Eastwood donates fee to charity
February 8th, 2012 - 1:50 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Actor-director Clint Eastwood has donated the fee he received for his controversial Super Bowl commercial to charity.According to contactmusic.com, the 81-year-old was accused of endorsing ... Read more...
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BJP issues show cause notice to legislator in Bihar
February 5th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar Sunday issued a show cause notice to legislator Sonelal Hembrum, a day after the vigilance department initiated a ... Read more...
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Ecuador nominates Lenin for Nobel Prize
February 4th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Feb 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A namesake of Vladimir Lenin, the late Russian communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize ... Read more...
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Strike over attack on family of Pakistan politician
February 4th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) A strike was observed Saturday in a southwestern Pakistani province against the killing of wife and daughter of an assembly member earlier this week.Balochistan assembly member ... Read more...
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Court orders medical inspection of Nitish Katara killers
February 2nd, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Nitish Katara murder convicts Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav would be examined by a board of doctors of the All India Institute of Medical ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi: post-caste politician succumbs to caste politics (Comment)
February 2nd, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Indian politicians have mastered the art of perpetuating and mining the politics of sordid caste consciousness even while simultaneously pretending to reject it.The latest to succumb to the easy lure ... Read more...
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Nitish Katara murder: Court seeks Vikas Yadav’s health records
February 1st, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought Nitish Katara murder convict Vikas Yadav's medical records from Tihar Jail authorities on a plea filed by the victim's ... Read more...
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Rushdie’s writings painful: Imran Khan
January 31st, 2012 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) Describing the writings of Salman Rushdie as "painful" for the Muslim community, Pakistani politician and former cricket captain Imran Khan Monday said no one had a ... Read more...
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Tired of publicity, says Hillary Clinton
January 27th, 2012 - 10:15 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told her State Department employees that she was ready to be out of the public eye."I think after ... Read more...
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Phoolan Devi murder accused allowed to contest Uttar Pradesh polls
January 24th, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday allowed Sher Singh Rana, the husband of slain bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi and the prime accused in her murder, to file his ... Read more...
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Development will help fight Maoist menace: Arjun Munda (Interview)
January 24th, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 24 (IANS) Development had not reached many parts of Jharkhand, Chief Minister Arjun Munda admitted after an extensive road trip across the state and said candidly that ... Read more...
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Death term sought for Katara murder convict (Lead)
January 20th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) State prosecutors have sought death penalty to Sukhdev Pehalwan, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Nitish Katara murder case. On the prosecution plea, ... Read more...
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Death term sought for Katara murder convict
January 20th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) State prosecutors have sought death penalty to Sukhdev Pehalwan, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Nitish Katara murder case. On the prosecution plea, ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan sports minister orders report on cricket crisis
January 17th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 17 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has sought a report from the country's cricket board on the issues plaguing the national team.The sports minister Tuesday ordered ... Read more...
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Trishala not allowed to enter into showbiz, says Sanjay Dutt
January 17th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) When it comes to his daughter Trishala, Sanjay Dutt is a very protective father and candidly admits that he will never allow her to step ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka selectors must go, says Ranatunga (Lead)
January 16th, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 16 (IANS) Sri Lanka's cricket selection panel should be axed following the team's shabby showing in South Africa and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), former captain Arjuna Ranatunga ... Read more...
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Ranatunga says SL selectors must resign over team’s poor performance
January 16th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 16 (IANS) Former Sri Lankan cricket captain-turned-politician Arjuna Ranatunga says the current national cricket selection panel should be sacked following the national team's poor performance in the United ... Read more...
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Kerala minister loses party post
January 14th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 14 (IANS) Kerala's Forest and Sports Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar was Saturday stripped of his post of vice-chairman of the Kerala Congress (B) by his father and party ... Read more...
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Missing nurse case: Court extends legislator’s custody
December 31st, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Dec 31 (IANS) A court here Saturday extended till Jan 2 the CBI custody of Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi, arrested in connection with the disappearance of nurse Bhanwari ... Read more...
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Goa NCP legislator resigns from seat, party
December 30th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 30 (IANS) Former Goa tourism minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator Francisco Pacheco Friday resigned from his seat and the party, claiming that the Congress-NCP led ... Read more...
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Rely on your gut feeling
December 30th, 2011 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 30 (IANS) We tend to make decisions based on our gut feeling rather than logic and some psychologists have found a proposition where logic is rooted in intuition, ... Read more...
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Missing nurse case: CBI hunts for legislator’s sister
December 29th, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Dec 29 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday raided several places in and around Jodhpur in search of a Congress legislator's sister named in the nurse Bhanwari ... Read more...
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Lady Gaga to lead new year’s countdown
December 29th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Dec 29 (IANS) Pop star Lady Gaga has been chosen to lead New Year's Eve countdown in New York's Times Square this year.The 25-year-old, who was born and ... Read more...
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Jaitley compliments Pranab, injects mirth in proceedings
December 29th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Injecting a note of levity in the Rajya Sabha during the debate on the Lokpal bill, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley said ... Read more...
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CBI arrests one more in missing nurse case
December 27th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Dec 26 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday arrested Umesha Ram Bishnoi, one more accused in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, sources said. It is ... Read more...
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‘Rajapattai’ - a road unfit to travel (Tamil Movie Review - **)
December 24th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Rajapattai"; Cast: Vikram, Deeksha Seth, K Viswanath, Mithra Kurian, Pradeep Rawat; Director: Suseenthiran; Producer: PVP Cinemas; Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja; Rating - **"Rajapattai", which means 'the path of the king', ... Read more...
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Missing nurse case: Arrest warrants for legislator’s sister, four others
December 23rd, 2011 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Dec 23 (IANS) Arrest warrants were Friday issued against five people including a Congress legislator?s sister after she failed to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for ... Read more...
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Factory linked to BSP leader charged with power theft
December 22nd, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Muzaffarnagar, Dec 22 (IANS) A steel factory, owned by the family of an influential Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader, has been listed among over a dozen industrial units found ... Read more...
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All pervasive corruption behind repeated hooch tragedies: Former cops
December 15th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 15 (IANS) Lure of more money leads liquor manufacturers to take to setting up spurious liquor distilleries, with the administration as well as politicians turning a blind eye ... Read more...
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Alabama politician involved in sperm donation scandal
December 14th, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Christchurch, NZ, Dec 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A US politician has some answers to give his wife after reportedly donating sperms to women who wanted babies. Bill Johnson who was once in the ... Read more...
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Plea against Kerala politician’s early release declined
December 13th, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to entertain former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan's plea challenging the release of former state minister R. Balakrishna Pillai on ... Read more...
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‘Nitish is about governance, Lalu about realpolitik’
December 7th, 2011 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The two brand icons of Bihar are two unlikely leaders. While Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is a hands-on man, his political rival Lalu Prasad is ... Read more...
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Be good, clean humans, Manik Sarkar urges Left cadres
November 27th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 27 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Manik Sarkar Sunday urged party cadres to be "clean and fair" human beings to build ... Read more...
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Chris Brown buys a new mansion for $1.5 million
November 23rd, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Hollywood, Nov 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Chris Brown made a good saving on his new home when he paid $1.5 million for a mansion which was initially listed for $2.669 million. The real ... Read more...
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Maoists kill Congress leader in Odisha
November 20th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 (IANS) Maoists have killed a senior Congress leader in Odisha's Nuapada district after branding him anti-people and accusing him of being a police informer, an officer ... Read more...
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