China, India can spur Nepal economy: Chinese envoy
July 30th, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 30 (IANS) Being located between China and India can be a driving force for Nepal's development, China's ambassador Yang Houlan said here.Nepal should "make use of such a ... Read more...
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Absurd to suggest Narasimha Rao was indifferent to Babri razing: Naresh Chandra
July 11th, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) It's "absurd and laughable" to suggest that P.V. Narsimha Rao was indifferent to the Dec 6, 1992 demolition of Ayodhya's Babri Masjid and sequestered ... Read more...
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Madhuri in disguise at Taj (Movie Snippet) (With Image)
July 8th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit has confessed she hid her face during her recent trip to the Taj Mahal."Here is me in disguise with the family ... Read more...
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National Advisory Council gets two new members
June 29th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Planning Commission member Mihir Shah and social activist Ashis Mondal have been inducted into the National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by UPA chairperson Sonia ... Read more...
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Madhuri’s fans name a star after her
June 17th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 17 (IANS) Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit now has a star named after her shinning in sky. This was made possible by a group of the "Dhak Dhak" girl's ... Read more...
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Asiad gold medallist sent to judicial custody for ‘rape’ (Lead)
June 15th, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) A West Bengal court Friday remanded Asian Games gold medal-winning athlete Pinki Pramanik to 14 days' judicial custody after the athlete was accused of being a ... Read more...
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Water canons used on Kashmir employees, 24 held
June 13th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 13 (IANS) Police used water canons to disperse state government employees marching Wednesday towards the civil secretariat in Srinagar to press their demand for raising their retirement ... Read more...
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Goa cops, excise staff step in to stop petrol smuggling
June 1st, 2012 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 1 (IANS) Petrol from Goa is being smuggled to neighbouring states like Karnataka and Maharashtra, where it is priced at a premium, and the state police and excise ... Read more...
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Employees’ strike affects schools, offices in Kashmir
May 8th, 2012 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir government employees across Kashmir Valley began a two-day strike Tuesday to press the state government for the implementation of their demands.Except for the ... Read more...
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Two Maharashtra policemen killed as truck falls on them
April 19th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Nanded (Maharashtra), April 19 (IANS) In a freak accident, two policemen were crushed to death under a truck which fell on them at a firing range on the outskirts of ... Read more...
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MCD councillor who instigated murder gets interim bail (Lead)
April 13th, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday granted interim bail till April 17 to Madhav Prasad, a Bharatiya Janata Party councillor arrested for allegedly instigating his supporters ... Read more...
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MCD councillor who instigated murder gets bail
April 13th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday granted bail till April 17 to Madhav Prasad, a Bharatiya Janata Party councillor arrested for allegedly instigating his supporters to ... Read more...
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Delhi BJP worker killed, party councillor arrested (Lead)
April 11th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor was arrested for allegedly instigating his supporters to knife a party worker to death ahead of the Municipal ... Read more...
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GE gives $1.6 mn to Indian NGO
April 10th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The charitable arm of American conglomerate General Electric has pledged $1.6 million in aid to the school education programmes run by Pratham, an NGO working ... Read more...
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Madhuri to launch her official site
January 31st, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) Actress Madhuri Dixit, who has moved here from the US to play a new innings in Bollywood, is working on her official website and plans to ... Read more...
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Madhuri Dixit to be immortalised in wax
January 5th, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit, well-known for her natural acting talent and graceful dancing, is the latest Indian film star to join the A-list line ... Read more...
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Winter birds flock to Shivpuri (With Images)
January 4th, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh), Jan 4 (IANS) From across the country and beyond, a wide variety of birds, some of them exotic, have descended on one of India's oldest national parks ... Read more...
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Kolkata bourse eyes Rs.500 crore daily trading volume
November 28th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) The Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) is expecting its daily average trading volume to reach Rs.500 crore by March 31 next year after launching its common trading ... Read more...
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India, Nepal to sign accord to avoid double taxation
November 26th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) India and Nepal will sign a new agreement for avoiding double taxation between the two countries when Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee visits Kathmandu Sunday. ... Read more...
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Student leader accused of professor’s murder found dead
November 20th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 20 (IANS) A student leader accused of severely beating a college professor, leading to his death, in 2006 was found dead in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior city, police said ... Read more...
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We’re relocating to India: Madhuri Dixit
September 18th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit, who shifted base to Denver in the US after marrying Shriram Nene 12 years ago, is returning to India permanently."For all ... Read more...
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Rucha Gujarathi to enter ‘Beend Banunga Ghodi…’
September 2nd, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Television actress Rucha Gujarathi is set to enter Imagine TV's show "Beend Banunga Ghodi Chadhunga" and she will play a character with grey shades.Rucha ... Read more...
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Nepal braces for another battle of ballot
August 24th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 24 (IANS) With the 10 days' time given to Nepal's warring parties by President Ram Baran Yadav to name a new consensus prime minister running out Wednesday evening, ... Read more...
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Breaking free this Raksha Bandhan and Independence Day
August 2nd, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Where will you be this Raksha Bandhan? Basking in the sun on a beach in Pattaya, ambling down the mall in Shimla or maybe shopping ... Read more...
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Government to set up National Film Heritage Mission
July 2nd, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, July 2 (IANS) The government will soon set up a National Film Heritage Mission (NFHM) which would digitise film heritage all over the country, union Information and Broadcasting ... Read more...
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Power will shift from secretariat to panchayats: Omar
July 1st, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 1 (IANS) After having successfully presided over the elections to more than 4,000 panchayats, the Jammu and Kashmir government Friday pledged to shift power from the secretariat to ... Read more...
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Now, a health chart for Narmada river
June 4th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, June 4 (IANS) A health chart for a river was unheard of till now but, in a first, the Madhya Pradesh government has begun working on it to profile ... Read more...
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Nepal braces for more battle over budget
April 29th, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 29 (IANS) With the major opposition party as well as 10 others threatening to oppose a new budget, Nepal's three-month-old government faces a tough battle in parliament three ... Read more...
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Poll panel’s proceedings against Ashok Chavan stayed
April 24th, 2011 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has stopped the Election Commission (EC) from proceeding on a plea seeking the disqualification of former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok ... Read more...
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ABVP flays report on assault against professor
March 22nd, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 22 (IANS) The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Madhya Pradesh Tuesday criticised a report of the Khandwa district collector on the alleged assault against a college ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh college teacher roughed up by students dies
March 12th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 12 (IANS) A Madhya Pradesh college professor, who was roughed up by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarti Parishad (ABVP) activists earlier this week, has died of heart attack, police ... Read more...
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At 43, Madhuri Dixit still casts a spell
February 28th, 2011 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
By Arpana
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) You can't be in showbiz and not be visible - but that doesn't apply to Madhuri Dixit. If she ruled the box office in her ... Read more...
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Pune land grab scam case transferred to CBI
February 22nd, 2011 - 7:47 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Feb 22 (ANI): The Bombay High Court on Tuesday handed over the investigation into the Pune land grab scam case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Hearing a PIL filed ... Read more...
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Prosecute Deshmukh, Shinde for Adarsh scam, demands BJP
February 11th, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday sought the Maharastra governor's permission to initiate prosecution of union cabinet ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushilkumar Shinde in the Adarsh Society ... Read more...
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New Nepal PM sidesteps first foreign trip row
February 11th, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 11 (IANS) Adroitly sidestepping the row dogging the first foreign trips of Nepal's prime ministers, new premier Jhala Nath Khanal said his first destination abroad would be neither ... Read more...
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