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Parties' huddle to sew alliances for general elections
2:13 Various of India, March 6 (ANI): With the Damocles sword hanging over either ally and wanting to extract more seats from allies, India's two major national parties are huddled to cobble alliances with regional and smaller parties as the national poll juggernaut is set to roll this week with the issue of notification for the first phase of polls on April 16. India’s ruling congress party stuck to its guns, rebutting Samajwadi Party for doling out just a handful of seats on Uttar Pradesh. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1057
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Ramesh Dembla unveils latest creations in Bangalore
1:12 Bangalore, March 6 (ANI): Walking down the ramp in white gowns the models on Thursday set the tempo at a fashion show in Bangalore. Titled \'Angel\'s Fantasy\' the collection was created entirely in virginal white with a dash of black to augment the ensembles. The show by fashion designer Ramesh Dembla, also featured shimmery saris, a traditional drape, in sheer fabrics. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1132
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Solar energy brightens up lives of villagers
1:37 Bakoli, March 6 (ANI): Solar energy brightens up the lives of the villagers in a nondescript village in Uttar Pradesh state. The Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Yojana has been commissioned in the Bakoli village of Faizabad district, as the area has made do without electricity at all for ages. Around 50 to 60 families from this village have placed the solar plates that helps the children to study and also helps in other household works during the evening. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1202
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Gandhi items to return to India after NY auction
1:50 New Delhi/Ahmedabad, March 6 (ANI): Mahatma Gandhi followers on Friday expressed their happiness after items that belonged to the revered Indian independence leader were sold at auction for 1.8 million U.S. dollars to an Indian tycoon, who is expected to donate the items to India. The items were sold by Antiquorum Auctioneers to chairman of UB Group, Vijay Mallya. Followers of the iconic leader expressed their joy at the outcome and said that they hoped Mallya would donate the articles to Sabarmati Ashram. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 985
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BCB postpones Pakistan tour of Bangladesh
1:30 Dhaka, March 6 (ANI): The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday postponed this month's home series with Pakistan due to security concerns.Pakistan was due to arrive in Bangladesh on Saturday to play two Twenty20 matches and five one-day internationals against the hosts from March 10 to 22.The decision comes after gunmen in the Pakistani city of Lahore attacked the Sri Lanka cricket team. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1035
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Interior minister assures all help for IPL security
1:24 New Delhi, March 6 (ANI): India's Interior Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram on Friday said that the government would extend all help and support to the Indian Premier League matches.Even as Chidambaram told reporters about extending help to the league, IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi assured that there would be no matches on the day of counting of votes.Meanwhile,chief minister of Karnataka raised concerns over providing security during the election period. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1128
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GJM to back party that supports Gorkhaland cause
1:39 Darjeeling, March 6 (ANI): With the dates for the upcoming general elections declared by the Election Commission of India,political parties of India are focusing on their campaign strategies,throughout the country.The Gorkhaland Janamukti Morcha party in Darjeeling said that it will back that party,which would support their cause for a separate Gorkhaland. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 963
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Getting Bapu's items back is miracle Tushar Gandhi
1:42 Mumbai/ New Delhi, March 6 (ANI): Great grandson of India's iconic freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi,Tushar Gandhi, termed the bidding for the possession of his grandfather's items by Vijay Mallya as a miracle.Expressing his joy that the items that belonged to Mahatma Gandhi were sold for US doller 1.8 million to an Indian tycoon,Tushar said he was grateful to Mallaya for doing this. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1041
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Sri Lanka plans to open safe routes for civilians
1:41 Colombo/Chalai, March 6 (ANI):Sri Lankan officials on Friday unveiled a plan to open two safe routes to help evacuate tens of thousands of civilians trapped in a war zone.Government officials say the location of the escape passages are being announced two hours before civilians will escape through them,and then closed after 24 hours, for security purposes.The military also said that it repulsed a rebel attack in the north-eastern Chalai area, killing 50 rebel cadres. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 982
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Businessmen prepare to make money out of polls
1:51 Ahmedabad, March 7 (ANI): The elections are different things for different people. For politicians it is matter of renewing their faith among the people. For electorates, it is time to humble the hard-nosed politicians. The businessmen have however uncanny acumen to make money out of it and people associated with it are burning midnight lamps to prepare campaign material in Gujarat. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 781
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India successfully test fires its interceptor missile
0:54 Wheeler Island, March 7 (ANI): As part of building a domestic ballistic missile Defence system, India on Friday successfully test fired its homegrown interceptor missile. The third interceptor, tested from Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island in Orissa, destroyed an incoming decoy ballistic missile. The two-stage Interceptor Missile fitted with advanced systems hit the target 'enemy' missile at an altitude of 75 kilometers. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1660
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Bomb attack in Peshawar kills seven policemen
0:47 Peshawar, March 7 (ANI): At least seven people including five policemen were killed in a blast in Peshawar on Saturday. A suicide car bomber when ordered to stop his vehicle detonated it instead at a road block killing seven people. The bombing underscored the challenge facing Pakistan in rooting out al-Qaida, Taliban and other militants who are based in its northwest and believed involved in assaults on US troops across the border in Afghanistan. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 905
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India retires last MiG-23 BN strike aircraft
1:37 Halwara, March 7 (ANI): After serving the Air Force for nearly three decades, single-engine strike aircraft MiG-23 BN was given a farewell at a formal 'phasing out' ceremony at the Halwara airbase in Punjab on Friday. A befitting farewell in the form of a 'phasing out ceremony' was presided over by Chief of Air Staff Fali H Major. Air Force Station at Halwara had been the home to the Valiants Squadron ever since MiG-23 BN were inducted in February 1982. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1064
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Political brick batting on the rise in India
1:55 Political brick batting on the rise in India Kolkata/New Delhi, March 7 (ANI): India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday blamed the central government for what they termed as a failure to check flow of illegal migrants from Bangladesh. The Congress on the other hand passed the blame on to the BJP saying lack of enough recruitment of security personnel during their regime had led to the current situation. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1274
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Camera turns future teller in 'Aa Dekhen Zara'
1:13 Mumbai, March 7 (ANI): A struggling photographer, whose destiny changes completely after getting a special camera which can predict the future, forms the theme of an upcoming flick 'Aa Dekhen Zara'. The story of the film revolves around Ray Acharya, who stumbles upon his grandfather's camera. The film stars heartthrobs Bipasha Basu and Neil Nitin Mukesh, but it is the special camera, an antique, which is central to the film. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 994
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Working in B'wood is totally a new experience: Minogue
1:39 Mumbai, March 7 (ANI): Australian pop diva Kylie Minogue, who is in India for a shoot of a Bollywood film, 'Blue', on Friday termed her brush with Bollywood as a totally new experience. Talking to reporters about her experience, Minogue said that although she has worked in music videos, working along Bollywood actors was altogether a different experience. Minogue attended a press meet with other actors of the film, Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1072
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Rural health schemes aims at improving life of tribals
1:30 Agartala, March 7 (ANI): The implementation of various schemes in Tripura under the National Rural Health Scheme or NRHM has given a reason to smile to the locals. Various health schemes under the National Rural Health Mission are being implemented with an aim to bring down the Infant Mortality Rate and Maternal Mortality Rate. The schemes are not only trying to create increased health awareness among the poor, but the aim is also to increase the manpower of the health department in the state. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1483
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Smile Pinky star to campaign for 'justice'
1:11 Mirzapur, March 7 (ANI): Protagonist of the Oscar winning documentary 'Smile Pinky', Pinki Sonkar is all set to campaign for Indian Justice Party during the impending poll hustings. The recently floated National Dalit Front comprising of the Indian Justice Party, Lok Janshakti Party Gondwana Party and Republican Party has roped in the eight-year old girl. The party representing the marginalized sections of the Indian society feels that Pinki who herself is from a marginalized section would prove to be lucky mascot for the party. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1193
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Bomb attack on Pakistani police kills eight
0:57 Peshawar, March 7 (ANI): Eight Pakistani police and soldiers were killed on Saturday in a booby-trapped car bomb attack on a police van on the outskirts of Peshawar in Pakistan. Pakistan has been hit by a wave of bombings in recent years, most carried out by Islamist militants linked to the Taliban or Al Qaeda. The car bomb went off as the men approached to investigate following a tip-off that a body was in the parked cars. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 867
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Awareness campaign ahead of Women Day
1:59 Patna, March 7 (ANI): Girl students in Patna organised an awareness campaign on Saturday to educate women about their rights ahead of the International Women's Day. International Women's day is celebrated all over the world on March 08. Students held placards and banners to establish the equality of human beings irrespective of sex and to secure women's entitlement to fundamental human rights. Added: 15851 days ago Views: 1049
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