Bhupen Hazarika’s cremation wish was not met
January 13th, 2012 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 13 (IANS) Two months after his death, it appears that music maestro Bhupen Hazarika's last wish of getting his funeral rites performed by a select few individuals was ... Read more...
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Shabanaji is my mentor: Gulshan Grover
January 12th, 2012 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 12 (IANS) Bollywood actor Gulshan Grover, whose last release "I Am Kalam" fetched him worldwide recognition and honours, thanked veteran actor Shabana Azmi for helping him in ... Read more...
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Rahul attacks BJP for not backing statutory status to Lokpal
December 30th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Saharanpur, Dec 30 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for not supporting constitutional status to the Lokpal and ... Read more...
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Mayawati woos Brahmin community
November 13th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 13 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday sought to convey to the Brahmin community that her party "alone was the ... Read more...
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$272,000 donated for prisoners’ release in Dubai
September 2nd, 2011 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, Sep 1 (IANS/WAM) An Emirati citizen's donation of one million dirhams (over $272,000) during Ramadan is likely to earn a number of prisoners their freedom in Dubai.The citizen, who ... Read more...
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BSP to continue demanding new land acquisition bill
August 2nd, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is determined to press the issue of a new land acquisition bill, a party leader said Tuesday.Uttar Pradesh's ruling ... Read more...
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BSP, BJP term Rahul’s march ‘political gimmick’
July 5th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday spoke almost in one voice as they termed Congress general ... Read more...
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Rahul’s padyatra a political drama: BJP
July 5th, 2011 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday termed Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's 'padyatra' in Bhatta-Parsaul village of Uttar Pradesh to raise awareness about land ... Read more...
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Infosys’ Murthy favours PM, judiciary under Lokpal’s ambit
June 12th, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 11 (IANS) Infosys' outgoing chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy late Saturday favoured bringing the prime minister and the top judiciary under the purview of the proposed Lokpal (ombudsman) ... Read more...
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Major triumph for Nepal Maoists in cabinet reshuffle (Lead)
May 4th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 4 (IANS) Exactly three months after they helped communist leader Jhala Nath Khanal become the new prime minister, Nepal's Maoists won a major triumph Wednesday with the indebted ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists headed for major triumph in cabinet reshuffle
May 4th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 4 (IANS) Exactly three months after they helped communist leader Jhala Nath Khanal become the new prime minister, Nepal's Maoists headed for a major triumph Wednesday with the ... Read more...
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Pak felicitates Afghanistan for initiating security takeover from NATO, ISAF
March 24th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 24(ANI): Pakistan has felicitated Afghanistan for initiating the taking over of security from international forces, and expressed solidarity with the war-torn country."We have noted the important statement made by President ... Read more...
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Defector “Curve Ball” reveals how he fooled Western intelligence into attacking Saddam
March 14th, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar. 14 (ANI): An Iraqi defector has indirectly revealed how he fooled western intelligence services into believing that Iraq had a secret program to brew mobile biological weapons, which convinced ... Read more...
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Ivanka Trump Expecting Her First Child With Jared Kushner
January 22nd, 2011 - 8:34 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) "Celebrity Apprentice" star, real-estate executive and jewelry mogul Ivanka Trump announced on Friday (January 21) that she's expecting a new member into their family with her ... Read more...
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Prayers really can heal the sick
August 6th, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 6 (IANS) Believe it or not, prayers can heal the sick, especially if the well-wisher is standing near the person he or she is praying for, says a team of ... Read more...
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Thilakan to don grease paint in ‘Achen’
May 24th, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 24 (IANS) Thespian Thilakan, who was ousted from the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) on the grounds of indiscipline, is all set to don the grease paint after a ... Read more...
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11-year-old from Meghalaya has designs on fashion (With Images)
April 2nd, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 2 (IANS) While other children her age have little idea about what they want to do in life, 11-year-old Shillong-born Naphibanroi Khongstid is already fashioning her fledging career as a ... Read more...
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BJP to hold protests against Delhi budget
March 23rd, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Upping the ante against the Sheila Dikshit-led government for increasing diesel and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) prices and withdrawing subsidy on domestic cooking gas, the Delhi ... Read more...
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Gandhi saw first film at 74, reveals Nepali follower
February 8th, 2010 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 8 (IANS) When did the father of the Indian nation Mahatma Gandhi watch his first film? Which movie was it and how did the vegetarian and boycotter ... Read more...
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Samajwadi Party expels Amar Singh, Jaya Prada
February 2nd, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow, Feb 2 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) expelled former general secretary Amar Singh and Lok Sabha member Jaya Prada from the party on Tuesday for violating party norms and spoiling the ... Read more...
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Bangladesh parliament mourns Basu’s death
January 18th, 2010 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 18 (IANS) Bangladesh parliament has passed a unanimous resolution paying tributes to Indian Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu who died Sunday and recalled his contribution to the liberation war of ... Read more...
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I have lost great well-wisher in Basu’s death: Pranab Mukherjee
January 17th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday said he had lost a great well-wisher with the demise of Communist veteran Jyoti Basu.
"In his death, I lost a great ... Read more...
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Sudheendra Kulkarni Sets To Distance Himself From BJP
August 23rd, 2009 - 11:08 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
After the undemocratic way in which the BJP (Bharatiya Janta Party) has behaved over the Jaswant Singh expulsion, there was more embarrassment left in store for the party when Sudheendra ... Read more...
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Key Advani aide Sudheendra Kulkarni quits BJP (Lead)
August 23rd, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Sudheendra Kulkarni, a key aide to senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and also to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has snapped his ... Read more...
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Kulkarni equates Advani with Jaswant on Jinnah remarks
August 23rd, 2009 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Aug. 23 (ANI): Sudheendra Kulkarni, who has quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over ideological differences with its present leadership, has equated one time mentor L.K. Advani with expelled party ... Read more...
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Advani aide Kulkarni says ideological differences behind his quitting BJP
August 23rd, 2009 - 11:56 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.23 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's close aide, Sudheendra Kulkarni, on Sunday announced that he was quitting the party because of ideological differences with it.Kulkarni, ... Read more...
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Sudheendra Kulkarni quits BJP
August 23rd, 2009 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Sudheendra Kulkarni, a key aide of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani and previously of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has ended his ... Read more...
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Is Imli a well wisher or threat? In Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat
June 23rd, 2009 - 3:09 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Every Monday-Friday at 8 pm, only on Star PlusThis week, a new character marks her entry in STAR Plus' hit primetime show, Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat. Imli , portrayed by Via ... Read more...
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Mayawati gives Mulayam yet another jolt (Lead)
April 17th, 2009 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati Friday gave yet another jolt to her archrival, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, as she ... Read more...
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Shekhawat creates flutter, says he will contest polls
January 6th, 2009 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur/New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, former vice-president who had earlier been with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Tuesday created a flutter when he said he would contest the upcoming ... Read more...
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Azad created ethnic divide in Jammu and Kashmir: Mehbooba
December 13th, 2008 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti, once an ally of former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Saturday accused him of having created "communal, regional and ethnic divide" ... Read more...
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I dont need a stress buster: Sheila Dikshit
November 26th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) It is 10.30 a.m. on a sunny winter morning and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's residence is teeming with people - an aged well wisher with a ... Read more...
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Arrested army officer is our well-wisher: Abhinav Bharat chief
November 6th, 2008 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Nov 6 (IANS) Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit, arrested by Maharashtra's Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) for his alleged role in the Malegaon bomb blast, was a good friend and well-wisher of Abhinav ... Read more...
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Eye-to-eye contact holds the key to giving a good impression
August 14th, 2008 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 14 (ANI): Whosoever advised you to look straight into the eye of the interviewee when applying for a job was certainly a well wisher, for according to a group ... Read more...
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Mumbai Police get call from Ireland on fresh terror plot
July 29th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai Police has received a call from Ireland, warning of a terror plot to "blow up" the Mahim suburb of the metropolis in ... Read more...
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