Tight-lipped Pakistani Hindus enter India, say will return (Fourth Lead, correcting figure)
August 10th, 2012 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Aug 10 (IANS) Tight-lipped about their future, 119 Pakistani Hindus arrived in India Friday evening after promising authorities in Pakistan that they will return on completing their ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Tight-lipped Pakistani Hindus enter India, say will return (Third Lead, Changing dateline)
August 10th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Aug 10 (IANS) Tight-lipped about their future, about 250 Pakistani Hindus arrived in India Friday evening after promising authorities in Pakistan that they will return on completing their ... Read more...
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Pakistani Hindus enter India, say will return (Second Lead)
August 10th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 10 (IANS) About 250 Pakistani Hindus have moved to India after promising authorities here that they will return after completing their pilgrimage, media reports said Friday.The Hindus, ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Small films make it to big screen this weekend (IANS Preview)
June 27th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Nowadays, small is big at the box office. After san stars medium budget "Gangs Of Wasseypur" set the cash registers ringing last week, the ticket ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Do more to combat hunger, say NGOs (Oct 16 is World Food Day)
October 15th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) On the eve of World Food Day and in the backdrop of the release of the Global Hunger Index report 2010, civil society organisations Friday said India ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Pensioner drives down railway platform after taking a wrong turn
October 6th, 2010 - 1:18 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
In some bizarre news, a pensioner took a wrong turn when he was driving and ended up driving on the railway platform.There was utter confusion on the Esher station in Surrey ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
75 years of the penguin that revolutionised publishing
August 26th, 2010 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
By Britta Guerke
London, Aug 26 (DPA) As Penguin Books tells it, the idea of publishing good quality fiction in low-priced paperbacks arose on a railway platform. Waiting at Exeter station after a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Drive against growing stray bulls menace in Varanasi
June 5th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by ANI
Varanasi, June 5 (ANI): The increasing frequency of attacks by some rogue bulls in Varanasi has forced the temple town's Railway authorities to remove them from the Railway station premises.The authorities have ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Dropout who is engineering a hundred orphan dreams (Feature)
April 27th, 2010 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Bhubaneswar, April 27 (IANS) In 2000, as Rajesh Singh stood at a railway platform in Orissa, it was the end of one journey and the beginning of another.He dropped out ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Stylish ‘Just Maath Maathnalli’ worth watching (Kannada Film Review)
February 6th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
By V.S. Rajapur
Film: "Just Maath Maathnalli"; Director: Sudeep; Cast: Sudeep, Ramya, Rajesh, Arun Sagar and Yathiraj; Music: Raghu Dixit; Rating: ***Sudeep's "Just Maath Maathnalli" is a sincere effort that will appeal ... Read more...
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Potter-like wiz Percy Jackson is a Greek demigod
November 22nd, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 22 (ANI): A Hollywood version of Harry Potter has emerged in the form of a 12-year-old boy named Percy Jackson, a demigod who turns out to be the son of ... Read more...
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Abuse of children on railway platforms: Rights body takes note
July 17th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Scores of children wash up at India's railway platforms every day, lost, abandoned or fleeing from home. But they are treated with suspicion - sometimes ... Read more...
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Punjab unrest: 25,000 passengers stranded in Jammu
May 26th, 2009 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 26 (IANS) Over 25,000 stranded passengers, including pilgrims to the Vaishno Devi shrine, were battling scorching heat at the railway station here Tuesday following disruption of train service due to ... Read more...
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Interesting Facts and Figures : Sunil Dutt
March 19th, 2009 - 8:32 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Sunil Dutt: While it is no doubt that Sunil Dutt was an extremely popular and charismatic star, he is never really spoken of in terms of his histrionics which is extremely ... Read more...
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Four arrested for murdering CPI-M activists in West Bengal
January 28th, 2009 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Four people were arrested Wednesday in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district for allegedly murdering two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists, police said Wednesday.“Four people - Krishnendu ... Read more...
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Meet Sara the Walrus that blows her own saxophone!
December 2nd, 2008 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 2 (ANI): A walrus has proved that the animal kingdom can blow its own trumpet by learning to play the saxophone.The whiskered marine mammal, which has become the ... Read more...
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Scientists show how to cross Potter’’s ”hidden wall” for journey to Hogwarts
September 20th, 2008 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 20 (ANI): After coming closer to creating an invisibility cloak, a research team, which includes an Indian origin researcher, is working on developing hidden portals - like the entrance ... Read more...
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Man compensated for missing train by consumer court
September 9th, 2008 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Imagine reaching late for your own engagement ceremony! And, that too, through no fault of your own. It happened to Shriman Asthana, but instead of taking things ... Read more...
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Chiranjeevi to launch political party in August
May 31st, 2008 - 9:18 pm ICT by admin
Hyderabad, May 31 (IANS) The political scene in Andhra Pradesh is set to change dramatically with Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi planning to launch his political party in August, a close aide said here ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |