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Richard Gere injured, shooting put off for six weeks

Richard Gere injured, shooting put off for six weeks »

London, Sep 3 – Actor Richard Gere has dislocated his...

Brendan Fraser heads to Broadway

Brendan Fraser heads to Broadway »

London, Sep 3 – The ‘Mummy’ star Brendan Fraser is...

People dump superstition when faced with death

People dump superstition when faced with death »

Washington, Sep 3 – People who believe in fate and...

The great grandmom who fought a mugger

The great grandmom who fought a mugger »

London, Sep 3 – A great grandmother in Britain became...

Cop Lucas Tete belonged to poor Jharkhand tribal family

Cop Lucas Tete belonged to poor Jharkhand tribal family »

Ranchi, Sep 3 – Lucas Tete, the policeman whose body...

Kim Kardashian poses with nude men for magazine cover

Kim Kardashian poses with nude men for magazine cover »

Los Angeles, Sep 3 – Socialite Kim Kardashian has stunned...

Centre gears up for Ayodhya case ruling

Centre gears up for Ayodhya case ruling »

With barely few weeks to go for the Allahabad High Court to pronounce its verdict on the issue which has taken a shape of national politics for the last two decades, the centre is pulling...

August 26 2010 06:01 pm / No comment / Read More »

Rahul’s Amethi is now Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar »

All Indian Congress Committee General Secretary Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary constituency Amethi on Thursday converted into 72nd district of UP. As per the reports, now Amethi will be known as Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar and the...

July 2 2010 05:47 pm / No comment / Read More »

Nitish calls all-party meet over Maoist deadline »

Patna, Sep 3 – Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called an all-party meeting Saturday to discuss the Maoist deadline set for releasing their eight jailed commanders and the rebels’ claim that they had killed...

September 3 2010 11:02 am / No comment / Read More »

Rahul asks cops to properly probe murder case »

Amethi, Sep 2 – Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi reached a police station in his Amethi parliamentary constituency and asked the policemen there to investigate a murder case properly and within a stipulated period of...

September 2 2010 10:38 pm / No comment / Read More »

CPI-M has camps in West Midnapore for party supporters: Bose »

Kolkata, Sep 2 – In the wake of union Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s comments on the existence of camps of armed cadres in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday...

September 2 2010 10:08 pm / No comment / Read More »

Congress panel wants state chiefs’ election by Sep 17 »

New Delhi, Sep 2 – With Sonia Gandhi set to be formally re-elected Congress president Friday, the focus has shifted to the state units, who have been advised to elect their chiefs and other office...

September 2 2010 09:49 pm / No comment / Read More »

Gadkari to visit Russia from Monday »

New Delhi, Sep 2 – Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari will be visiting Russia for five days from Monday on an invitation from awareness group Water Freedom Revolution (WFR), a party statement said Thursday. According...

September 2 2010 09:34 pm / No comment / Read More »
Sonia set for successive fourth term as Congress president

Sonia set for successive fourth term as Congress president »

New Delhi Sep 2 – Sonia Gandhi, already the longest serving incumbent, was Thursday set for a successive fourth term as Congress president with 55 valid sets of nomination papers filed in her favour by...

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Jethmalani attacks government on funds stashed abroad, Bhopal »

Mumbai, Sep 2 – Former union law minister Ram Jethmalani Thursday decried what he termed as the ‘totally dishonest’ attitude of the centre in the matter of huge amounts of money hidden in foreign banks. Addressing...

September 2 2010 08:07 pm / No comment / Read More »

Chautala attacks Congress for acquiring fertile land for projects »

Chandigarh, Sep 2 – Former chief minister of Haryana Om Parkash Chautala here Thursday criticised the land acquisition policy followed by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government in the state. Chautala, who is also the chief...

September 2 2010 07:42 pm / No comment / Read More »
Moily meets Jagan a day ahead of his ‘yatra’

Moily meets Jagan a day ahead of his ‘yatra’ »

Hyderabad, Sep 2 – Union Minister and Congress general secretary M. Veerappa Moily Thursday met party MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, a day before he is scheduled to resume his controversial ‘odarpu yatra’ in defiance of...

September 2 2010 06:45 pm / No comment / Read More »

Sonia sets several records in Congress history »

New Delhi, Sep 2 – As Sonia Gandhi is all set to be unanimously elected Friday for a fourth term as the Congress president, she will be setting several records in the history of the...

September 2 2010 06:35 pm / No comment / Read More »

Nita Ambani: The Business Royalty of India »

Nita Ambani: The Business Royalty of India

It’s incredible how many things a person can manage at the same time. From supervising the construction of a new wing at Mumbai’s Hurkisondas...

Aug 26 2010 08:00 pm / No comment / Read More »

India looks at South America for farm revolution »

New Delhi, Sep 3 – India, looking to launch a second green revolution to boost its food security, has begun looking at distant South...

Sep 3 2010 01:02 pm / No comment / Read More »

UAE to adopt new foreign trade policy »

Abu Dhabi, Sep 2 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates will rework its foreign trade policy to enhance the country’s position in global markets,...

Sep 2 2010 10:00 pm / No comment / Read More »

Scanty rains trigger drought fears in Orissa »

Bhubaneswar, Sep 2 – Poor monsoon rains have triggered drought fears in half of Orissa, an official said Thursday. ‘At least 15 of state’s 30...

Sep 2 2010 09:50 pm / No comment / Read More »

President Patil stresses on correcting the education system »

President Patil stresses on correcting the education system

On Tuesday, Indian President Pratibha Patil called for the education reforms in the country stressing on the importance of knowing what India needs and what it is actually being served. She tried to underline the gap between what we are delivering to the nation in...

Aug 18 2010 07:00 pm / No comment / Read More »

Aamir to bring back the smiles to victims of Leh disaster »

Aamir to bring back the smiles to victims of Leh disaster

Aamir Khan, who is not just a good actor and producer but also a kind hearted person, this time, visited Leh to bring back the lost smiles on the faces of Leh victims. Even after a technical snag in the aircraft which almost took 6...

Aug 18 2010 12:29 pm / No comment / Read More »

Rescue work in full swing in Punjab, Haryana plug breaches, Punjab and Haryana enters a blame game »

Rescue work in full swing in Punjab, Haryana plug breaches, Punjab and Haryana enters a blame game

After this year’s rains in Punjab and Haryana, several villages were submerged and normal life was disrupted and all this due to a 100 feet long breach in the Satluj Yamuna Link. With the help of army personnel rescue work to fix those breaches is...

Jul 12 2010 07:04 pm / No comment / Read More »

Flood fears in Punjab, Haryana »

Heavy rainfall in Punjab and Haryana threw normal life out of gear on Tuesday and left almost the entire Kurukshetra and Ambala flooded. Non stop rainfall in Punjab and parts of Haryana had flooded several low lying areas in the region, affecting the road and...

Jul 7 2010 06:54 pm / No comment / Read More »

India looks at South America for farm revolution »

New Delhi, Sep 3 – India, looking to launch a second green revolution to boost its food security, has begun looking at distant South America where countries have been able to ramp up food production with new technology and farming methods. And to take lessons...

Sep 3 2010 01:02 pm / No comment / Read More »

Richard Gere injured, shooting put off for six weeks »

Richard Gere injured, shooting put off for six weeks London, Sep 3 – Actor Richard Gere has dislocated his shoulder while filming a fight scene for ‘The Double’, causing production to be put on...

Sep 3 2010 01:00 pm / No comment / Read More »

Brendan Fraser heads to Broadway »

Brendan Fraser heads to Broadway London, Sep 3 – The ‘Mummy’ star Brendan Fraser is set to make his Broadway debut with a new play based on Norwegian writer Ingvar...

Sep 3 2010 12:55 pm / No comment / Read More »

People dump superstition when faced with death »

People dump superstition when faced with death Washington, Sep 3 – People who believe in fate and destiny tend to dump superstition when faced with the death, says a recent study. Researchers were...

Sep 3 2010 12:54 pm / No comment / Read More »
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Entertainment

Krrish 2 is on the cards

Krrish 2 is on the cards

All the fans of Indian superhero Krrish have all the reason to smile because Krrish will be back soon. According to the sources, Rakesh Roshan is all set to direct Krrish 2 with...

Jul 12, 2010 07:07 pm / More »

To gurus with love – Bollywood remembers its mentors

To gurus with love – Bollywood remembers its mentors

New Delhi, Sep 3 – They paved the way forward in an alien industry, holding hands through difficult times and inspired them towards success. For Teacher’s Day (Sep 5), Bollywood celebrities recall their...

Sep 3, 2010 12:04 pm / More »
Education

Principal apologizes for Rouvanjit incident

The principal of La Martiniere School for Boys in Kolkata, Sunirmal Chakravarti has admitted that caning Rouvanjit Rawla was a mistake and has promised that corporal punishment would never again be practiced in...

Jun 15, 2010 07:08 pm / More »

Vitamin A controversy: Seven Haryana students hospitalised again

Sirsa (Haryana), Sep 2 – The controversy over nearly 100 girls taking ill in a Haryana town after being administered a Vitamin A dose in school raised its head again when seven of...

Sep 2, 2010 11:37 am / More »
Sports

Focus on the athletes and support them: Abhinav Bindra

Focus on the athletes and support them: Abhinav Bindra

With just finger counting days are left for the much awaited Commonwealth Games 2010, the ambassador for the Games Abhinav Bindra feels that this is high time to focus on the athletes who...

Aug 26, 2010 06:47 pm / More »

Last over win for Tata Sports Club in Corporate Cup

Chennai, Sep 2 – Tata Sports Club snatched a dramatic last-over win by one run for their first success in two outings in the BCCI-Airtel Corporate Cup cricket tournament, here Thursday. Batting first, Tata,...

Sep 2, 2010 08:12 pm / More »
Art - Culture

13 years on, Mother Teresa still draws foreign tourists to Kolkata

Kolkata, Sep 3 – Be it soccer legend Diego Maradona, tennis star Martina Hingis or football World Cup hero Diego Forlan – they have all visited the plain two-storey Missionaries of Charity headquarters...

Sep 3, 2010 12:05 pm / More »

Janmashtami celebrated with fervour in Delhi

Janmashtami celebrated with fervour in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 2 – Thousands of devotees Thursday gathered at temples across the capital to pay obeisance to Lord Krishna, one of the most revered gods of Hindus, on the occasion...

Sep 2, 2010 07:03 pm / More »
Health

Azad holds review meet to check dengue in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 3 – Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Friday is holding a review meeting to discuss ways to check the rising number of dengue cases in the national capital ahead of...

Sep 3, 2010 12:40 pm / More »

‘8 percent households become poor due to medical expenses’

New Delhi, Sep 2 – About eight percent of households in India are pushed to below the poverty line due to heavy medical expenses, said a new report on the Indian health sector...

Sep 2, 2010 08:06 pm / More »
Sci-Tech

India to build world’s largest solar telescope

Bangalore, Sep 2 – India is inching closer towards building the world’s largest solar telescope in Ladakh on the foothills of the Himalayas that aims to study the sun’s microscopic structure. The National Large...

Sep 2, 2010 12:05 pm / More »

India confirms payloads for Chandrayaan-2

India confirms payloads for Chandrayaan-2

On Monday, ISRO announced the final payloads to be carried by India’s second unnamed moon mission called Chandrayaan-2 which will be launched in 2013. According to the official sources, the Chandrayaan-2 will be...

Sep 1, 2010 12:22 pm / More »
Religion

13 years on, Mother Teresa still draws foreign tourists to Kolkata

Kolkata, Sep 3 – Be it soccer legend Diego Maradona, tennis star Martina Hingis or football World Cup hero Diego Forlan – they have all visited the plain two-storey Missionaries of Charity headquarters...

Sep 3, 2010 12:05 pm / More »

Janmashtami celebrated with fervour in Delhi

Janmashtami celebrated with fervour in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 2 – Thousands of devotees Thursday gathered at temples across the capital to pay obeisance to Lord Krishna, one of the most revered gods of Hindus, on the occasion...

Sep 2, 2010 07:03 pm / More »
Diaspora

Dalit woman branded a witch, thrashed in Rajasthan

Tonk (Rajasthan), Aug 29 – A Dalit woman was labelled a witch and beaten up badly in Rajasthan’s Tonk district, police said Sunday. Kamla Bairwa of Jhalra village in Tonk district, over 100 km...

Aug 29, 2010 12:44 pm / More »

A tribute from India to the ‘old diaspora’

New Delhi, Aug 22 – A diaspora memorial will be inaugurated early next year in Kolkata as a tribute to India’s ‘old diaspora’ – the thousands of indentured labourers who left India during...

Aug 22, 2010 03:50 pm / More »

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