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I&B Ministry is doing unconstitutional, unprecedented thing: Sasidharan, d
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, the director of 'S Durga', on Tuesday said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) is doing "unconstitutional and unprecedented thing" after his movie was banned from screening at International Film Festival of India'
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IFFI row: Shyam Benegal reacts to Sujoy Ghosh's resignation as jury chief
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai/Patna [India], November 14 (ANI): Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh resigned as head of the jury of the Indian Panorama of the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) after the final selection saw the exclusion of two films, 'Sexy Durga' and 'Nude'.
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Former I&B minister accuses ministry of 'crude censorship'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI): Former information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Manish Tewari on Tuesday termed the Centre's removal of two films from an upcoming film festival as 'extremely unfortunate', and called out the ministry for practising 'crude censorship'.
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Six members of CPI(ML) New Democracy detained in Telangana
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Laxmipuram (Telangana) [India], November 10 (ANI): Six members of CPI(ML) New Democracy were detained on Friday morning, after an area domination operation was carried out by the joint troops of 39 bn Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Telangana Police in Laxmipuram and Durgaram vil
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Shiva Thapa sails into semifinals of National Boxing Championship
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) October 28 (ANI): Assam's star boxer Shiva Thapa gave yet another stellar performance to punch his way into the semifinals of the 2nd Elite Men's National Boxing Championship here at the Swarna Bharati Indoor Stadium on Saturday.
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Hyderabad water bodies pollute after Durga idol immersions
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] Oct 03 (ANI): The Durga idol immersions are causing water pollution and spoiling the water bodies all over the city, said the officials on Tuesday.
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'Rahul Gandhi's visit to Amethi rescheduled due to security reasons'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct. 2 (ANI): Amethi's District Magistrate Yogesh Kumar on Monday clarified that he just asked to reschedule Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's visit to the district as the latter's security protocol is very high-level and they don't want to leave any loop
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Congress terms rescheduling of Gandhi's visit to Amethi as 'murder of demo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): The Congress on Monday termed the Amethi administration's directive of rescheduling party vice-president Rahul Gandhi's visit to the district as 'murder of democracy.'
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Man killed by group of drunken people in Visakhapatnam
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 2 (ANI): A man died on Sunday after being attacked by a group of men in unebriated state in Visakhapatnam.
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Muharram observed with solemness across India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Oct 01 (ANI): Muslims on Sunday observed Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram, across India with solemness.
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Amethi DM asks Congress to reschedule Rahul Gandhi’s visit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India] October 1 (ANI): Amethi District Magistrate Yogesh Kumar on Sunday requested the Congress district president to reschedule the visit of their party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, in view of Muharram and Durga idol immersion.
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Durga idols immersion in Delhi adds up to polluted Yamuna
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): After the conclusion of the 10-day celebrations of Durga Puja in New Delhi, the immersion of idols of goddess Durga started on Saturday in the national capital's only river body, Yamuna.
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