Rahul effect - 1.3 m want to join Youth Congress in Tamil NaduSeptember 25th, 2009 CHENNAI - As many as 1.3 million young people have sent in applications for membership of the Congress' youth wing in Tamil Nadu within two weeks of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi's visit to the state. According to Congress officials, the membership enrolment drive for the party's state youth wing started by Rahul Gandhi has got a huge response.
J-K youth register themselves at employment exchangeSeptember 24th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Unemployed youth of Jammu Kashmir assembled outside the employment exchanges on Thursday to register their names following reports that the State Government is likely to announce an employment policy on December 5. According to the reports, the State Government has issued a notification asking the unemployed youth to get registered at the nearby employment offices, as they would be announcing a comprehensive package on December 5.
Vice President to give away prizes of 21st National Youth Parliament Competition for Kendriya VidyalayasJuly 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vice President Hamid Ansari will give away the prizes to the winners of the 21st National Youth Parliament Competition, 2008-2009 for Kendriya Vidyalayas here today. The students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, CLRI, Chennai, which stood first in the competition, will present a short sitting of "Youth Parliament" on the occasion.
100-member Indian youth delegation to leave for ChinaJune 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Fourth Indo-China youth delegation will visit China from June 15 to June 24 under the Indo-China Youth Exchange Programme to further foster and enhance the continued youth-to-youth contact between the two countries. Arun Yadav, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports will lead the 100-member Indian delegation.
Indian dancer Roja Kannan to perform in MalaysiaMay 14th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Bharatanatyam exponent from India Roja Kannan will perform here this month-end along with dance students and teachers from Malaysia and Singapore. Roja, from Chennai, will perform at the Festival of Bharatanatyam, The Star newspaper said.
U.S. Department of State announces winners of global online video contestMarch 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is pleased to announce the four winners of its online video contest, "My Culture + Your Culture =?".
Bangalore youth wins US video contestMarch 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A 23-year-old Indian youth, Bijoy Thangaraj of Bangalore, is among the four winners of a US State Department global online video contest to encourage cross-cultural understanding and community building. Thangaraj was picked up for his video titled 'My Culture + Your Culture = World of Wonder' in the contest co-sponsored by the Adobe Youth Voices initiative of the Adobe Foundation.
Jammu and Kashmir assembly hails Oscar winnersFebruary 28th, 2009 JAMMU - The Jammu and Kashmir assembly Friday congratulated music composer A.R. Rahman and other Indian members of the movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' for winning the Oscar awards.
Leaked Oscar winners list a complete hoax, says Academy officialFebruary 21st, 2009 LONDON - A document listing the Oscar winners in each category leaked on the Internet is a fraud, says an Oscar spokesperson. 'The document is a complete fraud,' said Oscar spokeswoman Leslie Unger.
Chandigarh's well-known Rose Festival beginsFebruary 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The city's annual Rose Festival began at the Zakir Hussain Rose Garden here Friday though many of the rose beds looked shorn of flowers thanks to Cupid-struck youth who plucked roses during Valentine's Day last week. The Rose Festival attracts tens of thousands of visitors during the three-day event - many to see the roses in bloom but the majority to enjoy the festivities.
Youth should be torch bearers of non-violence: M.S. GillJanuary 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister for Youth Affairs M.S. Gill Friday called upon the youth to carry forward the message of 'ahimsa' (non-violence) through which the menace of terror could be eliminated.
BSP to give youth 50 percent of Lok Sabha poll ticketsJanuary 29th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Close on the heels of the Congress party's announcement that it would field a number of youth in the forthcoming Lok Sabha poll, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Friday said her party would give youth 50 percent of its poll tickets. 'Encouraging youths is a long-term policy of the BSP and in the interests of the country and 'Sarvasamaj' (the entire society), the party will provide 50 percent of tickets for the Lok Sabha poll to youth,' a press release cited Mayawati as saying.
Florida couple gets $155,000 cloned dogJanuary 28th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO/MIAMI - A couple in Florida has received the first cloned puppy in the US after paying a San Francisco company working with South Korean scientists $155,000 to perform the complicated feat of bio-engineering. Nina and Edgar Otto picked up their cloned yellow labrador puppy Monday, according to a press release from BioArts International.
Rahul Gandhi to visit Ahmedabad to woo youthJanuary 27th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Congress general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi is visiting this Gujarat city Friday to woo youths in the state to join the party, a senior Congress party leader said Wednesday. The Congress is conducting party elections in the state for its youth wing, said Ashok Tanwar, president of the All India Youth Congress.
Malaysian Islamists call for ban on singer RihannaJanuary 20th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's hardline opposition Islamic party has called for a ban on Grammy award winner and R&B star Rihanna's concert, due to be held in the capital city next month, a party official and news reports said Wednesday. Rihanna, whose hits include 'Umbrella' and 'Disturbia', is scheduled to perform in Kuala Lumpur Feb 13 as part of her Good Girl Gone Bad world tour.
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