Pinki’s treatment unjustified: NCW
July 12th, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has said that athlete Pinki Pramanik was treated in an "unjustified manner" and it will send a team to ... Read more...
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Pinki’s human rights violated, says women’s rights group (Lead)
July 12th, 2012 - 1:40 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) Alleging that the state machinery has violated athlete Pinki Pramanik's human rights, a women's rights group has requested the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) to ... Read more...
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Pinki’s gender test report reaches hospital
July 9th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) The reports of a chromosomal test to determine the gender of Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of rape, Monday reached the SSKM Hospital and ... Read more...
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Athlete Pinki’s blood sample taken for chromosomal test
July 2nd, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Blood samples of Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik for a chromosomal test to determine the athlete's gender were Monday collected at the city's SSKM Hospital.The ... Read more...
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Athlete Pinki undergoes gender test again in Kolkata
June 25th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) Asiad gold medallist sprinter Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently under judicial custody for "rape", Monday underwent medical tests for determining gender at ... Read more...
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Drama, humour and myth on bookshelf (IANS Books This Week)
May 5th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The book cart this weekend beckons the reader, who loves a good story...Browse with IANS.1. Book: "The Householder"; Written by Amitabha Bagchi; Published by Harper-Collins ... Read more...
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Asian Boxing: Pinki, Sonia, Sarita in semifinals
March 21st, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Indian women pugilists Pinki Jangra, Sonia Lather and Sarita Devi secured semifinal berths in their respective categories at the Asian Women Boxing Championships at Ulaanbaatar ... Read more...
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Student sets herself afire after teacher’s beating
October 14th, 2011 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Oct 13 (IANS) Hurt after a scolding and beating by her teacher, a Class 9 student in Rajasthan set herself on fire in her school's premises, police said Thursday. ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh doctor spreads smiles, and greenery
August 4th, 2011 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Aug 4 (IANS) Having successfully treated thousands of cleft-lip patients, including the little waif Pinki Sonkar -- the lead character of Oscar-winning documentary "Smile Pinki" -- a doctor here ... Read more...
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Sixteen Indian boxers for junior Women’s World Championship
February 19th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Sixteen junior and youth boxers will represent India in the Women's World Championship scheduled in Turkey in April.The April 21-May 1 event is the first of its ... Read more...
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Woman, paramour held for husband’s murder
January 22nd, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Delhi Police have arrested a 28-year-old woman along with her paramour on charges of murdering her husband.According to an official, Reshma alias Pinki and her lover Nasir ... Read more...
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Punjab Police arrest two in fake currency scam
July 28th, 2010 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Sangrur (Punjab), July 28 (IANS) An inter-state fake currency racket has been busted with the arrest of two people from Punjab's Sangrur town, police said Wednesday.
According to the police, fake currency with ... Read more...
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Woman sets self, children afire
May 4th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 4 (IANS) A woman allegedly set herself afire along with her three children in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district over some marital dispute following which all the four died, police said ... Read more...
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Indian poverty under Oscar scanner again
February 3rd, 2010 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) There's no blockbuster like "Slumdog Millionaire" in the reckoning but India's poverty story is again under the Oscar scanner with US director Gregg Helvey's Hindi film ... Read more...
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HIV positive couple ties nuptial knot in Lucknow
December 6th, 2009 - 9:04 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow, Dec.6 (ANI): An HIV affected couple tied themselves into nuptial knot in a well-attended wedding ceremony in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday (Dec.5).Asim and Pinki, both aged around 22 years, met each ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Doordarshan to showcase ‘Smile Pinki’ on Sunday
November 10th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Those wanting to see Oscar-winning documentary "Smile Pinki", the touching story of an Indian village girl born with a cleft lip, can tune in to national broadcaster ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Three members of family killed in Noida
October 16th, 2009 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Oct 16 (IANS) Three members of a family, including a 16-year-old girl, were killed in Noida in Uttar Pradesh during the wee hours of Friday, police said.
According to police, 45-year-old Birju ... Read more...
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Delhi court issues warrants for Abu Salem
October 8th, 2009 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday issued a warrant demanding that jailed don Abu Salem be brought before it Oct 26 in a seven-year old extortion case.
Additional Sessions ... Read more...
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Plea for dropping MCOCA charges against Abu Salem rejected
August 28th, 2009 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) A city court Friday dismissed the Delhi Police's plea for dropping charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) against extradited gangster Abu Salem ... Read more...
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Teenager burnt to death for resisting rape
June 27th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) A 15-year-old Dalit girl was burnt to death by two young men after she resisted a rape attempt in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said Saturday.
Pinki, a resident ... Read more...
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Smiling Pinki has a good night’s sleep in mother’s lap
March 1st, 2009 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), March 1 (IANS) After enjoying all the glitter and uninterrupted media focus for days since the Oscars evening at Beverly Hills, Pinki, the star of short documentary "Smile Pinki", ... Read more...
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Pinki of Oscar winning documentary wishes to be a surgeon
February 27th, 2009 - 8:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb. 27 (ANI): Pinki Sonkar, the child protagonist of Oscar winning documentary ''Smile Pinky'', has a dream to grow up and be a medical practitioner.
After the operation, she (Pinki) ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Team of Oscar winning ‘Smile Pinki’ meets PM’s wife
February 27th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) After a heart-warming reception here on their return from Los Angeles, the team of Oscar-winning documentary "Smile Pinki" met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur Friday.
"Smile ... Read more...
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Oscar could make India’s cleft-lipped kids smile
February 24th, 2009 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Academy Award for "Smile Pinki" has brought into sharp focus the plight of children with cleft palates in India who live forever with emotional scars. But ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Woman shot dead by employer in Delhi
February 23rd, 2009 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A 25-year-old woman who worked in a beauty parlour was shot dead by her employer in the national capital, police said Monday.
Pinki had apparently not been turning ... Read more...
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Pinki’s Oscar to bring drinking water, power to her village
February 23rd, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 23 (IANS) As "Smile Pinki", a short film about a cleft lip girl - Pinki Sonkar from Uttar Pradesh's Rampur Dabai village - won an Oscar, her undeveloped ... Read more...
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Leaders shower praise on Rahman, Pookutty for Oscar glory (Roundup)
February 23rd, 2009 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) Composer A.R. Rahman and sound designer Resul Pookutty had made India proud with their three Oscars, President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday as ... Read more...
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PM congratulates ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and ‘Smile Pinki’ teams (Lead)
February 23rd, 2009 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday congratulated the creative teams of "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Smile Pinki" for their Oscar wins and said their achievement is a tribute to ... Read more...
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Oscar is for thousands of cleft-lipped Pinkis: surgeon
February 23rd, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 23 (IANS) The plastic surgeon who operated on Pinki Sonkar, the protagonist of "Smile Pinki" which has bagged the best short documentary Oscar, Monday said the award is for thousands ... Read more...
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Indian slum kids’ fairytale experience at Oscars
February 23rd, 2009 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 23 (IANS) Starry-eyed, excited and wearing little tuxedos and dresses for the first time, a motley of Indian slum kids from Academy award winning "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Smile Pinki" ... Read more...
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It’s the finest hour of Indian cinema: Anand Sharma
February 23rd, 2009 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Lavishing praise on "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Smile Pinki" for winning the much-coveted Oscars, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma Monday said it was "the ... Read more...
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Megan Mylan accepts best documentary short Oscar
February 23rd, 2009 - 11:45 am ICT by admin
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Megan Mylan accepted the best documentary short subject Oscar for her role in "Smile Pinki" during the 81st Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The acceptance speech ... Read more...
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The Oscars India will watch closely
February 22nd, 2009 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 22 (IANS) As international film stars walk down the red carpet for the Oscar awards, millions of bleary-eyed Indians will be glued to their television sets early Monday avidly ... Read more...
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India’s poverty in Oscar spotlight
February 20th, 2009 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) "Slumdog Millionaire", "The Final Inch", "Smile Pinki"... in a first, three India themed films up for the Oscars, and all three dealing with poverty and disease!
India's poverty ... Read more...
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Explain why Salem was extradited, not deported, Court asks CBI
February 5th, 2009 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) A city court Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to clarify why underworld don Abu Salem was extradited from Portugal and not deported, which restricted ... Read more...
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