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Award-winning actress Nanette Fabray dies at 97
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 24 (ANI): A Tony- and Emmy-winning stage and screen actress, Nanette Fabray has passed away at the age of 97.
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PM Modi lauds farmers over increase in pulses production
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded farmers and their agricultural methods, stating that because of them, the production of pulses increased from 17 million tonnes to 25 million tonnes.
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Mother, daughter forced to eat human excreta for 'practising witchcraft'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Feb 18 (ANI): A 65-year-old woman and her 35-year-old daughter were allegedly forced to eat human excreta and their heads were tonsured by their neighbours on the suspicion of practising "witchcraft".
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Arun Jaitley to visit Saudi Arabia
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 17 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will leave tonight on a two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia to co-chair the 12th India-Saudi Arabia Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) on February 18 and 19.
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Kohli thanks wife Anushka Sharma for his rich form
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Centurion [South Africa], Feb 17 (ANI): India skipper Virat Kohli struck more than 500 runs in the six-match series which Indian won 5-1 against South Africa and also slammed his 35th ODI ton here. And for his magnificent form on the tour he attributed none other than his wife Anushka Sharma
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Aussies defeat England in record highest T20I chase
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Feb 16 (ANI): Australia pulled off a world-record run chase in the fifth T20I of the tri-series in Auckland as they defeated New Zealand by five wickets to reduce Martin Guptill's ton to a footnote.
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Tonga lashed by worst cyclonic storm in 60 years
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb 13 (ANI): Tonga has been lashed by a devastating tropical storm, with winds exceeding a speed of 230 km/hr, damaging various houses and commercial shops, flattening parts of the country's Parliament House and causing injuries across the country.
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MP: Guest lecturers tonsure heads in protest
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Several guest lecturers, including women, got their head tonsured as a mark to protest against the state government in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal on Sunday.
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J'burg ODI: Dhawan hits 13th ton, takes India to 200 as bad weather stops
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Feb 10 (ANI): Opener Shikhar Dhawan's fireworks continued as he struck his 13th One Day International (ODI) century to help India reach 200 in the fourth of the six-match series against South Africa, before the game was halted due to bad weather at the Wandere
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NTPC invites bids for Agro Residue based fuel as part of environment frien
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): India's biggest power producer NTPC on Thursday opened bids for procuring 1,000 metric tonnes per day of agro residue based fuel for its 2,650 MW Dadri power plant in the National Capital Region as part of initiatives to help clean air and provide farmers with
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Indian women clinch series against SA with Mandhana's ton
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kimberley [South Africa], Feb 7 (ANI): Opener Smriti Mandhana continued her rich vein form as Indian women cricket team thrashed South Africa by 178 runs in the second ODI of the three-match series in Kimberley on Wednesday.
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Cape Town ODI: Kohli's 34th ton empowers India to 303
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], Feb 7 (ANI): Virat Kohli' dominance continues as he played an unbeaten captain's knock of 160 runs to take his side to a mammoth score of 303 in the third of the six-match series against South Africa at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on Wednesday.
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