Five facts about Pak prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay

Agencies | Thursday May 9, 2013, New Delhi

Sanaullah Ranjay, the Pakistani prisoner who was hit on the head with a hammer by another inmate in a Jammu jail, died in a Chandigarh hospital today. India has assured Pakistan that it would make all necessary arrangements to facilitate his body be sent back home.

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Who is Alex Ferguson?

NDTVSports | Thursday May 9, 2013

Manchester United has produced several stellar players through the course of its illustrious history of 138 years. One man - a coach - has however been the most iconic for the club and has taken it through unscaled heights of footballing excellence.

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Meet Sanju Samson, Rajasthan Royals' teenage dynamite

CricketNDTV (with inputs from IANS) | Monday April 29, 2013

The latest star on the cricket horizon is Kerala's teenage sensation Sanju Samson and his middle name - Viswanath - is not known to many. For the 18-year-old Sanju, after his dream debut for Rajasthan Royals last week in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the name Viswanath has however started to gain significance.

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Shamshad Begum: A song in her heart

Written by: Gitanjali Roy | Wednesday April 24, 2013, New Delhi

Shamshad Begum, a pioneer of Bollywood's music fraternity and the voice behind some of it's most memorable hits, died in Mumbai after a long illness.

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Sudipta Sen: The man with 'three wives and five houses'

Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Tuesday April 23, 2013, Kolkata

On his company's website, there is no photograph of Sudipto Sen. The message-from-the-CMD page is dominated by a big picture of a chair with a speech bubble pointing to it. The chair is empty; this man is missing even here.

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Justice Verma: An exceptional career

Edited by Mala Das | Monday April 22, 2013, New Delhi

Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma was the architect of a report that became instrumental in shaping a new, stronger anti-rape law in the country.

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Pran, Bollywood's black gold

Gitanjali Roy | Friday April 12, 2013, New Delhi

Pran Kishan Sikand, perhaps the only Bollywood actor to have shattered stereotype by playing villains and good guys with equal ease and success, was famous for his style and sophistication.

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Margaret Thatcher: The 'Iron Lady' who changed Britain

Agence France-Presse | Monday April 8, 2013, London

Margaret Thatcher dies: Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, who died on Monday aged 87, will be remembered as "The Iron Lady" who helped end the Cold War and whose economic reforms divided the country.

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Who is Vijender Singh?

NDTV.com | Tuesday April 2, 2013

India's first boxer to win an Olympic medal, Vijender Singh has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Here are 10-point highlights that define the star pugilist.

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Who is Uma Bharti?

Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Monday April 1, 2013, New Delhi

She often uses her status of a monk to political advantage. Yet she is not the calm monk. Uma Bharti is fiery, she is unpredictable - she can be overtly coy, moody and playful in quick succession.

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