Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) Nearly half a million supporters gathered to cheer Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati at the party's silver jubilee function here Monday, where she hit out at the Congress party for "playing gimmicks" to woo Dalit votes.
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Roads in the national capital will be free of beggars before the Commonwealth Games in October, the city government told the Delhi High Court. It added that letters have gone to different states to rehabilitate the beggars....
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New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) India saved the blushes with a late goal to finish 3-3 with South Africa, while Australia joined England in the semifinals from Pool B of the Hockey World Cup here Monday....
Moscow, March 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is not planning to build up its strategic potential, but will keep its nuclear weapons, President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday.
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Interview By Robin BansalNew Delhi, March 3 (IANS) It's a departure in every which way for this Bollywood actress on the ascendant. She is ...
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Port-of-Spain, Feb 26 (IANS) The 2010 Commonwealth Games baton now circulating throughout Trinidad and Tobago has been described as the "soul of India" by Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra here. The baton for the Oct 3-14 Games in New Delhi will later tour other Caribbean countries who are members of the Commonwealth.
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New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Dedicated buses, GPS-based vehicles, CCTVs...Organisers of the Commonwealth Games in the Indian capital are leaving no stone unturned to ensure a smooth and secure ride for international athletes, support staff and the media.
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New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) There is a buzz around the imposing Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Headquarters near Connaught Place these days as scores of excited students, professionals, homemakers, ex-servicemen, teachers and people from the corporate world flock to it to join as volunteers for the Oct 3-14 Games.
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Nagpur, Feb 6 (IANS) South Africa were 90 for the loss of two wickets at lunch on the opening day of the first cricket Test against India here Saturday.
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New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) They were promised land in resettlement colonies before they were displaced from their slum clusters in various parts of the Indian capital in 2004 to make way for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Metro rail projects....