Invited to visit J&K;, students plug ‘disconnect’
August 4th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 4 (IANS) After taking students from Jammu and Kashmir to tour various parts of the country under 'Operation Sadbhavana' (goodwill), children from outside are now invited here to ... Read more...
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Various events to mark Motilal Nehru’s 150th birth anniversary
June 9th, 2012 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The national committee to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Pandit Motilal Nehru Friday decided to organise various activities, including seminars and conferences, to ... Read more...
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Delhi civic polls: BJP celebrates, Congress sombre (Sidelights)
April 17th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Firecrackers, drum beats and dancing, it was jubilation at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters here Tuesday as the party gained a clear majority ... Read more...
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When Indira’s birth drew long faces! (Excerpts from the book ‘24 Akbar Road’)
November 18th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
When Indira was born on Nov 19, 1917, the Scottish doctor who was attending to Kamla Nehru announced to Jawaharlal Nehru: "It is a bonny lassie, Sir!"The womenfolk around Jawaharlal's ... Read more...
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Protests outside Sibal, Mukherjee, Dikshit’s houses (Lead)
August 22nd, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Supporters of social activist Anna Hazare Monday staged a sit-in protest outside residences of union ministers Kapil Sibal and Pranab Mukherjee and Delhi Chief ... Read more...
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Tagore was Bengal’s Shakespeare: Sonia Gandhi
May 7th, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore "is the Shakespeare from Bengal" and "it is our (country's) privilege to pay tribute to the greatest genuis of our ... Read more...
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Students protest Delhi girl’s killing, Dikshit meets family
March 9th, 2011 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Hundreds of students from various colleges in Delhi University's South Campus Wednesday protested the killing of 20-year-old Radhika Tanwar, who was shot dead in broad ... Read more...
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Railways trounce Haryana to win national women’s hockey title
January 30th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Sonepat, Jan 30 (IANS) Railways trounced Haryana 7-1 to win the Senior National Women's Hockey Championship at the Motilal Nehru Sports School here Sunday.
Railways, studded with India team players, led 5-1 ... Read more...
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Haryana to play Railways in women’s national hockey final
January 29th, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Sonepat, Jan 29 (IANS) Hosts Haryana will clash with Railways in the final of the Senior National Women's Hockey Championship at Motilal Nehru Sports School here Sunday.In the semi-finals Saturday, Railways routed ... Read more...
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Railways beat UP to reach semis of senior national women’s hockey
January 27th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Sonepat, Jan 27 (IANS) Star-studded Railways routed Uttar Pradesh 7-0 and moved into the semi-final of the senior National Women's Hockey Championship at Motilal Nehru Sports School here Thursday. International Jasjeet Kaur ... Read more...
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Hockey national women’s championship to begin Friday
January 20th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Twentysix teams will compete in the hockey senior National Women's Championship in Sonepat beginning Friday.The teams have been divided into eight pools and the matches will be ... Read more...
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Agra sustains effort to pull city out of polythene menace
December 31st, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, Dec 31 (IANS) When Agra's municipal commissioner resolved to make the city polythene-free in October, few took him seriously. But just 40 days into the campaign, Vinay Shankar Pandey ... Read more...
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CBI competent to handle alleged 2G scam, no comment: Sibal
December 8th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday declined comment on the raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the premises of his predecessor A. Raja and associates ... Read more...
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President Patil releases commemorative postage stamp on pioneer industrialist Singhania
December 1st, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dc 1(ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday released a commemorative stamp and the first day cover (FDC) brought out by the Indian Posts in honour of Lala Kamlapat Singhania ... Read more...
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PM, Sonia to address lawyers’ conference March 27
February 28th, 2010 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address a day-long conference of lawyers and human rights activists associated with the party here on ... Read more...
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Indira Gandhi movie details revealed
November 25th, 2009 - 2:18 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
There has been a buzz that Madhuri Dixit will soon sign Krishna Shah film, which is based on the late Prime Minister of India Mrs. Indira Gandhi. According to reports, Madhuri ... Read more...
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Madhuri Dixit to play Indira Gandhi in biopic
November 20th, 2009 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Asian-American filmmaker Krishna Shah is set to make a biopic on Indira Gandhi and has roped in Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit to play the role of India's ... Read more...
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Indian wrestlers hoping to do well at Asian Games
October 10th, 2009 - 7:43 pm ICT by ANI
Bhopal, Oct. 10 (ANI): Indian wrestlers participating in the 54th National Wrestling championship are hoping to perform well at the forthcoming Asian Games.The three-day wrestling event, which is being held at Motilal ... Read more...
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Nature trail at Dikshit’s residence will be biodiversity park
July 21st, 2009 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday said the nature trail at her official residence here would be developed as a biodiversity park.
Dikshit said this after launching the Delhi ... Read more...
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Medicos asked to vacate hostel for feeding stray dogs
June 23rd, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 23 (IANS) Women post-graduate students of the Motilal Nehru Medical College in Allahabad were Tuesday ordered to vacate their hostel after the administration found them feeding stray dogs in the ... Read more...
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Seven Prime Ministers originated from here, today only megalomaniacs
April 25th, 2009 - 11:18 am ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashAllahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Apr.25 (ANI): Standing at the Anand Bhavan, the ancestral home of the Nehrus, one can't help but feel a sense of nostalgia. Of an era gone ... Read more...
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I want to get back to work soon: Dikshit
December 9th, 2008 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) A day after she found a place in the record books by steering her party to a third consecutive victory in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is ... Read more...
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Sheila Dikshit thanks people for Congress victory
December 8th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) As her party inched towards victory in Delhi, a jubilant Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday thanked people for showing their affection and strong belief in the ... Read more...
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When Jolly met Dikshit (Political Prattle)
November 25th, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Vijay Jolly, who is taking on Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in Saturday's assembly elections, loves drama. On Tuesday, he along with ... Read more...
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Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit worth Rs.13 million (Lead)
November 10th, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Accompanied by hundreds of cheering supporters, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday filed her nomination from the New Delhi constituency and declared moveable and immovable assets of ... Read more...
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Sheila Dikshit files nomination
November 10th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Accompanied by hundreds of supporters, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday filed her nomination from the New Delhi constituency here. Dikshit walked the short distance from her ... Read more...
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Delhi government felicitates Olympic bronze winning wrestler Sushil
September 1st, 2008 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Bronze medallist at the Beijing Games wrestler Sushil Kumar was felicitated by the Delhi Government at a function Monday.The function was organised at Delhi Chief Minister Sheila ... Read more...
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Recalling Emergency, Advani targets Congress
July 1st, 2008 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, June 30 (IANS) Recalling the Emergency rule, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday criticised the Congress party and ridiculed its stance on the demand for a Ram temple ... Read more...
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Rudyard Kipling’s Allahabad bungalow in a shambles
June 8th, 2008 - 10:42 am ICT by IANS
By S. Neelam
Allahabad, June 8 (IANS) A bungalow close to Allahabad University where Rudyard Kipling - the renowned author of such classics as "Kim" and "The Jungle Book" - lived for a ... Read more...
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Study lauds job guarantee scheme, finds facilities inadequate
March 7th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Although Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has been critical of the government's implementation of the job guarantee scheme, a study conducted by a leading management institute ... Read more...
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Judiciary should encourage constructive criticism: Mukherjee
February 24th, 2008 - 10:45 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Calling for a change in "the old belief", External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said the judiciary should encourage "constructive criticism". "A constant problem is that of ... Read more...
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Judiciary has right to interpret laws: Mukherjee
February 24th, 2008 - 9:18 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee smoothened the feathers of the Indian judiciary here Sunday by granting that it has the right to interpret the laws framed by ... Read more...
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President Patil leads nation in remembering Pandit Nehru on his 118th birth anniversary
November 14th, 2007 - 3:18 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Nov 14 (ANI): Several leaders paid homage to the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, on his 118th birth anniversary across the country on Wednesday.
President Pratibha Patil, ... Read more...
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Nations pays homage to Pandit Nehru on his 118th birth anniversary
November 14th, 2007 - 2:21 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Nov 14 (ANI): The nation today paid homage to the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, on his 118th birth anniversary on Wednesday.
Because of Nehru's affection for ... Read more...
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