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Naseeruddin Shah's Ajmer Lit Fest event cancelled
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Ajmer (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Naseeruddin Shah's keynote address at the Ajmer Literature Festival has been canceled on Friday after protests erupted over the actor's recent remarks on the Bulandshahr violence.
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Border Haats in Tripura boost business ties between India-Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Sepahijala (Tripura) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): India and Bangladesh have historical relations bound by socio-cultural affinity. Apart from sharing a 4,096-km border along West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram, the two countries share history, common heritage, linguistic and cultura
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Grammy nominations: Shawn Mendes is "Walking on Clouds"
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 11 (ANI): "It's literally like walking on clouds all day. It was just really, really crazy," said Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes after receiving his first Grammy nomination.
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Hundreds of J-K youth join Indian Army
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec 8 (ANI): As many as 259 young boys from Jammu and Kashmir have joined Indian Army's Jammu Kashmir Lite Infantry (JKLI) Battalion with an aim to fight for the nation.
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Military Literature Festival 2018 begins in Chandigarh
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Dec 8 (ANI): The three-day Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2018, kick-started on Friday in Chandigarh. The festival is a joint initiative of military historian and Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore.
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Intuit launches initiative to support Indian startup ecosystem
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 21 (BusinessWire India): Intuit Inc. announced the launch of its newest program to enable entrepreneurial success through financial literacy and developer partnership for startups across the country called Intuit Circles.
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Kerala's 96-year-old topper gets laptop
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Nov 8 (ANI): 96-year-old Karthiyayani Amma, who created history after becoming the oldest women to top Kerala's literacy exam under 'Aksharalaksham' scheme, was gifted a laptop by the state education minister C. Raveendranath on Wednesday.
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Didn't copy from anyone, allowed others to copy mine, says Kerala's nonage
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Nov 1 (ANI): Karthiyani Amma, the 96-year-old woman from Kerala's Alappuzha district, who grabbed headlines for topping the 'Aksharalaksham' literacy programme, scoring a stellar 98 out of 100, was on Thursday felicitated by state Chief Minister Pinara
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96-year-old woman tops Kerala's literacy exam
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], Oct 31 (ANI): For some people age is literally just a number. Karthiyani Amma, a 96-year-old woman from Alappuzha district is one of them, who topped the Aksharalaksham, a test under the Kerala's literacy programme by scoring 98 percent marks.
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Indian poet Abhay K. receives warm welcome in USA
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 17 (ANI): Indian poet Abhay K. received a warm welcome in the United States (US) during his recent visit to Washington DC, Boston and New York, signifying the growing literary ties between India and the US.
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Long night of LiteratureS 2018
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 09 (NewsVoir): Celebrating the linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe, 10 authors from different European countries travelled to India for an extraordinary night of literary encounters, 'Long Night of LiteratureS 2018'.
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Tripura follows Center, reduces petrol and diesel prices by Rs 2.5 per lit
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Oct 05 (ANI): In addition to the Central Government's decision to reduce prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.50 per litre, the Tripura government on Thursday, announced an additional relief of the same amount on both fuel commodities.
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