1975 Dhaka killings: Government may appeal against accused
January 11th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 11 (IANS) The Bangladesh Supreme Court Tuesday allowed the government to appeal against the acquittal of those accused of gunning down four top leaders of the freedom movement in ... Read more...
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Indian cultural festival to open in Bangladesh
November 23rd, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 23 (IANS) An India cultural festival with art exhibitions as well performances by Indian artists is being organised in Bangladesh, beginning Friday."Ananda Jagya", a week-long dance, music, crafts and film ... Read more...
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Rashid takes India to team silver in Asiad golf (Second Lead)
November 20th, 2010 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
By V.Krishnaswamy
Guangzhou, Nov 20 (IANS) Rashid Khan endured some tense moments right at the end of the Asian Games golf tournament at the picturesque Dragon Lake Golf Club. But the 19-year-old held ... Read more...
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India beat Pakistan 3-2 in Asiad hockey; silver, bronze take tally to 22 (Evening Lead)
November 20th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 20 (IANS) India defeated traditional rivals Pakistan 3-2 in a men's hockey group B match at the Asian Games here Saturday, while a silver in golf and a bronze ... Read more...
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Asian Games golf: Indian men retain team silver (Lead)
November 20th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 20 (IANS) The Indian men's golf team retained their silver medal with the quartet of Rashid Khan, Abhinav Lohan, Abhijit Singh Chadha and Rahul Bajaj finishing second with a total ... Read more...
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Asian Games golf: Indian men’s team win silver
November 20th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 20 (IANS) The Indian men's golf team clinched a silver at the Asian Games here Saturday.The quartet of Rashid Khan, Abhinav Lohan, Abhijit Singh Chadha and Rahul Bajaj finished second ... Read more...
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Satisfying day as rower Bajrang Lal claims India’s second Asiad gold (Roundup)
November 19th, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 19 (IANS) Bajrang Lal Takhar claimed the nation's maiden Asiad rowing gold as Indian rowers Friday capped their best performance in the Asian Games here with five medals on a ... Read more...
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Asian Games golf: Rashid and Indian team slip to fourth place
November 19th, 2010 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
By V. Krishnaswamy
Guangzhou, Nov 19 (IANS) It was a disappointing day for the Indian golfers, even as South Korea again seemed on course to making a clean sweep of all four Asian ... Read more...
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Asian Games golf: Rashid keeps India in sight of two medals (Lead)
November 18th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
By V.Krishnaswamy
Guangzhou, Nov 18 (IANS) Rashid Khan's brilliant four-under 68, which also equalled the best round on the second day at the Asian Games golf at Dragon Lake golf course, saw India ... Read more...
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Asian Games golf: Rashid Khan at third place after two rounds
November 18th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 18 (IANS) India's Rashid Khan carded four-under 68 in the second round to place third in the men's individual golf at the Asian Games here Thursday.Rashid, who carded one-under 71 ... Read more...
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Salman Khan Performs At GIMA
November 12th, 2010 - 12:20 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
November 12, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Global Indian Music Awards (GIMA) is the first of its kind in India. It is a award function organized to honor the stalwarts and the budding ... Read more...
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Artistes perform on music composer Hridaynath Mangeshkar’s birthday
October 27th, 2010 - 7:08 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Oct. 27 (ANI): Young musicians showcased their talents on the occasion of renowned composer Hridaynath Mangeshkar's 73rd birthday here on Tuesday.Mangeshkar has been the recipient of several awards, including the prestigious ... Read more...
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Jasraj, Lagoo, Amonkar get Sangeet Natak Akademi awards
September 28th, 2010 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Violinist Lalgudi Jayaraman, actor Shreeram Lagoo, Bharatnatyam exponent Yamini Krishnamurti, Sanskrit theatre scholar Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi and classical music maestros Pandit Jasraj and Kishori Amonkar were ... Read more...
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Indian golf team for Asian Games announced
September 7th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Rashid Khan will lead the Indian men's golf team for the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China from Nov 12.
Abhijeet Chaddha, Rahul Bajaj and Abhinav Lohan are other ... Read more...
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Antim Swash Sundor Releasing This August
August 6th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 6, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Kris Alin's directorial debut Bengali movie Antim Swash Sundor-The Last Breath Beautiful, is going to release this August. The movie stars Indrani Halder, Paran Bandhopadhyay, Subrat ... Read more...
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Angst in Kashmir is ‘different’ this time, say Kashmiris
August 3rd, 2010 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 3 (IANS) They have seen many bouts of "revolution" earlier, but this time it is different, say Kashmiris caught in the growing spiral of violence and protests that have engulfed ... Read more...
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Vivek Obeori Snubs ‘Swayamvar’
July 23rd, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 23, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): If you think that it was just Colors that struggled to get cricketing superstars on "Fear Factor', think again. Imagine TV too is struggling to come ... Read more...
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Pankaj Kapoor designs special dance track for Shahid
May 31st, 2010 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, May 31 (IANS) Shahid Kapoor is undoubtedly one of the best dancers in Bollywood and his aesthetically-inclined dad Pankaj Kapoor is reportedly putting together a specially-designed dance track ... Read more...
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Shahid Must Dance, Saala
May 31st, 2010 - 11:42 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
May 31, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): If it's a Shahid Kapoor film, there must be some heavy duty dancing. Or. so it seems, going by the way the music in his father's ... Read more...
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Faldo series: Chikka two behind leader, Rashid further back
March 10th, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Shenzhen, March 10 (IANS) India's Rashid Khan who arrived at Mission Hills bidding to become the first golfer to win the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final for three years in a row, ... Read more...
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Pak opposes New Zealand’s request to shift Davis cup matches to neutral venues
March 9th, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar.7 (ANI): Pakistan has strongly objected to Tennis New Zealand's request to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to move its upcoming Davis Cup tie against Pakistan to New Zealand or ... Read more...
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Four to ten killed in Hangu suicide attack
March 5th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar.5 (ANI): Between four to ten persons were reportedly killed and several others injured in a suicide attack in North West Frontier Province's (NWFP) Hangu District on Friday.According to Geo News, ... Read more...
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Grand finale of Bharat Ki Shaan on DD
March 2nd, 2010 - 11:44 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
March 2, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): In the era of reality shows, Saibaba Telefilms has come up with a different sort of program through its unique musical show "Bharat Ki Shaan", the final ... Read more...
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Barry Lane turns the clock back, Gangjee best Indian
February 12th, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Feb 12 (IANS) Barry Lane, the 49-year-old Englishman turned the back with a second successive 67 to take the clubhouse lead at 10-under 134 at the Euro 1.5 million (approximately ... Read more...
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Mumbai 1993 serial blasts’ key man nabbed after 17 years
February 6th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Gangster Firoze Abdul Rashid Khan alias Hamza, one of the prime accused in the March 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, has been arrested after being on the run for ... Read more...
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Move to bring six fugitive Mujib killers to Bangladesh
January 29th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 29 (IANS) Efforts were on to bring back to Bangladesh six fugitive killers of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a minister said.
The minister's statement came after five ... Read more...
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Five killers of Bangladesh’s founding father hanged (Second Lead)
January 28th, 2010 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 28 (IANS) Nearly 35 years after Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated, five army officers who were among those convicted for the killing were hanged at Dhaka ... Read more...
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Five killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman hanged (Lead)
January 28th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 28 (IANS) Five former army officers were handcuffed and their heads covered with black hoods before a jail official dropped his handkerchief, a signal to pull the lever to ... Read more...
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Five killers of Bangladesh founder executed
January 28th, 2010 - 5:26 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 28 (DPA) Bangladesh early Thursday hanged five out of 12 former military officers convicted in the 1975 assassination of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, media reports said.
The execution of ... Read more...
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Rashid stays on track at Rajasthan Open Amateur
January 27th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 27 (IANS) Sinking two birdies on last four holes, Delhi's Rashid Khan rallied well to card a round of even par 70 and held onto his massive 11-shot lead going ... Read more...
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Noose tightens around Mujib killers, review petitions dismissed (Lead)
January 27th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed their review petitions of the five former army officers in prison for the killing of country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. They ... Read more...
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Mujib killers’ review petitions dismissed
January 27th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed the review petitions filed by five former army officers who are lodged in prison over the killing of country's founding father Sheikh ... Read more...
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Bangladesh SC upholds death sentence for Mujib’s killers
January 27th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Jan 27 (ANI): Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a High Court verdict that confirmed the death sentences of 12 retired and dismissed army men involved in assassination of country's ... Read more...
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Rashid holds 11-shot lead at Jaipur
January 26th, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 26 (IANS) Rashid Khan ran away from the rest of the field, opening up a 11-shot lead at the halfway stage of the LG Rajasthan Open Amateur Championship being played ... Read more...
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Strong start by Rashid Khan in Jaipur
January 25th, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) Rashid Khan continued his sparkling form with a round of five-under 65 to take the lead after the first round of the LG Rajasthan Open Amateur Championship being ... Read more...
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