For Surjeet Singh, life unfolds a guessing game
July 1st, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Phidde (Punjab), July 1 (IANS) "Pehchanon ji ye kaun hai" (guess who this is), is what Surjeet Singh often hears, as he relaxes on a cot in the sweltering summer ... Read more...
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Indophile, writer, collector Lance Dane passes away (With Images)
May 16th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Aesthete, collector, writer and numismatics scholar Lance Dane, a close collaborator of Mulk Raj Anand, passed away at the Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai Wednesday. He ... Read more...
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Sonia, Rahul mingle with spectators at Mohali
March 31st, 2011 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
Mohali (Punjab), March 30 (IANS) While the prime ministers of India and Pakistan watched the India-Pakistan World Cup semifinal in the secure environs of the pavilion, Congress president Sonia ... Read more...
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Varun Gandhi’s wedding rituals start at Varanasi
March 6th, 2011 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), March 6 (IANS) The rhapsodic ragas of shehnai and sonorous sound of conches reverberated the Kamkoteshwar temple as the wedding rituals of Bharatiya Janata Party MP ... Read more...
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PM questions quality of higher education in India
November 3rd, 2009 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 3 (IANS) Coming to his alma mater, the Panjab University, after many years made Prime Minister Manmohan Singh feel a "little emotional". But that did not stop him from ... Read more...
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Our slogans come from village hut, not TV ad: Rahul Gandhi
October 10th, 2009 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Samalkha (Haryana), Oct 10 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday criticized opposition leaders for their comments on his visits to Dalit homes, saying they are isolated from the poor and ... Read more...
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Sukhbir Badal gets back job in father’s government
August 10th, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 10 (IANS) Having remained out of power for about 40 days, Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal was Monday sworn in as deputy chief minister in the Punjab government ... Read more...
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BJP fighting polls on false issues: PM (Lead)
May 2nd, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Jalalabad (Punjab), May 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of fighting the elections on the basis of "false ... Read more...
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A Congress candidate seeks votes selling n-deal
May 1st, 2009 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Sahil Makkar
Vaidpur (Noida), May 1 (IANS) A nuclear deal with the US that almost felled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government last year is not something that the Congress has put ... Read more...
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PM reaches Golden Temple for thanks-giving
March 24th, 2009 - 8:21 am ICT by IANS
Amritsar, March 24 (IANS) A devout Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday morning arrived at Harmandar Sahib, the holiest of Sikh shrines popularly known as Golden Temple, for a thanks-giving after his ... Read more...
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Munnabhai begins his political career with a road show in Lucknow
January 17th, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow, Jan 17 (ANI) :Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt made his political debut as a Samajwadi party candidate for the Lucknow parliamentary constituency on Saturday by practically launching his election campaign with ... Read more...
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POTA a failed law, we need a strong terror law: Rahul Gandhi (Roundup)
September 24th, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar (Punjab), Sep 24 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Wednesday took on those demanding a strong anti-terror legislation in India, saying that "POTA was a failed law".Advocating the need to have ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi surprises many with Golden Temple visit (Second Lead)
September 22nd, 2008 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Sep 22 (IANS) Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi surprised many people Monday by making an unscheduled visit to the Harmandar Sahib, the sacred shrine at the Golden Temple complex, in ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi makes surprise visit to Golden Temple visit (Lead)
September 22nd, 2008 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Sep 22 (IANS) Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi took many by surprise Monday by visiting the Harmandar Sahib, the sacred shrine at the Golden Temple, in the Sikh holy city.Rahul ... Read more...
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