It was an honour to sing for Rajesh Khanna: Manna Dey
July 18th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Expressing grief over the demise of actor Rajesh Khanna, legendary singer Manna Dey Wednesday said he was honoured to have sung for the "first superstar" of ... Read more...
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Colombian court quashes lawsuit against Garcia Marquez
December 1st, 2011 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Dec 1 (IANS/EFE) A Colombian court has ruled in favour of Nobel literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez in a suit filed by the nonagenarian who inspired part of the ... Read more...
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95-year-old woman gets life term for killing daughter-in-law
October 18th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) A 95-year-old woman, who was acquitted by a trial court for burning her daughter-in-law and her infant son to death in 1996, has been awarded ... Read more...
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Britain’s Prince Philip turns 90
June 10th, 2011 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 10 (IANS) Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, turned 90 Friday. The British royal, however, feels it is just another day at the office.Close friends of Philip, the ... Read more...
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Tiny tot inspired by cartoon hero alerts father to fire
December 28th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 28 (IANS) Inspired by her TV cartoon hero Fireman Sam, a three-year-old girl alerted her father to a fire in a nonagenarian's home, a media report said Tuesday.Little Rosie Birula ... Read more...
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Bedo’s ‘Chittagong’ Gearing Up For International Film Festivals
December 28th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
, the film by director Bedabrato Pain, is set in the 1930’s Chittagong riots and has some very proficient actors on its helm which has made the film a great watch.The ... Read more...
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90-year-old man jailed for killing wife, 89
September 10th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) A 90-year-old man in the US has been sentenced to a prison term for brutally slaying his wife, 89. He struck his wife of 68 years about 30 ... Read more...
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Jyoti Basu’s Man Friday now a loner
July 8th, 2010 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Pradipta Tapadar
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Every alternate day Joy Krishna Ghosh visits Indira Bhavan and spends a long time in the room where Jyoti Basu spent his later years. Ghosh, ... Read more...
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Twin Diplomas For 95-year-old!
May 26th, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
May 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A man who had dropped out of school to take part in the Second World War has earned an honorary diploma certificate from his school at ... Read more...
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Karunakaran not unwell, just deeply saddened: Son
April 7th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 (IANS) Senior Congress leader K. Karunakaran, who is in hospital, does not have any medical problem -- the nonagenarian is just deeply saddened over being slighted by the party, ... Read more...
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90-year-old loses licence for speeding, drunk driving
February 28th, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Feb 28 (IANS) A 90-year-old man lost his driving licence in Australia's Victoria state after he was clocked over-speeding and detected with double the alcohol limit, police said.
Police Saturday found the ... Read more...
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Jyoti Basu on ventilator due to breathing trouble
January 6th, 2010 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Jyoti Basu's health deteriorated early Wednesday. The nonagenarian had trouble breathing, and the team of doctors treating him at a private ... Read more...
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Jyoti Basu stable, undergoing physiotherapy
January 5th, 2010 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Jyoti Basu is stable and doctors have started physiotherapy as his health condition improved Tuesday, said a medical bulletin here Tuesday.
The ... Read more...
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Kowtowing to imperialists unacceptable to Left: Basu
August 31st, 2009 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Claiming that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is "surrendering to the imperialists" and framing policies adversely hitting the poor, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu ... Read more...
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People throng Jyoti Basu’s home on 96th birthday
July 8th, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Flowers in hand, hundreds of schoolchildren greeted ailing former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu as he turned 96 Wednesday.
A large number of people from various ... Read more...
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A nonagenarian in Bihar rescued
May 31st, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Patna, May 31 (ANI): Police in Patna freed a nonagenarian from his captors, believed to be some anti-social elements, who allegedly had kept in captivity with an aim to grab his property. ... Read more...
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Brisk voting underway in Kerala
April 16th, 2009 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananathapuram, April 16 (IANS) Brisk voting was underway in all of Kerala's 20 Lok Sabha constituencies Thursday morning, where the main contest is between the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the ... Read more...
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Third Front has no clear ideology: Karunakaran
April 12th, 2009 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 12 (IANS) Nonagenarian Congress leader and former Kerala chief minister K.Karunakaran Sunday attacked the Third Front, saying it has no clear ideology.
"Its shape, size, meaning and ideology is not ... Read more...
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People who set electoral ball rolling in free India (With Image)
March 31st, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, March 31 (IANS) The tribals of Himachal Pradesh have a special place in the history of democracy in independent India as they were the first to cast their votes.The ... Read more...
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It is Manna’s day in Bangladesh
February 19th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 19 (IANS) "It is survival of the fittest," Indian singer Manna Dey, 90, has said of the current competitive audio music market in Bangladesh and India.
He told an audience here ... Read more...
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CPI-M blames Left disunity for council poll reverses
July 26th, 2008 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) Fissures in West Bengal's ruling Left Front were responsible for its reverses in the rural body elections in May, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) that leads the ... Read more...
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