Citizens for change: These Mumbaikars take political plunge
February 10th, 2012 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Tired of a self-serving political class repeatedly letting down their beloved city and not content with just griping about it, a group of Mumbaikars is contesting ... Read more...
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Multi-level car parking for Airport Metro commuters
February 6th, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) For commuter convenience and better connectivity to the high-speed Airport Metro Express Line (AMEL), a multi-level car parking is coming up close to Shivaji Stadium ... Read more...
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Should I join politics, Priyanka asks rival parties
February 5th, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 5 (IANS) Combining wit with sarcasm, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Sunday dared her party's political rivals in Uttar Pradesh to state if she should join ... Read more...
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Kanwar was obsessed with films: Shekhar Kapur
February 5th, 2012 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) Acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur remembers producer-director Raj Kanwar, who passed away Friday, as a "kid obsessed with films"."At funeral of Raj Kanwar who's first job ... Read more...
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Congress attacks CPI-M for using Christ portrait
February 3rd, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3 (IANS) The state unit of the Congress party has condemned the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) for using a Jesus Christ portrait at an exhibition here ... Read more...
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UPA plays up the Ajit-Rahul combo in Meerut
February 2nd, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 2 (IANS) Once rivals, now allies. The tie-up between the Congress and the Rashtriya Lok Dal is being played up in this Uttar Pradesh town ... Read more...
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Sheila Dikshit praises Modi, retracts
February 1st, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Agra/New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Linking poll wins in states to good governance and development, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday named Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and ... Read more...
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Jet fuel price cut by Rs.1,974 a kilolitre
January 31st, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) Tuesday cut aviation fuel prices by Rs.1,974.29 or 3.04 percent a kilolitre (kl), effective from midnight Wednesday, as an ... Read more...
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Accused in multi-million fraud arrested
January 29th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 29 (IANS) The Rajasthan Police have arrested the main accused in a multi-million fraud and his wife from Bangkok with Interpol's help and brought them back to ... Read more...
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CPI-M fumes at denial of site in Agartala for rally
January 28th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 28 (IANS) Tripura's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday hit out at the union home ministry for its refusal to let them hold a party rally ... Read more...
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IGNOU to focus on more foreign tie-ups
January 28th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), one of the world's largest universities, will be focusing on more foreign tie-ups in order to provide more ... Read more...
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Rushdie affair: Wimpish government fails to stop bigots (Comment)
January 28th, 2012 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
There was much less of a furore when "The Satanic Verses" was banned in 1988. Some major newspapers even approved of it. The probable reason for endorsing what would now be ... Read more...
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IGNOU bags best teaching practices award (With Image)
January 28th, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) here, one of the world's largest, Friday received an award for the best teaching practices at the ... Read more...
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West Bengal celebrates Republic Day (Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) The West Bengal government is bringing the state's farmers under 500 agri-credit societies to ensure they get proper prices for their produce, Governor M.K. Narayanan ... Read more...
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IGNOU gets new web site on Republic Day
January 26th, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) A new and improved web site of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), with easy access to regional centres, was inaugurated here Thursday.Developed jointly ... Read more...
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West Bengal celebrates Republic Day
January 26th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Thursday unfurled the tricolour as the state celebrated the 63rd Republic Day along with the rest of India.The governor took ... Read more...
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Huge turnout at drive to promote voting in Uttar Pradesh
January 25th, 2012 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 25 (IANS) The Election Commission Wednesday went on an unprecedented drive across poll-bound Uttar Pradesh to inculcate the spirit of voting among the state's 12 crore electors.While a ... Read more...
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Woman posing as PMO official arrested
January 25th, 2012 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) A 51-year-old woman who cheated several people by posing as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), landed in the ... Read more...
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African held with Rs.2 crore-worth cocaine at Delhi airport (Lead)
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) A man from Africa was arrested at the Delhi airport with 200 grams of cocaine valued around Rs.2 crore, police said Monday. The contraband was ... Read more...
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India’s first fast breeder reactor to go critical early 2013
January 21st, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) India's first 500-MW prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR), being set up at Kalpakkam near here, is likely to go critical early next year and commercial generation ... Read more...
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Delhi put on high alert ahead of Republic Day
January 21st, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The capital will be under hawk-eye vigil in the run-up to the Republic Day, Jan 26, with 25,000 personnel being deployed for a massive ... Read more...
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India takes first step towards ultra super-critical boilers
January 20th, 2012 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) The first step towards India's own advanced ultra super- critical boiler for coal-fired power plants has been taken with the realisation of two materials that can ... Read more...
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Priyanka open to campaigning, ‘anything to help’ Rahul
January 17th, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 17 (IANS) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday said she was open to the idea of campaigning for the party in election-bound ... Read more...
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Delhi to get technical varsity for women
January 16th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday announced that it will set up a technical university for women here."To focus on participation of women engineers in nation-building and ... Read more...
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Priyanka returns to campaign in Amethi (Lead)
January 16th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 16 (IANS) After a long break from grassroots politics, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra campaigned in her brother Rahul Gandhi's constituency Monday, claiming ... Read more...
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AMU alumni protest shelving of Bhopal centre
January 15th, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 15 (IANS) The Aligarh Muslim University's Old Boys Association (AMU-OBA) Sunday criticised the Madhya Pradesh government's rejection of a proposal to set up the varsity's regional centre here.The ... Read more...
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Emirates wants to add more seats, destinations to India
January 15th, 2012 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Dublin, Jan 15 (IANS) Already a big player in India, flying to 10 cities, the UAE's flag carrier Emirates hopes the next bilateral pact between the two sides will ... Read more...
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Air India pilots call in sick, passengers stranded (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) National carrier Air India's passengers were Saturday stranded at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here as nearly 18 pilots called in sick, leading to ... Read more...
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Air India pilots call in sick, passengers suffer
January 14th, 2012 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Passengers of early morning flights of national carrier Air India were stranded at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here as nearly 10 pilots called ... Read more...
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Foreign students get a taste of Indian education at IGNOU
January 13th, 2012 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) A group of 37 students from 11 countries visited the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to acquaint themselves with the education system here, officials ... Read more...
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Hissar to Kashmir: A journalist’s autobiography (IANS Book Review)
January 13th, 2012 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
Book: "Jailed Without Crime"; Author: M.L. Kak; Publisher: Utpal Publications, Delhi; Pages: 335; Price: Rs.300M.L. Kak calls this personal account of his 40-plus years in journalism, much of it spent in ... Read more...
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Congress asks West Bengal unit to cool down tempers (Lead)
January 13th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) With the ruling alliance partners in West Bengal bitterly targeting each other, the Congress Thursday asked its state unit to refrain from using harsh ... Read more...
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Airport Metro goes hi-tech with wi-fi connectivity
January 12th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The swanky high-speed Airport Metro Express Line (AMEL), led by Reliance Infrastructure, is going another step forward in providing customer comfort - with internet connectivity ... Read more...
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Congress asks West Bengal unit to cool down tempers
January 12th, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) With the ruling alliance partners in West Bengal bitterly targeting each other, the Congress Thursday asked its state unit to refrain from using harsh words ... Read more...
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Emotional Hasina lauds Indian role in 1971 war
January 12th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 12 (IANS) It was an emotional moment for Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here Thursday when she recollected how India, especially Tripura, had helped her country during ... Read more...
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