Russia, France should join hands for united Europe : Putin
September 3rd, 2012 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 3 (IANS) Russia and France should make joint efforts for a united Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.During a ceremony held to mark the 200th anniversary of ... Read more...
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Crime reports an anti-government campaign: Bengal minister
August 19th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) A West Bengal minister Sunday termed the reports of alleged rapes as a "rotten campaign" against the government and denied that the law and order situation ... Read more...
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Cheating in football is sin: Saudi scholars
May 10th, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Riyadh, May 10 (IANS) Football players who fool referees to score goals or to obtain penalties or fouls are committing a sin, two Saudi religious scholars have said."Cheating is deceiving ... Read more...
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Nupur Talwar’s bail rejected, moves apex court (Second Lead)
May 2nd, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad/New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Her bail rejected by a CBI court, dentist Nupur Talwar, accused in the murder of her teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, Wednesday moved ... Read more...
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Bangaru Laxman’s sentencing: Key points of the judgment
April 28th, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday awarded four years' rigorous imprisonment to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) former president Bangaru Laxman for accepting a bribe from ... Read more...
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Army chief visits Srinagar
March 28th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 28 (IANS) The Indian Army chief, General V.K. Singh, was briefed Wednesday on the security situation in the Kashmir Valley when he visited the headquarters of the Srinagar-based ... Read more...
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Army chief reviews Jammu security
March 16th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 16 (IANS) The Indian Army chief, Gen. V.K. Singh paid a day's visit to the cantonement town of Nagrota near here to "review the security situation and the ... Read more...
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Karnataka stares at summer of BJP power struggle
February 23rd, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 23 (IANS) The power struggle in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sharpened Thursday, threatening to reduce D.V. Sadananda Gowda to a lame-duck chief minister.The threat to ... Read more...
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Now, new spiritual channel for Jains
December 8th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) A new spiritual channel, Jinvani, has been launched by Sea TV Network Ltd, to cater to the Digambar sect of Jain religion.The channel, launched under ... Read more...
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Quran with Bhagavad Gita in a communal harmony class
November 21st, 2011 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Nov 21 (IANS) Holding the Quran in one hand and the Bhagavad Gita in the other, Mukhtar Ahmad conducts "a class of communal harmony" at a madrassa in Uttar ... Read more...
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RSS chief skirts Ayodhya, talks of corruption
October 10th, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Gorakhpur, Oct 10 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat took everyone by surprise when he opened a seven-day national convention of the organisation here with exclusive focus ... Read more...
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Congress demands Yeddyurappa’s resignation
July 27th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Soon after Karnataka Lokayukta (ombudsman) Santhosh Hegde submitted his report indicting Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa for real estate scams and mining policy irregularities Wednesday, ... Read more...
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‘Gita’ teaching sparks row in Karnataka
July 17th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 17 (IANS) Karnataka's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has landed in a row over its support to teaching of Hindu holy book 'Bhagvad Gita' in schools.The controversy ... Read more...
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Court seeks unedited recording of ‘obscene’ TV show
July 13th, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked private TV channel UTV Bindass to present before it unedited recordings of two recent episodes of its reality show ... Read more...
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How to stay away from old men: A new course for Chinese girls
March 31st, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 31 (IANS) Girl students in a south China province have been asked to attend a crash course on how to resist and avoid the clutches of older, richer ... Read more...
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UK kids as young as 4 to be taught atheism
March 30th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 30 (ANI): Four-year-old school pupils in UK will be taught atheism in a bid to make them "citizens of the world".Education bosses in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, have radically restructured ... Read more...
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Another sex scandal hits Malaysia (Lead)
March 21st, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, March 21 (IANS) Malaysia has been hit by a new sex scandal with a video showing a man purported to be a top opposition leader in compromising positions ... Read more...
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Malaysian opposition MP’s sex video emerges
March 21st, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, March 21 (IANS) A new video is doing the rounds in Malaysia that reportedly shows an opposition MP having sex with a foreign prostitute.The video showed "a man, ... Read more...
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Russian province bans Valentine’s Day
February 12th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moscow, Feb 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Russian province doesn’t want anybody living there to have anything to do with the Valentine’s Day on the 14th of February.The day is one of the ... Read more...
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Valentine’s Day Banned by Russian Province for ‘Spiritual Security’
February 11th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Feb 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The authorities for the Russian Providence of Belgorod are strongly encouraging schools and other state institutions to ban any celebrations of Valentine's Day, with conservative Russians claims the ... Read more...
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Valentine’s Day banned in Russia’s Belgorod province
February 9th, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moscow, Feb 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Authorities in the Russian province of Belgorod have placed a ban on the celebration of Valentine’s Day.The authorities have urged schools and other state institutions under its ... Read more...
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Women more likely to cheat than men, reveals survey
December 31st, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 31 (ANI): Thought women were more loyal to their partners? Not anymore! A new survey reveals that women are far more likely to cheat than men.One in five said they ... Read more...
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Sack Reddys for tax evasion, Congress urges governor
December 28th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 28 (IANS) The Congress in Karnataka Tuesday demanded the sacking of ministers and mining barons, the Reddy brothers, and their associate for allegedly evading huge income tax payments. State ... Read more...
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Bhagavad Gita studied by Hindus and Muslims in this school
December 26th, 2010 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, Dec 26 (IANS) Schools across the country may have modified textbooks over the decades, but an institution in Lucknow has persisted with the Bhagavad Gita as a moral science ... Read more...
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‘Think differently, discover the impossible’, says Kalam to students
December 20th, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 20 (ANI): Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Monday called upon the students to discover the impossible, while asking the teachers to encourage the young minds to think ... Read more...
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Akali Dal wants Manpreet Badal to quit assembly seat
November 16th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 16 (IANS) Upset with the good response being drawn by expelled leader and former finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab Tuesday asked him to ... Read more...
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‘Simples’, ‘tweetheart’ and ‘fauxmance’ - new additions to dictionary!
October 27th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 27 (ANI): It has been a while since the English dictionary was updated but now a string of new words have made their way to the latest Collins English ... Read more...
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India should not have hosted Games, says Aiyar (Lead)
October 16th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Congress MP and former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, the most vocal critic of the Commonwealth Games, still insists that India should not have hosted the ... Read more...
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Aiyar insists Games should not have been held
October 16th, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Congress MP and former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, the most vocal critic of the just ended Commonwealth Games, still insists India should have never hosted ... Read more...
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Let us salute our teachers: Meira Kumar
September 4th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Teachers play a major role in nation building and in creating a "huge force of academically-empowered and socially-conscious citizens", Speaker Meira Kumar Saturday said while saluting ... Read more...
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‘Antim Swash Sundor’ about success vs happiness (IANS movie preview)
August 17th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) A magic pendant turns a small time trader into a rich man, who gets all his wishes fulfilled, but at the same time makes him dishonest. Upcoming ... Read more...
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Peter Andre set to take on Jordan with his kids’ book series
August 1st, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 1 (ANI): Peter Andre is set to take on his ex-wife Katie Price a.k.a. Jordan in the world of publishing - by releasing his very own series of kids' books.The ... Read more...
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Defiant Jagan continues yatra
July 11th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 11 (IANS) Continuing his defiance of the party leadership, Congress MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Sunday went on with his "Odarpu yatra" in Andhra Pradesh to console all the families of ... Read more...
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UAE steps up vigilance against drugs
June 25th, 2010 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, June 25 (IANS/WAM) In an effort to control and prevent circulation of narcotics in the Gulf region, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up efforts to increase vigilance at ... Read more...
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Emergency a sad period in Indian history: Kuldip Nayar (June 25 marks 35th anniversary of Emergency)
June 25th, 2010 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
By George Joseph
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Calling the Emergency a "sad period in India's history when we nearly lost independence", noted journalist and civil rights activist Kuldip Nayar says "the ... Read more...
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