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Gandhi: The Conspiracy is Om Puri’s last international movie!

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Om Puri

Having played several memorable characters in his prolific film journey in Bollywood and Hollywood, late veteran actor Om Puri will be seen playing an interesting role in producer Lakshmi R Iyer’s forthcoming historical drama, Gandhi: The Conspiracy (Gandhi Hatya: Ek Saazish), one of his last international films, directed by Algerian filmmaker Karim Traidia. Having worked closely with the late veteran actor on Gandhi: The Conspiracy (Gandhi: Hatya Ek Saazish), Lakshmi recollects, “Om sir was an actor-par-excellence and a great human being. Being an old-school actor, he read the script, liked the…

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A Tribute to Dr. Samuel Hahnemann’s 263rd Birth Anniversary on World Homeopathy Day 10 April 2018

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By: Dr. Anurudh Verma & Dr. M K Sahani Let us come forward to resolve to celebrate Dr. Hahnemann’s birth Anniversary as World Homoeopathy Day and spread the natural principle of Homoeopathy to make the dream realized for disease free universe. LUCKNOW/PATNA: A wonderful “World Homeopathy Day” on 10th April 2018 on account of the founder and father of Homeopathy Dr. Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann’s 263rd birthday (born 1755, Germany). Every year 10th April is celebrated all over the world as ‘World Homeopathy Day as a tribute to Hahnemann. Medical doctors and patients of all over world…

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Buddha : The Enlightened one who sought to liberate us from suffering

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN The birth of Prince Siddhartha : On April 8, Buddhists in Japan (that adopted the Gregorian calendar in the 19th century) celebrated the the birth anniversary of Gautama Buddha, believed to have lived in India from 563 B.C. to 483 B.C. Originally historians had assigned his birth to  the 11th century B.C. However,modern scholars have stated that he belonged to the 6th century. In India, Buddha’s birth is celebrated on the full moon of Vaishaka and varies from year to year. Despite the dichotomy that exists…

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ALAS! A NEW GANDHI WOULD HAVE EMERGED

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Chief News Editor-ICN Group  NEW DELHI: To be a part of any type of history really makes one feel special and glorified. But is it really so in real sense? This question came into my mind while poring over the facts related to the India’s first civil disobedience movement, famously known as the Champaran Satyagrah. I come from this district which is now being recognized as the East Champaran and the West Champaran. But during the freedom struggle days, it was united. This district borders with…

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Book launched at Rajbhavan on the author’s birthday

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LUCKNOW: It was an environment with mixed emotions when a book titled ‘C U 2MOROW @ 9’ was launched at Rajbhavan, Lucknow on 07th April 2018. It was the birth-date of the author Deepal Saxena. The irony was that the author went on heavenly abode on 30th December 2017. This sad incident happened within 15 days of his marriage. Deepal had cleared IIS examination and was an author and poet by nature. He was a tech-savy person and his writing connects people by heart. The book was launched by Governor…

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Black And White or Colour : What would you prefer?

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN KOLKATA: Black means the absence of light and white denotes its presence. Black and white — so contrasting yet so complementary to each other. More than four decades ago ‘Black and White’ was the order of the day. Movies were in black and white as were still photographs. I still remember,as a child, seeing the documentary on  man’s first moon mission in black and white.Even today, Charlie Chaplin’s films in black and white never fail to fascinate me. When television first invaded our drawing rooms, it…

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World Health Day 2018: “Universal health coverage; everyone, everywhere”

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By: Dr. Mohd. Aleem Siddiqui M.D.,D.P.M. ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) LUCKNOW: The World Health Day is celebrated across the world every year on 7th April under the aegis of World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO is celebrating World Health Day every year on 7th April since 1950. On this day attention of masses is drawn towards the importance of global health. World Health Day celebration focuses on increasing the life expectancy by adding better health in the lives of people by promoting healthier concepts of living habits. The theme of World Health Day…

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35 KV Solar Power Plant At Shimla

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: The First Grid connected Solar Power Plant of Shimla city with a capacity of 35 KV installed on the roof-top of Department of Environment, Science and Technology was today inaugurated by Chief Minister  Jai Ram Thakur. Speaking of the occasion the Chief Minister said that the solar energy was not only environment friendly but also cost effective. He said that the State Government would encourage setting up of such power plants not only in government establishments but  in private houses as well. He said…

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Arunachal Celebrates Mopin Festival

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)  ITANAGAR: Mopin festival, an agricultural festival of the Galo community was celebrated across the state of Arunachal Pradesh on April 5 last.  On the occasion, Chief Minister Pema Khandu in his speech lauded the elders of the Galo community for preserving their rich culture and tradition and passing down it successfully to the younger generation.  He said that state government is working hard on preservation of indigenous culture and informed that it has allocated Rs 6 crore for celebration…

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Arunachal Governer Meets Army Chief

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)  The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Rtd.) met the  Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS) General Bipin Rawat, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM at New Delhi on Wednesday last. The duo discussed about the national security issues related to the state of Arunachal Pradesh. The Governor, who has visited the border posts recently, shared his observations with the CoAS. The CoAS assured the Governor of the top operational readiness of the Indian Army deployed on the borders in Arunachal…

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