Sushilkumar Shinde: Ex-cop is India’s home minister (Profile)
July 31st, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Rising from a humble police sub-inspector in Mumbai, veteran Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde was Tuesday appointed India's new home minister, a position considered by many ... Read more...
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Street children’s group turns 10
July 9th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) More than 200 street children from all over the capital came together Monday to celebrate the 10th birthday of 'Badhte Kadam', an organisation run for ... Read more...
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Murdoch not fit to lead News Corp: British MPs
May 1st, 2012 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 1 (IANS) Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was not fit to "exercise the stewardship" of a major international company like News Corp, British MPs have said.Parliament's culture committee questioned ... Read more...
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Indian surrogacy brings twin delights to Australian couple
January 8th, 2012 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) They cannot speak or hear and yet, their desire for a child made a couple fly all the way from Australia - to be rewarded ... Read more...
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Separatists flay Fai arrest, locals don’t care
July 21st, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 21 (IANS) The arrest of Kashmiri American lobbyist Ghulam Nabi Fai in the US has been denounced by separatists here, but the man on the street does not ... Read more...
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Life returns to normal for a day in Kashmir Valley
August 27th, 2010 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IANS) Life once again limped back to normal in Srinagar and other towns of the Kashmir Valley Friday with the lifting of curfew restrictions and the separatists calling off ... Read more...
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Activists of Muslim voluntary forum protest Madani’s arrest by Karnataka police
August 23rd, 2010 - 10:28 pm ICT by ANI
Coimbatore, Aug.23 (ANI): Over 300 activists of the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK), a Muslim voluntary forum, staged a protest here on Monday against the Karnataka Police for arresting Abdul ... Read more...
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Union Carbide knew Bhopal would happen: activists
June 17th, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) A group of activists said Thursday that Union Carbide knew about safety lapses in its Indian plant in Bhopal even before the gas tragedy and demanded that ... Read more...
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Civilians of unit run canteens of defence forces allege mismanagement
March 19th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): Civilians of Unit Run Canteens (URCs) functioning under the three wings of India's defence forces - Army, Navy and Air Force have sought parity in pay and ... Read more...
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Cracks in Hindutva camp spells doom for doctrine (Comment)
February 6th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Amulya Ganguli
The saffron brotherhood has generally been known for its unity. The reason is despite its long history - the Hindu supremacist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was founded in 1925 ... Read more...
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Gadkari replaces Rajnath as BJP president (Lead)
December 19th, 2009 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Nitin Gadkari Saturday took over as president of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), replacing Rajnath Singh.
The announcement to hand over the baton to Gadkari, ... Read more...
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Nitin Gadkari to take over as BJP president
December 19th, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Nitin Gadkari, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Maharashtra unit chief, is to arrive in the capital Saturday to formally take over charge from incumbent party president ... Read more...
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Soham Shah to write-direct Dutt’s home production
August 23rd, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, Aug 23 (IANS) Soham Shah, simmering with the discontent caused by the debacle of "Luck" at the box office, has been rescued from the doldrums by none ... Read more...
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Meerut Gurukul trains students in archery
July 27th, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by ANI
Meerut, July 27 (ANI): A residential school known as 'Gurukul Prabhat Ashram' located in Tikri village of Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district has been training its students in archery skills.This Gurukul academy has ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists to drop Mao?
October 17th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 17 (IANS) Twelve years ago Nepal's Maoist party launched an ambitious armed revolt against the monarchy, inspired by Mao Zedong's precept that "power grows out of the barrel of a ... Read more...
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Sex health clinics crop up in many British schools
June 22nd, 2008 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 22 (IANS) Children have access to condoms and pregnancy tests in nearly a third of Britain's secondary schools, and without their parents knowing, a new study reveals. They are on ... Read more...
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Advani meets Sudarshan, other RSS leaders
May 4th, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by admin
Nagpur, May 4 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani held a prolonged meeting with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief K.Sudarshan at the RSS headquarters here Sunday. Advani, who stayed overnight ... Read more...
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Britain’s Thomas Cook to buy controlling stake in Indian arm
March 7th, 2008 - 6:23 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) In a significant development in the travel industry, the Thomas Cook Group Plc of Britain is set to acquire controlling stake in Thomas Cook India Ltd (TCIL) and ... Read more...
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