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Kishtwar pays homage to social worker for promoting communal harmony
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kishtwar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov.22 (ANI): Residents of Kishtwar recently paid homage to veteran trade union leader and social worker Rehmatullah Malik on the occasion of his fifth death anniversary.
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Patna-Indore Express tragedy 'may be a plot against Centre': Mur
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 20 (ANI): Expressing condolences to the bereaved family members of the deceased in Patna-Indore Express derailment tragedy that left 100 dead and over 150 injured, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Murli Manohar Joshi on Sunday demanded a probe into the incident w
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By-election going on peacefully in Tripura's Khowai
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Khowai [Tripura], Nov. 19 (ANI): By-election is going on peacefully in the Khowai constituency that has been vacant since the death of veteran CPI-M legislator Samir Deb Sarkar two months back.
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Soul and funk star Sharon Jones dies of cancer at 60
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 19 (ANI): American soul and funk veteran Sharon Jones passed away on November 18 aged 60 after a "heroic battle" with pancreatic cancer.
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Nation pays homage to WWII veteran Lt. Gen S.K. Sinha
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 18 (ANI): The last rites of Lieutenant General S.K. Sinha, a World War II veteran who was considered one of the most outstanding generals of the Indian Army, was held in the national capital today.
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PM Modi to confer excellence in journalism awards on National Press Day
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will confer excellence in journalism awards, including 'Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award' to veteran journalist S. Nihal Singh on the occasion of National Press Day today.
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PM Modi greets 'inspirational' LK Advani on his birthday
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended birthday greetings to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart LK Advani who turned 89 today and said that the veteran was an inspirational figure who has served India tirelessly.
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Mohammad Yousuf offered post of batting consultant at NCA
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Nov. 8 (ANI): Veteran Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has been offered to join as a batting consultant in the National Cricket Academy (NCA) by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
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Listen to ''Shotgun' Sinha, if not us: Nirupam on OROP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Nov. 7 (ANI): Congress party leader Sanjay Nirupam has said that if the Narendra Modi-led Centre has a reluctance to listen to the opposition, it should at least listen to actor and BJP veteran Shatrughan Sinha on the issue of respecting the nation's armed forces.
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People burning schools in Valley are 'anti-children': Anupam Khe
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 6(ANI): Bollywood veteran actor Anupam Kher on Sunday said that elements burning down schools in the valley are anti- children and want young aspiring students to be illiterate and try to pollute their mind.
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OROP storm: CPI slams Parrikar's 'pacifier', calls on Centr
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 6 (ANI):Criticising Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's remark that 95 percent of veterans were happy with the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) scheme, the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday said such a statement does not behove of a government representative a
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JD(U), RJD, JD(S) grace Samajwadi Party's silver jubilee function, mu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov. 5 (ANI): The Samajwadi Party's silver jubilee function, aiming to oust the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Uttar Pradesh, witnessed the grand attendance of the Janata family with veteran leaders like Lalu Prasad Yadav, former prime minister H.D.
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