Voters in Gorakhpur seek ‘right to reject’
February 11th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 11 (IANS) In a unique case, some voters sought to exercise their right to reject during polling in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections second phase here Saturday. ... Read more...
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Andhra junior doctors to intensify strike
February 10th, 2012 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Emergency services in government-run hospitals in Andhra Pradesh are likely to be hit with junior doctors Friday deciding to intensify their strike.With the government ruling out ... Read more...
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‘Marina’ feel-good movie with strong message (Tamil Movie Review)
February 5th, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Marina"; Cast: Siva Karthikeyan , Oviya, 'Pakada' Pandian, Sundararajan, Jitan Mohan, Attakati Aarumugam, Jayashree; Director: Pandiraj; Cinematographer: Vijay; Composer: Girish G; Rating: ***National award winning director Pandiraj has tried to ... Read more...
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Rahul, Ajit Singh’s joint rally at Meerut Thursday
February 1st, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh will address a joint poll rally at Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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Congress claims victory in Punjab, Uttarakhand
January 30th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Congress Monday claimed victory in Uttarakhand and Punjab assembly polls."Reports from Punjab and Uttarakhand ... clearly speak that the party is winning and forming ... Read more...
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Violence rocks Yanam, workers kill company official (Second Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) A senior official of a ceramics company was Friday killed in an attack by workers after their leader died in police custody as large-scale violence rocked ... Read more...
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Workers kill company official in Yanam (Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) A senior official of a ceramics company was Friday killed in an attack by workers after their leader died in police custody as large-scale violence rocked ... Read more...
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Three workers injured in police firing in Yanam
January 27th, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) Three industrial workers were injured Friday as police opened fire when large-scale violence by employees of a ceramics factory rocked Yanam, a region of Puducherry but ... Read more...
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Ishar new vice-chancellor of Jammu university
January 18th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 18 (IANS) Mohan Paul Singh Ishar, professor at Amritsar's Guru Nanak Dev University, has been appointed the new vice chancellor of the Jammu University, it was announced Wednesday.Jammu ... Read more...
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Call girl racket busted in Ghaziabad
January 15th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 15 (IANS) A call girl racket was busted in Ghaziabad and seven people, including three prostitutes and two customers, arrested, police said Sunday.Additional Superintendent of Police Amit ... Read more...
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India Cements chalks plans to become pan-nation player
January 15th, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) India Cements, a leader in southern India with a 28 percent market share, has charted an expansion plan to become a pan-nation player next year ... Read more...
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Apex court pulls up Tamil Nadu on film ban
January 13th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday slammed the Tamil Nadu government for banning the screening of film "Dam 999", saying that "when the whole country has one ... Read more...
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TV actor to study J. Dey’s life for crime reporter’s role (With Images)
January 11th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Small screen actor Kunal Karan Kapoor, who is playing a crime journalist in "Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha", says he would love to ... Read more...
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RTI query exposes urea shortage in Bihar
January 4th, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 4 (IANS) Information received under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has revealed that millions of farmers in Bihar are facing a shortage of fertilizers, particularly urea, ... Read more...
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House collapse kills five in Delhi(Lead)
January 4th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Five people, two of them children, were killed and five injured when a one-storey building in west Delhi collapsed following a gas cylinder blast Wednesday ... Read more...
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Ranji Trophy quarters: Haryana’s Harshal Patel takes eight wickets
January 2nd, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Haryana medium-pacer Harshal Patel ran through the Karnataka first-innings for 151 taking eight wickets while another fast bowler Mumbai's Dhawal Kulkarni claimed a fifer against ... Read more...
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Remo to make his next film with ‘DID’ contestants
December 30th, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) Choreographer-turned-director Remo D'Souza, who is all set to direct the country's first ever dance film in 3D, has roped in dance reality show "Dance India ... Read more...
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‘Dance India Dance’ team conducts flash mobs in capital
December 24th, 2011 - 2:36 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) What better than a flash mob to create a buzz for a dance reality show? That's just what the marketing team of Zee TV "Dance ... Read more...
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‘Pigs from outside Delhi carriers of Japanese Encephalitis’
December 22nd, 2011 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Voicing concern over rising cases of Japanese Encephalitis, Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia Wednesday said that pigs being brought to the national capital from outside ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa sacks confidant Sasikala & Co (Night Lead)
December 19th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) In a sweeping move, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa sacked from the AIADMK long-time confidant V.K. Sasikala and 13 others who were known to wield ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa sacks long-time confidant Sasikala (Lead)
December 19th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) In a dramatic move, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa threw out her long-time confidant V.K. Sasikala and 11 others from the basic membership of her ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa removes Sasikala, others from AIADMK
December 19th, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) In a surprise move, AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa removed her close associate of nearly two decades V.K. Sasikala and 11 ... Read more...
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2,700 tribals to take part in sports fest
December 16th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Dec 16 (IANS) More than 2,700 participants from India, Nepal and Bhutan will participate in the VIth National Sports Festival for Tribals starting here December 27.Christened Ekalavya Khelkood-2011, the ... Read more...
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Dev Anand’s ashes immersed in Godavari
December 14th, 2011 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik (Maharashtra), Dec 14 (IANS) Evergreen star Dev Anand's ashes were immersed in the Godavari river in Nashik Wednesday evening by his son Suneil, a family friend said."Suniel just finished ... Read more...
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4-day-old baby survives after complex surgery
December 13th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Faridabad, Dec 13 (IANS) A four-day-old baby girl suffering a rare disorder -- Thornwaldt's Cyst (TC) in the nasopharynx -- was successfully treated at the Asian Institute of Medical Sciences ... Read more...
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Memorial service for Dev Anand Friday
December 13th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 13 (IANS) A memorial service for evergreen star Dev Anand, who passed away following a cardiac arrest in London last week, will be held at the famous Mehboob ... Read more...
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Now, a video game on ‘Don 2′
December 8th, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 8 (IANS) After "RA.One", Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "Don 2: The King is Back" is set to be turned into a video game and director Farhan Akhtar says ... Read more...
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4th Bengaluru film fest will pay tribute to Dev Anand
December 7th, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 7 (IANS) The fourth edition of the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFF), starting Dec 15, will pay tribute to actor, producer and director Dev Anand, who passed ... Read more...
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Dev Anand’s funeral probably over weekend
December 6th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 6 (IANS) Dev Anand's wife and daughter will be leaving for London Tuesday night but the funeral will take place only Dec 9 or 10, his close associate ... Read more...
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Woman doctor kills herself over failed affair
December 5th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 5 (IANS) A 26-year-old woman doctor jumped in front of a train here Monday over a failed relationship, police said.Ankita Shukla, posted at the Institute of Human Behaviour ... Read more...
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Legendary actor Dev Anand passes away in London
December 4th, 2011 - 9:41 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 4 (IANS) Legendary actor Dev Anand passed away Sunday after massive cardiac arrest in London. He was 88."His son Sunil came out of the bathroom and saw that ... Read more...
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Husain documentary to be screened at IFFI
November 29th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 29 (IANS) A film documentary by late painter M.F. Husain will finally be screened at the ongoing 42nd International Film Festival of India despite right wing protests, said ... Read more...
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Goa fails to bite IFFI’s soccer bite
November 29th, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 29 (IANS) The 42nd edition of IFFI's much touted soccer film package has turned out to be a damp squib with virtually no audiences turning up for the ... Read more...
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IFFI director refutes reports on Iranian jury member quitting panel
November 29th, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 29 (IANS) International Film Festival Of India (IFFI) director Shankar Mohan Tuesday denied reports that Iranian female director Tahmineh Milani, a member of the international jury, had refused ... Read more...
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CBI arrests four for kidnapping two businessmen
November 28th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday rescued two businessmen who were kidnapped for ransom and arrested the four kidnappers, CBI officials said.Abdul Munaf, Sanjeev ... Read more...
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