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Nehru''s statue damaged in Deoria, Cong protests
Congress :: AZ :: USA | 3 days ago
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Deoria protested on Saturday morning after a statue of Jawaharlal Nehru in Townhall, which Congress workers claim was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi in 1964, was decapitated by unidentified persons Friday night. A case was also registered in Kotwali
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Court rejects murder accused BKU president's discharge plea
Mumbai :: India | 13 days ago
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A local court today rejected the plea of murder accused Bharatiya Kisan Union president Naresh Tikait to absolve him of all the charges against him in connection with the killing of Congress leader Chaudhary Jagbir Singh. Additional District and
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City fashion designer found hanging
Bangalore :: India | 13 days ago
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A 32-year-old fashion designer, Ritabrata Dutta, was found hanging in his south Kolkata home on Wednesday...However, he lost the job towards the end of that year and returned to India, relatives said. "He started applying for jobs in top-rung
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Bihar aims skill development of 1 cr people by 2017
Patna :: India | 18 days ago
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The Bihar government today set a target for skill development of one crore people in the state by 2016-17. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of Human Resources Development Mission presided over by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar . Chief
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Remembering Vina Mazumdar
New Delhi :: India | 20 days ago
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Vina Mazumdar, doyenne of the Indian women's movement, architect of the epochal Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in India in post independent India, passed away in a central Delhi hospital on May 30 after a brief illness. In the
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India Ink: Tech Boom Turns Bangalore Weddings Into Worldly Feasts
New Delhi :: India | 22 days ago
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About India Ink This report on India from the journalists of The New York Times and a pool of talented writers in India and beyond provides unbiased, authoritative reporting on the country and its place in the world. India Ink also strives to be a
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Hollywood actor on Mahatma Gandhi's 'pure benevolence'
New Delhi :: India | 22 days ago
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He feels it is next to impossible to be purely good in today's day and age unless you're as great as India's father of the nation. "None of us are just purely benevolent or malevolent...The more flaw you bring to a character, or the more balance you
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Mahatma Gandhi debuts in China
Shanghai :: China | 23 days ago
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The first Chinese version of a book on Mahatma Gandhi's thoughts was launched here today, marking the debut of Gandhian philosophy in a country intensely dominated by the ideology of 'Chairman' Mao Zedong. 'Gandhi's Outstanding Leadership', written
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Re-assessing Nehru: 'Naive' or realist?
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 23 days ago
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O n May 27 we enter the 50th year of Jawaharlal Nehru's passing away. Even after half a century, he remains a beacon and a titan who shaped India of today. As a post 1947 generation Indian, one was very familiar with the image of ' chacha ' (uncle)
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Dehradun?s last tryst with Nehru
Dehradun :: India | 24 days ago
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Satendra Goyal It was fitting that he spent the final four days of his life in a place that was close to his heart Dehradun was a weakness for Jawaharlal Nehru. In the days before Independence, the entire Nehru clan, headed by patriarch Motilal,
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