Anna’s protest affects Orissa courts, schools
August 17th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 17 (IANS) Lawyers boycotted courts and students skipped classes in many towns across Orissa Wednesday to support activist Anna Hazare's fight against corruption.Work at various courts ... Read more...
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Akali Dal slams government on Anna’s arrest
August 16th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 16 (IANS) The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab Tuesday slammed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) central government for the arrest of activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna ... Read more...
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Orissa: Supporters protest Anna’s detention
August 16th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 16 (IANS) Activist Anna Hazare's supporters took out processions, organised meetings and staged demonstrations across Orissa to protest his detention in New Delhi Tuesday morning.While a group ... Read more...
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Haryana enhances annuity for freedom fighters
August 15th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 15 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Monday said his government will provide the highest annuity in the country to gallantry award winners and freedom fighters from ... Read more...
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Rainwater tanks among I-Day sops in Himachal
August 15th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 15 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, in a list of incentives announced on Independence Day Monday, said every household in the state would be provided ... Read more...
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Tareque Masud: face of Bangladesh’s alternate cinema (Obituary)
August 15th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Tareque Masud, Cannes award-winning independent filmmaker from Bangladesh, who inspired a whole generation of filmmakers in his country to dare to dream of making independent cinema, will not be there ... Read more...
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Pledge to be responsible citizens: TV stars
August 15th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) TV actors, whose popularity with the masses now rival movie stars, exhorted the youth to become more responsible citizens of the country on its Independence ... Read more...
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Text of PM’S Independence Day Speech
August 15th, 2011 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) The following is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort here Monday:My dear countrymen,
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This is not the India we fought for, say freedom fighters
August 15th, 2011 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) As India marches into its 65th year of independence, the people who fought tooth and nail for the freedom most of us take for granted ... Read more...
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Speaker greets people on Independence Day
August 14th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Sunday greeted people on the eve of the Independence Day and said the ocassion reminded people of the ... Read more...
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Chidambaram turns down Kamat’s special status request
August 14th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 14 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Sunday snubbed Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat's request to grant special status to Goa.Chidambaram, who was in Goa to participate ... Read more...
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Hazare’s attack on PM not Gandhian, says Sibal (Lead)
August 14th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Stepping up its attack on Anna Hazare ahead of his Aug 16 fast, the government Sunday said the social activist's right to protest was ... Read more...
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Northeastern states alerted to likely terror strike
August 14th, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 14 (IANS) The central government has alerted the northeastern states over possible terror strike in the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations Monday and asked them to take ... Read more...
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Anna seeks PM’s intervention on police curbs (Lead)
August 13th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh complaining that the Delhi Police order restricting his fast to three days was ... Read more...
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Is Independence Day just another holiday for Gen-Y?
August 13th, 2011 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) For some youngsters, the Independence Day of India is genuinely about freedom - from school, college and office but for others, it is a reminder ... Read more...
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Anna writes to PM complaining of Delhi Police restrictions
August 13th, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Unhappy over restrictions put by Delhi Police, social activist Anna Hazare Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh complaining that the order restricting his ... Read more...
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Mock hijack drill in Goa ahead of Chidambaram’s visit
August 12th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Panaij, Aug 12 (IANS) Three days before union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is scheduled to land at Goa's Dabolim naval airbase, authorities here conducted an intensive mock hijack drill ... Read more...
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Britain pulled up for doublespeak
August 11th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 11 (IANS) A Chinese newspaper Wednesday pulled up British authorities for calling rioters in London "thugs" while lauding those in revolt in Third World countries as defenders ... Read more...
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New Tilak memorial planned in Mumbai
August 2nd, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) Nearly 91 years after his death, freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak will get a memorial at Girgaum Chowpatty in south Mumbai, family members and activists ... Read more...
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India Post inaugurates National Philatelic Museum
July 11th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Department of Posts (DoP) Monday inaugurated the National Philatelic Museum which will exhibit rare postage stamps from across the world and also provide a ... Read more...
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Intelligentsia protest Goa government’s ‘anti-people’ policies
June 18th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 18 (IANS) Scores of freedom fighters, litterateurs and retired bureaucrats held a protest against the "anti-people" policies of the Goa government here Saturday even as the state celebrated ... Read more...
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Boycott Goa chief minister: Congress ideologue
June 14th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 14 (IANS) A former head of the Congress think tank in Goa Tuesday called for a civil society boycott of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat's official functions to protest ... Read more...
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Goa freedom fighters oppose patronage to English
June 13th, 2011 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 13 (IANS) Freedom fighters in Goa have threatened to boycott state celebrations of the Goa Revolution Day June 18 in protest against the government's decision to allow ... Read more...
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Rebel Naga group ousts its chief
June 8th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Dimapur (Nagaland), June 8 (IANS) One of northeast India's influential and oldest tribal separatist group National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) has split with the group's chief expelled from the ... Read more...
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Sushma Swaraj tweets her defence on Rajghat dance
June 7th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) In the eye of criticism over dancing with her party colleagues at Rajghat, Sushma Swaraj Tuesday tweeted that they are nationalists and will therefore ... Read more...
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Anti-English protestors threaten Goa shut down Monday
June 5th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 5 (IANS) Agitators have vowed to shut down Goa Monday in protest against the government's decision to provide grants to schools where education is imparted in English.Bharatiya ... Read more...
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Goa’s medium of instruction issue takes communal turn
May 24th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 24 (IANS) Goa's already vexed medium of instruction issue has now taken a communal turn.
A spokesperson for the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BBSM), which is backing ... Read more...
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New venue for Congress convention finalised
May 19th, 2011 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
Varanasi, May 19 (IANS) The Congress Thursday decided to shift its two-day convention to the Beniyabagh ground here after the marquee at the earlier venue collapsed following thundershowers the ... Read more...
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Delhi meeting to discuss Goa’s linguistic deadlock
May 12th, 2011 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 11 (IANS) Union Minister for Human Resources Development Kapil Sibal will chair a meeting next week to resolve the vexed medium of instruction (MoI) issue in Goa, a ... Read more...
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Goa freedom fighters attack Portuguese envoy
April 26th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 26 (IANS) Freedom fighters in Goa Tuesday demanded an apology from Portuguese ambassador to India Jorge Roza de Oliveira for making what they called "shameless and baseless" ... Read more...
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Congress apology sought for naming martyrs’ castes in Sandesh
April 12th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A mention of the castes of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh and Rajguru in the Congress mouthpiece Sandesh Tuesday invited flak from the Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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Hafiz Saeed rubbishes Indo-Pak cricket diplomacy
April 12th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 12(ANI): Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has criticised the efforts made by India and Pakistan to resume bilateral diplomatic ties, saying he would accept nothing less than a withdrawal ... Read more...
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Fast, demonstrations across Orissa for Hazare
April 8th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 8 (IANS) Fasts and demonstrations in support of social activist Anna Hazare, on a fast-unto-death in New Delhi for a stringent anti-graft bill, continued across Orissa Friday.While ... Read more...
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Goa Church backs English as teaching medium
March 30th, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 30 (IANS) The Goa Church, which runs more than 100 educational institutions in the state, has backed English as a medium of instruction while supporters of regional languages ... Read more...
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Fissures in Goa coalition over medium of instruction
March 26th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 26 (IANS) Fissure have begun to appear in Goa's Congress-led coalition government over the controversy related the medium of instruction (MOI) in schools.The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), a ... Read more...
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