I’ve lost my voice: J.P. Dutta on father’s death
February 11th, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) Filmmaker J.P. Dutta is bereaved after his father O.P. Dutta's death following prolonged illness. The "Border" director says he will miss the man, who wrote ... Read more...
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Protest after woman’s audacious abduction
February 10th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) More than 100 people blocked streets and raised slogans Friday after a 25-year-old woman was kidnapped from a crowded area here, witnesses said.Kiran Negi was ... Read more...
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Nick Carter dedicates song to late sister
February 4th, 2012 - 2:19 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 4 (IANS) Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter dedicated a song to his late sister Leslie Carter and got emotional while performing the song.Leslie, 25, died Jan 31 at ... Read more...
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246 survive Papua New Guinea ferry accident
February 3rd, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 3 (IANS) A total of 246 people have been rescued after a ferry accident off the coast of Papua New Guinea, authorities here said Friday. The vessel was ... Read more...
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Businessman shot in Ghaziabad
February 3rd, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad Feb 3 (IANS) A businessman was shot late Thursday night in Ghaziabad town 's posh Rajnagar locality, Kavinagar police said.Some unidentified assailants shot at businessman Sanjay Madan around 11.00 ... Read more...
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KKR management to decide team’s strategy Thursday: Shah Rukh
February 1st, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) Bollywood superstar and owner of IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Shah Rukh Khan said the team management will sit for a discussion Thursday to ... Read more...
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Man commits suicide after wife’s death
January 28th, 2012 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) A 28-year old man allegedly committed suicide hours after his wife's death in the capital, said police.Police said Satya Narayan Gupta allegedly committed suicide by ... Read more...
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Peaches Geldof shows off her baby bump
January 28th, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Jan 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Peaches Geldof has gone public with her baby bump. The 22-year-old is pregnant with fiancé Thomas Cohen’s baby. The baby is expected to be born on ... Read more...
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Married woman commits suicide, in-laws booked
January 28th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 27 (IANS) The family of a 23-year-old married woman, who committed suicide, alleged Friday that she killed herself following dowry harassment by her in-laws, said police, adding cases ... Read more...
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Couple found dead at home
January 27th, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) A couple was found dead at their residence in west Delhi having apparently committed suicide, said police Friday.The two were identified as Shalini Pandey, 29, ... Read more...
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Maoist couple killed in Odisha gun battle
January 27th, 2012 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 27 (IANS) A Maoist couple was gunned down by police in Odisha's Koraput district, an official said Friday.Chitrakam Reddy alias Sitru, 30, and his wife were killed in ... Read more...
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Kerala governor Farook dies in Chennai
January 27th, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 26 (IANS) Kerala Governor M.O.H. Farook Thursday night died in a private hospital in Chennai at the age of 75, officials said. A seven-day state mourning has been ... Read more...
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Presidency University student alleges harassment by seniors
January 21st, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) A first year student of the Presidency University Friday lodged a police complaint against his seniors alleging them of mentally harassing them.Sajan Dewan, a boarder of ... Read more...
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Three arrested for dowry death
January 20th, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Three people, including a woman, have been arrested for the causing the death of a 22-year-old woman after harassing her for dowry, police said Friday.Rajender ... Read more...
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Two foreigners kidnapped in Pakistan
January 20th, 2012 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) A German and an Italian were kidnapped from central Pakistani city of Multan Thursday night, a media report said Friday.Gunmen abducted the foreigners from Qasim Bala ... Read more...
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Rebirth for us, say ship tragedy survivors from Tamil Nadu
January 20th, 2012 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 19 (IANS) "It is a rebirth! Only god saved us", were the comments that gushed out of survivors of the ill-fated Italian oceanliner Costa Concordia on reaching here ... Read more...
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Lyon to fine tune skills with Warne ahead of Adelaide Test
January 18th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Australian spinner Nathan Lyon will be taking tips from spin wizard Shane Warne as he gears up for the fourth and the final Test against India ... Read more...
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Bengal hospital gets clean chit in patient denial case
January 15th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) The West Bengal government Sunday gave a clean chit to a state-run city hospital following allegations that a pregnant woman died allegedly after she was denied ... Read more...
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Pregnant woman dies after government hospitals deny admission
January 14th, 2012 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) The inhuman face of the state-run health services came to the fore once again in the city, as a pregnant woman died after she was allegedly ... Read more...
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WACA curator defends drinking binge of his ground staff
January 13th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Jan 13 (IANS) WACA curator Cameron Sutherland defended the actions of his ground staff, who were filmed drinking and lying on the pitch here Thursday ahead of the third ... Read more...
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Night trains on key Jharkhand section resume after 19 months
January 13th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 13 (IANS) Night train services on the key Tata-Kharagpur section have resumed 19 months after a horrific rail crash in Jharkhand left 148 people dead, an official said.The ... Read more...
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Now party for a social cause
January 11th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Sometimes you party to catch up with friends and sometimes to chill out. Here's a chance to party for a social cause -- the newly-launched ... Read more...
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CBI arrests three in NRHM scam
January 6th, 2012 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three people - two of them Friday - in a multi-crore scam related to the National ... Read more...
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Man sets over 20 fires in LA
January 1st, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS/EFE) Los Angeles police are searching for a man suspected to have caused at least 28 fires that have burned vehicles and buildings around the city.At least ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill waiting since 1968 for parliament’s nod
December 30th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) First introduced in 1968, the Lokpal bill is yet to get parliament's nod, and faces an uncertain future with the Rajya Sabha Thursday night ... Read more...
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Congress synonymous with corruption: Buddhadeb
December 30th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Ridiculing the Congress-led union government for failing to pass the Lokpal bill, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Friday said the party had ... Read more...
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Trinamool, RJD played along government strategy: Yechury
December 30th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury Friday accused the government of having a pre-conceived plan to create chaos in the Rajya Sabha during the Lokpal bill debate ... Read more...
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It’s time for a break: Farhan Akhtar (Movie Snippets)
December 30th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) After a heavy year with "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara" and "Don 2: The King Is Back", Farhan Akhtar is more than glad to take ... Read more...
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Trooper, two men arrested with heroin
December 30th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 30 (IANS) A Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper and two civilians have been arrested in Tripura with one kg of heroin, police said Friday.The trooper, Harish Thapa, was ... Read more...
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Madhu Koda, ex-Minister shifted from hospital to jail
December 30th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 30 (IANS) Based on a report by army doctors, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and one of his former cabinet colleagues were shifted to the Birsa Munda ... Read more...
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BJP played politics on Lokpal: Bansal
December 30th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of playing politics, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Friday said the party's amendments to the Lokpal bill ... Read more...
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I tore the bill because it was bad: Rajniti Prasad
December 30th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Justifying his act of tearing a copy of the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) member Rajniti Prasad Friday said it ... Read more...
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Nothing extraordinary in Rajya Sabha proceedings: Somnath
December 30th, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Stating that the government as well as the opposition were interested in scoring political points, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee said Friday that there ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha disrupted, adjourned for 15 minutes (Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for 15 minutes Thursday night following opposition protests when Minister of State V. Narayanasamy was making an aggressive speech during ... Read more...
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RJD MP tears document in Rajya Sabha
December 30th, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) In a shocking act, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) member Rajniti Prasad Thursday night tore the Lokpal bill after snatching it from Minister of State for ... Read more...
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