Deshpande slams ton for Rajasthan
July 28th, 2012 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 27 (IANS) Vaibhav Deshpande's century (126, 228b, 20x4) put Rajasthan CA in command as they made 343 for four in 90 overs against Hyderabad CA on the first ... Read more...
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Delhi cop’s son dies in accident
May 17th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) A 25-year-old son of a senior Delhi Police officer died while five others were injured when their speeding car turned turtle in the national capital, ... Read more...
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Mhamal clinches All-India Chess title
May 2nd, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, May 2 (IANS) Second seed Goan Anurag Mhamal, sponsored by Dempo, emerged champion after the ninth and final round of the All-India Open FIDE Rated chess tournament here Wednesday ... Read more...
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Mhamal takes chess lead
May 1st, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, May 1 (IANS) Second seeded Anurag Mhamal, sponsored by Dempo, kept his lead with a quick draw with Akash Thakur in the seventh round of the first UKCA ... Read more...
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Akash among leaders in All India Open chess
April 29th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, April 29 (IANS) Top seed Akash Thakur of Railways defeated Andhra Pradesh's C.H.Meghana to shared the lead with 3.0 points after the third round of the 1st UKCA Cup ... Read more...
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Veteran freedom fighter Naikwadi is dead
March 22nd, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) Renowned freedom fighter and one of the pioneers of the co-operative movement Nagnath Anna Naikwadi passed away after a prolonged illness here Thursday, according to family ... Read more...
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Ruiyuan emerges champ at Chennai Open chess
January 12th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 12 (IANS) Yu Ruiyuan of China emerged champion with 9.0 points after the 11th and final round of the SDAT-RMK 4th Chennai Open International Grandmaster chess tournament here ... Read more...
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Aleksej, Ruiyuan share lead in Chennai Open chess
January 9th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 9 (IANS) Top seed Aleksandrov Aleksej (Belarus) led the table along with Yu Ruiyuan (China) with 7.0 points after the eighth round of the Chennai Open International ... Read more...
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Harikrishnan shocks Nisha Mohota in Chennai Open chess
January 4th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 4 (IANS) Ten-year-old A Ra Harikrishnan, a student of local Sethu Baskara School, delivered the first upset in the SDAT - RMK 4th Chennai Open International Grandmaster chess ... Read more...
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‘Let’s Design Season 4′ announces 13 finalists (With Image)
December 30th, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Cotton Council International (CCI) has announced 13 finalists for the fourth edition of its "Let's Design" contest who will compete with each other on a ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad student kills self at home
December 29th, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 28 (IANS) An Amity University student pursuing his Master's degree in business administration committed suicide in Ghaziabad by shooting himself from the revolver of his father, police said ... Read more...
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Ranji Trophy: Mumbai begin with a big win over Railways
November 6th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Mumbai began their Ranji Trophy season with a resoudning 10-wicket victory over Railways in the opening Elite Group match at Karnail Singh Stadium here Sunday.The ... Read more...
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Amitav Ghosh’s ‘The Shadow Lines’ to be filmed
November 3rd, 2011 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) It all began in 2005 when Anupam Barve bought novelist Amitav Ghosh's "The Shadow Lines" from a bookshop in Jawaharlal Nehru University. The filmmaker from ... Read more...
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Delhi students discover new asteroid
August 31st, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Two Delhi students have made history by discovering a new asteroid as part of a unique astronomy project connected to US space agency NASA. The ... Read more...
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Slender win for Irfan in sub-junior billiards
July 18th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 18 (IANS) Mohd Irfan of Tamil Nadu provided much of the thrills on the opening day as he beat the clock and Anmal Jalota of Punjab by one ... Read more...
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Two journalists held for extortion bid in Delhi
July 7th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Two journalists have been arrested for attempting to extort money from a doctor in northwest Delhi, police said Thursday.Dinesh Jain and Praveen Saini, both 23, ... Read more...
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Zayed had to scold me on the sets to calm me down: Dia Mirza
June 2nd, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) She swept floors and brought things from her home on the sets of her maiden production venture. Actress-turned-producer Dia Mirza got so involved in the ... Read more...
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Two held for extorting money from businessman’s son
May 25th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Two people have been arrested for extorting money from a businessman's son after telling him they had taped his telephonic conversation with a young woman, ... Read more...
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Indian-American pleads guilty to hiding Indian bank accounts
April 12th, 2011 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 12 (IANS) An Indian-American businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring with five HSBC bankers to keep his Indian accounts "below the radar" to evade taxes in the United ... Read more...
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Dia, Zayed’s first production a romantic comedy
February 9th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Bollywood actors Dia Mirza and Zayed Khan, who have launched their production house Born Free Entertainment, annouced Wednesday that their first film is a romantic comedy titled ... Read more...
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Indian American indicted for concealing bank accounts in India
January 27th, 2011 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) An Indian-American businessman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New Jersey on charges that he tried to conceal undeclared bank accounts in the ... Read more...
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‘Eesan’ fails to grip (Tamil Film Review; Rating: **1/2)
December 19th, 2010 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Aravindan D.I.
Film: "Eesan"; Cast: Samudrakani, A.L. Azhgappan, Aparna, Vaibhav, Abhinaya, Niranjan; Director: M. Sasikumar; Producer: Company Productions; Music: James Vasanthan; Camera: S.R. Kathir; Rating: **1/2 "Eesan", being the next production of ... Read more...
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Davpech Postponed
November 24th, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
November 24, 2010 (Showbiz PR Wire): Davpech, produced under the banner of Murli Manohar Creations Pvt. Ltd., is postponed towards either the end of December'10 or January 2011. Directed by Sachin Vartak ... Read more...
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Venkat Prabhu Conducts Test Shoots For Mankantha
October 23rd, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 23, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Nearly a week is left for 'Mankatha' to go on floors and director Venkat Prabhu has geared up for test shoots. Since the film involves bigger ... Read more...
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Sasikumar’s ‘Easan’ Eyes A December Release
October 22nd, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 22, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Couple of years back, Sasikumar made his directorial debut with 'Subramaniapuram', which turned to be one of the best trendsetting movies in the history ... Read more...
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High court asks centre, CCB to file reply on seats allotment in AIEEE
September 24th, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday asked the human resource development (HRD) ministry and chairman of the Central Counselling Board (CCB) to file their replies within a week ... Read more...
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Pune’s Girl Shital Mahajan will jump in Wing-suit (birdman-suit)in Spain on 19th Sept for the national record
September 18th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 18, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): After 2 years of maternity break shital is planning to do the wing-suit (birdman-suit) jump, this kind of wing suit (birdman-suit) jump had not been tired ... Read more...
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Court notices to government, CBSE on seat allotment system
September 15th, 2010 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), and the Chairman of the Central ... Read more...
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Star-Spangled Red Carpet Premiere Of The Last Airbender At PVR Cinemas
July 9th, 2010 - 7:38 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 9, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Last night, the PVR Cinemas located at Ampa Sky Walk was studded with Kollywood celebrities for the red carpet premiere of The Last Airbender. Actor ... Read more...
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Maoist rampage: station, bank torched, police camps raided
June 15th, 2010 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Patna June 15 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas in Bihar set ablaze a railway station and a bank as well as attacked a police station and a camp of the Special Auxiliary ... Read more...
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Vaibhav and Prince shine in Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess
May 11th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Delhi youngsters Vaibhav Suri and Prince Bajaj brought cheer to the home crowd by holding fourth seed Russian Grandmaster Dmitry Kokarev and former national champion Abhijit Kunte ... Read more...
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Young woman fights snatchers, gets them arrested
April 26th, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, April 26 (IANS) A 22-year-old braveheart fought off two youths in this Haryana district when they tried to snatch her bag. She later got them arrested here, police said Monday.
"She was ... Read more...
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New but not raw - Bollywood newcomers come prepared
April 22nd, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Manpreet Kaur
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The mantra in Bollywood is no more about learning on the job, but coming prepared before the director calls "action". Newcomers venturing into the ... Read more...
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Maoists blow up school in Bihar
April 2nd, 2010 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Patna, April 2 (IANS) Suspected Maoist guerrillas blew up a government school in Bihar's Rohtas district, police said Friday.
Armed Maoists used dynamite to blow up a government school building in Yadunathpur in ... Read more...
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Maoists blow up police station, block office in Bihar
March 27th, 2010 - 9:53 am ICT by IANS
Patna, March 27 (IANS) Suspected Maoists blew up a newly-constructed police station and a block office in Bihar's Rohtas district. They also torched 15 trucks, including eight of a private construction company ... Read more...
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