Four arrested for murders in Kolkata
September 9th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 9 (IANS) Four people were arrested Sunday in connection with the sensational Behala murder case here in which the body of a woman, her son and two domestic ... Read more...
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‘Bring Shimla’s last heritage train back on track’ (Letter from Shimla) (With Image)
August 12th, 2012 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 12 (IANS) Heritage lovers hope the railways will keep its promise of bringing Shimla's last heritage train - a deluxe rail motor car that has been stabled as ... Read more...
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Advani points to a leadership vacuum (Comment)
August 11th, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
L.K. Advani seems to have found in the new method of a personal blog on the internet a highly effective way of keeping himself in the limelight. For an octogenarian ... Read more...
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Make CSR mandatory, says philanthropist Sitaram Jindal
June 3rd, 2012 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The idea of legislation for corporate houses to make charity mandatory might sound pushy, but veteran industry warhorse Sitaram Jindal, who set up his ... Read more...
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Coming up, a pocketbook on Akhilesh - in 10 languages (With Images)
April 21st, 2012 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 21 (IANS) If you're curious about Uttar Pradesh's new, youngest chief minister, wait till a 200-page multi-language pocketbook on Akhilesh Yadav hits the stands next week.The ... Read more...
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Nagpur man aims to unite lonely elders (With images)
February 6th, 2012 - 10:44 am ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Feb 6 (IANS) Advocating the need for companionship in the autumn of life, a Nagpur octogenarian has taken up the task of mooting live-in relationships for senior citizens who ... Read more...
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Florist gets 10-year jail for raping octogenarian
January 31st, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Law makers must consider re-defining the offence of rape to deal with different categories of accused, a Delhi court said Tuesday while awarding 10 years' ... Read more...
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Pandit Jasraj sings in Antarctica
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:08 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) In a rare achievement, noted classical singer Pandit Jasraj, who is 82, gave a performance at the South Pole, becoming the first Indian to do so.The ... Read more...
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Mamata’s fire and bluster scorches Goa poll scene (Goa Newsletter)
January 11th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 11 (IANS) The famed moodswings of Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and her partymen against the ruling Congress party seem to have got into a domino ... Read more...
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Punjab slapgate gets wider; protestors caned before Badal
December 7th, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 7 (IANS) Scores of protestors were assaulted by police with batons as they blocked way to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's motorcade in Sukhna Abloo village of ... Read more...
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I will appeal to higher court: Sukh Ram
November 19th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Shimla, Nov 19 (IANS) Former union minister Sukh Ram, who was Saturday sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment in a 1996 telecom scam case by a Delhi court, said ... Read more...
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‘Summers for making money, winters for making merry’ (Postcard from Lahaul and Spiti)
November 2nd, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Keylong (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 2 (IANS) When bone-chilling winds sweep through its vast expanse and snow blocks it off for five months, the mountain district of Lahaul and Spiti comes ... Read more...
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Where Diwali is dark and celebrated a month later!
October 27th, 2011 - 10:53 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 27 (IANS) The country celebrated Diwali Wednesday, but there are some pockets in Himachal Pradesh where the festival of lights is celebrated almost a month later. Reason? Locals ... Read more...
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Harry Belafonte falls asleep live on air
October 19th, 2011 - 12:17 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Oct 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actor and political critic Harry Belafonte fell asleep during a live television interview with a California-based television station. The episode has been uploaded on the Internet and ... Read more...
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Monkeys are back, Shimla takes cover
September 30th, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 30 (IANS) Your spectacles could be taken away, food packets snatched or you might even be slapped. The monkey menace is again rearing its head in this ever ... Read more...
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2-year celebrations to mark Birla planetarium golden jubilee
September 30th, 2011 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 29 (IANS) Asia's first and arguably biggest astronomical observatory, Kolkata's M.P. Birla Planetarium, has lined a host of programmes including opening its gates to 50,000 schoolchildren for a ... Read more...
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Dev Anand turns 88, going strong with new projects
September 26th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) "Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya" -- true to his popular song, Dev Anand, one of the most loveable romantic heroes of the 1950s and ... Read more...
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Mexican man found living with sister’s corpse
September 5th, 2011 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 5 (IANS/EFE) An octogenarian in Hidalgo, a state in central Mexico, has been found living with his dead sister's corpse, officials said.The discovery was made Thursday night ... Read more...
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Vidya Stokes recipe for longevity - no grains for 50 years
September 4th, 2011 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 4 (IANS) "Age cannot wither her nor can custom stale her infinite variety," is what Shakespeare wrote for Cleopatra. The same, it seems, could be true for ... Read more...
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At 82, she underwent her 11th surgery
July 13th, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) In a room at Apollo Hospital in the capital, 82-year-old Kamal Vadera prods the doctor about why her condition could not be diagnosed earlier. She ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb, Biman, Mamata at same function - at long last
May 20th, 2011 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The swearing-in ceremony of the Trinamool Congress-Congress ministry in politically polarised West Bengal here Friday presented a rare sight - new Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ... Read more...
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Out: the palpably corrupt and the pretentious ideologue (Comment)
May 14th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mamata Banerjee's and Jayalalitha's victories in the West Bengal and Tamil Nadu assembly elections reflect two crucial aspects of Indian politics. One is that Marxism has lost much of its ... Read more...
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N.D. Tiwari to give blood sample in court June 1(Lead)
May 10th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed octogenarian Congress leader and former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari to appear in person June 1 to give his ... Read more...
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Nepal devotees await Sathya Sai Baba’s reincarnation
April 25th, 2011 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 25 (IANS) As thousands in Nepal began mourning the passing away of Indian spiritual guru Sathya Sai Baba and Nepali Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal issued an official ... Read more...
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Court cancels freedom fighter’s pension of octogenarian
April 9th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 9 (IANS) The Gauhati High Court has barred an octogenarian from getting the freedom fighter's pension due to lack of documents to prove his imprisonment during the independence ... Read more...
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Sparks fly when Kashmir’s two patriarchs met in Delhi (Lead)
March 19th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) It was rare in the two-decade-old troubled history of Kashmir - the two grand old men of the state's political divide sharing the dais. Predictably, ... Read more...
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Sparks fly when Kashmir’s two patriarchs met in Delhi
March 19th, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) It was rare in the two-decade-old troubled history of Kashmir - the two grand old men of the state's political divide sharing the dais for ... Read more...
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Apex court asks Tiwari to submit to DNA test in paternity suit
March 18th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Rejecting veteran Congress leader Narayan Dutt Tiwari's appeal against a high court order, the Supreme Court Friday asked the octogenarian to submit his blood samples ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan to contest Kerala polls from Malampuzha (Second Lead)
March 18th, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 18 (IANS) Ending the suspense over whether Kerala's octogenarian chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan would be contesting the April 13 assembly elections, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) announced ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan to contest Kerala polls (Lead)
March 18th, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 18 (IANS) Kerala's octogenarian chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan would be contesting the April 13 assembly elections from the Mallampuzha constituency, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) announced Friday. ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan to contest again from Mallampuzha
March 18th, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 18 (IANS) Kerala's octogenarian chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan would be contesting the April 13 elections from the Mallampuzha assembly constituency, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) announced Friday. ... Read more...
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We feel helpless, say Japanese nationals in Delhi
March 12th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Noriko Nasukawa has not slept a wink since Friday afternoon when news started trickling in of the devastation caused by the tsunami and 8.9 ... Read more...
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Super senior citizens hail income tax sops
March 1st, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A day after the federal budget, senior citizens practising laughter therapy at the Nehru Park in the capital's diplomatic enclave had real reasons to laugh - ... Read more...
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Charlie Chaplin ‘was born in a Gypsy Queen’s caravan’
February 18th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 18 (ANI): A set of letters discovered recently has suggested that Charlie Chaplin may have been born into a Gypsy community in the West Midlands.A friendly note from an ... Read more...
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John and I look smoking hot: Bipasha (Movie Snippets)
February 4th, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Bipasha Basu thinks she makes a sizzling couple with her long-time beau, actor John Abraham, contrary to what a publication quoted her as saying.
"Whoever from ... Read more...
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