India rejoices in Christmas revelry with carols, feasts (Intro Roundup)
December 25th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Homes decked up with lights and stars, midnight masses, church services, gifts, carols and feasts -- India, where Christians constitute 2.3 percent of the ... Read more...
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On Christmas, Delhi feels one
December 25th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Church bell chimes and midnight masses with special prayers heralded Christmas celebrations in the national capital Sunday.Christian homes were decorated with Christmas trees and lights ... Read more...
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India celebrates X-mas with carols, joy, feasting (Roundup)
December 25th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Homes decked up with lights and stars, midnight masses, church services, exchanging gifts, carol singing and feasting -- India, where Christians constitute 2.3 percent ... Read more...
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President, PM, vice president greet nation on Christmas (Second Lead)
December 24th, 2011 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice President M. Hamid Ansari Saturday greeted the nation on the occasion of Christmas, which will ... Read more...
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President greets nation on Christmas (Lead)
December 24th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Saturday greeted the nation on the occasion of Christmas.In a message, the president said Christmas was a time for "great joy, ... Read more...
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President greets nation on Christmas
December 24th, 2011 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Saturday greeted the nation on the eve of Christmas.In her message, the president said it is a time for "great joy, ... Read more...
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Kazakh restive town normal, UN experts invited
December 23rd, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Astana, Dec 23 (IANS) Normalcy is returning to the restive western Kazakh town of Zhanaozen as authorities invited UN experts to participate in the probe into riots that left more ... Read more...
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Now ad war over Mullaperiyar dam
December 19th, 2011 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, following in the footsteps of his Tamil Nadu counterpart, has issued newspaper advertisements appealing to the people of both states to ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi says polls in Goa within couple of months
December 17th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 17 (IANS) Goa will be going to the polls in a couple of months, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Saturday.Gandhi's statement comes less than 24 hours after ... Read more...
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BSF celebrates 46th Raising Day
December 1st, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) celebrated its 46th Raising Day Thursday at its Chhawla camp here with Home Minister P. Chidambaram taking the salute.Addressing ... Read more...
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For Goa church, it’s IFFI versus saint’s feast
October 17th, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 17 (IANS) The Church has hit out at the Goa government for promoting 'questionable values' by holding events like the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) compared to ... Read more...
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4,500 km ‘yatra’ against Special Powers Act begins
October 16th, 2011 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 16 (IANS) A Srinagar to Imphal anti-Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) 'yatra' covering 4,500 km began here Sunday "to generate public opinion" for the withdrawal of the ... Read more...
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Mamata greets people on Bijaya Dasami
October 6th, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 6 (IANS) Greeting the people on the occasion of Bijaya Dasami, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday hoped that the occasion would inspire the people to ... Read more...
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President greets the nation on Durga Puja
October 3rd, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Monday greeted the nation on Durga Puja, saying the festival inspires us to work for the unity and well-being of the ... Read more...
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Modi’s absence, talk of PM candidate, cloud BJP meet (Roundup)
September 30th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Narendra Modi as a prime ministerial candidate? The issue saw differences crop up in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at its two-day national executive ... Read more...
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Modi absent as BJP national executive attacks government
September 30th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Controversy dogged the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) two-day national executive that began here Friday with its star leader Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as ... Read more...
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Media-police ties key for better policing: Expert
September 28th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Sep 28 (IANS) Close media-police relations are vital for better policing, a communications expert said here Wednesday."Media today cannot be 'managed' and that is why it has become even ... Read more...
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Minorities feel they are being targeted: PM
September 10th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The minority communities often feel they are being unfairly targeted in the "aftermath of unfortunate incidents", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said, inaugurating the ... Read more...
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PM urges agencies to shun bias in terror strike probes
September 10th, 2011 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday that law must take its own course but it was imperative that investigating agencies remained free of bias ... Read more...
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6th South Asian Film Festival to begin Sep 15
September 3rd, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) The 6th South Asian Film Festival (SAFF), organised by the South Asia Foundation (SAF), is all to set begin Sep 15 in Goa with the theme ... Read more...
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SAFF to pay tribute to Bangladesh’s Tareque Masud
September 1st, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 1 (IANS) Bangladesh's noted independent filmmaker Tareque Masud will be paid a tribute at the South Asian Film Festival (SAFF), starting here Sep 15.Masud, who won the international ... Read more...
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Assam celebrates Eid with fervour
August 31st, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 31 (IANS) Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated across Assam Wednesday with religious fervour and traditional pomp and gaiety.The festival marked the end of the holy month of Ramzan with Muslims ... Read more...
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President, prime minister greet nation on Eid (Lead)
August 30th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vice President Hamid Ansari Tuesday greeted the nation on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.Wishing all 'Eid Mubarak', ... Read more...
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Prime Minister greets nation on Eid
August 30th, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday greeted the nation on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, and said the celebrations reflect the "true spirit" of India's composite ... Read more...
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Kerala set for country’s biggest Ramzan gathering Friday
August 22nd, 2011 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Malappuram (Kerala) Aug 22 (IANS) More than six lakh people are expected Friday at the largest Muslim prayer congregation at Swalath Nagar, near Malappuram, which is ready to host the ... Read more...
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Shammi Kapoor to be honoured at South Asia Film Festival
August 18th, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 18 (IANS) Legendary actor Shammi Kapoor will be honoured with a tribute at the South Asia Film Festival (SAFF), which opens in Goa Sep 15, the organisers said ... Read more...
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Darjeeling tripartite accord signed (Lead)
July 18th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Sukna (West Bengal), July 18 (IANS) A tripartite agreement on the Darjeeling hills was signed Monday between the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) and the West Bengal and central governments.At ... Read more...
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Pakistani play on peace touches heart in Delhi
July 16th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Not a single eye was dry among the 200-strong audience at the Gandhi Smriti auditorium in the capital when a Pakistani troupe performed a dance-drama ... Read more...
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Documentary to be part of Festival of India in South Africa
June 22nd, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) A documentary titled "Journey of Indian Cinema", chronicling the three eras of one of the world's largest film-producing nations, will be screened as a part of ... Read more...
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Volunteers for Peace and Harmony programme launched
June 10th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) In order to create a network of good samaritans across the country, the National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) has launched a Volunteers for Peace ... Read more...
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Trinamool slams Buddhadeb’s comment
June 1st, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government Tuesday slammed former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for criticising the government and termed it as a bid to disturb ... Read more...
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Vijayawada police stops shooting of Varma’s movie
May 25th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) Vijayawada police Wednesday cancelled the permission for the shooting of eminent filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma's Telugu movie "Bezwada Rowdeelu" following an appeal by a group ... Read more...
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Creativity needs a world of peace, says Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Interview)
May 24th, 2011 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Creativity can be harnessed only in a peaceful world, sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan says, voicing concern over the mounting threats to peace since the ... Read more...
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Deal firmly with post-poll violence in Bengal: Chidambaram
May 17th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 17 (IANS) Expressing concern over the post-poll violence in West Bengal, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday said he has asked the state administration to deal firmly ... Read more...
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President, PM greet nation on Buddha Purnima
May 16th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday greeted the nation on the occasion of Buddha Purnima, the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, ... Read more...
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