Second case of rats mutilation in Rajasthan
January 14th, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 13 (IANS) Tension flared up in Rajasthan's Beawar town Friday after the dead body of a woman was nibbled on by rats at the mortuary of a government ... Read more...
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Trinidad PM left ‘lifetime’ of memories for ancestral village
January 12th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bhelupur (Bihar), Jan 12 (IANS) Not only her relatives, others too in this Bihar village were busy Thursday discussing how Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar left them with ... Read more...
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Lucky for some! Mamata added to list of 13 women chief ministers
May 13th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) There have been 13 women chief ministers since independence, and on this Friday the 13th the list got one bigger with Mamata Banerjee joining ... Read more...
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South Indian movie world condoles death of Chitra’s daughter
April 15th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 15 (IANS) The South Indian movie music world shared the grief of noted playback singer K.S. Chitra, who lost her eight-year-old daughter in a swimming pool accident in ... Read more...
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A moment of relief for debutant minister’s grieving mother
January 19th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19 (IANS) For Janaki Amma, the mother of newly-appointed central minister of state K.C. Venugopal, it was a day of mixed emotions. She was happy, but not happy enough to ... Read more...
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Assam governor slips, fractures leg, arm
November 8th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 8 (IANS) Assam Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Monday slipped and fell down in bathroom and fractured his leg and arm, besides suffering injuries to his back, doctors said.Patnaik, 77, was ... Read more...
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Now, Tamil movie says ‘Om Obama’
November 5th, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
By V. Jagannathan
Chennai, Nov 5 (IANS) It may have an all new cast, but journalist-turned-filmmaker Janaki Viswanathan's Tamil movie "Om Obama" certainly has one globally known star - the American president who ... Read more...
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Two suspected woman Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh village
September 15th, 2010 - 11:03 pm ICT by ANI
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Sep.15 (ANI): A specially formed squad of police arrested two suspected women Maoists from a village in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Wednesday.According to the police, the two young women were ... Read more...
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Biodiversity can be core competency for development: Kalam
June 5th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Saturday appealed to the central government to partner with public-private institutions to create national biodiversity zones across the nation to ensure all-round ... Read more...
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Ousted king raises storm in Nepal
March 26th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 26 (IANS) Two years after Nepal's interim parliament officially abolished monarchy, Nepal's last king, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, continued to dominate the news Friday with his bitter foe, the Maoists, ... Read more...
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New governors named for Assam, Gujarat and Tripura
November 22nd, 2009 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Agartala, Nov 21 (IANS) Former Orissa chief minister Janaki Ballabh Patnaik was Saturday appointed the governor of Assam and Tripura governor Kamla, transferred to Gujarat for remaining period of her term.
D.Y. ... Read more...
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Salwan cross-country attracts 30,000 students
November 7th, 2009 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 7(IANS) Around 30,000 students from across the country will vie for the gold medal at the Salwan Cross Country Run at the Army Equestrian Centre here Sunday.
The "marathon" in ... Read more...
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‘Iniya’ rides on Balaji’s shoulders (Kannada Film Review)
August 30th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
By R.G. Vijaysarathy
Film: "Iniya"; Cast: Balaji, Pooja Gandhi, Urvashi, Lokanath, Jai Jagadish, Sanketh Kashi, Shankar Aswath, Chitra Shenoy and others; Producer: Shylendra Babu; Writer-Director: Mussanje Mahesh; Camera: Sundaranath Suvarna; Music Director: Sreedhar; ... Read more...
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Cast away eclipse superstitions, but view safely
July 20th, 2009 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) As the world looks forwards to the century's longest total solar eclipse Wednesday, there are superstitions galore in India. But science experts have urged people to do ... Read more...
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Patil first woman non-royal head of state invited by British Queen
July 5th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 5 (IANS) Later this year, Indian President Pratibha Patil will become the first woman non-royal head of state to be hosted by Queen Elizabeth II in ... Read more...
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‘Savaari’: Remade but not rehashed (Kannada film review)
April 11th, 2009 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Savaari"; Cast: Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalini Mukherjee, Sreenagara Kitty, C.R. Simha, Dinesh Mangalore, Jadhav; Producer: Ramoji Rao; Direction: Jacob Varghese; Story: Radhakrishna (Krish); Music: Manikanth Kadri; Camera: Welraj; Rating: ***
Media ... Read more...
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J.B. Patnaik’s name missing from Congress’s first list (Lead)
March 28th, 2009 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The name of former Orissa chief minister Janaki Ballav Patnaik is missing from the Congress's first list of candidates announced Saturday for next month's Lok Sabha and ... Read more...
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J.B. Patnaik missing from Congress’s first Orissa list
March 28th, 2009 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 28 (IANS) The name of former orissa chief minister Janaki Ballav Patnaik is missing from the Congress's first list of candidates announced Saturday for next month's Lok Sabha and assembly ... Read more...
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Devoted Indian son touches Nepal’s heart
February 8th, 2009 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 8 (IANS) A devoted Indian son, who hit the headlines in his own country for embarking on a 13-year pilgrimage carrying his blind mother, has now touched the heart of ... Read more...
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‘Kadhalna Summa Illai’ a refreshing watch (Tamil Film Review)
January 16th, 2009 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Kadahalnaa Summaa Illai"; Cast: Ravi Krishna, Sharavanand, Kamilini Mukherjee, Ganja Karuppu, M.S. Bhasker; Director: Ilangkannan; Music Composer: Mani Sharma, Vidyasagar; Cinematography; S.A. Vincent; Rating: ***"Kadhalna Summa Illai" means "Love isn't just ... Read more...
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Life on Venus could be blown to Earth by powerful solar winds
July 26th, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 26 (ANI): Scientists have said that microbes from Venus could actually be blown into the Earths atmosphere by solar winds.According to a report by BBC News, this has ... Read more...
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MGR relative’s murder close to being solved: police
June 6th, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 6 (IANS) The mystery behind the murder of the late Tamil Nadu chief minister M.G. Ramachandran's relative K. Vijayan was about to be solved, a police official said here Friday. ... Read more...
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MGR’s relative murdered, property dispute suspected
June 6th, 2008 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 5 (IANS) A nephew of the wife of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.G. Ramachandran was killed here Wednesday night over a dispute over the property of the Tamil film ... Read more...
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Three arrested in Uttar Pradesh in casteist CD case
March 11th, 2008 - 11:57 pm ICT by admin
Lucknow, March 11 (IANS) Three people have been arrested from Haraiya town of Basti district in eastern Uttar Pradesh after a TV report claimed that a CD containing derogatory remarks against Hindu ... Read more...
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Ten new Garib Raths, 53 other new trains to run on tracks: Lalu Prasad
February 26th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 26 (ANI): Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Tuesday announced the introduction of 10 new Garib Rath trains to provide better comfort at lower fare and also proposed introduction of ... Read more...
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