Special programmes mark Biju Patnaik’s birth anniversary
March 5th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 5 (IANS) Several programmes was organised to pay tribute to former state chief minister and legendary leader Biju Patnaik on his 96th birth anniversary in Odisha, an official ... Read more...
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Joining Imran’s party? Forget it, says Fatima Bhutto
January 22nd, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 22 (IANS) Is Imran Khan Pakistan's new saviour? Forget it, says Fatima Bhutto, the granddaughter of Pakistan's legendary leader Zulfikar Ali Bhutto amid rumours about her joining ... Read more...
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Loved or loathed, late Sheikh still relevant (Kashmir Newsletter)
December 5th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 5 (IANS) Even as the state government organised many functions to remember legendary leader Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah on his 106th birth anniversary Monday, the man who galvanised Kashmiris ... Read more...
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Dissident BJD leader’s forum a parallel platform?
October 12th, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 12 (IANS) There is discomfort in Orissa's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the launch of a forum by a prominent party leader, with some saying it is ... Read more...
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New Tilak memorial planned in Mumbai
August 2nd, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) Nearly 91 years after his death, freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak will get a memorial at Girgaum Chowpatty in south Mumbai, family members and activists ... Read more...
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Global Nair organisation to be launched in Delhi Sunday
October 16th, 2010 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Global Nair Service Society, an organisation of the Nairs residing outside Kerala, will be launched at a public function here Sunday, the organisers said.The organisation ... Read more...
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Hundreds remember Jyoti Basu, want house converted to museum
July 8th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Hundreds of people, including long-time comrade and former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, visited Indira Bhavan, the house where Communist patriarch Jyoti Basu spent his last days, ... Read more...
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Kolkata projects to be named after Jyoti Basu
January 31st, 2010 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Saturday announced that three of its projects will be named after late Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu.
The projects are a water ... Read more...
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Tripura CPI-M cancels mass rally, mourns Basu
January 17th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 17 (IANS) The Tripura state committee of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday cancelled all party programmes and rallies and decided to fly the party flag half-mast for ... Read more...
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Indian leaders mourn Jyoti Basu’ death
January 17th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Jan.17 (ANI): As veteran Communist leader Jyoti Basu breathed his last on Sunday here at the AMRI Hospital at 11.47 a.m. after a multiple-organ failure, the nation lost one of ... Read more...
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Basu’s death marks the end of an era in Indian politics: PM
January 17th, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan.17 (ANI): The Prime Minster, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Sunday condoled the death of veteran Communist leader Jyoti Basu, saying the demise of the colossal leader marks the end ... Read more...
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Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela in ‘Invictus’
December 13th, 2009 - 10:12 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Dec 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The very talented actor Morgan Freeman has played the character role of Nelson Mandela in the Clint Eastwood movie Invictus. Morgan Freeman has said that ... Read more...
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Palestinian Fatah movement’s Sakher Habash, dies at 70
November 2nd, 2009 - 2:33 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
West Bank, Nov 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sakher Habash who was One of the founding members of the long-ruling Palestinian Fatah movement has died in the West Bank at the age of ... Read more...
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Ashok Chavan rewarded with repeat tenure as chief minister in Maharashtra
October 25th, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai, Oct 25 (IANS) Maharashtra, which enjoys a reputation of political stability, has had 17 leaders occupying the post of chief minister since the formation of the state May ... Read more...
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Statement from House Majority Whip Clyburn regarding the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy
August 26th, 2009 - 8:30 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn released the following statement on Wednesday regarding the passing of Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
"America mourns the loss of a legendary ... Read more...
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Prabhakaran’s body found, Rajapaksa says LTTE vanquished (Roundup)
May 19th, 2009 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 19 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government Tuesday displayed the battered body of Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, shortly after the rebels claimed he was still alive, while President Mahinda Rajapaksa ... Read more...
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King Arthur ‘a modern-day Prince Harry’ in telly drama Merlin
May 4th, 2009 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 4 (ANI): King Arthur in the British television drama series Merlin is a modern-day version of Prince Harry, since the legendary leader is "a bit of a d***head", claims its ... Read more...
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Zardari tried to bury democracy alive, will not escape its consequences: Shahbaz
March 2nd, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 2 (ANI): PML-N president and former Chief Minister of Pakistans Punjab province, Shahbaz Sharif, has said that Zardari tried to bury democracy alive in its infancy and would not ... Read more...
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EMS’ daughter a volunteer in CPI-M party congress
April 2nd, 2008 - 10:51 pm ICT by admin
Coimbatore, April 2 (IANS) E.M.S. Namboodiripad may have been a legendary leader for the communists. But his daughter, someone who has been a Marxist for more than three decades, is just a ... Read more...
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