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November 28th, 2008 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS) The 40-odd hours that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Jai Singh Gaikwad stayed cooped inside his room in the Taj Mahal Hotel as fierce fighting raged on outside ...
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November 19th, 2008 - 8:37 pm ICT by ANI
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By Pinaki Das
Agartala, Nov.19 (ANI): Oneness through drama'' was the central message of a group of Bangladeshi theatre artistes, who were on a cultural trip to Agartala recently and left an ...
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November 10th, 2008 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Agartala, Nov 10 (IANS) Nine students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here have been suspended for allegedly ragging juniors, an official said Monday. Six students have been admitted to a ...
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November 1st, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, November 1 (ANI): American scientists have found that a molecule called SleX can help restore an important biological function of stem cells, in case they have lost such surface proteins ...
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October 4th, 2008 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) India went down 2-5 to South Korea in their first Group B match of the AFC Under-16 Championship at Tashkent Saturday.The Koreans struck early in the third ...
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October 2nd, 2008 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today condemned last evening''s serial blasts in Tripura, in which the death toll has risen to four.
The PM spoke to the ...
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September 11th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
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Guwahati, Sept.11 (ANI): A devastating fire that broke out in Dispur has reduced to ashes a part of the Janata Bhawan on Wednesday evening.
According to information, the fire broke out at ...
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August 28th, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The players' status committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Thursday asked East Bengal and Mahindra United to sort out the issues of transfer of Steven ...
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August 16th, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 16 (IANS) While analysts debate over the pluses and minuses of Maoist chief Prachanda's election as republic Nepal's first prime minister, one man is certainly regarding it as ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 13 (IANS) After a 10-year epic battle with the security forces to topple Nepal's monarchy, the former Maoist guerrillas will now duel with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 13 (IANS) A 90-year-old royal concubine, who is one of the few survivors of Nepal's omnipotent monarchist past, is in sore distress as the new Himalayan republic seeks ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 11 (IANS) Fighting a protracted legal battle in Nepal to shake off a 20-year murder sentence, yesteryear's "Bikini Killer" Charles Sobhraj has had his first break with ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian ayurvedic giant Dabur has defied the diktat of Nepal's Maoists and said the Miss Nepal beauty pageant it sponsors annually will not be discontinued. ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 11 (IANS) After Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas failed to woo the other major parties and name a new government last week, the interim parliament Monday said it would ...
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August 9th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 9 (IANS) After Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas failed to form a consensus government within two deadlines, President Ram Baran Yadav said he would ask the interim parliament to ...
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August 9th, 2008 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Aug 9 (IANS) A day after Bejing hosted what was hailed as the greatest Olympic opening ever, the response in London - the next hosts - has been ...
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August 8th, 2008 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 8 (IANS) More than 2,000 protesting Tibetans were arrested but fresh waves of young men and women took their place in front of the Chinese embassy here Friday ...
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August 8th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 8 (IANS) India's leading public-private partnership agency PTC India Ltd has agreed to stand by Nepal's biggest but becalmed power project, re-inking a deal to buy electricity for ...
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August 8th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 8 (IANS) Luck seemed to be running out for Nepal's former Maoist rebels who after their victory in a 10-year guerrilla war and the election this year were ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Aug 7 (IANS) Indian doctors are once again suing the British government, this time accusing it of violating the spirit of a four-month-old court order by seeking to ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 6 (IANS) Faced with the herculean task of winning the support of all key parties within 72 hours in order to lay claim to a new government, Maoist ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 6 (IANS) Bhutan says it is ready to resume talks with Nepal over the repatriation of over 100,000 refugees who have been languishing in this Himalayan republic for ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Aug 6 (IANS) Criminals who keep winning elections are causing the Indian government to have second thoughts about banning them from contesting polls, the country's election commissioner said. ...
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August 6th, 2008 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 6 (IANS) She was given the kiss of life seven years ago by Indian ayurvedic giant Dabur. But now Miss Nepal, the Himalayan republic's oldest and most prestigious ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 5 (IANS) The World Bank has come to the aid of Nepal's endangered peace process, offering a bounty of Nepali Rs.3.350 billion for the upkeep of the Maoists' ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Maqbool Fida Husain, India's most famous painter, has been writing poems and has built up a collection that should send Indian publishers queuing up ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 5 (IANS) Once known for firing his gun and picking up fights in night clubs with impunity, Nepal's former crown prince Paras has now fallen on harder times ...
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August 4th, 2008 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 4 (IANS) After their victory in a 10-year war against the royal dynasty, time has begun to run out for Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas with just 48 hours ...
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August 3rd, 2008 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
(Attn Eds: This column is the first in a series from our London correspondent Dipankar De Sarkar, who has been reporting Britain for Indian readers for over 20 years)
London, ...
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August 2nd, 2008 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 2 (IANS) Nepal's Maoists have accused Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama of brainwashing children as young as seven years after luring them away from Nepal in ...
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