Riaz wants to bury the ghost of Sydney Olympics
July 26th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 26 (IANS) Indian hockey team's assistant coach and Olympian Mohammed Riaz wants to bury in the London Olympics the ghost of the 2000 Sydney Games, where the team ... Read more...
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Yahoo! expands language base with launch of Bengali service
February 8th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Yahoo! India and Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP) Wednesday announced a partnership to deliver premium digital content in Bengali to the Indian Internet audience.The co-branded property ... Read more...
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Gadkari-Munde feud inspires a sequel in Goa
January 30th, 2012 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 30 (IANS) It is not just superhit films like "Dabangg" and "Don" which inspire sequels. The Nitin Gadkari-Gopinath Munde feud of 2011 seems to have inspired a ... Read more...
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Winter of instability as Yeddyurappa gets bail (News Analysis)
November 8th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 8 (IANS) Karnataka seemed headed for more political instability Tuesday with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) back to bickering on its leadership issues within hours of ... Read more...
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Karnataka yatra exposes Advani’s waning influence (Karnataka Newsletter)
November 6th, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 6 (IANS) L.K. Advani, once hailed by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as 'Loh Purush' or iron man, second only to India's formidable first home minister Sardar ... Read more...
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Around 60 percent voting in Karnataka assembly bypoll
September 26th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Koppal (Karnataka), Sep 26 (IANS) Around 60 percent of the over 185,000 eligible voters cast their ballots Monday in the bypoll for the Karnataka assembly from this north Karnataka ... Read more...
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Rumours of ‘BlackBerry Cyclone’ to take on Apple TV
July 16th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 16 (IANS) BlackBerry company Research In Motion (RIM) is rumoured to be toying with the idea of entering the home entertainment business.If it is true, this will be ... Read more...
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Karunakaran: A colossus who rubbed shoulders with Nehru, Indira (Obituary)
December 23rd, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 23 (IANS) He was short and diminutive. But Kannoth Karunakaran was a giant of a man in Kerala's political kaleidoscope, one who had rubbed shoulders with Jawaharlal ... Read more...
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BlackBerry to sell tablet below $500 to undercut iPad sales
November 11th, 2010 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Nov 11 (IANS) With co-CEO Jim Balsillie Wednesday announcing that the company's PlayBook tablet will be priced under $500, shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) soared on ... Read more...
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Eros International Announces The World-wide Release Of Anil Kapoor Film Company’s ‘NO …
October 27th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 27, 2010 (Showbiz PR Wire): Eros International Media Ltd (Eros International), the largest studio in India, has announced the world-wide release of the film ‘No Problem’ on 10th December, 2010. The ... Read more...
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People celebrate 114th birthday of social reformer Hijam Irabot in Imphal
October 1st, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Oct. 1 (ANI): People celebrated the 114th birthday of Jananeta Hijam Irabot, a social reformer by holding various culture and literary programmes in Imphal.The event was organised under the aegis of ... Read more...
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Can Samsung Galaxy Tab Dethrone iPad?
August 29th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Aug 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Apple is a technology giant that is known for setting new trends in gadget market and quite a number of times its unique gadgets have created ... Read more...
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Farmers divided over Uttar Pradesh government’s offer (Second Lead)
August 18th, 2010 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Tappal/Agra/Lucknow, Aug 17 (IANS) Farmers Tuesday appeared divided over the Uttar Pradesh government's offer of enhanced compensation for acquiring their land for the 165-km Noida-Agra Yamuna Expressway.
Meanwhile, farmers in Agra too rose ... Read more...
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Argentina holds down Messi: Maradona still better
March 24th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, March 24 (DPA) In Europe, many argue that Lionel Messi is already better than national football legend Diego Maradona ever was.
But Argentines will have none of it.Messi is the undisputed ... Read more...
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Moment of truth for Juventus against Sampdoria
October 26th, 2009 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 26 (DPA) The ambitions of Juventus to be Inter Milan's most serious opponents face a serious test Wednesday as they welcome Sampdoria in a midweek round of the Italian ... Read more...
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Mayawati elected as BSP chief again
August 27th, 2009 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, the undisputed leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), was Thursday elected as party president for another three-year term here.
The election took ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama is undisputed leader, Tibetans tell China
March 10th, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Dharamsala, March 10 (IANS) The Tibetan cabinet-in-exile Tuesday challenged the leadership in China to test the popularity of the Dalai Lama in Tibet, saying he was the undisputed leader of ... Read more...
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Sexagenarian fake penis drug cheats plead guilty
November 26th, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, November 26 (ANI): Two sexagenarian men have pleaded guilty to selling fake penises so that drug cheats might give clean urine samples.
Gerald Wills, 65, and Robert Catalano, 62, the ... Read more...
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39th IFFI to host Wong Kar Wai retrospective in association with Palador
November 19th, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Nov 19 (ANI/Business Wire India): Palador, the undisputed leader in the World Cinema category with over 1,000 of the best and most awarded films, is all set to make its ... Read more...
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India ‘undisputed leader’ in offshore services: Gartner
July 24th, 2008 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Arjun Sen
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) India remains the "undisputed leader" in a list of the top 30 countries for offshore services prepared by IT market research major Gartner Inc. The ... Read more...
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