Shriram Transport Finance to expand into rural areas
July 25th, 2012 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 25 (IANS) Used truck financier Shriram Transport Finance Company is planning to expand its network to rural India where it sees good demand growth."Currently the company has around ... Read more...
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Tejinder’s plea against army chief sent to another court (Second Lead)
May 5th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) A Delhi magistrate Saturday sent to another judge Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh's plea seeking the summoning of army chief Gen. V.K. Singh in a ... Read more...
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Poll panel gives clean chit to Jaiswal (Lead)
March 1st, 2012 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Election Commission Thursday gave a clean chit to Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal for his alleged remarks intimidating Uttar Pradesh voters that if the Congress ... Read more...
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PM should seek Khurshid’s resignation: BJP
February 12th, 2012 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek Law Minister Salman Khurshid's resignation in the wake of the poll ... Read more...
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Khurshid should follow law of the land: Congress
February 12th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Distancing itself from the controversy over the poll panel writing to the president on Law Minister Salman Khurshid's defiant stand on quota for backward Muslims ... Read more...
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Sistema Shyam TeleServices raises Rs.1,280 crore
January 12th, 2012 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Russian telecom major Sistema Thursday said its Indian arm -- Sistema Shyam TeleServices (SSTL) -- has raised Rs.1,280 crore from Deutsche Bank for scaling up ... Read more...
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PM will be the best Lokpal: Lalu Prasad (Lead)
December 27th, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Tuesday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will prove to the best Lokpal, even as he called for the ... Read more...
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SBI, PNB hike interest rate on NRE term deposits (Lead)
December 27th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, and Punjab National Bank (PNB) Tuesday said they would more than double interest rates on non-resident ... Read more...
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Pakistan under pressure with US troops at Afghan border: Daily
October 18th, 2011 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 18 (IANS) The massing of heavily-armed US and NATO troops at the Afghanistan border amid tension over the Haqqani Network may be to "exert pressure on Pakistan and ... Read more...
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Techie, wife commit suicide after ‘happy life together’
October 8th, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 8 (IANS) A 39-year-old techie working for a Florida-based company and his wife hanged themselves in their flat here, saying they were committing suicide because they had "lived ... Read more...
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Shoe attack bid shows desperation in RSS, BJP: Congress (Second Lead)
June 6th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The attempted shoe attack on Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi at a press conference here Monday shows an element of desperation within the Rashtriya ... Read more...
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Talks with Pakistan to continue, reiterates India
May 4th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Two days after the killing of Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, India Wednesday reiterated that talks with Pakistan would continue and expressed concern about ... Read more...
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PMO invites Hazare for discussions, Hazare miffed
March 3rd, 2011 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Days after veteran activist Anna Hazare threatened to go on indefinite fast if the prime minister did not respond to his requests on the Lokpal ... Read more...
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Best-looking flight crew survey dubbed ‘very offensive’
February 24th, 2011 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Feb 24 (ANI): A survey that asked respondents to choose the airline with the best-looking flight crew has been dubbed as being "very offensive".According to the Los Angeles Times, the survey, ... Read more...
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Adarsh demolition order made in hurry: Lawyer
January 16th, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 16 (IANS) The environment ministry's decision calling for the demolition of the scam-hit Adarsh society building in Mumbai was made in hurry, the society's counsel Satish Maneshinde said Sunday."The tenor ... Read more...
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Rakhi Ka Insaaf: NDTV Imagine Gets Advisory Notice From NCW
November 17th, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
This time on the show Rakhi Sawant, the item girl, drew attention for all the wrong reasons. First, it was a participant who allegedly died after being humiliated on the show. ... Read more...
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‘Colourful’ transsexual wins UK Scrabble championship
November 1st, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 01 (ANI): Mikki Nicholson, a 'colourful' transsexual in a pink wig and matching PVC dress, has won the Scrabble championship in UK.Nicholson, 32, from Cumbria, took the crown with ... Read more...
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Mikki Nicholson spells success in UK Scrabble championship
November 1st, 2010 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 01 (ANI): Mikki Nicholson has won the Scrabble championship in UK.Nicholson, 32, from Cumbria, took the crown with the word "obeisant", which scored 86 points and won 1,500 pounds ... Read more...
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Karnataka governor, speaker spat over rebels (Lead)
October 11th, 2010 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 10 (IANS) On the eve of Karnataka's 29-month-old B.S. Yeddyurappa government's trust vote, Governor H.R. Bhardwaj and assembly Speaker K.G. Bopaiah were embroiled in a war of words through ... Read more...
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Kashmir Pandit leaders slam Omar’s statements
October 9th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 9 (IANS) Kashmir Pandit leaders Saturday assailed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's statements on the state's accession to India, terming them "seditious".At a joint press ... Read more...
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Congress misleading people on cyber-theft allegations: BJP
October 5th, 2010 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Sharpening its attack on the Congress over alleged theft of its online identity, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said the ruling party was misleading people ... Read more...
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Placido Domingo to be honoured with top Latin Grammy award
September 16th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 16 (ANI): Opera star Placido Domingo is to be honoured with 'person of the year' award at the Latin Grammys.The Latin Recording Academy has announced that the Spanish tenor was ... Read more...
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Post-cancer, I’m back to extraordinary life: Lisa Ray (Interview)
July 31st, 2010 - 9:33 am ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Canada-based Lisa Ray is in no hurry to act and is instead keen to spread cancer awareness and write a book. "I am engaging with ... Read more...
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“I’d Like To Raise Awareness For Cancer, Multiple Myeloma, And Stem Cell Technology”: Lisa Ray
July 29th, 2010 - 1:50 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Is your illness completely gone? How far are you back to your normal life?My disease, Multiple Myeloma, is in remission. We don't take the attitude that it is gone completely, but ... Read more...
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Dead Proteas tenor’s music to be used at World Cup opening ceremony
June 9th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
Johannesburg, June 9 (ANI): The opening ceremony of the World Cup will see the music of the late South African opera singer Siphiwo Ntshebe being used, the event's organisers have announced.Ntshebe, 34, ... Read more...
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Susan Boyle to duet with opera singer Andrea Bocelli
December 30th, 2009 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 30 (ANI): Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle is set to share the stage with acclaimed opera singer Andrea Bocelli.The 48-year-old Scottish songbird pipped the Italian operatic legend in the ... Read more...
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Maxx Factor Adds A Different Touch To The Sing Off
December 16th, 2009 - 7:59 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Dec 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Sing-Off kick started on Monday on Channel 11 and has thrown up quite a number of surprises for the viewers. Any music competition is likely ... Read more...
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Rachel Stevens wins ‘Rear Of The Year’ award
September 16th, 2009 - 11:47 am ICT by ANI
London, September 16 (ANI): British Singer Rachel Stevens has been named this year's winner of the Rear Of The Year award.The 'Strictly Come Dancing' star was voted as the favourite for the ... Read more...
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Obama ‘very concerned’ by Khamenei comments
June 20th, 2009 - 5:05 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 20 (DPA) US President Barack Obama said he was concerned by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's speech Friday that called for an end to protests over Iran's disputed ... Read more...
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Bachchan turns political
March 23rd, 2009 - 11:42 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Since his not very happy experiences with politics in the 80s, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has kept away from politics until now Except of course being close to his "younger brother' from ... Read more...
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Tenors to grace Classical Brit Awards in London
March 19th, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 19 (ANI): Two of the remaining Three Tenors, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras, will grace the Classical Brit Awards in London.Though the duo is not expected to perform at ... Read more...
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Surgical strikes, war with Pakistan out of place: Mufti
February 10th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 10 (IANS) Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Tuesday said peace in the sub-continent and the resolution of the Kashmir issue should dominate the national debate ... Read more...
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Warne plays unlikely cupid
December 12th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 12 (ANI): Australian spin legend Shane Warne played an unlikely cupid for a man who has turned his eventful life into a hit stage musical.Warne put his own spin ... Read more...
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Cabinet authorizes share capital increase of IIFCL
August 14th, 2008 - 3:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 14 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for increasing the authorized capital of India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) from Rs. 1000 crore to Rs. 2000 ... Read more...
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Lawyers long-marchs success forces Zardari to take up judges issue seriously, says partyman
June 17th, 2008 - 12:56 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 16 (ANI): Following the success of the lawyers long march which colcuded last week, PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, who was till now turning a blind eye to the ... Read more...
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