Buddha, Dawood and thrills on bookshelf (IANS Books this Week)
June 16th, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The bookcart this week is thought-provoking and colourful. Browse with IANS...1.Book: "Dancing With Life: Buddhist Insight For Finding Meaning and Joy in the Midst of ... Read more...
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Congress faces setback in Andhra, Trinamool wins UP bypoll (Roundup)
June 15th, 2012 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Congress Friday faced a humiliating defeat in Andhra Pradesh by-polls where the YSR Congress bagged the Nellore Lok Sabha and 15 of the ... Read more...
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Chidambaram in eye of parliament storm, houses adjourned
November 22nd, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Parliament got off to a stormy start Tuesday with opposition protests against Home Minister P. Chidambaram forcing adjournment of the Lok Sabha on the ... Read more...
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Prime minister condoles Sathe’s death
September 24th, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday condoled the death of veteran Congress leader Vasant Sathe, saying he was "a socialist at heart" and a strong ... Read more...
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Sonia condoles Vasant Sathe’s death
September 24th, 2011 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi condoled the death of veteran party leader Vasant Sathe Friday.
Sathe, 86, died of a heart attack at his Gurgaon residence ... Read more...
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Vasant Sathe was an Indira loyalist (Obit)
September 24th, 2011 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, Sep 23 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader Vasant P. Sathe, who passed away in Gurgaon late Friday evening, was blessed with remarkable oratory skills which he honed during ... Read more...
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Pune deaths: Opposition demands Maharashtra government’s dismissal
August 10th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Demanding the dismissal of the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance, the opposition staged a noisy protest in the Maharashtra assembly Wednesday over the police firing ... Read more...
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Businessman shot dead in Maharashtra (Lead)
June 20th, 2011 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Satara (Maharashtra), June 20 (IANS) Gunmen barged into a video parlour in Maharashtra's Mahabaleshwar town here early Monday and shot dead its owner after robbing him, police said.The incident took ... Read more...
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Businessman shot dead in Maharashtra
June 20th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Satara (Maharashtra), June 20 (IANS) Panic gripped the twin hill-stations of Mahabaleshwar-Panchgani here when a businessman was shot dead by three unidentified assailants early Monday, police said.The accused barged into ... Read more...
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Kalam releases book on President Patil
December 20th, 2010 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Sunday released a biography on his successor Pratibha Patil on the occasion of her 76th birthday.Titled "An Inspiration Journey: Pratibha Devisingh ... Read more...
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‘Himalayan Odyssey’ bike rally kicks off from New Delhi
June 19th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 19(ANI): Sixty enthusiastic motorcyclists set out on the first leg of the Himalayan Odyssey 2010, from here on Saturday.The seventh edition of the Himalayan Odyssey was flagged off ... Read more...
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Arjun Singh maintains silence on Anderson issue
June 11th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Even as Congress leader Arjun Singh is being increasingly blamed for the release of former Union Carbide Corp chief Warren Anderson in 1984, the then Madhya ... Read more...
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Civil society opposes caste-based census
June 11th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Eminent citizens and political leaders, cutting across party lines, Friday vehemently opposed the widespread political clamour for a headcount on the basis of caste.
The views were ... Read more...
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Medha Patkar opposes slum demolition
May 14th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) Social activist Medha Patkar Friday tried to stop the razing of hutments at Anna Bhau Sathe Nagar here, demanding that the slum dwellers be first provided alternative accommodation.
Patkar ... Read more...
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Handmade Japanese dolls exhibited in Pune
April 11th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
Pune, Apr 11 (ANI): With an aim popularizing Japanese dolls in India, a man from Pune showcased a variety of handmade Japanese dolls in an exhibition on Saturday.Jayant Sathe, who organised ... Read more...
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Mumbai commuters go crazy over passenger Rahul (Sidelights)
February 5th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) Mumbai commuters were overjoyed with Rahul Gandhi's impromptu decision to travel by local train.
After withdrawing money from an ATM and queuing up with the 'aam janata' to ... Read more...
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President’s Police Medal for 2 in Maharashtra list of 38 (With Image)
January 25th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 25 (IANS) Thirty-eight police officers from Maharashtra, including one woman, figure in the list of Republic Day honours which were announced Monday.
Of them, two officers - Additional Deputy Commissioner ... Read more...
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Singer K.L. Saigal’s biography re-released
January 18th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) It was an emotional moment for legendary singer Kundan Lal Saigal's grandson Rabinder Chopra as he witnessed the re-release of the national-award winning biography on his grand ... Read more...
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K.L. Saigal’s biography to be re-released
January 17th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The national-award winning biography of Bollywood's legendary singer Kundan Lal Saigal will be re-released in a paperback edition on his 63rd death anniversary Monday.
Titled "Kundan", it has ... Read more...
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Vidarbha shutdown called Jan 20, united front formed
January 7th, 2010 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Jan 7 (IANS) Intensifying their efforts for a separate state, 68 political parties and other groups Thursday issued a call for "Vidarbha shutdown" Jan 20 and also formed a united ... Read more...
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Two-day stir for separate Vidarbha state begins
January 3rd, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Jan 3 (IANS) Several political groups and social organisations Sunday started a two-day sit-in agitation here to press the demand for a separate Vidarbha state.
The initiative has been taken by ... Read more...
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Sikh groups write to Obama, seek justice for 1984 victims
November 22nd, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 22 (IANS) Two Sikh organisations have written to US President Barack Obama, seeking his intervention in getting justice for thousands of victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by taking ... Read more...
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Chinese statements are routine rhetoric: Farooq Abdullah
October 22nd, 2009 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Chinese statements on the border with India are a "routine rhetoric", Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah says, downplaying the projection by China of ... Read more...
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Kasab over 20, doctors tell court trying Mumbai attacker (Lead)
April 28th, 2009 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive after the 26/11 attack on Mumbai, is over 20, according to a medical report submitted here Tuesday before the ... Read more...
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Kasab is over 20 years old - medical examiners tell court
April 28th, 2009 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive after the 26/11 attack on Mumbai, is over 20, according to a medical report submitted here Tuesday before the ... Read more...
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26/11 trial: Court orders medical examination to determine Kasab’s age
April 24th, 2009 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) A special court here Friday ordered a medical test to determine the correct age of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist caught alive in the November ... Read more...
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Art behind bars - prisoners to showcase paintings in Mumbai
March 8th, 2009 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) Rahul More and Naresh Jadhav are serving life sentences in Pune's Yerawada Jail. The two may not get to see the light outside the prison walls ... Read more...
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Post-Mumbai attack: Praise for armed forces from across India
December 19th, 2008 - 10:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The grit and gumption exhibited by the armed forces during 'Operation Black Tornado' to wrest Mumbai from terrorists last month has made them shine brighter in the ... Read more...
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Government plans award in Maratha freedom fighter’s memory
November 19th, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The government is planning to set up an international award for agricultural innovation in the memory of the founder-member of the Ghadar Party, Pandurang Khankhoje, a revolutionary-turned-farmer ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena legislator, parents attacked in Thane
June 10th, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) Yogesh R. Patil, the Shiv Sena legislator from the powerloom town of Bhiwandi, and his parents were attacked outside their residence by rival political activists. The activists attacked ... Read more...
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NDA starts diamond jubilee celebrations with desert safari
February 25th, 2008 - 7:08 pm ICT by admin
Khadakwasla (Maharashtra), Feb 25 (IANS) A desert safari expedition took off from here Monday to start the diamond jubilee celebrations of the National Defence Academy (NDA). The celebrations would culminate in January ... Read more...
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India faces no serious external threat: PM
February 15th, 2008 - 10:20 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh feels India faces no "serious external threat" to its ambition to become a global power. He was releasing Friday evening a book "India ... Read more...
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