Checking traffic violations in Srinagar the way Mahatma Gandhi would have (Letter from Srinagar) (With image)
September 10th, 2012 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 10 (IANS) If you commit a traffic offence in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital, don't be surprised if you are politely stopped, given a glass of water ... Read more...
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I could have used ‘Gandhigiri’: Saif
February 23rd, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) Saif Ali Khan, who is in the midst of a controversy after a scuffle with an NRI businessman, says he could have used 'Gandhigiri' to sort ... Read more...
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Practising Gandhigiri to help kick the butt
May 28th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 28 (IANS) If you are found chewing tobacco or smoking in Madhya Pradesh on May 31, you may be handed a red rose -- a gentle caution by ... Read more...
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From Gandhigiri To Chhatrapati Shivaji For Sanjay Dutt
June 30th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 30, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has acted in several films since his debut in 1981. All the characters had different shades right from a young, charming ... Read more...
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Warsi gets dose of Gandhigiri for smoking in public
May 8th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 8 (IANS) Noted actor Arshad Warsi, who played 'Circuit' -- the eccentric, lovable sidekick in "Munnabhai M.B.B.S." and its popular sequel "Lage Raho Munnabhai", is at the receiving end ... Read more...
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Gandhigiri against police inaction
January 10th, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 10 (IANS) Frustrated over police inaction in a two-year-old theft case, a complainant took to Gandhigiri to lodge his protest! He cut a cake, in the shape of letters F.I.R, ... Read more...
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In Kolkata, break traffic rules and get a rose
December 27th, 2009 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) An NGO here is banking on Gandhigiri to make pedestrians and drivers aware of road safety rules.
Members of the NGO Topsia People's Society Sunday presented red ... Read more...
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Mayawati says she doesn’t believe in ‘jhappi’ or ‘pappi’
April 27th, 2009 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 27 (IANS) Reacting sharply to actor-turned Samajwadi Party general secretary Sanjay Dutt's often repeated 'jhappi' and 'pappi' declarations, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati ... Read more...
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Milind Soman’s red carpet
April 22nd, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
By Anil MeraniSuper model turned actor turned producer , Milind Soman does not want to be reminded of the episode when Sachin Sharma, an actor of his ill-fated Zee Next show, ... Read more...
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Munnabhai’s ‘Gandhigiri’ puts him in trouble this timeb
April 18th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr. 18 (ANI): A notice has been issued to Bollywood actor and Samajwadi Party General Secretary Sanjay Dutt for allegedly passing a "sexist remark" on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Mahatma Gandhi look-alike asks people to boycott election, held
March 20th, 2009 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, March 20 (IANS) Gandhigiri has landed a 65-year-old man, who claimed to have contested the presidential elections in 2007, in police custody. Attired as Mahatma Gandhi, Mahesh Chaturvedi had been distributing ... Read more...
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The old man and the traffic - meet Suraksha Baba (Feature with images)
February 22nd, 2009 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Feb 22 (IANS) Mukul Chandra Joshi looks like any other 74-year-old, but not when he becomes Suraksha Baba and mans a traffic crossing in this busy town adjoining Delhi, promoting road ... Read more...
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Sanjay Dutt’s remarks against Samajwadi Party ideology: women activists
January 20th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Condemning Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt's remark that married women should not use their father's surname as archaic and patriarchal, women activists have pointed out that his statement ... Read more...
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Protesting central excise officials use Gandhigiri
March 1st, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by admin
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) Junior officials of the central excise department here resorted to Gandhigiri and presented roses to the department's chief commissioner, protesting alleged "discrimination" at the hands of the central ... Read more...
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