Kargil martyr’s parents look to SC, president for hope
July 26th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Palampur (Himachal Pradesh), July 26 (IANS) It has been 13 years since their son was killed in the Kargil conflict and they were handed his mutilated body. On Thursday, ... Read more...
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Presidents of India
July 22nd, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) All the presidents of India:Rajendra Prasad (Jan 26, 1950-May 13, 1962): India's first president and the only one to have served two terms.S. Radhakrishnan ... Read more...
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Court blocks Narayanan-Vajpayee letters on Gujarat riots (Lead)
July 11th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday set aside the Central Information Commission (CIC) order allowing disclosure of the correspondence between then president K.R. Narayanan and prime ... Read more...
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Court blocks Narayanan-Vajpayee letters on Gujarat riots
July 11th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday set aside the Central Information Commission (CIC) order allowing disclosure of the correspondence between then president K.R. Narayanan and prime ... Read more...
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Coach Thomas to leave for Olympics with three shooters
July 5th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 5 (IANS) Indian shooting coach Sunny Thomas is excited as he and his team is all set to leave for the London Olympics.Speaking to IANS over telephone ... Read more...
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President to review Indian Navy fleet December 20
June 7th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, the supreme commander of the armed forces, will December 20 review the Indian Navy fleet, when India's top warships including the ... Read more...
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President Patil leaves for China to strengthen strategic partnership
May 26th, 2010 - 10:54 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday left for China to deepen and expand strategic and cooperative partnership between the two countries.She will be visiting China from May ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
President Patil to be first Indian head of state to visit China in a decade
May 25th, 2010 - 8:13 pm ICT by ANI
By Praful Kumar SinghNew Delhi, May 25 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, who will be visiting China from May 26-31 to deepen and expand strategic and cooperative partnership, will be the first ... Read more...
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Schoolgirl’s murderer last to be executed in India
May 6th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Dhananjoy Chatterjee, convicted of rape and murder of a schoolgirl in Kolkata in March 1990 and hanged in August 2004, was the last man to be executed ... Read more...
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Gautam Bhai to get 17th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
August 4th, 2009 - 10:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.4 (ANI): Gautam Bhai of Pawanar Ashram, Wardha in Maharashtra will get the 17th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.The annual award, which carries a citation and cash award of ... Read more...
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Onus on President Patil to exercise political neutrality post polls
May 15th, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): With the political pendulum swinging from one coalition to the next given the expected fractured verdict in the 2009 general elections, the onus will be on President ... Read more...
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Supreme Court endorses Haridwar’s inclusion in Uttarakhand
May 8th, 2009 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court has endorsed inclusion of Haridwar in Uttarakhand, a state that was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000.A bench of Justices S.B. ... Read more...
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Shooting coach Thomas gets rousing welcome in Kerala village
August 20th, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kottayam (Kerala) Aug 20 (IANS) The last time Uzhavoor village near here came into the limelight was in 1997 when K.R. Narayanan became the president of India. It once again got an ... Read more...
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Narayanan to be envoy to Switzerland; Jassal to replace her in Turkey (Lead)
June 12th, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Chitra Narayanan, who was India's ambassador in Turkey, will be the country's new envoy to Switzerland, it was announced Thursday. She will be replaced by Raminder Singh ... Read more...
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New envoys to Turkey, Switzerland appointed
June 12th, 2008 - 9:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): Raminder Singh Jassal, India's Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington, has been appointed Indias Ambassador to Turkey.Earlier, from 2001-2004 Jassal served as India's Ambassador to Israel ... Read more...
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Only a handful of Indians have Arabic as mother tongue
April 19th, 2008 - 6:57 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) There are many more than 50,000 people in India who can speak Arabic, but only a handful - especially in the Malabar region of Kerala - would ... Read more...
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Businesses come calling at LSE’s first India Careers Day
February 27th, 2008 - 9:51 am ICT by admin
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Feb 27 (IANS) The London School of Economics (LSE), one of the world's premier institutions of higher learning, held an India Careers Day - its first country-specific networking ... Read more...
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