Andhra pays tributes to YSR on death anniversary
September 2nd, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 2 (IANS) Rich tributes were paid to late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on his third death anniversary Sunday.His wife and YSR Congress party honorary president ... Read more...
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Boris Yeltsin’s statue vandalised in Russia
August 25th, 2012 - 9:16 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A monument of late Russian president Boris Yeltsin has been vandalised in the Urals, police said Friday.The 10-metre marble statue in Yeltsin's home town of ... Read more...
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Sonia seeks action in Assam violence, northeastern people’s mistreatment (Lead)
August 19th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Expressing her "deep pain" at the ethnic violence in Assam, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday condemned the subsequent mistreatment faced by people from northeast ... Read more...
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Political leaders pay tribute to ‘warm-hearted’ Deshmukh
August 14th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Political leaders Tuesday expressed shock and grief at the demise of union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and remembered him as an amiable, warm-hearted leader who ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama visits religious sites in Srinagar, prays for peace
July 18th, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 17 (IANS) Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who is on a six-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Tuesday visited religious places of different faiths in Srinagar and ... Read more...
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Newly-elected legislators call on Jagan in jail
June 16th, 2012 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 16 (IANS) The newly-elected legislators of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Saturday called on party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the Chanchalguda Central Jail here.The legislators, who reached Hyderabad ... Read more...
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Libyan website call for celebrating Gaddafi’s birthday
June 7th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, June 7 (IANS/AKI) A Libyan website Thursday called for celebrations to mark what would have been the 70th birthday of slain leader Muammar Gaddafi."We offer to organise the leader's ... Read more...
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Homage to Rajiv Gandhi on death anniversary
May 21st, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The nation Monday paid homage to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was killed on this day 21 years ago in a suicide bomb ... Read more...
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G8 expresses concerns over North Korea, Iran
May 20th, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 20 (IANS) The leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) major industrialised nations have expressed "deep" and "grave" concern over the actions of North Korea and Iran, and ... Read more...
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Kim Jong-un elected chairman of National Defence Commission
April 13th, 2012 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, April 13 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was Friday elected the first chairman of the National Defence Commission, on the same day a satellite launched by the country ... Read more...
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Congress in dilemma over YSR legacy (Andhra Newsletter)
April 13th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 13 (IANS) Ahead of the crucial byelections to one Lok Sabha and 18 assembly seats, the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh is in a big dilemma over whether ... Read more...
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Reporters in Pyongyang for satellite launch
April 8th, 2012 - 5:42 am ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, April 8 (IANS) About 30 foreign journalists from around the world are in North Korea to cover the country's satellite launch, the official media reported.They represent major wire services ... Read more...
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Pentagon monitoring North Korean satellite launch
April 6th, 2012 - 10:22 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (IANS) The US Defense Department was closely monitoring the prospect of a satellite launch this month by North Korea, a top Pentagon official said.George Little, acting assistant ... Read more...
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Japan prepares to intercept North Korean rocket
March 30th, 2012 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 30 (IANS) Japanese Defence Minister Naoki Tanaka ordered the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) Friday to intercept a North Korean rocket launch, if necessary.The minister issued the order after telling ... Read more...
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North Korean rocket launch plan is destablising: US
March 17th, 2012 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 17 (IANS) The US Defence Department has said the April launch of a long-range rocket announced by North Korea would violate UN resolutions and represents a destabilising influence ... Read more...
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Two years after death, Jyoti Basu still CPI-M mascot (Lead, correcting para nine)
February 19th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Even over two years after his death, Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu's appeal continues undiminished, at least in the party of which he was one of ... Read more...
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Two years after death, Jyoti Basu still CPI-M mascot
February 19th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Even over two years after his death, Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu's appeal continues undiminished, at least in the party of which he was one of ... Read more...
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North Korea bids farewell to Kim Jong-il
December 28th, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, Dec 28 (IANS) North Korea Wednesday bid a tearful farewell to the country's late leader Kim Jong-il as his body was taken from the Kumsusan Memorial Palace where it ... Read more...
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South Koreans send anti-regime leaflets to North in balloons
December 22nd, 2011 - 6:53 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A group of South Korean activists and North Korean defectors launched balloons carrying propaganda leaflets to the North, protesting the succession of power in the ... Read more...
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Dead North Korean leader’s son ‘great successor’: Media
December 19th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North Korea's state news agency KCNA has called the late leader Kim Jong-il's son, Kim Jong-un, a "great successor".The "dear leader", who led the ... Read more...
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Lawmakers loyal to Jagan to launch ‘bus yatra’
August 23rd, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 23 (IANS) The legislators who resigned Monday to protest the late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's inclusion by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a disproportionate ... Read more...
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Two MPs, 27 Andhra legislators loyal to Jagan to resign (Lead)
August 21st, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Two MPs and 27 Andhra Pradesh legislators loyal to YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Sunday decided to resign to protest the inclusion of ... Read more...
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29 Andhra legislators loyal to Jagan to resign
August 21st, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Twenty-nine Andhra Pradesh legislators loyal to YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Sunday decided to resign to protest the inclusion of late chief minister Y.S. ... Read more...
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Telangana echoes at YSR Congress plenary
July 9th, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 9 (IANS) The Telangana issue dominated the proceedings of the plenary of YSR Congress party Saturday in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district with party workers from the region ... Read more...
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Tributes paid to YSR on birth anniversary
July 8th, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 8 (IANS) Rich tributes were paid to the late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on his 62nd birth anniversary Friday.The late leader's widow Vijaylakshmi, son ... Read more...
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Telangana activists attack minister’s convoy
June 22nd, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 22 (IANS) Demanding his resignation over the issue of a separate state, Telangana activists Wednesday attacked a minister's convoy in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district.The incident took place ... Read more...
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Congress pays homage to Rajiv Gandhi
May 21st, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 21 (IANS) Congressmen in Tamil Nadu paid homage to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion of his 20th death anniversary Saturday.Union Ministers G.K. Vasan, V. Narayanasamy, ... Read more...
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A slap on the face of Congress, TDP: Jagan
May 13th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Friday said the results of Kadapa by-elections in Andhra Pradesh, where he won by a record margin, were a slap ... Read more...
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YSR family members to fight it out in Andhra bypolls
April 1st, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 1 (IANS) The ensuing by-elections from the Kadapa Lok Sabha and the Pulivendula assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh may well turn into a war within the family of ... Read more...
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Minister roughs up opposition legislators in Andhra assembly (Lead)
March 28th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 28 (IANS) In an unprecedented incident in the Andhra Pradesh assembly, a state minister and brother of late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Monday came to blows with ... Read more...
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Dissent over Congress candidates’ list in Kerala
March 23rd, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, March 23 (IANS) A day after announcing its list of 81 candidates for the assembly elections, the Congress party in Kerala Wednesday faced dissent from within its ranks ... Read more...
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President Barack Obama Pays Tribute To Late US President John F Kennedy
January 21st, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The president of USA Barack Obama paid tribute to former US president John F Kennedy on Thursday saying that the work and life of the late ... Read more...
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Thousands pay homage to dead NCP leader
January 13th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Thousands of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers paid homage to senior leader and legislator Gurunath Kulkarni Thursday morning. Kulkarni, 70, passed away here Wednesday after prolonged illness, a ... Read more...
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Congress denies book on its history demeans Sanjay Gandhi
December 29th, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday denied reports that a new book on its 125-year history blames the excesses during the Emergency on its late leader Sanjay Gandhi, saying ... Read more...
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Congress chief to decide on re-entry of Karunakaran’s son
December 29th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), Dec 29 (IANS) President of the Kerala unit of the Congress Ramesh Chennithala Wednesday said the decision on the re-entry of late leader K. Karunakaran's son K. Muraleedharan into the ... Read more...
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