19 years after Babri demolition, Ram temple on backburner?
December 5th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Almost two decades after the Babri mosque in Ayodhya was demolished by right-wing activists in the presence of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, ... Read more...
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Apex court questions JNU on students’ union poll
November 28th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the Jawaharlal Nehru University, its students union and the organisation Youth for Equality to file affidavits stating their respective positions ... Read more...
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Has Mayawati set agenda for assembly polls?
November 27th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Has Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati set the agenda for the upcoming assembly polls with the proposal for four-way division of the state?Some analysts ... Read more...
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Dalai shadow on China’s future leader’s visit
November 27th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The sudden postponement of boundary talks due to differences over Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's presence at a Buddhist conference here has also ... Read more...
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33 percent of teachers’ posts vacant in JNU
November 25th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Nearly 33 percent of the teaching posts in Delhi's premier Jawaharlal Nehru University are lying vacant, Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeshwari ... Read more...
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33 percent of teachers’ posts vacant in JNU
November 25th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Nearly 33 percent of the teaching posts in Delhi's premier Jawaharlal Nehru University are lying vacant, Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeshwari ... Read more...
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Winter session will generate heat for UPA (Curtain Raiser)
November 20th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Lokpal bill, uncontrolled inflation, corruption... a slew of issues will play out in the month-long winter session of parliament beginning Tuesday and the ... Read more...
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Peruvian honour for Indian academic
November 8th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Peru will confer one of its highest civilian honours - the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services - on noted scholar S.P. Ganguly for his ... Read more...
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Diplomat delights with poetry of promise (IANS Book Review)
November 7th, 2011 - 10:40 am ICT by IANS
Book: "Candling the Light", Author: Abhay K., Publisher: Yash Publications; Price: Rs.350; Pages: 120"Candling the Light", an anthology of verses by young poet, diplomat and artist Abhay K., shows the pressures ... Read more...
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MFN sets stage for Indian, Pakistani leaders meeting in Maldives
November 3rd, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) With Pakistan granting MFN status to India and a slew of recent positive gestures by both sides, the stage has been set for a ... Read more...
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Amitav Ghosh’s ‘The Shadow Lines’ to be filmed
November 3rd, 2011 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) It all began in 2005 when Anupam Barve bought novelist Amitav Ghosh's "The Shadow Lines" from a bookshop in Jawaharlal Nehru University. The filmmaker from ... Read more...
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Forging a national platform for global relations
October 30th, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) An Indian theory of international relations? With the tectonic shifts of power from the West to the rest, diplomats and academics of international relations from ... Read more...
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Bhattarai calls for India-Nepal unity, soft loan, power deals Friday
October 20th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Nostalgia and old left-wing camaraderie floated in the evening air as Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai Thursday began his four-day visit here during which ... Read more...
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A nostalgia trip for Nepal PM in India
October 19th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) It will be a time for nostalgia and camaraderie when Nepal's Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai Thursday meets his old college mates from Jawaharlal Nehru ... Read more...
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Hindu journalist wins first prize for Humanitarian Reporting
October 19th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Aman Sethi of The Hindu Wednesday won the first prize of Rs.50,000 in the Humanitarian Reporting awards instituted by the ICRC and the Press Institute ... Read more...
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China ups pressure over India’s Vietnam oil deal
October 17th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Stepping up pressure on India to scrap oil deals with Vietnam, China has indicated that these agreements in South China Sea could potentially strain bilateral ... Read more...
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IDSA invites nomination for Subrahmanyam award
October 12th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Strategic affairs think-tank Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) Wednesday invited nominations for the K. Subrahmanyam Award for research on strategic and security issues.
The ... Read more...
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Rivals? India seeks bigger Chinese role in infrastructure
October 9th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Even as security hackles are raised in New Delhi over alleged Chinese muscle-flexing over disputed territory, whether land or sea, India does not appear to ... Read more...
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India’s Afghan pact puts Pakistan on notice (News Analysis)
October 6th, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The strategic pact that New Delhi has just signed with Kabul has formalised a bigger role for India in Afghanistan and put Pakistan on ... Read more...
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Stage set for Nepal PM’s India visit
October 2nd, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 2 (IANS) Baburam Bhattarai, Nepal's new Maoist prime minister, will this month make his first official trip to India - the country's biggest trade partner - ahead ... Read more...
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Africa studies a hot new subject for Indian students
September 26th, 2011 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) With Africa becoming a major growth pole of the world economy, the resource-rich continent and its growing relationship with India have sparked a new interest ... Read more...
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Scams, cabinet infighting turn birthday blues for Manmohan
September 25th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) A series of corruption scandals, a perceived decline in his 'Dr Clean' image, an increasingly belligerent opposition, reports of infighting in his cabinet... Prime ... Read more...
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Rooting for the underdog! (Feature)
September 25th, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) "Whoever said you can't buy happiness for little puppies." When author Gene Hill said this, he probably forgot street dogs and the fact they come ... Read more...
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Australian varsity seeks to attract more Indian students
September 24th, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) With the Australian government easing visa norms, flow of students from overseas, including India, is expected to increase, the vice chancellor of the prestigious New ... Read more...
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Illegal arms trade has direct effect on women: Activists
September 21st, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Women need to be included while addressing the issue of disarmament as illegal weapon proliferation has a direct effect on their lives and survival, say ... Read more...
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Modi’s 2002 cannot be washed away — so soon
September 18th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) He may have prime ministerial ambitions but Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's 2002 riots ghost will not leave him soon, say political analysts and ... 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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PM’s Dhaka visit: Teesta didn’t happen, but a lot else did
September 8th, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Dhaka, Sep 8 (IANS) The two-day visit of Manmohan Singh to Bangladesh, the first by an Indian prime minister in 12 years, helped resolve a festering boundary row ... Read more...
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PM returns to Delhi after Dhaka visit (Lead)
September 7th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned to New Delhi Wednesday after a two-day visit to Bangladesh, during which the two countries inked pacts on ... Read more...
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New Nepal PM to visit India, sidestepping controversy
September 7th, 2011 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 7 (IANS) Nepal's new prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru University scholar Baburam Bhattarai, will visit India after attending a UN meet in New York this month, thereby sidestepping ... Read more...
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Intensify efforts to find viable formula on Teesta: Manmohan
September 7th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 7 (IANS) Officials have been asked to "intensify their efforts towards finding a viable formula which does not cause undue distress to all those, in India or ... Read more...
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Indian varsities slip in global ranking
September 6th, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Indian universities have slipped in the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) global ranking with not even a single one making it to the top 200.The Indian ... Read more...
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List of India-Bangladesh pacts signed Tuesday
September 6th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) Here is a list of pacts that India and Bangladesh signed Tuesday during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-day visit that began Tuesday:* Framework Agreement on ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh agree on new architecture for partnership
September 6th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) India and Bangladesh Tuesday cemented their ties by inking pacts on a variety of issues ranging from land disputes to tiger conservation, with Prime Minister ... Read more...
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What’s on Delhi-Dhaka diplomacy table
September 6th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) Notwithstanding the uncertainty over the Teesta water accord, there is a lot happening on the India-Bangladesh diplomacy table.With Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a ... Read more...
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