Lakshmi Sehgal’s health deteriorates
July 21st, 2012 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Kanpur, July 21 (IANS) The health of Lakshmi Sehgal, a close associate of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, deteriorated Saturday, doctors here said."We have put her on ventilator support to boost ... Read more...
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Three held for conning people on mobile towers
June 22nd, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Three people were arrested here for duping several people on the pretext of installing mobile phone towers on the terraces of their homes, police said ... Read more...
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Mulayam holds presidential cards close to his chest
May 17th, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 17 (IANS) While all eyes are on Mulayam Singh Yadav ahead of India's presidential election, mum is the word in his camp. The Samajwadi Party chief is ... Read more...
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Rakeysh Mehra teams up with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for ‘…Milkha’
February 7th, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) After Ashutosh Gowariker, another A.R. Rahman loyalist in Bollywood has had to switch to another composer. It is Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra who has teamed up ... Read more...
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Delhiites ignored traffic advisories and suffered: Police
January 24th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) A day after the full dress-rehearsal of the Republic Day Parade caused massive jams in the national capital, Delhi Police Tuesday said that Delhiites ... Read more...
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Traffic restrictions for R-day parade rehearsal
January 22nd, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Delhi Traffic Police have placed restrictions on movement of vehicles in the capital Monday in view of the full dress rehearsal for the ... Read more...
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Indian TT players good but need better fitness: India’s Polish coach
January 18th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Indian table tennis team's Polish coach Leszek Kucharski frankly believes the standard of Indian men players is as good as that of the ... Read more...
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India look for extra London Olympics TT berth
January 9th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) India is looking for an extra table tennis berth at the 2012 London Olympics, assuming one each in the men's and women's singles ... Read more...
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‘I want to do a film on Netaji’
November 9th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 9 (IANS) Tamil film actor Sharath Kumar wants to produce and direct a film based on the life of noted freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose."I think Netaji's ... Read more...
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Maoist posters found near Kolkata
November 9th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) Maoist posters condemning the West Bengal government for the relentless price rise and threatening to behead allegedly corrupt politicians were found Wednesday in North 24 ... Read more...
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Mamata unfurls tri-colour, sends sweets to prisoners
August 15th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) Mamata Banerjee Monday became West Bengal's first woman chief minister to unfurl the national flag as the state joined the rest of the nation in ... Read more...
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Mamata flags off Kolkata-Singapore flight
August 1st, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday inaugurated the Singapore Airlines' subsidiary Silk Air's four day a week service connecting Kolkata with Singapore. She said ... Read more...
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Thousands throng to see Banerjee walk to Writers’ Building
May 20th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) In scenes never before seen in the state, Mamata Banerjee Friday walked amid tens of thousands of commoners after after being sworn in as the ... Read more...
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Man jumps from building, dies (Lead)
April 27th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A 51-year-old man who worked as a messenger in the Indian foreign ministry committed suicide Wednesday by jumping off the 11th floor of his office ... Read more...
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At crossroads: Bengal and the first time voter (First Person)
April 27th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
West Bengal was at the crossroads of history and my first vote could determine the path it would traverse. So, after waiting since childhood to step into a polling booth, D-day ... Read more...
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Amit Mitra: I have returned to my roots
April 19th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Khardah (West Bengal), April 19 (IANS) From air-conditioned boardrooms and state dinners to the heat and dust of rural campaigning. It is unfamiliar territory but Amit Mitra, secretary general ... Read more...
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Police arrest betting gang in Ghaziabad
February 27th, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 27 (IANS) Police Sunday arrested four businessmen from Ghaziabad for taking bets on the India-England World Cup cricket match and recovered around Rs.150,000 from them along with a cache of ... Read more...
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Narayana Murthy shocked at Netaji being denied due respect
January 24th, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) Infosys Technologies founder-chariman N.R. Narayana Murthy Sunday expressed shock over the country's political leadership failing to pay due respect to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and said India would ... Read more...
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Netaji’s birth anniversary celebrated across West Bengal
January 23rd, 2011 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) Unfurling of the national flag, march pasts, colourful rallies and speeches marked the 114th birth anniversary of legendary freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose across West Bengal, ... Read more...
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Protect tribal interests to root out Maoism: NHRC member
January 23rd, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) A prominent member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asserted that the state could not authorise its police or paramilitary to kill Maoists, and called upon ... Read more...
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Traffic advisory for Delhi rally Wednesday
December 21st, 2010 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The Delhi Traffic Police Tuesday issued an advisory for Wednesday as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is organising a rally at Ram Lila Ground in central Delhi."Traffic ... Read more...
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India-China friendship can change world: Yeo
December 20th, 2010 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) If India and China cooperate and resolve bilateral disputes in a peaceful manner, Asia will be completely transformed and with it the rest of the world, Singapore Foreign ... Read more...
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Political violence in Bengal is dreadful: Amartya Sen
December 20th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) Nobel laureate and eminent economist Amartya Sen Monday termed as "dreadful" the growing incidents of political violence across West Bengal and said there was needed to find out ... Read more...
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Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey: A Must Watch For The Youth
December 3rd, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Director: Ashutosh GowarikerCast: Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Feroz Wahid Khan, Vishakha Singh, Sikander Kher.Genre: Periodic drama.Rating: ***1/2Ashutosh Gowariker has come up with an yet another long periodic film but with a ... Read more...
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Shooter Rathore underscores importance of fitness at Delhi School Skating Championship
November 19th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The importance of maintaining physical fitness was underscored at the two-day Inter-School Roller Skating Championship 2010, which was held here under the aegis of the Netaji Subhash ... Read more...
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Abhi On Facebook As Masterda Surya Sen
August 18th, 2010 - 9:10 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 18, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Ashutosh Gowarikar's upcoming directorial venture Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey is a historical treat from his stable to his countrymen. The current year will end with ... Read more...
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Netaji’s bodyguard felicitated on I-Day eve (With Image)
August 14th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 14 (IANS) Jagpal Yadav, one of the bodyguards of Subhas Chandra Bose, was felicitated by the Russian telecom giant Sistema on Independence-Day eve at a function here at the company's ... Read more...
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BJP apologises to Delhiites for traffic chaos
April 21st, 2010 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Wednesday apologised to Delhiites for the "inconvenience" caused to them as the party's massive rally against rising prices led to ... Read more...
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Traffic snarls expected Wednesday
April 20th, 2010 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Traffic snarls are expected in the New Delhi and central Delhi areas Wednesday due to the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) rally against price rise. The traffic police ... Read more...
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Thanks to IGNOU, prisoners hopeful of jobs
March 4th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Jail inmates across India are benefiting from free vocational training programmes provided by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), the world's largest open varsity said Thursday. ... Read more...
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Implement Education Act in its true spirit, kids tell MPs
February 22nd, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) For the sixth day Monday, former child labourers went door-to-door visiting parliamentarians in the capital in an attempt to sensitise them about the Right to Education Act ... Read more...
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Kolkata family exhibits musical instruments of British Raj era
February 8th, 2010 - 9:41 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Feb 8 (ANI): An exhibition of a family's collection of heirlooms of ancient musical instruments is proving to be an attraction for students and scholars of history in Kolkata.Around 50 rare ... Read more...
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Abu Azmi hails Sachin, lauds Mulayam for dumping Kalyan
November 16th, 2009 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 16 (IANS)The Samajwadi Party's Maharastra unit chief Abu Asim Azmi was Monday all praises for master blaster Sachin Tendulkar for declaring that he was an Indian first and then ... Read more...
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Yechury has close links with Maoists: Mamata
November 12th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) All leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), particularly its politburo member Sitaram Yechury, have a close association with Maoists, Trinamool Congress chief and Railway ... Read more...
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Mulayam to launch campaign for daughter-in-law Sunday
October 1st, 2009 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav will on Sunday launch the campaign for his daughter-in-law for the by-election to the Ferozabad Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar ... Read more...
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