Dhumal reaches out to Mamata on vice presidential poll
July 15th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has said that if the Trinamool Congress approaches his party to seek support for ... Read more...
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Congress leaders tell Mukherjee he will be missed (Third Lead)
June 25th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Congress Monday bid farewell to its presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee with glowing praise from leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party president ... Read more...
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Sonia thanks non-UPA parties for support to Pranab (Second Lead)
June 25th, 2012 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday expressed happiness that Pranab Mukherjee emerged not only the unanimous choice of the United Progressive Alliance as presidential candidate ... Read more...
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JD-U to support Pranab for presidency
June 21st, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Thursday announced its support to United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential nominee Pranab Mujherjee.
Soon after the BJP pledged its support ... Read more...
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Hectic parleys in Karnataka BJP for new leader
August 1st, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 1 (IANS) Hectic parleys resumed Monday in the faction-ridden Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka to pick a new leader a day after scam-hit B.S. Yeddyurappa resigned ... Read more...
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Hunt for new Arunachal CM on, Nabam Tuki emerging as frontrunner
May 4th, 2011 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Itanagar, May 5 (IANS) The search for a new chief minister is on in Arunachal Pradesh with six names doing the rounds even as hectic lobbying has already begun after ... Read more...
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Indian American Satish Tripathi appointed US varsity president
April 21st, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 20 (IANS) Reputed Indian American computer scientist Satish K. Tripathi, a Banaras Hindu University alumnus, has been appointed president of the prestigious University at Buffalo (UB) in New ... Read more...
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Yuvraj Player of the Tournament; Dhoni Man of the Match of World Cup final (Lead)
April 3rd, 2011 - 2:03 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) Yuvraj Singh, who performed brilliantly with the bat and ball, was adjudged the 2011 World Cup Player of the Tournament while Indian captain Mahendra Singh ... Read more...
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Ex-royal, cricketers, politicians battle to run Karnataka cricket
November 11th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 11 (IANS) The battle lines are drawn for the control of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) with ace leggie Anil Kumble taking on the incumbent president Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar ... Read more...
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Director Sofia Coppola wins the top honors at the Venice Film Festival for her movie ‘Somewhere’
September 12th, 2010 - 11:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Director Sofia Coppola has won the top honors for her movie ‘Somewhere’ at the Venice Film Festival. She was honored with the Golden Lion for her extraordinary movie ... Read more...
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RSS not interfering in choosing new president, says BJP
November 20th, 2009 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), its ideological fountainhead, was not interfering in choosing the next party president.
BJP leader ... Read more...
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Refusing Rajya Sabha membership no message to CPI-M: Somnath
October 24th, 2009 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee says his decision to refuse Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's offer to be a nominated Rajya Sabha MP was not intended to ... Read more...
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Dorjee Khandu elected Congress Legislature Party leader in Arunachal
October 24th, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
Itanagar, Oct 24 (IANS) Dorjee Khandu is all set to become the chief minister of the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh for the second straight term with the newly elected Congress ... Read more...
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Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize 2009
October 11th, 2009 - 12:37 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oslo, Oct 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a surprise and shocking development, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee announced yesterday that the US President Barack Obama had been honored with the Nobel Peace ... Read more...
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US President Barack Obama gets the Noble Peace Prize 2009
October 9th, 2009 - 7:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oslo, Oct 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a result that is being described as ‘stunning’, ‘surprising’ amongst a lot of other colorful adjectives, President Barack Obama has been awarded the Noble Peace ... Read more...
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BJP mulling Muslim or tribal for deputy speaker post
June 1st, 2009 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is considering either a Muslim or a tribal MP for the Lok Sabha deputy speaker's post, which by tradition is offered ... Read more...
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Taj Enlighten Film Society to felicitate the legendry Javed Akhtar With ‘Taj Tareef Award’
April 29th, 2009 - 10:29 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Mumbai, April 28, 2009: Brooke Bond Taj Mahal, India's premium tea brand in association with Enlighten Film Society, today conducted a workshop on the art of scriptwriting with India's legendry lyricist ... Read more...
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Five Indians in Dhoni led Wisden Dream Team
April 8th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 8 (IANS) The prestigious Wisden Cricketers' Almanac named Mahendra Singh Dhoni as skipper of a Dream Test XI that includes Indians Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer ... Read more...
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Murdered Sri Lankan journalist awarded UNESCO press freedom prize
April 6th, 2009 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, April 6 (DPA) Murdered Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge has been named recipient of the 2009 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize, the UN's educational and cultural organisation said Monday.
"Jury members were ... Read more...
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