Kapil, Wadekar to receive Mother Teresa International Award
April 9th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Indian World Cup winning cricket captain Kapil Dev, former Davis Cupper Jaideep Mukerjea and Olympic hockey skipper Gurbux Singh will be among a host of luminaries from ... Read more...
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A thousand hands to save Yamuna in Taj city (March 22 is World Water Day)
March 22nd, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, March 22 (IANS) As the world marks the World Water Day Monday to raise awareness about this basic natural resource essential for life, volunteers here have cleaned up the banks of ... Read more...
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MY INTENTION IS TO MAKE PEOPLE TOO PLAY A GAME WHILE WATCHING MY FILM -Shawn Arranha
March 11th, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
March 11, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): SHAWN ARRANHA tells JYOTHI VENKATESH that he is reading scripts and trying to shift genres, because he wants to be known as a versatile directorHow did ... Read more...
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Sikh terror outfits seeking volunteers from US, India: Report
February 22nd, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana
Chandigarh, Feb 22 (IANS) Security around top leaders and vital installations in Punjab has been increased following intelligence reports of Pakistan-based Sikh separatist groups trying to ... Read more...
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Godhra panel to complete report in 3-4 months
February 15th, 2010 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Feb 15 (IANS) The Nanavati-Mehta Judicial Inquiry Commission probing the Godhra train carnage and the post-Godhra communal riots in Gujarat, is expected to complete its report in the next three ... Read more...
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Modi’s aides file affidavits before Godhra probe panel
February 6th, 2010 - 1:32 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Feb 6 (IANS) Three personal secretaries to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Friday told the Nanavati-Mehta judicial enquiry commission, probing the 2002 Godhra train carnage and communal riots that followed ... Read more...
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Chandigarh’s high-profile ‘bad boy’ does it again!
January 31st, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin and Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) Ranjit Bajaj, a prominent socialite and the only child of powerful former bureaucrat couple B.R. Bajaj and Rupan Deol Bajaj, also happens to ... Read more...
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1966 Davis Cup team felicitated at Chennai Open
January 9th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 9 (IANS) The 1966 Indian Davis Cup team, which reached the Challenge Round, was felicitated by the All India Tennis Association, the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association and the organising ... Read more...
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Shah Rukh, Priyanka bag top honours at Apsara Awards
January 9th, 2010 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan bagged the best actor award for the movie "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" while Priyanka Chopra was adjudged best actress for "Kaminey" ... Read more...
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Defiant Rathore says molestation ‘case still not over’
December 23rd, 2009 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma and Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, Dec 23 (IANS) Disgraced but defiant former Haryana director general of police (DGP) S.P.S. Rathore Wednesday said the Ruchika Girhotra molestation "case is still not over" ... Read more...
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Rocket Singh - Best Salesman of The Year:
December 11th, 2009 - 9:40 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Rating: 3.5 out of 5*Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Gauhar Khan, Manish Choudhary and introducing Shazahn PadamseeDirector: Shimit AminHarpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor) passes out his graduation with embarrassing marks. The less ambitious ... Read more...
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Movie Review: Rocket Singh -Salesman of The Year (2009)
December 11th, 2009 - 7:24 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Rating: 3.5 out of 5*Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Gauhar Khan, Manish Choudhary and introducing Shazahn PadamseeDirector: Shimit AminHarpreet Singh Bedi (Ranbir Kapoor) passes out his graduation with embarrassing marks. The less ambitious ... Read more...
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Soldering gets top billing in Chennai Open
November 26th, 2009 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 26 (IANS) Robin Soldering of Sweden will be the top seed at the Aircel $450,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament to be held here Jan 4-10.
Soldering, who ended ... Read more...
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Fujiwara claims Pune ITF title
November 21st, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Nov 21 (IANS) Sixth-seeded and 237th-ranked Rika Fujiwara of Japan defeated 189th-ranked and third-seeded Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to lift the $50,000 NECC-ITF Women's tennis trophy here ... Read more...
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Probe ordered into Madhya Pradesh jailbreak
November 20th, 2009 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 20 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh police Friday ordered an inquiry into the circumstances that led to three prisoners of Central Jail escaping from police custody, an official said.
The prisoners escaped ... Read more...
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Nine booked for abetting realtor’s suicide in Bhopal
November 15th, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 15 (IANS) Nine people were booked for abetment of suicide after the bodies of a property dealer and his five-year-old son were found Saturday in a farmhouse in this Madhya ... Read more...
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25 years later: Sikhs have neither forgotten nor forgiven Indira Gandhi
October 25th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh/Amritsar, Oct 25 (IANS) In June 1984, when then prime minister Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to storm the Golden Temple complex, home to the holiest Sikh shrine ... Read more...
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Haryana’s splintered opposition - and confident Congress
October 4th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Ambala (Haryana), Oct 4 (IANS) Thanks to a divided and demoralized opposition, Haryana's ruling Congress is confident of retaining power in the Oct 13 assembly elections and break a ... Read more...
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Accidental gunshot kills RSS activist in Madhya Pradesh
September 28th, 2009 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Sep 28 (IANS) A 50-year-old activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) died here Monday after a gun went off accidentally, police said.
Naresh Motwani was cleaning the gun when it went ... Read more...
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Punjab jails hub of ‘anti-national activities’: secret report
September 27th, 2009 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana
Chandigarh, Sep 27 (IANS) Jails in Punjab have become a hub of "anti-national activities" with Khalistani prisoners speaking over mobile phones to contacts outside who are ... Read more...
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Nanavati Commission seeks phone details from Narendra Modi’s office
September 19th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Sep 19 (IANS) The Nanavati Commission probing the 2002 riots in Gujarat Saturday asked the staff of Chief Minister Narendra Modi to provide details of their phone conversations with ministers ... Read more...
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Congress workers protest baton charge on Digvijay Singh
September 2nd, 2009 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Sep 2 (IANS) Congress workers held demonstrations in various places across Madhya Pradesh Wednesday to protest the baton charge on All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Digvijay Singh.
Protests were held ... Read more...
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Groundwater depletion: India’s bread basket under threat (News Analysis)
August 23rd, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana
Chandigarh, Aug 23 (IANS) While warnings by farmers and experts over the years that Punjab's groundwater level is falling dangerously low has been strengthened recently by ... Read more...
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“Terrorism-Patterns of Internationalization”
August 20th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.20 (ANI): There are very few books that try to understand the process and stages through which terrorism has spread in various parts of the world .We don't have materials ... Read more...
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Bollywood makes turbans, beards appealing to Sikh youth
August 2nd, 2009 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin and Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS) Bollywood's newest trend to go in for turbaned and bearded heroes is to the liking of Sikh religious leaders, who feel it ... Read more...
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A tale of two Paldis - in Punjab and Canada
July 18th, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, July 18 (IANS) Creating the twin of an Indian village in faraway Canada might seem improbable even for the Punjabis, who are known all over the world as a ... Read more...
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Gang selling fake gold biscuits busted in Bhopal
July 12th, 2009 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, July 12 (IANS) A gang selling fake gold biscuits to unsuspecting customers was busted with the arrest of five people here Sunday, police said.
The modus operandi of the gang was simple. ... Read more...
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One billion are hungry, poor - nations acknowledge at L’Aquila
July 10th, 2009 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) Over a billion people in the world are suffering from hunger and poverty and the global economic crisis has plunged nearly 100 million into extreme ... Read more...
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Firm on going to school, Orissa girl reaches G8 (Lead changing dateline)
July 10th, 2009 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) Convincing her father to let her go to school has paid dividends for a teenaged Indian girl from a tribal area of Orissa. She ... Read more...
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India hopeful as G8 talks of green fund
July 10th, 2009 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) India is hopeful that the issue of climate change will move forward with the G8 countries, the group of the world's most developed nations, ... Read more...
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G8-G5 resolve to resist trade protectionism
July 10th, 2009 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Trade protectionist policies of some countries, especially in the times of global economic crisis, have been given a thumbs down by the joint declaration of ... Read more...
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Climate remains an issue as G8-G5 agree on UN reforms (Roundup)
July 10th, 2009 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The outreach meeting of the G8, the grouping of the world's most wealthy and industrialized countries, with the world's emerging economies G5, Thursday outlined ... Read more...
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G8 non-committal on emission targets in L’Aquila declaration (Lead)
July 10th, 2009 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The G8 or the world's most wealthy and developed countries have remained non-committal on setting targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, a demand ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh, Obama meet briefly during G8-G5 summit
July 9th, 2009 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Prime MInister Manmohan Singh briefly met with US President Barack Obama during the outreach meeting of G8 and G5 leaders at their summit here ... Read more...
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G8 supports Pakistan’s fight against terror
July 9th, 2009 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Pakistan has got the support from the G8, the group of world's eight most wealthy and industrialised countries, for its fight against terrorism."The G8 ... Read more...
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