Gurdwara chief braveheart who went down fighting
August 7th, 2012 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) Satwant Singh Kaleka, the president of the gurdwara in Milwaukee suburb, stood up to the rampaging white supremacist with a knife and fought to the very ... Read more...
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Mamata praises ‘honest’ economist Manmohan
July 17th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) Terming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an "honest" and "able" economist, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said he will steer the country ... Read more...
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Hazare targets PM over coal blocks auction issue
June 5th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) Taking pot shots at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yet again, social activist Anna Hazare criticised him over the auction of coal blocks during the period ... Read more...
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I suspect PM in coal allocation: Anna
June 4th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare Monday said he was suspicious about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's role in coal block allocation after seeing the official papers.Speaking ... Read more...
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Hazare starts Maharashtra tour from Shirdi (With Image)
May 2nd, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Shirdi (Maharashtra), May 1 (IANS) Anna Hazare Tuesday started his five-week Maharashtra wide tour to demand a strong Lokayukta from here and took a pot shot at several Congress ... Read more...
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Lokpal unworkable, will only pile up problems: Katju
March 28th, 2012 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 27 (IANS) Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju Tuesday came down heavily on the concept of Lokpal, calling it an "unworkable proposition".Speaking to reporters after the ... Read more...
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Pakistan apex court raps government over NRO case
January 10th, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 10 (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court Tuesday expressed its displeasure with the government over not implementing its verdict on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and referred the case ... Read more...
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Hazare set for Mumbai fast, Delhi protest (Lead)
December 26th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), Dec 26 (IANS) Accusing the government of insincerity vis-a-vis the Lokpal, Anna Hazare declared Monday that he was all set to launch a three-day hunger strike from ... Read more...
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PM is honest but remote controlled, moans Anna (Lead)
December 18th, 2011 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is an honest man but is "remote controlled", activist Anna Hazare said Sunday, urging people to start filling the jails from ... Read more...
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PM is honest but remote controlled, moans Anna
December 18th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is an honest man but is "remote controlled", activist Anna Hazare said Sunday, urging people to start filling the jails from ... Read more...
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I liked Manmohan when he wasn’t PM: Advani
November 2nd, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 2 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday said he liked Manmohan Singh "when he was not the prime minister".Speaking to reporters in Panaji, ... Read more...
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‘Bodyguard’ - delivers the goods (IANS Movie Review)
September 1st, 2011 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
Film: "Bodyguard"; Cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Raj Babbar; Director: Siddiqu; Rating: ***For three years now, every Eid, a Salman Khan movie has become one of the rewards of the ... Read more...
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Mamata echoes ‘honest’ PM on Hazare fast
August 23rd, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) Breaking her silence on Anna Hazare's fast for a strong anti-corruption law, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday virtually echoed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying ... Read more...
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Anna movement anti-democratic: Somnath Chatterjee
August 22nd, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee says the Anna Hazare-led movement against corruption is undemocratic and the prime minister is an honest person."If the ... Read more...
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Honest UK taxi driver returns $50K to passenger
April 25th, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
Nigel Lipscombe, 54, discovered bundles of cash - worth 30,000 pounds- stuffed inside a rucksack abandoned on the backseat after dropping off a Middle Eastern businessman in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, reports the Daily ... Read more...
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The country’s condition worst under Manmohan: Advani
April 21st, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani Thursday again attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying the country's condition has reached its "worst" under the leadership of ... Read more...
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Joy and hope at India Gate candlelight march
April 10th, 2011 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Feelings of joy and hope pervaded the air at India Gate in the national capital Saturday evening as supporters of the movement for a stronger ... Read more...
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IITians for Anna Hazare
April 9th, 2011 - 10:57 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 9 (IANS) Supporting Anna Hazare's anti-corruption crusade, well-known IITian Kanwal Rekhi Friday welcomed the Indian government's decision to accept his demand for a stringent Lokpal Bill to ... Read more...
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Read more, desist from using harsh words: PM’s retort to Jaitley
February 24th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley for criticising him, saying the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya ... Read more...
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Sen conviction ‘a case of no evidence’, Jethmalani tells court
January 24th, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), Jan 24 (IANS) Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani made strong arguments Monday for more than two hours in Chhattisgarh High Court here and did his best to highlight alleged loopholes of ... Read more...
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Spectrum scam: BJP flays Congress bid to tar its leaders (Lead, changing dateline)
December 26th, 2010 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday demanded an apology from the Congress for levelling "baseless allegations" that BJP leaders were involved in the 2G spectrum scandal ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb praises PM
December 24th, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Friday praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying his integrity was beyond doubt but unscrupulous elements were looting the system."I personally believe ... Read more...
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Indian food delivery man accused of raping sleeping woman
July 21st, 2010 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 21 (IANS) An Indian restaurant delivery driver raped a woman in her sleep in her home in this Australian city as her husband slept in the lounge, a court was ... Read more...
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Bettencourt money manager taken into custody
July 15th, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, July 15 (DPA) The finance scandal involving French President Nicolas Sarkozy took a dramatic turn Thursday when police took into custody three people with links to L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, the ... Read more...
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Harshad Chopda’s True Confession
June 28th, 2010 - 1:27 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 28, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Life presents you with very few opportunities. For some, it comes only once. Thus it's imperative that one seizes it the moment it arrives. Television heartthrob, Harshad ... Read more...
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Honest Vietnamese Taxi Cab Driver Returns Bag Containing $26,500
June 15th, 2010 - 12:08 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
June 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A company based in Vietnam is very thankful that the cab which was taken by a forgetful employee has an honest man behind the wheel, since the employee ... Read more...
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Kolkata police firing victim dies, row over Mamata’s comment
June 1st, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) worker, who was injured in police firing in Sunday's Kolkata civic poll, died Tuesday as Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee labelled ... Read more...
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CIC upset at Delhi government’s inaction on graft
April 14th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) has expressed its "distress at the extraordinary slow methods" of the Delhi government in acting on a probe into a decades-old embezzlement ... Read more...
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Kirti Azad, DDCA official trade charges over Kotla pitch
December 29th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Former Test cricketer and member of Lok Sabha Kirti Azad Tuesday said he was insulted and interrupted when he tried to raise at the Annual General ... Read more...
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‘Rocket Singh’ going great guns in US
December 16th, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) Bollywood's latest offering "Rocket Singh" is going great guns in the US with its review currently the number one most read movie story on the ... Read more...
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One more out of Woods-work, Elin turns to Victoria (Lead)
December 15th, 2009 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 15 (IANS) Angry and hurt Elin Nordegren is expected to have a heart-to-heart with Victoria Beckham in a bid to save her marriage to celebrity golfer Tiger Woods. But ... Read more...
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Tiger texted other girls while in bed with me: ‘Mistress’ Cori Rist
December 15th, 2009 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 15 (ANI): Cori Rist, one of Tiger Woods' alleged mistresses, has revealed that golfer used to text other girls while in bed with her.Cori Rist, 31, claimed they had ... Read more...
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More dirt on Tiger Woods - from single mother
December 15th, 2009 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 15 (IANS) The unravelling of Tiger Woods' philandering life continues with a 31-year-old woman becoming the latest to come forward with details of a six-month affair. Cori Rist says ... Read more...
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Madonna to visit boyfriend’s parents in Brazil
November 9th, 2009 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 9 (IANS) Pop superstar Madonna, 51, is planning a trip to Brazil and will visit the parents of her boyfriend Jesus Luz, 23.
Madonna is slightly nervous about meeting her ... Read more...
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Madonna ‘to meet toyboy lover’s parents’
November 9th, 2009 - 12:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 09 (ANI): Queen of Pop Madonna is set to visit the parents of her 23-year-old toyboy lover in Brazil, fuelling rumours she'll marry him.However, the 51-year-old singer's friends ... Read more...
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