Bollywood has room for singers from all over: Shafqat Amanat Ali
September 11th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) The India-Pakistan bond is "above all disputes", says Pakistani singer Shafqat Amanat Ali, the magical voice behind chartbusters like "Tere Naina" and "Mitwa", who believes ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh leaves Tehran for home
August 31st, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 31 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for home Friday morning after a four-day visit to Tehran during which he attended the 16h summit meeting of ... Read more...
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Speeding up 26/11 justice biggest CBM: Manmohan tells Zardari (Second Lead)
August 31st, 2012 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 30 (IANS) India told Pakistan Thursday that expeditiously concluding the trial of the 26/11 Mumbai attack's perpetrators would be the biggest sub-continental confidence building measure (CBM).Indian Prime Minister ... Read more...
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Amrapali is now part of me: Actor Yash Sinha
August 6th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) TV actor Yash Sinha is set to tie the knot with his "Teen Bahuraniyaan" co-star Amrapali Gupta this November, and says she is an important part ... Read more...
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Sex comedy in B-town: Audiences ready, censors alert
July 23rd, 2012 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Sex and comedy sells well in Bollywood. And together, they can make for a hit recipe. But while audiences are ready to sample and ... Read more...
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Goa to re-negotiate mediclaim scheme with insurer
July 9th, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 9 (IANS) The Goa government will re-negotiate the terms and conditions of its mediclaim insurance scheme with ICICI Lombard and re-launch it within the year, Health Minister Laxmikant ... Read more...
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‘Gangs Of Wasseypur - Part II’ to release Aug 8 (With Image) (Lead, correcting para 7)
July 5th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) The mystery surrounding the release of the second part of gritty thriller "Gangs Of Wasseypur" has been revealed -- the movie will hit screens Aug 8, ... Read more...
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‘Gangs Of Wasseypur - Part II’ to release Aug 8 (With Image)
July 5th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) The mystery surrounding the release of the second part of gritty thriller "Gangs Of Wasseypur" has been revealed -- the movie will hit screens Aug 8, ... Read more...
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Row hits heritage plan for Dilip Kumar’s Pakistan house
July 3rd, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) The government's plan to turn the ancestral home of Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar in Pakistan's Peshawar city into a heritage site has come a cropper ... Read more...
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IPL is a big party, says Ryder
July 1st, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, July 1 (IANS) New Zealand all-rounder Jesse Ryder Sunday called the Indian Premier League (IPL) a "big party".Ryder's international career hit a roadblock after he admitted to having ... Read more...
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Goa information commissioner’s posting hits RTI roadblock
June 19th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 19 (IANS) The appointment of a new state information commissioner (SIC) in Goa has hit a Right To Information (RTI) roadblock.The Goa government has been forced to seek ... Read more...
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Abhishek Bachchan attends Le Mans 24 Hours
June 16th, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 16 (IANS) Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan loves fast cars, specially those that burn up the race tracks. Unlike his contemporaries from the film fraternity, who rush to ... Read more...
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Perceptions differ on n-law, Iran sanctions
June 15th, 2012 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 15 (IANS) Perceptions seem to differ somewhat on two key takeaways related to the just concluded India-US strategic dialogue here - a breakthrough agreement on the nuclear ... Read more...
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Indians start to see less corruption: Gallup poll
May 8th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 8 (IANS) Indians continue to see corruption as widespread in their country's government and business, but are less likely to feel that way this year, according to ... Read more...
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Sangay for resumption of talks with China
March 10th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 10 (IANS) Two years since the talks between the Dalai Lama's envoys and the Chinese for genuine autonomy for the people in Tibet hit a roadblock, Tibetan Prime ... Read more...
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Poverty not declining in Bihar, despite high growth
February 20th, 2012 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 20 (IANS) Bihar has been changing and developing fast but its poverty is not declining, warned Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen here."It is a matter of ... Read more...
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India’s JSW Energy to set up power plant in South Africa
February 14th, 2012 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 14 (IANS) Integrated power generator JSW Energy, looking for suitable acquisitions inside India, is planning to set up a 450-600-MW coal-fired plant in South Africa where the power ... Read more...
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Chilean held for stealing ice from a glacier
February 1st, 2012 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Santiago, Feb 1 (IANS/EFE) Chilean police nabbed a man who was transporting in a refrigerated truck 5,200 kg of ice that had been removed from a glacier, the cargo apparently ... Read more...
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Mamata’s stubbornness blocking investment: CPI-M
January 17th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Mocking the West Bengal government's initiative to attract investments by organising business summit "Bengal Leads 2012", the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the state's main ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill gets wobbly in Rajya Sabha (Night Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Two days after the Lok Sabha passed it, the much-awaited Lokpal bill appeared to have hit a political roadblock in the Rajya Sabha Thursday ... Read more...
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Mayawati angry as centre returns proposal for state division
December 20th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 20 (IANS) Taking exception to the central government's decision to return the proposal for division of Uttar Pradesh into four parts, Chief Minister Mayawati Tuesday accused it of ... Read more...
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‘Avengers’ to release in India before US
December 8th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) American superhero film "Avengers" will release in India April 27 next year, a week before its release in the US.
The Marvel Studios film, distributed and ... Read more...
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Why human brains can’t get any smarter
December 8th, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 8 (IANS) Human brains can't get any smarter because they seem to have hit an evolutionary roadblock. You can't have too much of a good thing when it ... Read more...
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‘Heroine’ will be a landmark in Kareena’s career: Bhandarkar
November 16th, 2011 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) Madhur Bhandarkar's ambitious project "Heroine" is back on track with Kareena Kapoor stepping into the shoes of actress Aishwarya Rai as the lead actress and ... Read more...
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India training Afghans will increase mistrust: Pakistani daily
October 6th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 6 (IANS) India training Afghan security forces as part of the Kabul-Delhi accord "has the potential to increase mistrust in the region", said a leading Pakistani daily Thursday.India ... Read more...
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‘Homoeopathy growing at 30 percent annually in India’
September 11th, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Homoeopathy is growing at nearly 30 percent annually in India, but in spite of that it is a cottage industry, says a leading physician who ... Read more...
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Thefts silence Rabindrasangeet at traffic signals
September 9th, 2011 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 8 (IANS) The West Bengal government's novel way of easing the rough ride on the city's roads by playing soulful Rabindra Sangeet at traffic signals has hit ... Read more...
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Now SMS in local language with IMImobile’s app
September 5th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Mobile value added service provider IMImobile Monday launched a free of cost download mobile application "My SMS" which would allow customers to access the content ... Read more...
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No alternative to Telangana, Andhra leaders tell Azad
July 22nd, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) Congress leaders from Telangana Friday asked the party central leadership to take a decision on statehood for the region before Aug 1 and made ... Read more...
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Consensus again eludes women’s reservation bill (Roundup)
June 22nd, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The women's reservation bill that seeks to reserve 33 percent seats for women in parliament and state legislatures hit another roadblock with an all-party ... Read more...
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Lokpal panel meeting ends; no consensus, says Sibal
June 15th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The seventh meeting of the joint panel drafting the Lokpal bill ended Wednesday but with differences persisting between the government and civil society representatives on ... Read more...
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Lokpal panel meets for consensus amid sharp differences
June 15th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The 10-member panel of government and civil society representatives drafting an anti-corruption Lokpal bill met here Wednesday amid sharp differences, including over whether ... Read more...
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Pakistan influenced Rana trial: India (Lead)
June 10th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Pakistan has not been playing fair with India, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said Friday, indicating that Islamabad had influenced the US trial of terror ... Read more...
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Pakistan must come clean on 26/11: Krishna
June 10th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Pakistan has not been playing fair with India, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said Friday and agreed that Islamabad had blocked the trial of terror ... Read more...
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson to star in ‘G.I. Joe: Cobra Strikes’
June 8th, 2011 - 12:58 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, June 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There are reports that Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is all set to star in the movie ‘G.I. Joe 2:Cobra Strikes’. The reports also go on to ... Read more...
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