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Sunanda Pushkar

Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, passed away Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, was found dead in a seven- star hotel in New Delhi....

January 20, 2014

‘Narendra Modi is America's other India problem': TIME

As per Time magazine, if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins in the upcoming election and Narendra Modi becomes India’s next Prime Minister, the atmosphere between India and...

January 20, 2014

Ms Jamila Bayaz: First women to be appointed police chief of Kabul province

Ms Jamila Bayaz (50) appointed as the first female police chief in Afghanistan. Ms Bayaz will lead the District One of Kabul province in Afghanistan. She joined Afghan...

January 19, 2014

Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen passed away

Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen (82) passed way in Kolkata due to massive heart attack. She was the first Bengali actress to be honored at an international film festival (She received the Best Actress award for...

January 19, 2014

Marathi poet and crusader Namdeo Dhasal passed away

The crusading Marathi poet-writer and leader of the Dalit Panthers movement, Namdeo Dhasal (64) passed away in Mumbai.  About Namdeo Dhasal Pioneer of the Dalit literature movement known for...

January 17, 2014

Rajeev Kher appointed as India’s new Commerce Secretary

Mr. Rajeev Kher has been appointed as the new Secretary in Department of Commerce. Mr. Kher is a 1980-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and at present...

January 17, 2014

Sunil Gangopadhyay Awards 2012 & 2013

President Pranab Mukherjee bestowed the Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award for Excellence in Bengali Literature for 2012 and 2013 upon eminent poet and litterateur Nirendranath Chakravarty and Sankha Ghosh...

January 16, 2014

Ex-Israeli PM Ariel Sharon "The Bulldozer" passed away

The iconic but controversial former Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon (85) passed away after spending eight years in a coma following a stroke. About Ex-Israeli PM Ariel Sharon...

January 14, 2014

Sheikh Hasina becomes Bangladesh PM for 3rd time

Awami League chief Ms Sheikh Hasina (66) sworn in as Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the third time along with a 48-member cabinet. President Abdul Hamid administered the...

January 14, 2014

Social Activist Ila Pathak passed away

Well-known Social activist Ila Pathak (80) passed away. Ila Pathak: Born in 1933, she was an active member of Movement for Secular Democracy (MSD) and vice-president of Peoples’ Union...

January 13, 2014

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