Nobel laureate Ramakrishnan frowns on foreign campus idea
Submitted by Anil Jangid on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 11:55LONDON: Indian origin Nobel Prize winner Venkatraman Ramakrishnan says he is not in favour of western Universities setting up campuses in India as they venture into new markets purely for business reasons and often fail to reproduce the “culture of the origin“.
Governor S K Singh passes away
Submitted by Anil Jangid on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 11:23JAIPUR/NEW DELHI: Rajasthan governor Shailendra Kumar Singh, 77, died in New Delhi on Tuesday after a short illness.
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Pratibha Patil makes history by flying in a Sukhoi
Submitted by Anil Jangid on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 12:25PUNE: President Pratibha Patil created history by becoming the first woman President to fly in a fighter jet,
President: Cinema should be vehicle of social change
Submitted by pawan rana on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 11:10NEW DELHI: Describing cinema as India's soft power, President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday said that more needed to be done to create social change through films.
Manna Dey to get Dada Saheb Phalke award
Submitted by pawan rana on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 15:16NEW DELHI: Renowned playback singer Manna Dey has been nominated for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 2007.
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Rajiv Gandhi remembered on 65th birth anniversary
Submitted by pawan rana on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 14:26NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders paid homage to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 65th birth anniversary on Thursday, joining his widow and Congress president Sonia, their son Rahul, daughter Priyanka and son-in-law Robert Vadra at Rajiv Gandhi's memorial Veer Bhumi in New Delhi.
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Administrative system must become goal-oriented: Prez
Submitted by pawan rana on Sat, 07/04/2009 - 17:37MUSSOORIE: President Pratibha Patil expressed the need of change in system.
Prez announces to sell equity in PSUs
Submitted by Anil Jangid on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:01NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil said in her address to the joint session of Parliament on Thursday that the citizens have every right to own part of the shares of public sector undertakings while government retains majority shareholding and control.
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More than 15% turnout in early hours, J&K dull
Submitted by Anil Jangid on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 17:00NEW DELHI: Voting was started for the fourth phase of 15th Lok Sabha elections in eight states and union territories. As per the news reports, more than 15% polling was recorded in the early hours. In Jammu and Kashmir, voters, almost, remained calm and did not turn up as expected.
Poll Violence: In major incidents which took place on the voting day in the country, was reported in J&K.
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Prez takes interest in Dandi March
Submitted by Anil Jangid on Sat, 05/02/2009 - 13:03NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil took keen interest in Dandi March.
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