Actress Priyal Gor loves gorging on chocolate (TV Snippets)
January 1st, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Size zero is a fad, but one actress who doesn't care is Priyal Gor, who plays Monia in Sony TV's "Dekha Ek Khwaab". She loves ... Read more...
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Child poverty film wins short film award at IFFI
December 1st, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 1 (IANS) A short film about child poverty in India won the Golden Lamp Tree award, while a film on pesticides tragedies in India won the Special Environment ... Read more...
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Shemaroo to release its 3D film online first
October 15th, 2011 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. is set to take a detour from the usual theatrical film launch by releasing its 3D animation superhero film "Super K" ... Read more...
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Sweety Kapoor-Khanna at Anna rally: A satire
April 7th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, Apr. 7 (ANI): "For heavens sake Mom! You won't blend with the crowd at Jantar Mantar with your Dior bag and diamonds." I decided to ignore ... Read more...
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Real-life bogus brides inspire Imagine’s new show
March 17th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) You would have heard cases of bogus brides marrying eligible grooms and fleeing with their money. Now, gear up to witness something similar on Imagine ... Read more...
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Farewell Jassal
March 16th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, Mar.16 (ANI): Nobody quite tied his pagdi (turban) as perfectly as Raminder Jassal. Each pleat ran parallel and was tucked tight, and even at the end of a ... Read more...
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Operation ‘Safe Homecoming’ plays out on Twitter
March 4th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, Mar. 4 (ANI): Operation 'Safe Homecoming', launched by the Indian Government to bring home thousands of Indian nationals stranded in conflict-torn Libya, is a success story. ... Read more...
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Summer of social networking in Kashmir
February 23rd, 2011 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, Feb.23 (ANI): Kashmiris are watching with great interest the 'Tunisami' that began in Tunisia and is spreading through the virtual and real world. Last year's unrest ... Read more...
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Police arrest 22 women escorts in Thane
December 24th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
By ManishaThane (Maharashtra), Dec.24 (ANI): Maharashtra Police arrested 22 women, accused of working as escorts in a beer bar in Maharashtra's Thane District.Smita Pathak, the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Special Squad), Thane, ... Read more...
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A Nobel for Arundhati Roy, A media dream
December 13th, 2010 - 11:16 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, Dec.13 (ANI): What if Arundhati Roy was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for err "championing the cause of oppressed minorities in India, particularly Kashmiris and Maoists"?This pithy ... Read more...
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No trust deficit between India, Germany on high technology transfer: Merkel
December 12th, 2010 - 2:10 am ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashBerlin, Dec 11 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday said there was no trust deficit between Germany and India on the issue of high technology transfer.Responding to a ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh says he will break his silence on JPC issue at a ’suitable time’
December 11th, 2010 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashBerlin, Dec 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said today he would break his silence on the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) issue "at a suitable time".Speaking onboard the ... Read more...
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EU-India FTA end game negotiations most difficult: Khullar
December 11th, 2010 - 10:56 am ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashBrussels, Dec 10 (ANI): India's Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar on Friday said that end game negotiations relating to the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and New Delhi ... Read more...
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India, EU have similar approaches to fighting terror: Katju
December 11th, 2010 - 12:50 am ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashBrussels, Dec 10 (ANI): A senior official in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Friday admitted that there is a problem of terrorism in Afghanistan, which needs to be ... Read more...
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All is not lost on India-EU trade frontier
December 10th, 2010 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashBrussels, Dec.10 (ANI): It has been like waiting for Godot. And proverbially, Godot will not arrive in time for the Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, either. India-EU trade ... Read more...
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Bomb blast: Too early to say Varanasi was the work of Pak-based Jehadis
December 9th, 2010 - 11:59 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashBrussels, Dec.9 (ANI): Investigating authorities looking into the December 8 bomb explosion in Varanasi, have not yet arrived at the conclusion that the attack was the handiwork of Pakistan-based ... Read more...
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China probably unstapling the visa issue
December 9th, 2010 - 11:46 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashBrussels, Dec 9 (ANI): The stapled visa issue between India and China seems to have been settled. Though neither side is expected to make a formal statement, a government ... Read more...
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India to deepen political, strategic cooperation at India-EU Summit: PM
December 9th, 2010 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, Dec 9 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Thursday said that India would seek to deepen its political and strategic cooperation with the European Union, ... Read more...
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Bruni says surprised by her popularity in India
December 6th, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, Dec.6 (ANI): French First Lady Carla Bruni on Monday said that she was quite surprised by her popularity in India, and added that she was looking forward ... Read more...
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North South divide in Kanglish
November 30th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, Nov.30 (ANI): An upma, filter coffee tiffin break with Kannadigas visiting Delhi from Karnataka is something I wouldn't miss for anything in the world. With disarming alacrity, ... Read more...
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26/11: No closure for the nation
November 26th, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, Nov.26 (ANI): Two years since the barbaric attack by 10 Pakistani trained terrorists that resulted in the death of 166 people in Mumbai, the country's wounds are ... Read more...
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Masterchef contestants create record with Chocolate Eclair pyramid
November 24th, 2010 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Nov 24 (IANS) The contestants of cookery reality show "MasterChef India" Wednesday unveiled the tallest Chocolate Eclair pyramid and entered the Limca Books of Records.The pyramid that stands 8 metres ... Read more...
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Why is Humayun’s tomb on Obama’s itinerary?
November 6th, 2010 - 11:39 am ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, Nov.6 (ANI): Most Indians are puzzled as to why foreign heads of state would choose to pay a visit to Humayun's tomb in New Delhi rather than the ... Read more...
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Pakistan and its ‘Topi Drama’
July 26th, 2010 - 11:13 am ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, July 26 (ANI): It is a term ordinary Pakistanis use to describe a theatrical production staged by the army to fool people into believing just about anything. ... Read more...
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Youngsters come together to clean Delhi
July 25th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Young Delhiites hanging out in a crowded market on a Sunday is a common sight. But the West Patel Nagar market in the capital saw the unusual ... Read more...
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Tagore women brought high fashion to early 20th century Bengal
July 20th, 2010 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The high priestesses of fashion and modern lifestyle in early 20th century Bengal were none other than the women of the Tagore household who lived ... Read more...
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Krishna to offer chaddar at Lahore’s Data Gunj Baksh shrine
July 16th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashIslamabad, July 16 (ANI): Indian External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna will offer a chaddar at the Data Gunj Baksh shrine in Lahore via Punjab Chief MInister Shahbaz Sharif, whom he will ... Read more...
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Pakistan Minister Malik assures perpetrators of terror at any place would be brought to justice
June 26th, 2010 - 1:28 am ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashIslamabad, June 25 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday said that Pakistan condemns terrorism irrespective of which part of the world it exists and perpetrators of terror ... Read more...
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Naxals Enter ‘Bhagyavidhata’ And ‘Agle Janam..’
June 17th, 2010 - 8:53 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 17, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Naxalism is the biggest internal security threat that plagues our country today. Just switch on a news channel and you're bound to hear a story or two ... Read more...
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Father, uncle arrested for honour killing in Delhi (Second Lead)
June 15th, 2010 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The father and uncle of 19-year-old Asha, who was tortured to death along with her 20-year-old boyfriend Yogesh Kumar, have been arrested, police said Tuesday. A city ... Read more...
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Lit-fest in Kerala? Why not Delhi
June 3rd, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashNew Delhi, June 3 (ANI): The first every Hay Festival of Literature and Arts is going to be held in Kerala this November and not in the capital, New ... Read more...
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Salahis (don’t) crash Bollywood party in DC!
April 13th, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashWashington, Apr.13 (ANI): So, the White House gate crashers were actually invited to a Bollywood party in chic Adams Morgan in downtown DC, whereas reporters tailing the Salahis had ... Read more...
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The OMG moment of PM Singh’s day
April 13th, 2010 - 11:16 am ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashWashington, Apr.13 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a busy day Monday at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington D.C.He had long meetings with the heads of ... Read more...
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India will get access to Headley: Obama
April 12th, 2010 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashWashington, Apr.12 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, and US President Barack Obama had a 50-minute meeting at Blair House here on Sunday afternoon, during which the American ... Read more...
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Obama pledges to take multi-faceted, strategic relationship with Pak forward
April 12th, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita Prakash and Ravinder Singh RobinWashington, Apr.12 (ANI): US President Barack Obama on Monday said that Washington's multi-faceted and long-term strategic relationship with Islamabad goes far beyond security issues, and ... Read more...
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