Lakshmi Sehgal was courageous, compassionate: CPI-M
July 23rd, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
N0ew Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The CPI-M Monday described freedom fighter Lashmi Sehgal, an associate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose who joined the party some four decades ago, as a ... Read more...
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Dilip Saheb, a colossus: Big B
May 4th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 4 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all praise for Bollywood's golden couple Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu and says that the former is of exceptionally large status."...the ... Read more...
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Jailed Malegaon blast accused allowed AC train travel (Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Thursday allowed Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast in Maharashtra, to travel to Madhya Pradesh by ... Read more...
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Hazare village headman withdraws from election race
January 30th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Jan 30 (IANS) In an abrupt move, Jaisingh Mapare, the sarpanch (headman) of Anna Hazare's village, Monday withdrew his nomination as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate ... Read more...
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Sadhvi seeks special travel facility for court hearing
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, Monday challenged a special court order restraining her from travelling by air or by ... Read more...
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Bal Thackeray’s birthday passes as a low-key affair
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray's 86th birthday Monday was a low-key affair due to the code of conduct in place ahead of the Mumbai civic ... Read more...
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Hazare to stay in hospital
January 3rd, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 3 (IANS) Doctors attending on activist Anna Hazare said Tuesday that his discharge from hospital, earlier slated for Friday, might be postponed for two more days due ... Read more...
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Hazare advised rest for a week
October 29th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan Siddhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Veteran social worker Anna Hazare was Saturday advised complete rest for at least a week following high blood pressure and back pain, his personal ... Read more...
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Please end fast, Thackeray appeals to Hazare (Lead)
August 24th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Wednesday made a personal appeal to veteran anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare to end his nine-day hunger strike in view of his ... Read more...
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End fast, Thackeray appeals to Hazare
August 24th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Wednesday urged Anna Hazare to end his nine-day-old hunger strike in view of his frail health.In a personal, signed, two-page letter ... Read more...
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Elderly father dies while saving drowning daughter
July 16th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 16 (IANS) An elderly man in Britain died while trying to save his drowning teenaged daughter who clambered out to safety.Michael Payne, 59 and a severe diabetic, noticed ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena enters 46th year, welcomes RPI into alliance
June 20th, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) As Shiv Sena entered its 46th year Sunday, its executive president Uddhav Thackeray welcomed the Republican Party of India (RPI) to its alliance with the ... Read more...
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US-Saudi ties at crossroads over Mid East turmoil
March 15th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar. 15 (ANI): American officials are getting increasingly concerned about the level of stability in Saudi Arabia, suggesting that country too faces the prospect of unrest, succession politics and resistance to ... Read more...
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At 86, Badal Sircar frenziedly writes, reads plays
March 10th, 2011 - 10:39 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Legendary Bengali playwright Badal Sircar, who gave Indian theatre a new dimension with plays like "Pagla Ghoda" and "Ebang Indrajit", is as busy as ever ... Read more...
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Bhopal gas tragedy survivor, activist Irfan dies
February 18th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 18 (IANS) Syed M. Irfan (62), a frontline activist for justice in the case against Union Carbide and himself a survivor of the Bhopal gas disaster, died Friday afternoon at ... Read more...
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Zsa Zsa Gabor spitting blood, rushed to hospital
February 2nd, 2011 - 2:38 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Feb 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor needed to be taken to the hospital because she started spitting blood. She was taken to the hospital for medical aid on ... Read more...
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Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor rushed to hospital, to have leg amputated
January 3rd, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by BNO News
LOS ANGELES (BNO NEWS) -- Hungarian-American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on Sunday where she is expected to have her leg partly amputated, her publicist said.Publicist ... Read more...
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Three generations of Thackeray may share dais on Dussehra
October 11th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 11 (IANS) If all goes well, then three generations of Maharashtra's numero uno political family -- the Thackerays -- may be seen together next Sunday, sharing the stage in ... Read more...
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Power struggle between reformists, hardliners raging in North Korea over succession?
September 25th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 25 (ANI): A fierce battle is being reportedly waged in North Korea between Chang Song-taek, the rogue state's second-in-command, and a group of senior reform-minded officials, as Kim Jong-il prepares ... Read more...
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Zsa Zsa Gabor rushed to Los Angeles hospital after found unresponsive
September 1st, 2010 - 3:10 am ICT by BNO News
LOS ANGELES (BNO NEWS) -- Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday morning after her husband found her unresponsive, her publicist told BNO News.Publicist ... Read more...
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Family force ‘frail’ Mandela to call off return to prison on 20th anniversary of release
February 11th, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Cape Town, Feb 11(ANI): Former South African President and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela has called off a historic return to the Victor Verster Prison from which he walked to freedom 20 years ... Read more...
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Bal Thackeray undergoes heart surgery (Lead)
July 7th, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray underwent an emergency angioplasty operation at the Lilavati Hospital here Tuesday morning, a party insider said.
The surgery was successful and he has ... Read more...
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Bal Thackeray undergoes angiography
July 7th, 2009 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray underwent an angiography Tuesday morning and is likely to operated upon, a party insider said.
Thackeray, 83, was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital ... Read more...
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Basu has no faith in Buddhadeb: Mamata
May 14th, 2009 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday claimed that
veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu did not vote in the Lok Sabha elections because he had lost confidence in his ... Read more...
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Jyoti Basu unlikely to vote in Lok Sabha polls
May 11th, 2009 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) patriarch Jyoti Basu is unlikely to cast his vote in this Lok Sabha election because of frail health.
"Perhaps this time, Basu will ... Read more...
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Bhimsen Joshi presented Bharat Ratna award
February 10th, 2009 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Pune/New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Eminent Hindustani classical vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was Tuesday presented with the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, at a simple ceremony held at his residence ... Read more...
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