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Mulayam Singh's Samajwadi Party has finally cracked its whip on its defiant leader Amar Singh and actress turned party worker Jaya Prada for their continued stand off with the party leadership. When asked about the next step Amar Singh indicated of his willingness to work with the lower caste communitites in Uttar Pradesh though refused to talk about floating a new party. However the former SP

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Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is lately on a mission to Bihar with the hope of reviving the young  generation there. Rahul who has spearheaded the campaign among the youth in Uttar Pradesh and other parts across the country was capable to draw huge crowds. Now he aims to repeat the same in Bihar, where Assembly polls are scheduled later this year. Rahul addressing rallys in Bihar also

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New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Indians went "Jai Ho" once again Monday when music maestro A.R. Rahman scored a double triumph at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, a year after bagging two Oscars for his foot tapping music for "Slumdog Millionaire". The composer bagged the best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture and another one for "Jai Ho" for the best motion picture song at the 52nd Annual

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With large number of protest groups raising their concerns against India's genetically modified crop, Bt Brinjal, Union minister of state for environment and forest Jairam Ramesh has said that a final decision will be taken only after reviewing the situation. So far the Center has not recieved much appreciation from the State governmnets with most states opposing the move to launch the product in

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Proclaiming that Mumbai is open to all Indians, RSS has claimed that it was against the campaign of disregarding non Marathi speaking people and targetting North Indian people who has migrated to Maharashtra for livelihood. While Shiv Sena is going ahead with its campaign, Mumbai for Marathi people, the move by RSS opposing it has led to political disturbances too. The BJP also is in a soft spot

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The much speculated CAT 2009 exams for admissions to the prestigious B Schools across the country has finally come to an end with its last and second phase of exams held on Saturday and Sunday. Around  9,000 stdents took the re scheduled online CAT exams as many of them couldnt take the tests due to technical problems during the first phase of the exams which was held last year. The second phase

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New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) When Indian music maestro A.R. Rahman was composing the song "Jai ho", he didn't envisage that the composition would become such a rage and win him laurels and awards across the globe. The song features in British filmmaker Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire", which is a screen adaptation of Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup's novel "Q & A". The composition in the

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Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) Shiv Sena activists demonstrated in front of superstar Shah Rukh Khan's house in Bandra here Sunday to protest his comments favouring inclusion of Pakistani players in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They dubbed him a traitor and have demanded that he apologise. The Sena activists gathered outside Shah Rukh's home, Mannat, and protested late in the afternoon. They demanded

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Coinciding with Mahatma Gandhi's 62nd death anniversary on January 30th, the great leader's remaining ashes which was kept by a family friend was immersed at the Indian Ocean off the South African coast. The immersion of the ashes took place at a ceremony which was also attended by the Mahatma's granddaughter Ela Gandhi who scattered the ashes off the coast. After Gandhi was assasinated in 1948

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Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Friday promised to protect Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan after he came under attack from the Shiv Sena for advocating the cause of Pakistani cricketers in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Minister of State for Home Ramesh Bagwe told reporters that the government was ready to provide Shah Rukh security if he desired it.The minister also vowed

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Overruling the Army Chief, Defence minister A K Antony has ordered disciplinary action against four generals for their alleged involvement in the Sukna land scam in West Bengal. This comes following the Army Chief's softened stance towards the alleged senior military secretary  also his close aide and principal staff officer to the Army Chief. The 4 are accused to have helped a Siliguri based

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New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) The haunting strains of "Sun Mere Bandhu Re" filled the air as the Tripura tableau rolled down Rajpath at the Republic Day parade here, paying tribute to legendary film musician S.D. Burman Tuesday. The float showed a boat, with a larger than life model of the late Burman, who had sung in many Bollywood movies. The back of the vessel had singing boatmen and a collage of

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New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The snubbing of Paksitani players in the recent Indian Premier League (IPL) bid has not gone down well in the neighbouring nation whose people are now venting their anger on the Internet at Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan's upcoming sports film "Lahore". "My film has become the soft target because of the IPL bid boycotting the Pakistani players. The timing has been

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New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Composers A.R. Rahman, who shone at the Oscars last year with his double golden statuette win, and Iliyaraja have been honoured with the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third highest civilian award, on the eve of Republic Day. Rahman, who started his career in 1992 with Mani Ratnam's Tamil film "Roja", made his debut in Bollywood with the hit soundtrack in Ram Gopal Varma's

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Putting an end to the furore over an advertisement, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath has apologised in behalf of her Ministry for putting an advt which carried a photo of former Pakistan Air Force chief. The advertisement was put out for an awareness campaign against female foeticide and also feautered eminent personalities like Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Kapil Dev, Ustad

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The IPL inaugural venue at Hyderabad was shifted to Mumbai owing to security reasons in Hyderabad following the Teleangana agitation. Now the IPL Chief is finding himself in another difficult situation with the Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackerey demanding an axe on the Aussie players in the IPL league of matches that are to be held in Maharastra, in protest to the racial attacks meted to Indians in

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While warning of more terror attacks, India's Defence Minister has maintained that India was prepared for any kind of attacks and was on increased vigil. He also informed that the infiltration across LoC has been on a rise and the armed forces are alerted to curb such attempts along the Indo-Pak border. Meanwhile the Intelligence agencies have warned of a possible hijack of a flight and on the

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The Ministry of External Affairs has denied of any responsibility in selection of Pakistani players in the IPL event and urged the Pakistan government not to mix politics with sports. This comes after Pakistan strongly condemned the rejection of Pakistani cricketers in the 2010 IPL event and blamed the Indian government for it. All of the 8 franchises of the IPL have refused to bid for any

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Former foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon has been appointed as the new National Security Adviser in place of Mr Narayanan who will soon taken charge as West Bengal Governor. Mr Shyam Saran also a former foreign secretary  was the other major contender for the post. Mr Menon has served as India's ambassador to China and Israel and also served in the Indian mission to Pakistan and Sri Lanka. He

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The  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ) chief RK Pachauri is facing heat for the report which claimed that the Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2035 on account of global warming. The report has triggered controversy over giving such a deadline which the UN climate change panel itself has regretted for predicting such a wrong date. The report was questioned by senior glaciologist Dr

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India's role in rebuilding Afghanistan has been appreciated by the Afghani people with majority of them hoping that India would continue to play a significant role in reconstructing their country.A media poll result conducted last year has indicated that over 70pc of Afhani's favouring India's effort, compared to that of UN, NATO, Iran and Pakistan. India has also become a major ally of

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New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Former beauty queen Gul Panag, who is often called a thinking actress, says she is concerned about India unlike her character in forthcoming movie "Rann" and feels the youth should have a fair representation in the Indian parliament. "I play an aspirational ad filmmaker in 'Rann'. My character believes that the system is bad and that it's a waste to go against the

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The Union Government's HRD ministry has come heavily on Universities that do not keep up to the academic standards and has sent notice to as many 44 universities, withdrawing their deemed status. This include Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, founded by Union Minister S. Jagathrakshakan. However the govt has clarified that it would not affect the students studying in

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India's little master Sachin Tendulkar has once again proved that he is here to stay with an unbeaten century, the 44th hundred in his Test cricket career.His contribution was specially significant as it came at a time when India was badly in need for runs. With his strike India managed to raise the total to 243 runs in the first innings   during the first Test match played against Bangladesh in

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The Center government is planning to propose a short term medical course that would span for 3 and a half years intended for doctors prepared to serve in the rural parts of the country.  Pointing out that the country was on a shortage of qualified doctors for health services among the rural masses, Union Health Minister said that the 3.5 year course would be offered only by government medical

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