‘God Father’ treat for Upendra fans (Kannada Movie Review)
July 29th, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "God Father"; Cast: Upendra (in triple role), Soundarya, Catherine, Ramesh Bhat, Sudha Belawadi, Kurigalu Prathap, Keerthiraj, Sathyajith, Siddaraj Kalyankar and others; Director: Sethu Sriram; Producer: K.Manju; Music: A.R Rehman; Editor: ... Read more...
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Woman jumps before train with two children, run over
June 25th, 2012 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 25 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman jumped before a runing train with her two children in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district Monday, killing all the three, police said.The incident occurred ... Read more...
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Bengal’s Left attacks Mamata, UPA over petrol price hike
May 23rd, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) West Bengal's Left parties Wednesday threatened to hit the streets against the petrol price hike and slammed the Trinamool Congress for enjoying power as a ... Read more...
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I-League: Pune FC look to open gap on rivals for second spot
April 14th, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, April 14 (IANS) Pune FC welcome back some key players as they look to cement their second place in the table and score some crucial points against Churchill Brothers ... Read more...
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‘Shikari’ - good attempt, despite flaws (Kannada Film Review)
April 1st, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Film: Shikari; Cast: Mammootty, Poonam Bajwa, Adithya, Mohan, Innocent, Neenasam Achyutha, Sharathi Lohithashwa, Sathish, Neenasam Aswath, Mathew, Sihi Kahi Chandru, and others; Producer: K. Manju; Story-Screenplay-Direction: Abhaya Simha; Cinematographer: Vikram Shrivastava; ... Read more...
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Maharashtra cotton farmers oppose new tax
March 31st, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Akola (Maharashtra), March 31 (IANS) Cotton farmers and widows of debt-laden peasants went on a day's hunger strike Saturday in different Maharashtra towns to protest the new five percent purchase ... Read more...
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Bengal transport employee kills self, government blamed
January 25th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Howrah, Jan 25 (IANS) The suicide of a state transport department employee Wednesday took a political turn with the opposition gunning for the West Bengal government for announcing withdrawal of ... Read more...
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IOA reconstitutes Ethics Committee
January 4th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Indian Olympics Association (IOA) Wednesday reconstituted its Ethics Committee and Court of Arbitration by inducting five new members.Supreme court Judge (retd) Arun Kumar and ... Read more...
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The mystery behind Shimla’s ‘Scandal Point’ (With Images)
January 2nd, 2012 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 2 (IANS) It is a famous address in a famous city and among the must visit spots for tourists. But exactly why Shimla's 'Scandal Point' has been named ... Read more...
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Congress ditched nation regarding Lokpal: Left
December 31st, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Accusing the Congress of "ditching" the nation by not going for a vote on the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha, the Left parties have slammed ... Read more...
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‘Shyloo’ not as good as original, but watchable (Kannada Movie Review)
December 11th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Shyloo"; Cast: Ganesh, Bhama, Rangayana Raghu, Suchayeendra Prasad and Suresh Chandra; Producer: K. Manju; Director: S. Narayan; Composer: Jessie Gift; Camera: Jagadish Waali; Rating: ** 1/2Remaking movies is a not ... Read more...
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Six new Rajasthan ministers take oath
November 16th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Nov 16 (IANS) A day after all Rajasthan ministers resigned ahead of a cabinet reshuffle, six new ministers took oath of office at a ceremony at Raj Bhawan ... Read more...
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Cut in petrol price evokes mixed response in Bengal
November 16th, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 15 (IANS) The cut in petrol prices, by Rs.1.85 per litre, has evoked a mixed political response in West Bengal with the Left Front describing it as ... Read more...
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Gonorrhea cure gets tough as bug grows drug resistant
November 8th, 2011 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) At a time when the controversy over the antibiotic resistant superbug in the capital's hospitals refuses to die down, Indian researchers have found that the ... Read more...
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Most parties cheer Singur order, CPI-M differs
September 28th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 28 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and the Congress Wednesday welcomed the Calcutta High Court order on the Singur land row, while the opposition Communist Party ... Read more...
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Juvenile strangled over cup of tea
September 27th, 2011 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) A juvenile hawker was strangled to death by a young tea vendor following a quarrel over a cup of tea in east Delhi, police said ... Read more...
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Rajasthan villager alleges children died of hunger
September 24th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 24 (IANS) A labourer in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district Saturday alleged his two daughters died of hunger, while two other children are admitted to a hospital in serious condition. ... Read more...
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Left parties in Bengal to protest petrol price hike
September 16th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) Denouncing the petrol price hike as anti-people, West Bengal's opposition Left Front parties have decided to hit the streets to empathise with the people."Prices of essentials ... Read more...
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`Lifu Ishtene’ - entertaining, engaging (Kannada Movie Review)
September 11th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Lifu Ishtene"; Cast: Diganth, Samyuktha Belawadi, Sindhu Lokanath, Ramya Barna, Veena Sundar, Achyutha and Cherry; Director: Pawan Kumar; Producers: Jack Manju, Syed Salam and Upendra Shetty; Music Director: Mano ... Read more...
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‘Jolly Boy’ fails to connect with audiences (Kannada Film Review)
July 2nd, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Film: Jolly Boy; Cast: Diganth, Rekha, Sudharani, Tara, Devaraj, Archana and others; Producer: K. Manju; Director: Sabhapathy Dakshinamurthy; Camera: Raana; Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja; Rating: *K. Manju, who is a remake ... Read more...
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AIIMS served notice for turning away patient
June 24th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here after taking note of a petition filed ... Read more...
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Left Front constituents demand new leadership (Lead)
June 7th, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) The constituents of West Bengal's Left Front Monday said that they expected a new leadership to emerge in the coming days in order to regain its ... Read more...
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Left Front’s wrong steps, deviations brought its downfall: CPI
June 6th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Blaming the Left Front's rout in the West Bengal assembly elections on the state government's wrong steps and its evitation from ethics, the Communist Party of ... Read more...
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Left Front leaders to attend Mamata’s swearing-in
May 20th, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Left Front leaders, including outgoing chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Front chairman Biman Basu will Friday attend the oath taking ceremony of Trinamool Congress chief ... Read more...
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Exploited Indian workers on way home from Trinidad
April 25th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Port-of-Spain, April 25 (IANS) Lured by promises of generous salaries, three Indians from Jaipur came to Trinidad and Tobago one-and-a-half years ago to work at a granite and marble fabricating ... Read more...
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Public Accounts Committee questions more people in 2G probe
April 5th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Tuesday continued questioning people, including industrialists, in its probe into the allocation of scarce telecom spectrum by former communications minister ... Read more...
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Greg Norman-designed golf course gets tourism award
March 30th, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A Greg Norman designed course in the Greater Noida suburb of the national capital has been awarded the tourism ministry's "Best Tourism Friendly Golf ... Read more...
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‘Life Goes On’ - a poised, gentle look at the bereaved heart (IANS Movie Review - Rating ****)
March 26th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Life Goes On"; Cast: Sharmila Tagore, Girish Karnad, Om Puri, Soha Ali Khan, Mukulika Banerjee, Neerja Naik and Rez Kempton; Written and Directed by: Sangeeta Dutta; Rating: ****One of the ... Read more...
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West Bengal’s Left slams rail budget, opposition praises it
February 25th, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) With Mamata Banerjee, chief of West Bengal's main opposition Trinamool Congress, Friday presenting the last railway budget ahead of the state assembly polls -- now just months ... Read more...
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Kavita Raut wins gold with record timing
February 21st, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 21 (IANS) Asian Games medallist Kavita Raut of Maharashtra and Kerala's Soji Mathew respectively won the women's and men's 5,000 metres events in the 34th National Games at the Birsa ... Read more...
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‘Wrong to say Govt. made no losses in 2G scam’, says CBI chief to PAC
February 15th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on Tuesday quoted Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director A P ... Read more...
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2G scam: CBI chief to appear before PAC
February 15th, 2011 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director A P Singh will appear before the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today to give evidence in connection with the ... Read more...
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Prajwal, Ravishankar put up a good show in ‘Kote’ (Kannada Film Review)
February 12th, 2011 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
By V.S. Rajapur
Film: "Kote"; Cast: Prajwal Devaraj, Dimple Chopade, Gayanthri Rao, Ravishankar, Shivashankar and others; Director: Srinivasa Raju; Producer: Jack Manju; Camera: Datta; Music Director: Raghu Dixit; Ratings: ** 1/2Director Srinivasa ... Read more...
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We are not scared of hooliganism of BJP: Yasin Malik
February 12th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Ajmer, Feb 12 (ANI): Reacting to the protest by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists against him, separatist leader Yasin Malik said he was not scared of the part's hooliganism."I would like ... Read more...
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Shoe hurled at Yasin Malik in Ajmer
February 11th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by ANI
Ajmer, Feb 11 (ANI): A shoe was flung at Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin Malik here on Friday, when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists staged a protest against his ... Read more...
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