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MP: Social welfare dept chief resigns from BJP's primary membership
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Social Welfare Board Chief Padma Shukla on Monday resigned from the primary membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Shukla, who was a BJP member since 1980, also held a state cabinet rank.
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Willie Nelson announces Sinatra Tribute Album "My Way"
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 21 (ANI): Back in the 1980's close friends Willie Nelson and Frank Sinatra performed together at the at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. Three decades later, Nelson, at 85, is releasing a Frank Sinatra tribute album "My Way".
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UK, not 9/11 behind South Asian Jihadism: Expert
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [United Kingdom], May 2 (ANI): An expert on South Asia has claimed that the British leadership of the late 1970s and early 1980s and not the 9/11 tragedy was primarily responsible for the cross-fertilisation of violent extremism across the world.
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Delays in Bofors case should not be entertained: Venugopal
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 30 (ANI): Attorney General K K Venugopal on Tuesday advised the government not to entertain further delays in the probe related to the 1980s Bofors case.
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'Lets Talk' campaign kicks-off on World AIDS Day
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI):In the early 1980s, when the Time magazine blared, 'No one is safe from AIDS', the concern about arguably one of the most dreaded diseases of the humankind - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) - shifted to homosexuality.
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Charlie Sheen ` categorically denies` Corey Haim rape allegations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 9 (ANI): Charlie Sheen has refuted accusations that he sexually assaulted Corey Haim in the mid-1980s.
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Remembering Charkha's Founder, Sanjoy Ghose
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): In the year 1980, a young man graduated from Elphinstone a leading college in Bombay (now Mumbai) with stars in his eyes.
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Meira Paibi Day observed in Manipur
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], May 29 (ANI): Commemorating the movement of Manipuri womenfolk against the atrocities committed by Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFPSA) in the state in 1980, 19th Meira Paibi Numit was observed on Sunday in Manipur.
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Netflix to produce Motley Crue's biopic 'The Dirt'?
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], Mar. 25 (ANI): Good news! Netflix is in talks to produce 'Dirt', a film about the rise of 1980s heavy metal band 'Motley Crue'.
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'La Lambada' singer Loalwa Braz found dead in burnt-out car
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan. 20 (ANI): Brazilian singer Loalwa Braz, best known for the 1980s hit Lambada, has been found dead in a burnt-out car in Brazil.
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World Anti-Obesity Day: Seven things which will keep you 'flab'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.26 (ANI): According to World Health Organisation, worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980. In 2014, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 600 million were obese.
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Sushil Chandra joins as new chief of Central Board of Direct Taxes
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 1 (ANI): Sushil Chandra, a 1980 batch officer of Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre), today joined as Chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT).
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