Silence please! The gods are meditating in Himachal villlage
January 28th, 2012 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Manali (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 28 (IANS) Visitors to Goshal village and nine tiny hamlets located in its vicinity in Kullu district have been warned not to make a noise as ... Read more...
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JD-S vice president Bapu Kaldate dead
November 17th, 2011 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Nov 17 (IANS) Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) vice president Bapu Kaldate died here early Thursday morning, a family friend said. He was 86.
He is survived by his educationist wife ... Read more...
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Shammi Kapoor’s ashes immersed in Dal Lake
September 3rd, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) He romanced a bevy of Bollywood beauties in the snow-capped mountains of Kashmir in films like "Kashmir Ki Kali" and "Junglee" and immortalised the shikara ... Read more...
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Women to the fore in Bihar panchayat polls
April 19th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 19 (IANS) Nearly three lakh women candidates are to contest the 10-phase panchayat polls in Bihar beginning Wednesday, thanks to the 50 percent reservation for them in village ... Read more...
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Wanted gangster killed in Uttar Pradesh
January 31st, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 31 (IANS) A gangster, who was wanted for several cases of murder and abduction, was gunned down by police here early Monday, but his accomplice managed to ... Read more...
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Gadkari in China on ‘first ever goodwill visit’ (Lead)
January 20th, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 20 (IANS) Nitin Gadkari, the first BJP president to visit China, said Wednesday that New Delhi's relationship with Beijing "has evolved, has grown, has matured, and it has become ... Read more...
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Gadkari in Beijing for five-day visit
January 20th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 20 (IANS) There is "consensus across the political spectrum in India for cooperative and cordial ties with China", said BJP president Nitin Gadkari, who is here on a five-day ... Read more...
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Gadkari to visit China next week; first by a BJP chief
January 12th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) In the first visit by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president to China, Nitin Gadkari will visit the country for five ... Read more...
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Maoist posters surface in central Kolkata
January 11th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) Days after the killing of seven people near Lalgarh in West Midnapore district, blamed on Marxist-backed assailants, Maoist posters appeared at two Metro stations here Tuesday protesting the ... Read more...
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Are Maoists losing ground in West Bengal?
December 30th, 2010 - 10:42 am ICT by IANS
By Sabyasachi Roy
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) When Maoists derailed a train in West Bengal in May killing 148 people, the guerrillas appeared to be on the offensive. As 2010 draws to a ... Read more...
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Five Bengal Maoist leaders’ police custody extended
December 14th, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IANS) A city court Tuesday extended the police custody of five Maoist leaders till Dec 18, police said."The Maoist leaders, including state committee secretary Sudip Chongdar alias Kanchan, were ... Read more...
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Maoist posters surface in south Kolkata
December 12th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) Several Maoist posters demanding the release of their leaders and urging the people to protest against corruption were Sunday found pasted on the walls in a bustling south ... Read more...
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Rights groups threaten fast for Maoists’ release
December 8th, 2010 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 8 (IANS) Demanding release of recently arrested senior Maoists, including state committee secretary Sudip Chongdar alias Kanchan, and withdrawal of forces from West Bengal's Maoist-affected districts, civil rights groups here ... Read more...
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Maoist shutdown in Bengal evokes partial response
December 8th, 2010 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 8 (IANS) The first day of the 48-hour shutdown the Maoists have called in West Bengal evoked some response in the Maoist-affected districts, police said."The shutdown was observed successfully in ... Read more...
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Maoists call two-day shutdown in Bengal
December 5th, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 5 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Sunday called a 48-hour shutdown in West Bengal starting Dec 8 to protest against the arrest of four state committee members, ... Read more...
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Top Maoist leaders arrested in West Bengal (Second Lead)
December 4th, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 4 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, the city police's Special Task Force arrested five top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders Friday and Saturday, a police officer said.A huge cache ... Read more...
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Many Delhi school kids drop out for work, marriage (Nov 14 is Children’s Day in India)
November 14th, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Prathiba Raju
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The right to education act might have made education compulsory for children in the 6-14 age group, but very few government schools in Delhi seem ... Read more...
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Ektu Onnyorokom: A Story Of Three Friends
October 8th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 8, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Jisshu Sengupta, Rudranil Ghosh and Kanchan Mallick have come together to play the three lead characters in the film 'Ektu Onnyorokom'. We caught up with the ... Read more...
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Train passengers’ kin desperately seek information
July 19th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) Worried relatives of the passengers in the Vananchal Express and the Uttar Banga Express involved in an accident Monday dashed from one station to another to know whether ... Read more...
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Shristi Infra to launch integrated park in Siliguri
July 16th, 2010 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 16(IANS) Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation is launching a mega integrated park in Siliguri in Darjeeling district of West Bengal.
"Kanchan Janga Integrated Park" by Kanchan Janga Integrated Infrastructure Development Pvt Ltd, ... Read more...
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Just Mohabbat Between Priyamvada And Aditya
June 4th, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 4, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Priyamvada Kant. TV viewers remember her as the downtrodden Kanchan of Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai. Dressed in just a shabby dress, no make-up, untidy and long ... Read more...
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SRK’s one sincere citizen
May 15th, 2010 - 7:16 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
May 15, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):It is time to record the national census again and the government is urging people to fill in their forms. The government every year faces a lot ... Read more...
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My name is Payal Shukla and I’m not a Bihari
April 7th, 2010 - 8:21 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
April 7, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):With a surname that reads as Shukla, 23-year-old Gujarati girl Payal is often left to clear people's perception."My name is Payal Shukla and I'm not a Bihari ... Read more...
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12-year-old exhibits aboriginal art-inspired paintings (With images)
April 4th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) A strong colour palette representing the mythical forms that the Australian aboriginals once followed is not the work of a master artist but that of 12-year-old Nehmat ... Read more...
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Six of family hurt in gas leak fire, three critical
March 15th, 2010 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Six people of a family sustained serious burn injuries Monday when a fire broke out in their east Delhi house due to a gas leak, fire department ... Read more...
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Two arrested for Indian’s murder in Australia
January 28th, 2010 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 28 (IANS) A man and his wife were arrested Thursday for the killing of 25-year-old Ranjodh Singh whose partially burnt body was found dumped near a road in Australia's New ... Read more...
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Widow gangraped in Bihar
January 19th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 19 (IANS) A 50-year-old widow was gangraped in a Bihar village after she was charged with practising witchcraft. No one has been arrested so far, officials said Tuesday.
The victim, who ... Read more...
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Court acquits youth of murder charges
November 30th, 2009 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday upheld the order of a lower court acquitting a youth for the murder of a girl at the Delhi zoo in 2004.
Appreciating ... Read more...
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JD-U, opposition leaders demand Sushil Kumar Modi’s resignation
November 14th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 14 (IANS) Opposition leaders and members of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Saturday demanded Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi's resignation after a special vigilance court ordered a probe ... Read more...
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Mamata accuses Bhttacharjee of misleading the country
October 27th, 2009 - 10:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 27 (ANI) : Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee accused West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee, of misleading the country over alleged killing of a two policemen by the Maoists.On ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb clarifies as comments on ‘death’ of constables trigger controversy
October 24th, 2009 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, OCT 24 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday clarified that his government had no news of the death of two constables Sabir Ali Mullah and Kanchan Garai, believed ... Read more...
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Priyamvada shuffling between two dailies
October 8th, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Priyamvada Kant who is portrayed as a parallel lead in Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai but along side she is essaying an important character in Balaji's Bairi Piya too. We called ... Read more...
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Four-year-old falls into borewell in Bijapur, rescue work on
September 1st, 2009 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Bijapur, Sep 1 (ANI: A four-year-old girl fell into a 150-foot deep borewell in a sugar cane field of Devar Nimbaragi village in Bijapur district on Monday.According to sources, the girl, ... Read more...
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Security forces in 5-hour gunbattle with Maoists in Lalgarh
July 31st, 2009 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Lalgarh (West Bengal), July 31 (IANS) Security forces engaged in a five-hour gunbattle with suspected Maoist rebels Friday in a forest in West Bengal's trouble-torn Lalgarh during a combing operation to ... Read more...
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What youngsters expect from Monday’s budget
July 5th, 2009 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Concession on student loans, higher spending on education and health, fuel price cut - students and young professionals have a whole list of expectations as Finance Minister ... Read more...
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