Samajwadi Party slams UPA over price rise
May 18th, 2012 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 18 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party Friday attacked the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for failing to control the spiralling prices of essential commodities and said the ... Read more...
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Alarm after 40 held on Indo-Nepal border
May 1st, 2012 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 1 (IANS) The detention Monday of 40 people for trying to enter India from Nepal without valid identity papers through the border in Maharajganj has put the Uttar ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
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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Poetry, Tibet, business on bookshelf (IANS Books This Week)
December 24th, 2011 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The bookcase this week is a finely-nuanced spread of poetry, narrative, drama and business.1. "The Rivered Earth"; Written by Vikram Seth; Published by Penguin Books; ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Obama faces uphill climb, swing states poll indicate
November 5th, 2011 - 4:46 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) Ahead of 2012 election, US President Barack Obama and his most formidable Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney are almost tied up in a dozen swing ... Read more...
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Kratika Sengar fainted on ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’ set (TV Snippets)
February 2nd, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Actress Kratika Sengar, who plays title role in Zee TV's historical series "Jhansi Ki Rani", fell unconscious while shooting for an underground sequence in a tunnel. The ... Read more...
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LiLo claims she can’t afford to pay for treatment and needs to work
October 24th, 2010 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct 24 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan has apparently claimed that she is broke and needs to work.The supposedly shaky state of Lohan's finances was revealed in a probation report after ... Read more...
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Most Americans unhappy with Obama’s approach on country’s most divisive issues
September 1st, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sept 1 (ANI): Americans are largely unhappy with how President Barack Obama is handling the most divisive issues in the country, an ominous sign for Democrats hoping to retain ... Read more...
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Burma’s reclusive, ailing dictator resigns, may become president
August 28th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.28 (ANI): Burma's reclusive and ailing dictator, Than Shwe, has resigned from his military post, exiled Burmese media have reported, paving the way for him to become Burma's president after this ... Read more...
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Canada says recession could worsen, overnight rate hits historic low (Lead)
April 22nd, 2009 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 22 (IANS) Warning that the current recession could deepen, the Bank of Canada Tuesday cut its overnight rate to a historic low of 0.25 percent in an ominous sign ... Read more...
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Dhaka’s ex-deputy speaker detained for sedition
March 22nd, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 22 (IANS) The former deputy speaker of the Bangladesh parliament, Akhter Hamid Siddiqui, has been detained for 30 days for allegedly making a "seditious remark".
During an outburst at a police ... Read more...
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Young NRIs trace their roots in Goa
December 8th, 2008 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) As a group of 12 young people of Goan origin (POGOs) return to their homes abroad after a familiaristion tour of Goa, they will take with them memories ... Read more...
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Bigfoot discovery in US revealed to be a hoax!
August 20th, 2008 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 20 (ANI): The discovery of the body of the mythical Bigfoot in the US has been declared to be a fake by an independent investigator, who has determined that ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Blame game over Kerala violence disrupts parliament
March 12th, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by admin
(Second Lead)New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday intensified their verbal clashes in parliament over political violence in Kerala's Kannur district, ... Read more...
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