Shettar is Karnataka’s new chief minister (Second Lead)
July 8th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) In a desperate bid to buy peace in Karnataka, the BJP Sunday formally announced that Jagadish Shettar will the new chief minister of Karnataka, ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Yasser Afrafat’s body to be exhumed
July 4th, 2012 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, July 4 (IANS) The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has agreed to exhume late president Yasser Arafat's body for examination at the request of some of his family members, a ... Read more...
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Team Anna politically motivated: Digvijay
December 24th, 2011 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Saturday accused Team Anna of targetting his party due to political reason and said it was not concerned about ... Read more...
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Brinda Karat lashes out at Central government over JPC issue
December 30th, 2010 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
Siliguri, Dec 30 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat has slammed the central government for not presenting a reasonable argument against constituting a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) over ... Read more...
Posted in National |
State Governments not using Central funds effectively, claims Shriprakash Jaiswal
October 28th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 28 (ANI): Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal on Thursday said that some State Governments are not using the funds allocated by the Centre for regional development effectively.Speaking at the National ... Read more...
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Hollywood filmmakers urge Iranian govt to free director Jafar Panahi
May 3rd, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 3 (ANI): Hollywood movie makers Steven Speilberg and Martin Scorsese have requested the Iranian government to release filmmaker Jafar Panahi.Robert DeNiro, Robert Redford and Francis Ford Coppola jointly issued ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
187,000 Facebookers oppose Islamist march through British town
January 4th, 2010 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Jan 4 (IANS) More than 187,000 people joined a Facebook group Monday to oppose a planned Islamic march through a British town famous for honouring the war ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
US senator visits Myanmar for talks
August 14th, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Aug 14 (Xinhua) US Senator Jim Webb has arrived in Myanmar to hold talks with the country's military leadership, according to an official statement Friday.
Webb's visit, the first such visit ... Read more...
Posted in World |