Aamir Khan on Time cover as India’s ‘first superstar-activist’ (Lead)
August 31st, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Aamir Khan's hugely successful TV show "Satyamev Jayate", that focusing on burning issues facing India and ways of tackling them, has landed him on the ... Read more...
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Kirron walks the ramp, adds film flavour (With Images)
August 5th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Looking graceful in a light rich ivory brocade sari with traditional rudraksh designs embroidered all over it and a pink kajeeveram blouse, Kirron Kher Sunday walked ... Read more...
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BJP resolution against Kashmir interlocutors’ report
May 24th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday passed a resolution against the Jammu and Kashmir interlocutors' report, saying that it was against Kashmir's integration with India.The resolution, ... Read more...
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‘Valmiki Ki Bandook’ upsets Valmiki Samaj
March 5th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Members of Haryana-based Valmiki Samaj have expressed resentment over the title of Jimmy Shergill-starrer "Valmiki Ki Bandook". However, the film's director Karan Butani says the ... Read more...
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Delhi engineer’s vehicle promises safer rural transport (With Image)
January 24th, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) India's rural mobility scenario could soon see a much-awaited change with a Delhi engineer's indigenously developed vehicle set to give the locally made but accident-prone ... Read more...
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Tagore gala begins in Spain with book, culture blitz
September 13th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Perhaps a historic wrong was set right when Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore reconnected to thousands of admirers in Spain - one of the few countries ... Read more...
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The harsh realities of counter-insurgency operations
May 28th, 2011 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 28 (IANS) Questions are often asked why several columns of soldiers could not eliminate two or three terrorists hiding in the jungles of Jammu and Kashmir, or why ... Read more...
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Frontier writers: Mirroring angst from Af-Pak, Kashmir
January 19th, 2011 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The socio-political ferment in the Pakistan-Afghanistan and Kashmir regions has sown the seed of a very powerful genre of literature, both fiction and non-fiction, that ... Read more...
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Emraan Hashmi: Amazed To Be Offered A Rom Com By Madhur Bhandarkar
January 12th, 2011 - 8:48 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
.The movie is a rom com and has some of the most hilarious situations imbibed in it with some real life like sequences making it to be a great film that ... Read more...
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Colors Channel: From Reality Based Shows To The World Of Reality
January 10th, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Colors channel is soon to be launching its two brand new shows on the prime time slot, that is, 9 pm to 10 pm slot. This time slot was when ... Read more...
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Indian innovator’s amphibious vehicle gathers dust
November 30th, 2010 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 30 (IANS) Three years ago a Kerala mechanic hit the headlines for creating an amphibious vehicle. But today he is a broken man, having invested all his savings ... Read more...
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Growing interest in religion boosting China’s religion-related tourism market
November 19th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Nov 19(ANI): A growing interest in religion is helping boost religious tourism in China, where about 130,000 religious sites have been turned into tourist attractions.According to Yang Fenggang, a professor who ... Read more...
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Rakta Charitra Scanes Chopped After Release
October 25th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 25, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Just a day after the release of the much talked about Rakta Charitra, there has been a sudden change in the blow of winds for this Ram ... Read more...
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Director Tyler Perry Talks About Childhood Abuse On “Oprah Winfrey Show”
October 21st, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oct 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Much acclaimed filmmaker Tyler Perry made an appearance on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" on Wednesday, where the ace director revealed rather disturbing secrets about his growing ... Read more...
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Bill O’Reilly defends himself after ‘Muslims killed us on 9/11′ comment
October 16th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct 16 (ANI): Fox News host Bill O'Reilly has defended himself after the "Muslims" comment he made on "The View", prompting two other co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg ... Read more...
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Latest Episode Of Make It Or Break It Is ‘If Only…’
August 25th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Aug 25, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The latest episode of 'Make It Or Break' it aired on ABC Family on Tuesday, August 24 and it revealed some of the harsh realities that ... Read more...
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Jiten Purohit’s ‘Deewangi Ne Had Kar Di’: Ode to ‘Phool Aur Kaante’ era of the 1990s
May 24th, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
May 24, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Entertainment brands reinvent themselves and reappear in a different era to endear themselves to the new audiences. And especially Indian film lovers enjoy good old wine in ... Read more...
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Patrick Stewart credits films for helping him escape childhood pain
October 9th, 2009 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 9 (ANI): Actor Patrick Stewart has revealed that he has movies to thank for helping him escape harsh realities when he was young.The 'Star Trek' star, who grew up with ... Read more...
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Playing live is therapy against life’s harsh realities, says Kylie Minogue
October 6th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 6 (ANI): Kylie Minogue has revealed that performing live for her fans works as therapy for her.The pint-sized Aussie singer, who fought breast cancer in 2005, thanked her followers ... Read more...
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COLORS launch new show ‘Bairi Piya’
September 19th, 2009 - 4:37 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Bairi Piya, a young girl's story set on the background of farmer suicides. Balaji Telefilms first offering on COLORS in weekday prime-time band. Known for its meaningful shows, COLORS is back ... Read more...
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Air India employees go on two hour protest over non-payment of wages
July 3rd, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, July 3 (ANI): Employees of India's flagship carrier Air India have commenced their two-hour-long protest over non-payment of wages on Friday afternoon, even as the airline management sternly warned that it ... Read more...
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No final decision yet on Pak players’ participation in IPL: Pak Sports minister
March 26th, 2009 - 3:30 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar.26 (ANI): It is still not clear whether Pakistani players will be playing in the second season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) or not, as Pak Federal Minister for Sports, ... Read more...
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No Pak cricketer in IPL second season: PCB
March 25th, 2009 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Mar.25 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has made it clear that no Pakistani player would take part in second edition of the Indian Premiere League (IPL) even though it ... Read more...
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‘Videsh’ agrees on an ‘A’ Certificate.
March 21st, 2009 - 9:32 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Well, "Videsh' a film based on domestic violence has sure been in the new of late and for all the right reasons until recent media reports suggested that the film is ... Read more...
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SABKI LAADLI-BEBO Join the Narang family celebrating the birth of their daughter
March 19th, 2009 - 10:47 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
My son is my son till he has got himself a wife, but my daughter is a daughter all the days of my life- Kuku Narang, father of BeboSTAR Plus Presents"SABKI ... Read more...
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Smiling Pinki has a good night’s sleep in mother’s lap
March 1st, 2009 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), March 1 (IANS) After enjoying all the glitter and uninterrupted media focus for days since the Oscars evening at Beverly Hills, Pinki, the star of short documentary "Smile Pinki", ... Read more...
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Slumdog Millionaire tells the truth, does not glamourise poverty: NGOs
January 23rd, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Slumdog Millionaire, which has won 10 Oscar nominations and is a story about a slum kid in Mumbai hitting the jackpot, portrays the harsh realities plaguing India ... Read more...
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From cosy comfort to claustrophobic cell, Rajus fall from grace
January 12th, 2009 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 12 (IANS) From the cosy environs of their posh bungalows and state-of-the-art offices to the claustrophobic confines of Chanchalguda jail here, life has taken a cruel turn for B. Ramalinga ... Read more...
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Once homeless, he provides shelter to others in Bangalore (Feature)
January 7th, 2009 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 7 (IANS) T. Raja left his home when he was just 15 years old. For a couple of years, he tasted the harsh realities of life in India's IT hub, ... Read more...
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Pandit, top Citi bosses to forego 2008 bonuses
January 1st, 2009 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) Citigroup Inc.'s Indian American chief executive Vikram Pandit and chairman Win Bischoff would forego bonuses for 2008, the ailing banking giant announced as it formalised its bailout agreement ... Read more...
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Number of ex-soldiers in UK jails on the rise; combat trauma blamed
August 31st, 2008 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 31 (IANS) At nearly a tenth of the British prison population, ex-soldiers form the largest occupational group in the country's penal system. Post-traumatic stress caused by military operations in recent ... Read more...
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DiCaprio hopes to save the world with new eco-documentary
May 29th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by admin
London, May 29 (ANI): Leonardo DiCaprio is doing his bit to save the environment by producing an eco-documentary called The 11th Hour that will not only highlight the effects of global ... Read more...
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