ... Read more...
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Lil Wayne Celebrates His Birthday By Releasing His New Album ‘I Am Not A Human Being’ Online
September 28th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
September 28, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Lil Wayne, the rapper may be behind bars at Ricker’s island but that certainly did not deter him from bringing out his new ... Read more...
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Fresh air and farm work to beat depression
September 12th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 12 (IANS) Doctors in Britain are prescribing fresh air and farm work to beat depression.
A scheme in Suffolk encourages patients to work outdoors. Known as care farms, the initiative is ... Read more...
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Jodie Sweetin Welcomes New Baby Girl
September 2nd, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Sep 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former "Full House" star Jodie Sweetin has become a proud mother of two. The actress welcomed her second child, a baby girl on Tuesday along with ... Read more...
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Meghalaya heightens security ahead of I-Day
August 11th, 2010 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 11 (IANS) Security has been heightened in Meghalaya following the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council's (HNLC) call to boycott Independence Day celebrations, police said Wednesday.
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, who ... Read more...
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Brit great-granddad still loves to go fishing at 105
August 10th, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 10 (ANI): A British man has revealed that he still loves to go angling twice a week, even at the age of 105.William Ware, of Walthamstow, East London, still manages ... Read more...
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Ammaji-Sia Battle Now In Public Eye
August 7th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 7, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): The saas and bahu are taking their battle out of the four walls and into the public domain. And, it's the public who will decide who ... Read more...
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She is illiterate, but ‘masterin’ to farmers
June 10th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, June 10 (IANS) She never went to school and is completely illiterate. But 48-year-old Dhaneswari Devi gives lessons - not in a school, but in the fields where she ... Read more...
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Mohammad Hassan of Chennai , expert in cellphone repairing despite disability
May 13th, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by ANI
By Arun KannanChennai, May 13 (ANI): A specially-abled person from Kolathur near Chennai city has turned an inspiration for many people in the town. K. Mohammad Hassan, 33 is unable to ... Read more...
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British author Alan Sillitoe dies at 82
April 25th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 25 (DPA) English writer Alan Sillitoe died Sunday aged 82 in a London hospital, his family confirmed.
He was dubbed one of the "Angry Young Men" of the 1950s, whose work ... Read more...
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Mammootty to take month long break from films
March 14th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 (IANS) After a rollicking 2009 which saw eight Mammootty films being released, the Malayalam superstar is now planning a month-long break from acting.
"It could be within the country or ... Read more...
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Mayawati paints Lucknow BSP blue on her birthday
January 15th, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh capital was literally covered under a blue blanket - from blue lights to blue buntings - to mark the 54th birthday Friday of Bahujan ... Read more...
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Cricket promotes camaraderie among Patna prison inmates
December 31st, 2009 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
Patna, Dec 31 (ANI): Patna's beur prison on Wednesday organised a game of cricket to promote camaraderie among players."The prisoners were not friendly earlier. So, this match was organised to remove ... Read more...
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Tharoor meets Krishna to explain tweet on visa policy
December 30th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor Wednesday met his senior, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, to clear the air over his questioning of the ... Read more...
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Tharoor tweets again, says he missed brouhaha on visa issue
December 29th, 2009 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 29 (ANI): A day after he was publicly reproached by his senior colleague S M Krishna, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday commented ... Read more...
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I have nothing to add, will speak to Krishna: Tharoor
December 29th, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, who was pulled up for his remarks questioning the country's visa regulations on social networking site Twitter, Tuesday ... Read more...
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Krishna criticises Tharoor for remarks on visa rules
December 28th, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Rebuking his ministerial colleague Shashi Tharoor for airing his opposition to new visa rules, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Monday said the government will go by ... Read more...
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Crime rate will go down after watching Jail -Madhur Bhandarkar
November 9th, 2009 - 11:28 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
He's synonymous with realistic cinema and has won three National Awards by creating his own distinct style. He is none other than the maverick film director Madhur Bhandarkar, who started his ... Read more...
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Are the Bachchans taking sweet revenge on Shilpa?
September 14th, 2009 - 6:53 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
For years together, Amitabh Bachchan has been the biggest force in Bollywood and Aishwarya Rai (now his bahu), the face of Bollywood, to the Westerners. But when Shilpa Shetty went on ... Read more...
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In Bangalore, teachers are becoming friends with students
September 4th, 2009 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 4 (IANS) As students across Bangalore are set to pay respect to their teachers Saturday on the occasion of Teachers Day, a change is in sight in the educational campuses ... Read more...
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UCLA prof Kara Cooney’s ‘Out of Egypt’ venture
August 25th, 2009 - 7:26 pm ICT by IBNS
By Tanya GhoshAug 25 (IBNS) The lectures of UCLA assistant professor Kara Cooney, who specializes in ancient Egyptian art and architecture, transcends the four walls of the classroom to the four ... Read more...
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INLD demands judicial probe into Haryana SEZ ’scandal’
August 12th, 2009 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 12 (IANS) Haryana Special Economic Zones (SEZs) project is "the biggest land scandal in the history of India" and the alleged scam should be probed a high level judicial official, ... Read more...
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‘No one can stop’ women from getting their share: Farooq
June 13th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 13 (IANS) Describing those opposing the women's reservation bill as "masters" unwilling to share power, union Minister for Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Saturday said "no one can stop" women ... Read more...
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Free mobiles, connections for 40,000 police constables in Kerala
March 1st, 2009 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 1 (IANS) The Kerala police, as part of its ongoing modernisation drive, will arm close to 40,000 police constables with a mobile telephone and a SIM card each.
According to state ... Read more...
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Pete Doherty’s house a mess
January 29th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 29 (IANS) Troubled British rocker Pete Doherty might live in a quaint country manor house, but the interiors resemble a junk shop.The fact came out when Doherty allowed his house ... Read more...
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Economic slump sends condom sales soaring in UK!
December 3rd, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 3 (ANI): Despite global credit crunch, condom sales in the UK have shot up as affected couples prefer to spend their nights within the four walls.While Durex saw a ... Read more...
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Gorakhpur’’s Sun Temple facing neglect
November 25th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Nov.25 (ANI): A temple dedicated to the Sun God and having a number of old idols here, is close to losing its grandeur because of continued official apathy.
Located in ... Read more...
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