Myanmar observers Martyrs’ Day
July 19th, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, July 19 (IANS) Myanmar held the first state-level Martyrs' Day ceremony in more than two decades here Thursday in the presence of the government leadership to commemorate fallen national ... Read more...
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Separatist leaders under house arrest, restrictions in Srinagar
July 13th, 2012 - 11:00 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) Separatist leaders were placed under house arrest and authorities Friday imposed restrictions in old city areas of summer capital Srinagar to prevent proposed rallies in connection ... Read more...
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Kayani’s speech baffling: Pakistani daily
May 2nd, 2012 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's speech on institutions working within their constitutional sphere is baffling since "few institutions have so damagingly strayed beyond their ... Read more...
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Border melts as India, Bangladesh celebrate Mother Language Day (With Images)
February 21st, 2012 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Akhaurah (India-Bangladesh border), Feb 21 (IANS) With hundreds and thousands of people from either side of the border present and vivid functions and commemorations of the language martyrs, India ... Read more...
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Will create a million jobs: Mamata (Lead)
July 22nd, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) Addressing her first political rally after coming to power two months ago, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said her government has fulfilled most ... Read more...
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Asked for central aid, PM has promised help: Mamata
July 21st, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured all help to rescue state from its financial debt of ... Read more...
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We will create a million jobs: Mamata
July 21st, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said her government has fulfilled most of its election promises in the first two months of its tenure ... Read more...
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Restrictions affect life in Srinagar on martyrs’ day
July 13th, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) The authorities imposed restrictions in the old city areas of Srinagar to scuttle a proposed separatist march Wednesday, known as martyrs' day here. Hurriyat leaders like ... Read more...
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Bengal pays homage to ‘Language Day’ martyrs
February 21st, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) West Bengal Monday observed "Language Martyrs' Day" paying homage to those who laid down their lives for the cause of the Bengali language in Dhaka in 1952.The day ... Read more...
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Actors, filmmakers protest Binayak Sen’s jail term
January 31st, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
By Satyen K. Bordoloi
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) About 150 people marked the Martyrs Day Sunday by staging a protest in Mumbai as part of a nationwide agitation against the life imprisonment awarded ... Read more...
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Thousands join anti-graft march in capital (Lead)
January 30th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Thousands of people marched in the national capital Sunday, raising their voice against corruption. The rallyists rejected the union government's Lokpal bill and demanded it replace it ... Read more...
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Public anger against graft expressed in marches across India (Roundup)
January 30th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Public anger and frustration over mounting corruption expressed itself across the country Sunday as thousands of people from all walks of life marched in over 60 cities ... Read more...
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Thousands march against corruption in Delhi
January 30th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Holding aloft banners and shouting slogans against rising levels of corruption in the country, thousands of people from all age groups stepped out of their homes Sunday ... Read more...
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TDP marches against corruption
January 30th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 30 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh's main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) organised a march against corruption here Sunday and demanded that the Lokpal Bill be passed in the budget session of ... Read more...
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Nation pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on Martyrs’ Day
January 30th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) India Sunday paid homage to the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi with prayer meetings and floral tributes on his 63rd death anniversary observed as Martyrs' Day.It ... Read more...
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Lyngdoh, hundreds march against corruption in Hyderabad
January 30th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 30 (IANS) Hundreds of citizens and youth, among them former chief election commissioner J.M. Lyngdoh, joined hands to march against corruption here Sunday as part of a nationwide anti-graft campaign ... Read more...
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Nation remembers Mahatma Gandhi on his 63rd death anniversary
January 30th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi Jan 30 (ANI): India on Sunday paid homage to Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on his 63rd death anniversary.A series of functions are being organized throughout the country to ... Read more...
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Gandhi Smriti all set for Martyr’s Day events
January 29th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Gandhi Smriti, the museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, is all set for Sunday when the country will pay its respectful tributes to the Father of the Nation ... Read more...
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Hundreds protest in Bhopal against Binayak Sen’s conviction
January 1st, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 1 (IANS) Hundreds of people belonging to at least nine organisations held a rally here Saturday to protest against the life imprisonment verdict awarded to rights activist and doctor Binayak ... Read more...
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Hezbollah says ready for another war with Israel
November 12th, 2010 - 3:15 am ICT by BNO News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (BNO NEWS) -- Hezbollah Secretary General Al-Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said that the group is ready for another war with Israel, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.The comments ... Read more...
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Srinagar now has a Martyrs Memorial Park
August 30th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
By Parvez ButtSrinagar, Aug 30 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir government and the Floriculture Department have built the Martyrs Memorial Park in the memories of people who were killed in 1931 in ... Read more...
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Trinamool should weed out unscrupulous elements: Congress
July 25th, 2010 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) West Bengal Congress president Manas Bhuniya Sunday asked alliance partner All India Trinamool Congress to weed out unscrupulous elements from the party.
He also expressed concern over an ... Read more...
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Trinamool rally chokes large parts of Kolkata
July 21st, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) Commuters had a harrowing time Wednesday as large parts of Kolkata remained choked with Trinamool Congress's grand rally in the heart of Kolkata drawing more than a ... Read more...
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Curfew lifted in central Srinagar
July 14th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, July 14 (ANI): Curfew was lifted on Wednesday from Batmaloo area of Srinagar and Sopore town.Prohibitory orders clamped were also lifted except in the areas of Nowhatta, Khanyar, Maharajgunj and ... Read more...
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‘Martyrs Day’ passes off peacefully in Srinagar (Lead)
July 13th, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) The situation was peaceful throughout the Kashmir Valley Tuesday even as restrictions were imposed in Srinagar to prevent a separatist rally coinciding with "Martyrs' day", commemorating the day ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Pandits observe ‘Black Day’ in Jammu
July 13th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, July 13 (ANI): The Panun Kashmir movement, led by the President Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, staged a protest against the alleged appeasement policy of the government towards Muslim fundamentalists, on Tuesday, and ... Read more...
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Martyrs Day: Curfew reimposed in Sopore, Batamaloo areas of Srinagar
July 13th, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, July 13 (ANI): Curfew was reimposed in the Sopore and Batamaloo areas of Srinagar on Tuesday to prevent the surfacing of untoward incidents on the occasion of Martyrs Day.Life in the ... Read more...
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Restrictions in Srinagar on ‘martyrs’ day’
July 13th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) Restrictions were imposed in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Tuesday to prevent a separatist rally coinciding with 'martyrs' day', commemorating the 1931 day when the central jail ... Read more...
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India pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on Martyrs’ Day (Lead)
January 30th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Floral tributes, a multi-faith prayer meet, devotional songs by schoolchildren and classical musical renderings were held as the nation remembered Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of peace ... Read more...
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All Pakistanis aren’t terrorists: Rajmohan Gandhi
January 30th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Rajmohan Gandhi Saturday strongly advised against labelling all Pakistanis as terrorists and shared his three-point mantra for India to become a world power, one ... Read more...
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Sands come alive with Gandhi’s thoughts
January 30th, 2010 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Shweta Srinivasan
Porbandar (Gujarat), Jan 30 (IANS) The vast Chowpatty beach here came alive with around 50 magnificent sand sculptures of Mahatma Gandhi surfacing from the golden sands, giving out various ... Read more...
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India pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi
January 30th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi/ Ahmedabad, Jan 30 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Saturday paid floral tributes at Rajghat, Mahatma Gandhi's memorial on his 62nd death anniversary.Vice President ... Read more...
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Nation pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on Martyrs’ Day
January 30th, 2010 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) India paid tribute to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on his 62nd death anniversary observed as Martyrs' Day with floral tributes, devotional songs and an ... Read more...
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In Gandhi’s hometown, sand sculptures will pay tribute (Jan 30 is Martyrs’ Day)
January 29th, 2010 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Shweta Srinivasan
Porbandar (Gujarat), Jan 29 (IANS) Sixty-two years after Mahatma Gandhi's death, nearly 150 artists from across the country have assembled at the beaches here to mould the sand to ... Read more...
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Martyrs’ Day goes smoothly for Canadian Tamils despite Seeman’s deportation
November 28th, 2009 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, Nov. 28 (ANI): Despite the deportation of their keynote speaker, thousands of Tamils gathered at a banquet hall in Toronto to observe the annual "Martyrs' Day" commemoration of Tamil Tigers who ... Read more...
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