May 16th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by admin
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Raipur, May 16 (IANS) A jailer and two guards were suspended in Chhattisgarh Friday, hours after 11 murder convicts escaped from a jail in Jashpur district. The prisoners escaped late Thursday from the district jail in Jashpur, about 450 km from the state capital here.
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May 16th, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by
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President Hua today reached at the epicentre quake towns to give solace to peoples.
China in midst of its worst natural catastrophe in which tens of thousands people have died,or missing or still buried.
The Chinese Prime Minister Wen from the town of epicentre make an appeal to the Nation to make ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:35 pm ICT by admin
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Chengdu (China), May 16 (Xinhua) Premier Wen Jiabao Friday said China has reduced the toll from Monday's earthquake to the greatest extent possible with speedy relief efforts. "It is still within the critical period for saving lives, and we won't give up if there is even the slightest hope of ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:16 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Berlin next Monday is unlikely to take up the issue of amending its guidelines for India as the leadership in New Delhi has not yet taken the decision to sign the safeguards agreement with the International ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 11:53 am ICT by admin
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By Nityanand Shukla
Ranchi, May 16 (IANS) The Jharkhand government has come out with an innovative idea to educate children about the contribution and valour of the state's freedom fighters. The home department is getting comics published that are based on the lives of freedom fighters including Birsa Munda, Siddho and ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 11:45 am ICT by admin
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By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Twenty-one of the 23 most devastating cyclones worldwide during the last 200 years occurred in the northern Indian Ocean zone popularly know as the Indian region. "Though the Indian region faces only five to six percent of the total number of cyclones ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 11:17 am ICT by admin
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By Kavita Bajeli-Datt
Jaipur, May 16 (IANS) They came to see the sights and colours of India, but found themselves in the middle of a tragedy. However, instead of hiding in their hotel, two American tourists went to donate blood to those injured in Tuesday's serial bomb blasts here. Unhappy when ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 10:58 am ICT by admin
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New York, May 16 (IANS) An Indian American has taken over as president of the American Society of Geriatric Cardiology, becoming the first Asian to head the 22-year-old organisation based in Washington DC. Navin C. Nanda, 65, professor of medicine and director of the Heart Station / Echocardiography Laboratories at ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 10:48 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left here Friday on a two-day visit to Bhutan, the first by an Indian prime minister after the Himalayan nation became the youngest democracy in South Asia. In his departure statement, Manmohan Singh described India's ties with Bhutan as a "model ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 10:45 am ICT by admin
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Pune, May 16 (IANS) Black may be chic, but many lawyers here don't like the black robe they have to wear as part of their profession, saying it is unsuitable for the Indian climate. A group of lawyers led by rights activist Asim Sarode conducted a survey this month among ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 5:05 am ICT by admin
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New York, May 16 (DPA) The UN Security Council decided Thursday to send a political mission to Somalia in advance of a peacekeeping operation in the Horn of Africa nation. South Africa and other African governments have called for peacekeeping troops in Somalia, torn by decades of tribal fighting that ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 1:40 am ICT by admin
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Abuja, May 16 (Dpa) A petroleum products pipeline explosion and fire left at least 100 people dead in a residential area of Nigeria's business capital in the southwest Lagos Thursday. The fire began when an excavator used by a construction firm broke the pipeline and an explosion ensued, said Moyo ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 1:29 am ICT by admin
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Bhopal, May 15 (IANS) A senior police officer in Madhya Pradesh was seriously injured in a road accident in Hoshangabad district late Thursday. Hoshangabad District Superintendent of Police A.K. Saxena, along with his driver and security guard, was injured when his car hit a tractor trolly. The three were admitted ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:15 am ICT by admin
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Jammu, May 15 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday claimed that it has foiled an attempt to smuggle into the country heroine worth millions of rupees and fake currency worth Rs.1.6 million from Pakistan across the international border (IB) here. Additional Deputy Inspector General J.B. Sangwan told newspersons that ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:04 am ICT by admin
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Noida, May 15 (IANS) The Noida police Thursday claimed to have busted a gang of carjackers with the arrest of four people here. The police recovered two cars, four mobile phones and two country-made pistols from the four arrested men. According to the police, a night police patrol noticed four ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:04 am ICT by admin
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Guiyang (China), May 15 (Xinhua) At least 29 people were killed and 14 others injured when a farm truck plunged into a river in the south-western province of Guizhou Thursday, the police said. The accident occurred at about 11 a.m. in Yaoshang town in Buyi and Miao Autonomous prefecture, when ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:03 am ICT by admin
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Ghaziabad, May 15 (IANS) In a daring daylight robbery, five armed dacoits looted cash and jewellery worth over Rs.1 million from the house of a leading industrialist here Thursday. The incident occurred in Raj Nagar locality of Ghaziabad, a suburb of national capital Delhi.
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:02 am ICT by admin
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Jaipur, May 15 (IANS) People from across all communities in Jaipur Thursday evening gathered near the Manas Chowk police station, where one of the eight bombs went off two days ago, and lit 63 candles, one each for the lives lost in the terror attack. "This is our fight against ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 11:58 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Former child labourers, survivors of trafficking for forced labour and school dropouts along with government officials of six South Asian countries will come together for a dialogue in Delhi on World Day Against Child Labour June 12. The one-day programme will be a collaborative effort ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 11:37 pm ICT by admin
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Allahabad, May 15 (IANS) Two prisoners here asserted Thursday that they saw jail authorities beat up Allahabad High Court lawyer S.K. Awasthi, who died in police custody Tuesday. Accompanied by their advocate K.K. Mishra on the district court premises, two witnesses Rakesh Kumar Tiwari and Shiv Prasad told IANS that ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 11:18 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday threw out a public interest lawsuit demanding disclosure of assets of the superior courts' judges under the new transparency law. A bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice P. Sathasivam dismissed the lawsuit, terming it as "thoroughly misconceived".
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May 15th, 2008 - 11:09 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday endorsed a plan for creating nine judicial districts, on the lines of the existing nine police districts, in the national capital city of Delhi. A bench of Justices B.N. Agarwal, P.P. Naolekar and D.K. Jain ratified the June 2000 notification of ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Four Delhi colleges, including Ramjas and Daulat Ram, can go ahead with recruiting teachers after the Delhi High Court Thursday lifted a stay on new appointments, with the rider that they would have to first fill up the three percent seats meant for disabled candidates. ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 10:59 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Right to Information (RTI) Act has become a complicated tool for the common man to use because of different rules framed by various state governments, a study by a voluntary organisation says. On the basis of a research in seven states - Bihar, Chhattisgarh, ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 10:58 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Lawyers at the Tis Hazari courts here went on a strike Thursday protesting the Supreme Court's endorsement to a plan to divide the capital into nine judicial districts. The lawyers approached the apex court challenging the formation of more district courts in the capital, which ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) India Thursday said negotiations were on to secure release of four Indians kidnapped in the oil-rich south Sudan and assured they are "in good health and high spirits." Four Indian nationals working as technical personnel for Petro Energy Contracting Services, a Sudan-registered private company that ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 10:48 pm ICT by admin
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Vatican City, May 15 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI praised Thursday the Catholic women who have vowed to remain virgins, a choice which is "as luminous and fruitful in the eyes of the faith as it is obscure and futile in the eyes of the world". Virginity "recalls the transitory reality ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:59 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The government Thursday moved the Supreme Court against a Calcutta High Court order that has suspended the quota for other backward classes (OBC) students at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C). Appearing for the government, Solicitor General G.E. Vahanvati apprised the bench of Chief ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:54 pm ICT by admin
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Agra, May 15 (IANS) A post office at Idgah colony here was looted of Rs.20,000 by three men at gun point Thursday afternoon. Post Master Munna Lal told the police that the three escaped on a motorcycle. Lal was alone at the post office when the incident occurred as the ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Describing India's ties with Bhutan as a "model of inter-state relations", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said his two-day visit beginning Friday would reinforce that relationship with the Himalayan nation - South Asia's youngest democracy. The prime minister left Thursday for the state visit, during which ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by admin
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Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), May 15 (IANS) A total fo 32 labourers were injured Thursday when the mini-truck they were travelling in collided with a tanker carrying chemicals in Manpur village in Rampur district, an official said. Six of them sustained burn injuries as the chemical in the tanker spilled over ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:42 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Sudanese government has assured India help in securing the release of four Indian workers of an oil company who have been kidnapped in that oil-rich country amid a clash between rival tribes. "Yes, some Indians have been kidnapped. We are trying to find out ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:25 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A 10-year-old boy was run over Thursday by a Blueline bus in west Delhi, the police said. Nitin was on board the bus number 740 that plies between Uttam Nagar and Anand Vihar.
The bus stopped at Uttam Nagar terminal. The boy fell down while alighting ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:24 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A 70-year-old former Air India employee was Thursday found murdered in his west Delhi home, police said. Police said he was murdered for money. Sharma's throat was slit and Rs.100,000 in cash was missing from his home.
B.D. Sharma was alone at his home in Janakpuri ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:24 pm ICT by admin
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Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh) , May 15 (IANS) Six members of a family committed suicide here Thursday by consuming a poisonous substance. Upendra Singh, who was debt-ridden, gave sulphas to his wife and four children, including two girls, and then himself consumed the poison, the police said. Hardoi is 120 km ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:23 pm ICT by admin
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Chandigarh, May 15 (IANS) In the second such incident within a fortnight, nine troopers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were injured when a grenade exploded during exercises at a firing range near here Thursday. The injured troopers were rushed to the Post-graduate institute of medical education and research (PGI) ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by admin
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Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) China has punished 17 rumour mongers in the wake of the disastrous earthquake, the ministry of public security said Thursday. The public security bureau in 11 provinces and municipalities, including Hebei, Liaoning and Anhui, found more than 40 messages that circulated malicious rumours about the earthquake ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:48 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday gave controversial Tamil actress Khushboo relief by suspending trial in as many as 23 criminal cases against her in a Chennai court for allegedly making denigrating remarks against women. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:38 pm ICT by admin
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Hyderabad, May 15 (IANS) The police here Thursday arrested a woman who was trying to travel to Kuwait on a fake passport. The woman was arrested at the international airport at Shamshabad near here when she was about to board an aircraft to Kuwait. The police have also arrested a ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:38 pm ICT by admin
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Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) China Thursday promised it would provide free medical treatment to those injured in Monday's devastating quake that claimed over 15,000 lives and rendered tens and thousands homeless. "Medical expenses shall not be inflicted on them, and the government has the responsibility to provide them better medical ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:34 pm ICT by admin
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 15 (IANS) Kerala Minister for Devaswoms (temples) G. Sudhakaran Thursday said that 90 percent of swamis (godmen) are fake. "They have become a menace and do all sorts of things. Without doubt most of them are fakes. They should be first made to wear proper clothes and then ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:13 pm ICT by admin
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Patna, May 15 (IANS) A strike call by Maoists evoked mixed response in Bihar Thursday. While normal life was hit in some rural areas, urban areas were largely unaffected. Till Thursday evening, no major incident except for a rail line being blown up was reported from across the state during ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by admin
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By Anil Sharma
Jaipur, May 15 (IANS) "This is not a crime, we are in the middle of a war," Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said Thursday as her government scaled down the number of dead in the horrific terrorist attack here to 61. Addressing her second press conference in as ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:51 pm ICT by admin
