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Assam's tea gardens have been left in the lurch as workers move to higher wage government employment schemes or attractive prospects outside. Tea gardens in Assam are facing an acute shortage of labour as the work force is fast moving to the higher payin
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“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet”. ~Albert Einstein “The greatness of a nation…can be judged by the way its animals are treated”. ~Mahatma Gandhi “My refus
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RAMGARH: Ramgarh will soon have its own lokpal office for hearing complaints related to job schemes under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS). Bid to set up a village court in Ramgarh block has also been initiated by the distric
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VARANASI: The recent demonstration by Prof D Dash and his group by department of biochemistry, Institute of Medical Sciences, (IMS), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) that nano particles are capable of killing the parasite microfilariae which is responsible
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VARANASI: Buddhism has not only influenced the art and culture of the country but also globalised the Indian culture. On that note, the Centre of Excellence, department of history, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth (MGKV) organised a seven-day national wor
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The government may soon have to shell out an Unemployment Allowance if it fails to provide jobs to wage seekers under the flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). “The MGNREGA software will automatically generate the pay
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What the party needs is not simply a new candidate. It needs someone with the courage to stand up and say that the GOP has gone completely off the deep end--and that the party could run an amalgam of Ronald Reagan and Mahatma Gandhi and he wouldn't win a
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The first revival of Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch's lauded staging features the original cast of the opera's Met premiere NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Philip Glass's inspirational opera Satyagraha (Sanskrit for "truth force"),
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Hoping for a turnaround in their fortune in the assembly elections scheduled next year, Chhattisgarh's main opposition Congress has geared up for Mission Bastar commencing tomorrow. A 20-member Monitoring Committee, headed by former minister Arvind Netam
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The bombshell dropped in Saturday’s Playbook, the chattering-class email sent out every morning by the Politico’s Mike Allen. If Mitt Romney fails to win Michigan next Tuesday, a few high-powered Republicans have started saying, the party needs to go bac
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Kumar hails from Bundelkhand—an economically backward region where the rains are scarce and the land is parched. “Depending on farm income is impossible. There are at least 500 people who have migrated from here just in the past six months,” he says. Mah
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Henry Apostoleris/The IthacanWith his devotion to nonviolence, Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas Gandhi, has followed the foot steps of his grandfather. Arun Gandhi, grandson of Indian political and ideological leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, stood in front o
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From ANI Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh), Feb.21: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday criticised the party's political rivals for making false promises to garner votes from people in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. Gandhi told a rally here that the cen
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From ANI New Delhi, Feb 21: Popular Delhi theatre group, The Thespian Society, in association with Hindustan Times, Asian News International and NDMC staged a play - Gandhi Tum Zinda Ho- at New Delhis Talkatora Garden on Sunday. Directed by well-known th
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The five-day youth festival of the Mahatma Gandhi University Union, ‘Sargodayam-2012’, will be held in Thiruvalla from February 29 to March 4. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Mr Mathew T. Thomas, MLA, reception committee chairman and R. Ma
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The bombshell dropped in Saturday’s Playbook, the chattering-class email sent out every morning by the Politico’s Mike Allen. If Mitt Romney fails to win Michigan next Tuesday, a few high-powered Republicans have started saying, the party needs to go bac
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Following is the text of Prime Ministers at address on the occasion:- I am delighted to participate in the Golden Jubilee convocation of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute. I congratulate all those students who are receiving their degrees today,
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Vinoba Bhave in Bankura, 1955 Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindutwit in 1948; but that was not the end of the Gandhian movement. From 1949 onwards, Gandhians got together in Sarvodaya conferences every year. In 1951, they met in Shivarampalli nea
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The Almora district administration has set February 28 as the deadline for Block Development Officers to ensure full utilisation of funds released to them for development works. Stressing on the need to expedite works being carried out under the Mahatma
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Twisted Lord of AP Color Commentary (H/T - Loco) Winner: 2009 Nostradamus of Arrowhead Pride Award "I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi "It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Per
About Mahatma Gandhi
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi listen (help·info) (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, IPA: [moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi]) (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded... Full Article
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Vehicles drive across Mahatma Gandhi Setu bridge, built over river Ganges, which is under renovation in the eastern Indian city of Patna, in Bihar state January 22, 2012. When India launched reforms to open up its state-stifled economy 20 years ago, many states surged ahead, leaving...
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Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)senior leader Lal Krishna Advani pays homage at Rajghat, the memorial of India's founding father Mahatma Gandhi, on Martyrs' Day in New Delhi on January 30, 2012, the 64th anniversary of Gandhi's assassination. Mahatma Gandhi was on the way to a...
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Indian Minister of State for Defence Pallam Raju (L) talks with Indian Chief of Army General V.K. Singh at Rajghat , the memorial of India's founding father Mahatma Gandhi, on Martyrs' Day in New Delhi on January 30, 2012, the 64th anniversary of Gandhi's assassination. Mahatma Gandhi...
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Congress President and Chairperson of the UPA Government Sonia Gandhi (L) pays homage at Rajghat , the memorial of India's founding father Mahatma Gandhi, on Martyrs' Day in New Delhi on January 30, 2012, the 64th anniversary of Gandhi's assassination. Mahatma Gandhi was on the way to a...
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pays homage at Rajghat, the memorial of India's founding father Mahatma Gandhi, on Martyrs' Day in New Delhi on January 30, 2012, the 64th anniversary of Gandhi's assassination. Mahatma Gandhi was on the way to a prayer meeting in the Indian capital...
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Indian President Prathibha Singh Patil (C), Vice President Hamed Ansari (background L), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (background 2nd L) and Defence Minister A.K. Antony (background 3rd L) pay homage at Rajghat , the memorial of India's founding father Mahatma Gandhi, on Martyrs' Day...
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European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (C), his wife Geertrui Van Rompuy (2nd R) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) stand after placing wreaths at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi February 10, 2012. The European Union will ask for India's...
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Under-priviledged Indian children dressed as their country's founding father Mahatma Gandhi share a light moment as they gather for a function in Kolkata on January 29, 2012. Some 485 children participated in the event promoting the Gandhian ideology of nonviolence on the eve of the...
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Children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi arrive on a bus to take part in a peace march in Kolkata January 29, 2012. Four hundred and eighty-five children from the Training Resource and Care for Kids (T.R.A.C.K.S), a charity for single mothers and children living without support at railway...
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Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy (R) talks with Ela Gandhi, grand-daughter of Mahatma Gandhi and peace actvist during the Global Indian state initiatives and opportunities of the 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2012 (Overseas Indian Conference) in Jaipur on January 9, 2012. Some 1.600...
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Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama (R) presents a statue of Buddha to Mahatma Gandhi's grandaughter Ila Gandhi during the fourth day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on January 4, 2012. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations will take place from January 1,...
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Indian activist Anna Hazare greets the crowd with folded hands as he prepares to meditate at a memorial of his idol and India's father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi before embarking on his 3 day-long fast at the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) recreation ground...
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Indian artist Jasuben Shilpi (C), known as the Bronze Woman of India, pose with bronze statues of Dr. Martin Luther King (R) and Mahatma Gandhi (L) at her workshop near Adalaj, around 25 kms from Ahmedabad, on December 23, 2011. The Dr. King bronze statue will be installed at the...
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Indian artist Jasuben Shilpi (C), known as the Bronze Woman of India, adjusts the glasses on a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi at her workshop near Adalaj, around 25 kms from Ahmedabad, on December 23, 2011. The Mahatma Gandhi bronze statue will be installed at Trimurti LLC in...
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Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (L) speaks with her Indian counterpart Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna in front of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi before their meeting in New Delhi February 1, 2012.
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, left, shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. Portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, left and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are seen behind.
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