Punjab Mail to show Railways’ past, present on R-Day
January 24th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The Indian Railways' tableau is all set to depict its past and present by showcasing the Punjab Mail - its first train service to complete ... Read more...
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Unknown Tagore notebook to go under hammer in New York
December 7th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Dec 7 (IANS) A previously unknown notebook belonging to India's Nobel Laureate and Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore will be auctioned here next week, according to Sotheby's New York ... Read more...
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RSS denies Godse was its member, rebuts Congress claim
December 30th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has come out strongly against being linked to Mahatma Gandhi's assassination in the commemorative volume the Congress has brought out to ... Read more...
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Cuba asks officials to wear traditional shirts
October 13th, 2010 - 10:46 am ICT by IANS
Havana, Oct 13 (IANS/EFE) The Cuban government has asked all its officials to dress in guayaberas - the traditional shirts - for all diplomatic programmes on the island.With its cool fabric, large ... Read more...
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UK health service left shocked after survey participants rate Hitler as `cool’
May 11th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 11 (ANI): "Cool" is not a word usually associated with Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, whose genocidal purges cost tens of millions of lives between the mid-1930s and 1945.But that ... Read more...
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Roosevelt tried to save Jewish refugees during World War II, claims book
May 2nd, 2009 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 2 (ANI): A new book has disputed widely held assumptions that during World War II the then US president Franklin D. Roosevelt was insensitive to the plight of European Jews ... Read more...
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Bradman stands alone, untouched in crickets history: Ponting
August 27th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 27 (ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has said that of the 2519 batsmen who have taken the crease in 131 years of Test cricket, Bradman stands alone and untouched.He ... Read more...
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Hitler couldnt resist sex trysts with Hedy Lamarr despite her Jewish roots
August 22nd, 2008 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 22 (ANI): Nazi leader Adolf Hitler overlooked the fact his one-time lover Hedy Lamarr was born Jewish, because her beauty made it difficult for him to pass up a ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh’s friend comes from Pakistan to meet ‘Mohana’
May 23rd, 2008 - 3:21 pm ICT by admin
By Jaideep Sarin
Amritsar, May 23 (IANS) He may not have an appointment with India's most important man, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but that hasn't deterred Pakistani national Raja Ali Muhammad from going ... Read more...
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Dr Manmohan Singhs childhood pal from Pak hopes to meet him, Bhabhi, kids
May 22nd, 2008 - 12:32 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, May 22 (ANI): Raja Ali Muhammad, a farmer hailing from Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singhs ancestral village Gah, in Chakwal district in Pakistan, who studied with the latter in ... Read more...
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Indians are highly liked in Iraq, says book
April 27th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) War or peace, Iraqis have great admiration for Indians and everything Indian. So says Ranjit Singh Kalha, who was India's ambassador to Baghdad from 1992 to 1994, ... Read more...
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Trillions of bacteria may end up vanquishing humans
April 24th, 2008 - 3:50 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 24 (IANS) Trillions of bacteria harbouring within every man, women and child seem to be getting the better of their hosts, as the battle for supremacy rages between the two. ... Read more...
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