Tight-lipped Pakistani Hindus enter India, say will return (Fourth Lead, correcting figure)
August 10th, 2012 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Aug 10 (IANS) Tight-lipped about their future, 119 Pakistani Hindus arrived in India Friday evening after promising authorities in Pakistan that they will return on completing their ... Read more...
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Tight-lipped Pakistani Hindus enter India, say will return (Third Lead, Changing dateline)
August 10th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Aug 10 (IANS) Tight-lipped about their future, about 250 Pakistani Hindus arrived in India Friday evening after promising authorities in Pakistan that they will return on completing their ... Read more...
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Indian sportspersons stranded in Sweden returning home
June 30th, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 30 (IANS) Ninety-two veteran Indian sportspersons stranded in Sweden are returning home after the Indian embassy came to their rescue and asked their travel agency to arrange for ... Read more...
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‘Monkey King’ in the buff disrupts traffic
December 7th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 7 (IANS) A man in China created a scene after he climbed up a bridge in Guangdong province, walked around naked and claimed being a "Monkey King", a ... Read more...
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Another working birthday abroad for Manmohan
September 25th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a famously reluctant birthday boy, will turn 79 Monday either in the high skies or in Frankfurt on his return ... Read more...
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Priyanka Chopra And Ranbir Kapoor Are Competing To Get Space Alongside Bryan Adams
January 25th, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra are literally competing with each other in order to get some space for themselves alongside the Canadian rocker Bryan Adams who is soon ... Read more...
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Bihar beckons: NRI shooting documentary with Hollywood crew
January 19th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
By Imran Khan
Patna, Jan 19 (IANS) California-based NRI filmmaker Ravi Verma has come all the way to his native Bihar with a Hollywood crew to make a documentary on famous Chinese ... Read more...
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Kiwi dog left in India after filming $2.5m taxpayer-funded Lotto ad
December 19th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Dec 19 (ANI): Wilson the Lotto dog, star of a 2.5-million-dollar taxpayer-funded advertisement in which he travels the world to return a winning ticket to his master, has been left in ... Read more...
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Sea trials of n-sub for India begin in Russia
August 20th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The sea trials of a nuclear-powered submarine that Russia is leasing to India for 10 years, as also the training of an Indian crew, have begun ahead ... Read more...
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Bharath pins more hopes on ‘Thambikku Indha Ooru’
March 3rd, 2010 - 12:02 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
March 3 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Actor Bharath requires special mention for his ability to choose scripts based on various genres and roles. Having donned mass-hero roles in "Pazhani', "Aarumugam', the actor opted for ... Read more...
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International players’ association concerned about Al-Qaida threat to IPL
February 20th, 2010 - 12:00 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 20(ANI): The third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is under siege, with the international players' association warning that some members will not participate in the tournament as ... Read more...
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Oz experts cautious about security environment for athletes in India
February 19th, 2010 - 4:02 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 19(ANI): Several Australian experts believe the security environment for athletes competing in India has altered dramatically in the wake of the threat by Al-Qaeda linked militants on major sporting ... Read more...
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Mystery of Japanese monk who never reached India
February 4th, 2010 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 4 (IANS) A prince-turned-Buddhist monk from Japan set out on a pilgrimage to India over 1,000 years ago. It is a mystery how he ended up in Malaysia where ... Read more...
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Indian Airlines hijacker deported to India
January 27th, 2010 - 10:35 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Jan 27 (IANS) Canada Tuesday deported the mastermind of the 1984 Indian Airline hijacker to India.Parminder Singh Saini, 46, who took refuge here 15 years ago and faced deportation ... Read more...
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French cultural fest kicks off with rare photos’ exhibition
November 29th, 2009 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) An exhibition featuring the work of two French photographers who captured the culture and diversity of India during the early 20th century Saturday marked the start of ... Read more...
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On journey to India, searching for roots
November 1st, 2009 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
By Shubha Singh
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Five people of Indian origin are on a journey to India to visit the villages that their ancestors left over a hundred years ago to ... Read more...
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For school, Tibetan teen crossed Himalayas (Feature)
September 18th, 2009 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
By Mayank Aggarwal
Dharamsala, Sep 18 (IANS) Sixteen-year-old Tibetan Jamyang set out on a journey that could threaten his life. His farmer parents let him cross over to India via Nepal for ... Read more...
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Dissatisfied over low pay 78 Indian workers return from Malaysia
September 10th, 2009 - 4:19 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 10 (ANI): Seventy-Eight Indian nationals who sought refuge in the Batu Caves temple last month have been flown back home by the Indian High Commission.Commission chief secretary Sudhir Kumar ... Read more...
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British Queen to send off high-tech baton on epic journey to India
September 1st, 2009 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 1 (IANS) Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is to launch a baton relay - one of the longest in history - in the presence of President Pratibha Patil to lift ... Read more...
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US team heads for India to retrace Martin Luther King’’s steps
February 13th, 2009 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington/New Delhi, Feb.13 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton flagged off a delegation of musicians and politicians in Washington on Thursday who will be traveling to India for the celebrations ... Read more...
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India’s Narayana Hrudayalaya plans health city in Mexico
November 8th, 2008 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 8 (IANS) Indian hospital major Narayana Hrudayalaya plans to set up a health city in Mexico that will also cater to patients from the US."Our next project will be a ... Read more...
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