Food bill based on ‘narrow vision’, say activists
August 28th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Activists Tuesday protested the National Food Security Bill, which seeks to provide legal entitlement of food grain to 63 percent of the country's population, ... Read more...
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‘Accident compensation also for loss of earnings, normal life’
August 26th, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said that compensation to accident victims should be adequate and include not only damages for injuries but also for loss of ... Read more...
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Hairy chests are out: Clean-shaven torsos in
July 18th, 2012 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Rewind to the 1980s - Amitabh Bachchan's many heroines leaned over his hairy chest and twiddled with the curls - scenes which left that ... Read more...
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Fatalities on Delhi’s top killer roads down by 60 percent
July 10th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Seventeen "killer roads" in the capital have seen a 60 percent decline in fatalities in the first half of the year, a top officer said ... Read more...
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Honour killing: Delhi man stabbed by lover’s brothers
July 6th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) In a case of honour killing, a 21-year-old man was Thursday stabbed to death by the brothers of his lover who married him against the ... Read more...
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‘Cocktail’ soundtrack youthful, delectable mix of sounds (IANS music review)
June 20th, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Cocktail"; Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty; Lyricist: Irshad Kamil; Singers: Neeraj Shridhar, Kavita Seth, Benny Dayal, Shalmali Kholgade, Mohan Kanan, Shilpa Rao, Sunidhi Chauhan, Arijit Singh, Miss Pooja, Neha Kakkar, ... Read more...
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Kenyans sweep 10K Run
May 27th, 2012 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 27 (IANS) Geoffrey Kipsang and Helah Kiprop led a Kenyan sweep of the top three places in the overall men's and women's categories of the Tata Consultancy World ... Read more...
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‘Love Lies and Seeta’ grabs attention in New York (With Images)
May 8th, 2012 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) "Love Lies and Seeta", the story of three men in love with a girl named Seeta, grabbed the attention of the New York crowd as ... Read more...
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Woman, three grand children slaughtered in Rajasthan
April 16th, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) A 60-year-old woman and her three grandchildren, aged between 8 and 13, were found slaughtered in their house in a village on the city's outskirts Monday, ... Read more...
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‘Love Lies and Seeta’ to release May 4
April 6th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) "Love Lies and Seeta", a low budget, urban romantic comedy, is set to hit theatres May 4.Made at a shoestring budget of Rs.15 million, the ... Read more...
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Mary Kom in semis of Asian Boxing Championships
March 22nd, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Mary Kom entered the semifinals of the Asian Women's Boxing Championships defeating local favourite Nandinsetseg Myagmardul in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia Thursday.It was indeed a tough bout ... Read more...
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Mary Kom to lead Indian challenge in Asian championship
March 1st, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
NeW Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Five-time world champion M.C. Mary Kom will spearhead the Indian challenge in the Asian Confederation Women's Boxing Championship in Ulan Bator March 16-26.Mary Kom will ... Read more...
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Jilted man kills girl
January 12th, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Angered at a girl rejecting his marriage proposal, a man in his 30s killed the 19-year-old and critically injured her younger sister when she came ... Read more...
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Punjab, Railways basket national titles
December 24th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 24 (IANS) Punjab men dashed Tamil Nadu's hopes of a sixth title with a 70-62 win in the final, while Indian Railways women's team were too good for ... Read more...
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Haryana, Karnataka post fine wins in National Basketball
December 20th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 20 (IANS) Haryana defeated Himachal Pradesh 101-64 to register their third consecutive win in the 62nd Senior National Basketball Championship here Tuesday.Haryana were dominant from the outset as ... Read more...
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Singer Kavita Seth’s husband dies
December 17th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 17 (IANS) Singer Kavita Seth of "Iktara" fame, is grieving the sudden death of her husband, K.K.Seth, earlier this week.Her husband died of pancreatitis Thursday morning. He was ... Read more...
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Officials face villagers’ wrath over leopard attacks
November 9th, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 9 (IANS) Furious over continued leopard attacks on humans, villagers near the Katarniaghat forest reserve in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district roughed up forest officials and held them captive ... Read more...
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Leopard kills girl
October 25th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) A leopard killed a seven-year-old girl while she was sleeping outside her house in a village in Uttar Pradesh, an official said Tuesday.After killing Kavita in ... Read more...
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Telangana MP sent to jail
October 16th, 2011 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 16 (IANS) An MP and two Andhra Pradesh legislators from Telangana were Sunday sent to jail for participating in 'rail blockade', which entered the second day Sunday ... Read more...
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Telangana shutdown called for Monday
October 15th, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 15 (IANS) The Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) has called for a shutdown in Telangana Monday to protest large-scale arrests and "police excesses" during the first day ... Read more...
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Suspected Maoist conduit arrested in Delhi
October 4th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) A suspected Maoist conduit, accused of receiving "protection money" from the Essar group on behalf of the rebels, was Tuesday arrested in south Delhi by ... Read more...
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Two get life term for murder of Meerut university professor
September 23rd, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 23 (IANS) A special CBI court here awarded life imprisonment to two people and a three-year jail to a third person held guilty in the 2006 murder of ... Read more...
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Three convicted for professor’s murder
September 22nd, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 22 (IANS) A CBI court here Thursday convicted three people for the 2006 murder of university professor Kavita Chaudhary in Uttar Pradesh.
A notice was also issued to key ... Read more...
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Reddy faces Telangana heat, seeks end to strike
September 20th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 20 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Tuesday had the taste of ongoing protest for a Telangana state with striking government employees of the ... Read more...
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KCR planning another fast for Telangana
September 20th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 20 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhara Rao is once again planning to go on an indefinite fast for separate statehood to Telangana, party leaders ... Read more...
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Preeja wins gold in 10,000m at National Open Athletics
September 10th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 10 (IANS) Asian Games gold medal winning sprinter Preeja Sreedharan won the 10,000-metre women's race at the 51st National Open Athletics here Saturday.Preeja, representing the Railways, clocked an ... Read more...
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Court summons ex-chief minister Kumaraswamy, wife
August 8th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 8 (IANS) Former Karnataka chief minister H. D. Kumaraswamy and his wife and legislator Anita were summoned by a court to appear before it Aug 30 over ... Read more...
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Bid to ’sell’ minor girl, three held
July 16th, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Three people, including two women, were arrested in north Delhi for trying to sell a minor girl for marriage, police said Saturday.Kavita, 28, Anu, 20, ... Read more...
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Asian athletics: Mayookha leaps to gold, silver for Gowda
July 7th, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Amidst the gloom caused by doping scandal, some good news for Indian athletics came Thursday as Mayookha Johny won the women's long jump gold on ... Read more...
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Telangana activists begin cooking on Hyderabad roads
June 19th, 2011 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 19 (IANS) Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) Sunday began with its vanta vaarpu or cook-and-eat agitation on Hyderabad roads to draw the attention of the central government ... Read more...
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Toddler kidnapped from Delhi hospital
June 14th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) A five-month-old girl was kidnapped by an unidentified person from a city hospital here, police said Tuesday."Kavita was sleeping with her elder sisters in the ... Read more...
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Experiments work in films, not in TV: Ram Kapoor (Interview)
May 25th, 2011 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
Agra, May 25 (IANS) Seasoned actor Ram Kapoor, who has been in showbiz for 14 years and worked in TV as well as films, says experiments in storytelling yield ... Read more...
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Father poisons three kids, kills self
May 9th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Raigad (Maharashtra), May 9 (IANS) Depressed over a spat with his wife, who left home in anger, a 35-year-old man in a Maharasthra town poisoned his three little children and ... Read more...
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Mary Kom wins gold at ASBC Asian Cup
May 9th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) India's MC Mary Kom defeated Asian champion Kim Myong Sim 4-3 to win the gold in the 48 kg category at the ASBC Women's Boxing ... Read more...
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Mary Kom to spearhead Indian challenge in Asian Cup
May 4th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) World champion boxer M.C. Mary Kom will spearhead the Indian challenge in the women's Asian Cup to be held in Haikou, China from Thursday.Mary Kom ... Read more...
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