Badal stakes claim, invited to form government (Lead)
March 9th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 9 (IANS) Parkash Singh Badal, 84, is to become chief minister of Punjab for a record fifth time with the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday ... Read more...
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Parkash Singh Badal set to again be Punjab chief minister (Lead)
March 8th, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) Setting aside speculation over the leadership issue, the Shiromani Akali Dal Thursday unanimously elected Parkash Singh Badal to be the party's legislature party leader. Badal ... Read more...
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Akali Dal to meet to elect leader
March 8th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) Fresh from its historic victory in the assembly elections in Punjab, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal has called a meeting of its legislators here later ... Read more...
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‘Parkash Singh Badal to be chief minister’
March 8th, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal Thursday said that his father, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, will continue in the top job after the ... Read more...
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Husain fetches Rs.1.45 crore at art auction
November 6th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) An untitled composition of galloping horses by the late M.F. Husain, painted in acrylic pigments on canvas, sold for Rs.1.45 crore at an auction here.The ... Read more...
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At long last, Husain comes to Delhi (Feature, With Image)
August 6th, 2011 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Nearly two months after he died in exile, unable to exhibit his works in India, M.F. Husain is splashing colour on the capital's art canvas ... Read more...
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Had a beautiful experience in India: Roemer
May 24th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Praising India for its diversity, outgoing US ambassador Timothy Roemer at a glittering farewell here said the two years he and his ... Read more...
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Abhishek top Bollywood brand endorser
April 11th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Guess which Bollywood actor is the most visible face in the advertising space? No 'idea'? Well, it's Abhishek Bachchan, who hogs the limelight among his ... Read more...
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My art is my aspiration for Telangana: Thota Vaikuntam (With Images)
March 12th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The art of Thota Vaikuntam, leading Indian figurative painter, remains loyal to the aspiration for autonomy and a distinct socio-cultural identity of his native ... Read more...
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CWG mascot Shera visits ANI
September 24th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 24 (ANI): The mascot for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Shera, visited South Asia's leading multimedia news agency Asian News International here on Friday.Employees were delighted on seeing Shera and ... Read more...
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From homemakers to corporates, thousands volunteer for Games
February 21st, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) There is a buzz around the imposing Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Headquarters near Connaught Place these days as scores of excited students, professionals, homemakers, ex-servicemen, ... Read more...
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Manmohan, ‘evidently’ the proud father (Capital Buzz)
December 6th, 2009 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is one proud father. The latest to take note, that too at the White House state dinner thrown by the Obamas, was ... Read more...
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A ball to celebrate the first World Cup in Africa
December 5th, 2009 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
Cape Town, Dec 4 (DPA) The official match ball for next year's football World Cup finals in South Africa will be called Jabulani, it was announced Friday.
The ball was introduced for ... Read more...
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Ex-counsel says Liberhan’s comments on him are ‘vile’
November 25th, 2009 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The former counsel to the Liberhan Commission Wednesday described as "vile" attacks on him by judge M.S. Liberhan in the report indicting Hindutva activists for the ... Read more...
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Bouquets, brickbats galore for Rahul Gandhi
May 6th, 2009 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's place in the politics of tomorrow may be a certainty after his emergence as the party's most visible face in the ... Read more...
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When Aishwarya left Amar Singh speechless
March 31st, 2009 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Such is the oomph that Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai exudes that it can even leave speechless a hard-bitten politico like Amar Singh who has mastered the ... Read more...
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