Rian knocks out Shree Krishna in Asian U-14 tennis
May 2nd, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, May 2 (IANS) Fifth seed Rian Pandole from Mumbai upset third-ranked Shree Krishna 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, en route to the semi-finals of the PCLTA Cup Asian under-14 series tennis ... Read more...
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‘Aata’: Sumanth impresses, narration disappoints (Kannada Film Review)
November 19th, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Aata"; Cast: Sumanth Shailendra, Vibha Natarajan, Avinash, Achyuth Rao, Sadhu Kokila, Pavitra Lokesh; Producer: S. Shailendra Babu; Director: Vijayakumar; Music: Sadhu Kokila; Cinematography: Raaghav; Rating: **Veteran film producer Shailendra Babu ... Read more...
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Old is Gold! Veterans bag lead roles in serials, films
June 21st, 2011 - 10:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Old is gold it seems! An array of old timers are taking on lead roles in television shows as well as cinema. While actors ... Read more...
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Couple blinded for alleged witchcraft
May 21st, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 21 (IANS) In yet another incident of "witch hunting" in Chhattisgarh, a 45-year-old woman and her husband were attacked by a group of villagers who pierced the couple's ... Read more...
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Meet on media’s role in promoting human rights
April 28th, 2011 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A two-day conference on the role of media in promoting human rights got underway in the capital Thursday, with participation of media organisations from ... Read more...
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Shreyas working overtime to compete with Raveena, Arshad on TV show
March 10th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Actor Shreyas Talpade, who makes his TV debut with "Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala", is working very hard to make sure that he gives his best ... Read more...
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Oz envoy launches book to celebrate significant achievements of Indians Down Under
February 17th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 17(ANI): The Australian High Commissioner to India, Peter Varghese, and Human Resource Development Ministry Secretary Vibha Puri Das have launched "Endeavours of Excellence" - a major publication profiling Australian ... Read more...
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Sibal inaugurates Indo-US Engineering Education Conclave
January 10th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 10 (ANI): Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal inaugurated the Indo-US Engineering Education Conclave here on Monday.Giving an address on the subject "Universities for the 21st Century: Promoting ... Read more...
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New tool to predict killer syndrome in lung transplant patients
December 31st, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 31 (ANI): Scientists at University of Michigan have developed a new tool that could prevent a debilitating, fatal condition that causes scar tissue to build up in the lungs and ... Read more...
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Government allays fears over education bill
December 22nd, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Allaying fears of private educational institutions over the proposed Education Tribunal Bill, Higher Education Secretary Vibha Puri Das Wednesday clarified that the legislation does not aim to ... Read more...
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Horlicks Wizkids’ contest winners to visit New Zealand
November 25th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 25 (IANS) Four school students, including three from India and one from Sri Lanka, were declared winners of the 'Horlicks Wizkids South Asia 2010' inter-school literary and cultural festival Thursday. ... Read more...
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Students strike cripples varsity in Meghalaya
November 1st, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Nov 1 (IANS) Normal functioning of Meghalaya's North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) was disrupted Monday, the first day of the indefinite strike called by students to pressurise the central government ... Read more...
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Meghalaya varsity students press for V-C’s ouster
October 31st, 2010 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Oct 31 (IANS) Students of Meghalaya's North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) will resume their indefinite agitation from Monday to pressurise the central government to remove of A.N. Rai as vice-chancellor ... Read more...
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Meghalaya favours academician as university vice chancellor
October 21st, 2010 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Oct 21 (IANS) Meghalaya has asked a central government team to appoint a local academician as vice chancellor of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) even as protesting students have ... Read more...
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Panjab University’s students poll results out
September 3rd, 2010 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 3 (IANS) In a very close contest in the Panjab University Campus Students' Council (PUCSC) elections here Friday, the alliance of the Panjab University Students Union (PUSU) and the ... Read more...
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Antim Swash Sundor Releasing This August
August 6th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 6, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Kris Alin's directorial debut Bengali movie Antim Swash Sundor-The Last Breath Beautiful, is going to release this August. The movie stars Indrani Halder, Paran Bandhopadhyay, Subrat ... Read more...
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Focus Shifts To Shyam, Sugna, And Woh?
June 28th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 28, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Alright! Balika Vadhu will take a five-year-leap but before that the show will witness a new track wherein the focus will shift to Shyam (Vikrant Massey) and ... Read more...
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Human resource, health ministries mull common council members
June 10th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) As the tug of war between the ministries of human resource development and health on medical education continues, a middle path by having common members in both ... Read more...
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Separate higher council for medical education: Azad (Lead)
May 25th, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Ruling out inclusion of medical education in the purview of the higher education council proposed by the human resource development (HRD) ministry, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad ... Read more...
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‘Medical education needs separate governing body’
May 17th, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Amid reports that medical education would be brought under the ambit of the proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER), the health ministry has ... Read more...
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Bidaai celebrates Natraj Mahotsav with Sanjeeda and Sangeeta
February 16th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
February 16, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): "Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai' is roping in new faces to the show and is going all out with extravaganza galore in its new episodes. Last ... Read more...
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Heavy security on famous Chandigarh street upsets youth
February 14th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 14 (IANS) Elaborate security arrangements at the famous Geri Route, a street frequented by young couples here, has played spoilsport this Valentine's Day Sunday with the youngsters complaining of "excessive ... Read more...
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Vibha Anand’s cameo in ‘Sukh By Chance’!
January 2nd, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Vibha Anand aka Kangana of "Shree' and Sugna of "Balika Vadhu' will soon be seen in Hats Off Production's and J.D Majethia's "Sukh By Chance' as she bagged the role as ... Read more...
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Pen-pencil format of CAT is history, say IIMs
December 16th, 2009 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The pen and pencil format of the Common Admission Test (CAT) is now history. Notwithstanding the hiccups they faced this year, the Indian Institutes of Management ... Read more...
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IIMs to conduct retest of students who could not appear for CAT
December 16th, 2009 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) Wednesday said the pen and pencil format of Common Admission Test (CAT) is history but assured that all the aggrieved students ... Read more...
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HRD ministry to hold a meeting of IIM Directors, discuss the failed online CAT test
December 16th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 16 (ANI): Displeased over thousands of students failing to write the Common Admission Test (CAT) on account of technical problems, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has today ... Read more...
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Three-day-old with protruding heart battles for life
August 29th, 2009 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A three-day-old boy born with his heart outside the chest -- "a rarest of rare defects" -- continued to battle for life at the All India Institute ... Read more...
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High point of Balika Vadhu
June 12th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Balika Vadhu has proved it self by being in the top position of the TRP's charts. With its twist in the tale, the show has managed to glue the audience on ... Read more...
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Court transfers engineer’s murder case to Lucknow
May 12th, 2009 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 11 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday transferred engineer Manoj Gupta's murder case from the Auraiya trial court to Lucknow on the pleas of the ... Read more...
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Vibha’s publicity stunt
April 10th, 2009 - 10:10 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
We all know that celebrities can go out of their way to earn publicity and recently Vibha aka Sugna of Balika Vadhu fame was caught doing a publicity act. Vibha claimed ... Read more...
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Court refuses to stay arrest of BSP MLA’s wife in engineer’s killing
January 27th, 2009 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 27 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court Tuesday turned down a plea to stay the arrest of Vibha Tiwari, a co-accused with her arrested lawmaker husband Shekhar in lynching of an ... Read more...
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Satish Gujral, an invaluable pearl of the Indian art world
September 19th, 2008 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
By Vibha Dham
New Delhi, Sep.19 (ANI): He is today a popular face in the Indian art circles and described to be a living legend. Painter, sculptor, muralist, architect and writer, Satish ... Read more...
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Dr.Naresh Kumar Trehan, the heartbeat of India
September 12th, 2008 - 8:38 pm ICT by ANI
By Vibha Dham
New Delhi, Sep.12 (ANI): Dr. Naresh Kumar Trehan, the renowned personality in the medical world, is today viewed as a pioneer in the field of cardiology in India. He ... Read more...
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Kiran Bedi, a lady with a Punjabi heart and spirit
August 29th, 2008 - 8:15 pm ICT by ANI
By Vibha
New Delhi, Aug. 29 (ANI): She has been known as the Iron lady, a woman police officer, who once sent shivers down the spine of the most dreaded criminals, and ... Read more...
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Senior Congress leaders arrested in Bhopal, Indore (Lead)
July 6th, 2008 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, July 6 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Jamuna Devi and a few other Congress leaders were arrested here Sunday afternoon while they were staging a sit-in outside ... Read more...
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