Bollywood formula: Controversy plus buzz equals publicity (Feature)
August 20th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Controversy spells free publicity. Or so it seems in Bollywood where millions are spent in promoting films while some movies like "Billu", "My Name ... Read more...
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Murdoch urged Brown to curb Brit Govt. pressure in phone hacking case
April 10th, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.10 (ANI): Britain's former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's cabinet colleague has revealed that media baron Rupert Murdoch had used his political influence to curb pressure from Labour MPs in the ... Read more...
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Tsunami-hit Japan opts out of India-US naval war game
April 1st, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) With Japan busy with tsunami relief and containing the fallout from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, it will not join the nine-day India-US naval war ... Read more...
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Mamata kicks off Bengal assembly poll campaign
March 27th, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday officially kicked off her party's campaign for the April-May West Bengal assembly elections with a mammoth padyatra (procession on ... Read more...
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Chandigarh mayor’s election generates heat and dust
January 5th, 2011 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, Jan 5 (IANS) Chandigarh's mayoral election is generating a lot of political heat after the Congress candidate won the poll by a controversial single vote.Congress candidate Ravinder Pal ... Read more...
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Congress denies interfering in release of ‘Rajneeti’
May 31st, 2010 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The Congress Monday said it had not interfered in the release of film "Rajneeti" which has generated political heat for its reported depiction of Congress president ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu bypoll to be held March 27
February 19th, 2010 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 19 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) Friday announced that the bypoll for the Pennagaram assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu will be held March 27.
The notification will be issued March 3. ... Read more...
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Shift in Obama Administration’s policy towards China
February 17th, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): The United States, after months of reaching out and being accommodating to China, has decided to shift course and welcome the Dailai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader ... Read more...
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Karnataka minister’s mining firm denies receiving notice
October 29th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 29 (IANS) Obulapuram Mining Co, owned by Karnataka Tourism Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, Thursday said it has not received any notice on alleged illegal mining in Anantapur district in Andhra ... Read more...
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Musharraf faces exile in Britain
August 1st, 2009 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Aug 1 (IANS) Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who has been ruled guilty of illegally imposing emergency two years ago, faces exile in Britain because his ... Read more...
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Palin quit because she couldn’t take the heat, says Levi Johnston
July 14th, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 14 (ANI): The ex-boyfriend of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's daughter, Levi Johnston, has claimed that Palin has decided to resign because she could not take the political heat anymore. ... Read more...
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Dhumal will have to ensure BJP victory, not just son’s
April 26th, 2009 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 26 (IANS) As the political heat generated by the parliamentary elections grows in the cool environs of Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal will have to ensure ... Read more...
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Malaysia prepares for ‘mother of all’ by-elections involving Ibrahim
August 4th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 4 (IANS) Considerable political heat is being generated in Malaysia, even before the date is decided for what is being billed as "the mother of all by-elections", to be ... Read more...
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No confidence motion against Badawi government rejected
July 14th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, July 14 IANS) The first no confidence motion against Prime Minister Ahmad Abdullah Badawi's government was rejected Monday, causing opposition lawmakers in Malaysia's parliament to stage a protest walk-out. Speaker ... Read more...
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