Air India pilots send legal notice to management
September 17th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Labour trouble is brewing again for Air India as a pilots' union has sent a legal notice to the national carrier for implementing new flight ... Read more...
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Shikha Swaroop doesn’t fear being typecast (With Images)
August 8th, 2012 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Shikha Swaroop, who rose to fame with popular costume drama "Chandrakanta", will now be seen as Kaikayee in a new version of the "Ramayana". The ... Read more...
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‘Preethiya Loka’ dull fare (Kannada Movie Review)
July 15th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Preethiya Loka"; Cast: Vinay, Archana, Nandan Prabhu, Ramesh Bhat, Shankar Ashwath, Kurigalu Pratap and others; Director: Nandan Prabhu; Producer: Madhava Reddy; Music Director: Sai Kiran; Camera: Krishna Sarathi; Rating: ... Read more...
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Nasir Ali is new Air India joint managing director
July 11th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) In a bid to straighten things out in troubled national carrier Air India, the government has appointed Nasir Ali, an official who is heading a ... Read more...
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Air India management, pilots still sparring
July 5th, 2012 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) A day after Air India pilots called off their 59-day strike, the sparring continued Thursday with the management saying that it was still to get ... Read more...
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Air India may not survive if strike continues: Official
June 2nd, 2012 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) Air India chief Rohit Nandan Saturday warned that the airline may not be able to survive in the long run if its pilots don't end ... Read more...
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Movie maestro Mrinal Sen turns 90
May 14th, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Director Mrinal Sen, rated as one of the pioneers of the alternative cinema movement in the country, turned 90 Monday. He spent the day attending a ... Read more...
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Indian economy recovering, time for hard decisions: Mukherjee (Third Lead)
March 16th, 2012 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) With an assurance that there were clear signs of an economic recovery in India, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday started presenting what was his ... Read more...
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Court orders permanent commissions for three IAF women officers
March 13th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the defence ministry grant permanent commissions to three women short service commission officers of the Indian Air Force within ... Read more...
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Vijay Bahuguna named new Uttarakhand chief minister (Lead)
March 12th, 2012 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Dehradun, March 12 (IANS) Congress MP Vijay Bahuguna will be the next chief minister of Uttarakhand, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad announced here Monday."It was decided by ... Read more...
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I-League football clubs form their association
March 10th, 2012 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) India's I-League football clubs came together Saturday to form the Indian Professional Football Clubs Association (IPFCA).
Eleven of the 12 I-League clubs met here at the ... Read more...
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Castration most befitting punishment for rapists: Court
February 17th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Castration is the most befitting punishment for a paedophile or serial rape offender, a Delhi court said while sentencing a rape convict to life sentence.Additional ... Read more...
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Aadhar targets 200 million enrolments soon
January 21st, 2012 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 20 (IANS) The state-run Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) is racing against time to enroll a whopping 200 million people in the next two months to make ... Read more...
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Air India pilots call in sick, passengers stranded (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) National carrier Air India's passengers were Saturday stranded at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here as nearly 18 pilots called in sick, leading to ... Read more...
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Hindus in Russia celebrate Gita verdict; brace for possible appeal
December 29th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Moscow, Dec 29 (IANS) As Hindus in Russia celebrated their legal victory over efforts to have the Bhagavad Gita banned, they are bracing to counter any move by Tomsk ... Read more...
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Air India sets up panel to look into cabin restructuring
November 22nd, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) National carrier Air India may opt for adding more economy seats on its domestic flights being operated on Airbus aircraft to increase yields, an airline ... Read more...
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Noida gets second CEO in two days
November 2nd, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 2 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh's Noida got its second chief executive officer (CEO) in two days, with the state government Wednesday reversing its decision of re-intalling a previous ... Read more...
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Air India defers pilot training to stave off strike
November 2nd, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) Air India Wednesday deferred for a month a training programme for pilots selected to fly the soon-to-be inducted Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a bid to pacify ... Read more...
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Foreign diplomats get lesson on unique identification drive
October 20th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) India's mammoth exercise to issue a unique identification (UID) number to each of its 1.2 billion population has attracted the attention of many nations, ... Read more...
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He seeks salvation for faceless hundreds
September 25th, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 25 (IANS) It is not uncommon for this man in Bihar to offer 'pindadan' -- a Hindu service seeking salvation for the dead -- for hundreds of ... Read more...
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Government mulls more funds to keep Air India flying
September 19th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 19 (IANS) The central government is open to infusing more funds into the cash-strapped state-run Air India Ltd to keep it flying, union Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar ... Read more...
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Air India may slash routes to reduce losses
August 26th, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) State-run carrier Air India plans to shut operations on several loss-making routes to reduce expenditure and improve cash flow as the company's outstanding liabilities ... Read more...
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Co-founder Narayana Murthy bids adieu to Infosys
August 19th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 19 (IANS) India's iconic figure N.R. Narayana Murthy Friday bid farewell to Infosys Ltd, the country's second largest IT bellwether that he co-founded over three decades ago, as ... Read more...
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Couple arrested for murder of 65-year-old
August 16th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Aug 16 (IANS) A 26-year-old former nightclub bouncer and his girlfriend were Tuesday arrested for allegedly murdering an elderly man inside a park in Indirapuram.Rahul Kumar, a bouncer at ... Read more...
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AI staff morale, financial health top priority: New chief
August 12th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The newly appointed Air India chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) Rohit Nandan Friday said his top priorities were to boost employee morale and the financial health of ... Read more...
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Air India gets new chief, turnaround strategy soon (Intro Roundup)
August 12th, 2011 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Air India has a new chief. Arvind Jadhav was sacked as the flag carrier's chairman and managing director Friday and Rohit Nandan, a joint ... Read more...
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New chief, turnaround strategy for Air India soon (Roundup)
August 12th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Air India is set to get a new chief soon. The national carrier, which is struggling to even pay salaries to its staff and ... Read more...
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Air India chief Jadhav being axed
August 12th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The government has decided to sack Air India chairman and managing director Arvind Jadhav and name an interim replacement for the two posts till a ... Read more...
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Two more blackbucks die in Raipur
August 9th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 9 (IANS) Two more blackbucks brought to the zoo here from Delhi have died, and zoo officials say the merciless heat is to blame.Dozens of villagers living close ... Read more...
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‘Food security bill before cabinet soon’
July 21st, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The food security bill will go to the cabinet very soon for approval, the food ministry said Wednesday, calling upon the states to prepare for ... Read more...
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Blackburn Rovers postpone India trip following Mumbai blasts
July 20th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers Tuesday postponed to October their planned trip to India, for a friendly against Pune FC, following last week's bomb ... Read more...
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Mamata plans international Rabindranath Tagore Complex
July 16th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) On the lines of famed cultural centres of London, New York and Brussels, the West Bengal government is planning a major an international Rabindranath Tagore ... Read more...
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Dinesh Reddy Andhra’s new police chief
June 30th, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 30 (IANS) Indian Police Service (IPS) officer V. Dinesh Reddy will be Andhra Pradesh's new director general of police, the state government announced Thursday.The 1977-batch officer succeeds K. ... Read more...
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One mn Indians to be enrolled per day for unique identity
June 23rd, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 23 (IANS) A whopping one million Indians will be enrolled each day by October for issuing unique identification number (UID) under the Aadhar scheme to cover about 60 ... Read more...
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Bihar legislature’s centenary bash kicks off
March 22nd, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 22 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil inaugurated the year-long celebrations to mark the centenary of Bihar legislative council Tuesday on the occasion of 'Bihar Divas', commemorating the carving ... Read more...
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