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Everything you need to know about Dhankar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more

Everything you need to know about Dhankar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more

Sushil, Yogeshwar to miss Asian Championship

April 15, 2013 at 7:56 PM

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Olympic medallists Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt will not participate in the upcoming Asian Wrestling Championship to be held here April 18-22 due to injuries.

Shimla-Kaza road yet to get forest clearance: Virbhadra

April 5, 2013 at 4:20 PM

Shimla, April 5 (IANS) The proposed road project to link this Himachal Pradesh capital with the picturesque Spiti Valley has been delayed on account of the failure to obtain forest clearance for it, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said Friday.

Four new faces to shine at Lakme Fashion Week

January 31, 2013 at 3:02 PM

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The upcoming Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Summer/Resort 2013 will launch four new models on the runway.

New York-based Naeem Khan to debut on Indian runway( With Image)

January 28, 2013 at 3:44 PM

New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) New York-based Indian designer Naeem Khan is all set to enter "desi" runways with Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) summer-resort 2013.

Remove liquor vends from religious towns: Haryana khaps

December 5, 2012 at 9:56 AM

Rohtak (Haryana), Dec 5 (IANS) Having strongly raised their voices for amending the Hindu Marriage Act to ban marriages within the same gotra and same village, Haryana's khap panchayats have now decided to launch a campaign to get liquor vends shut in religious towns across the state.

Haryana Khaps seek ban on weddings at night

October 28, 2012 at 9:11 PM

Rohtak (Haryana), Oct 28 (IANS) Having taken a U-turn over the issue of lowering the marriageable age for girls to curb growing incidents of rape in the state, Haryana's Khaps have now demanded that the state government impose a ban on weddings at night.

Khaps meeting does not endorse lowering marriage age

October 13, 2012 at 7:44 PM

Sonipat (Haryana), Oct 13 (IANS) Having hyped the demand made by some of their leaders for lowering of marriageable age for girls to curb rapes in Haryana, a meeting of various khaps of the Jat community held here Saturday did not endorse the demand.

MSP calculation anti-farmer, says BJP

October 1, 2012 at 5:10 PM

Chandigarh, Oct 1 (IANS) The decision of the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) not to recommend any increase in the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat has been termed as "anti-farmer" by the Kisan Morcha of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Four killed in Rajasthan accident

August 18, 2012 at 8:28 PM

Jaipur, Aug 18 (IANS) Four people were killed while three others were seriously injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a van in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district Saturday, police said.

Police told to produce missing man or his body

August 3, 2012 at 10:51 PM

Gurgaon, Aug 3 (IANS) A Haryana government grievance committee Friday told the police to trace a man missing for over two years or produce his body within two months after his mother alleged that police had cremated her son's body, an official said.

Criminal killed in gun battle with police in Haryana

July 4, 2012 at 4:14 PM

Gurgaon, July 4 (IANS) A hardcore criminal was killed Wednesday in a gun battle with police in Haryana, a police official said.

Acid attack on woman volleyball player in Haryana

May 26, 2012 at 9:07 PM

Rohtak (Haryana), May 26 (IANS) A teenage girl, who is a junior national volleyball player, was hospitalised with serious injuries after two motorcycle-borne youth threw acid on her while she was going for practice Saturday evening, police said.

BJP wing to hold Kisan parliament in Delhi Saturday

May 11, 2012 at 2:22 PM

Chandigarh, May 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Kisan Morcha will hold a two-day farmers' parliament Saturday and Sunday in New Delhi to discuss the issues faced by the agriculture sector, a party functionary said Friday.

BJP plans farmers' parliament in Delhi May 12-13

April 14, 2012 at 9:23 PM

Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) The Kisan Morcha of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold a farmers' parliament in New Delhi May 12-13 to highlight the plight of peasants.

BJP activists stop trains in Punjab, Haryana

April 3, 2012 at 4:48 PM

Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) Train services in parts of Punjab and Haryana were affected Tuesday as the Kisan Morcha farmers wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blocked railway tracks as part of its one-day agitation to demand higher procurement prices for foodgrain.

BJP to stop trains in eight states Tuesday

April 2, 2012 at 8:08 PM

Chandigarh, April 2 (IANS) The Kisan Morcha farmers wing of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) will conduct a 'Rail Roko' agitation Tuesday in eight states of the country where foodgrain is procured to demand higher prices.

'Think differently, discover the impossible', says Kalam to students

December 20, 2010 at 6:43 PM

New Delhi, Dec 20 (ANI): Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Monday called upon the students to discover the impossible, while asking the teachers to encourage the young minds to think differently.

Pune plays host to two-day Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum

September 3, 2010 at 9:35 PM

Pune, Sep.3 (ANI): To disseminate entrepreneurial spirit in all fields of society, a two-day Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum is being held in Pune on September 3 and 4 that will seek the participation of an entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, politicians and academics from India and abroad.