Chhattisgarh to simplify caste certification process
August 22nd, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 22 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has decided to set up a high-powered committee to suggest ways to simplify the caste certification procedure, administration sources said Wednesday.According to sources, ... Read more...
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No fresh violence in Assam’s Bodo areas, toll 45
July 27th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 27 (IANS) Normalcy is slowly returning in Assam's violence-hit Bodo areas, where week-long communal clashes claimed 45 lives, with no reports of any fresh incidents of violence being ... Read more...
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Nine killed in communal clashes in Assam’s Kokrajhar
July 21st, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 21 (IANS) Nine people were killed in communal clashes in Assam's Kokrajhar district since Thursday, the state government said Saturday, adding a dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed and ... Read more...
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Punjab Police official beats woman over theft, probe ordered
January 23rd, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (IANS) Taking suo motu notice of video footage showing a Punjab Police official beating up a woman accused of theft, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission Monday ... Read more...
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Three dead, Bengal rivers breach danger mark
August 10th, 2011 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 10 (IANS) Three people died and several rain-swollen rivers were flowing above the danger mark Wednesday in large parts of West Bengal.With the level rising in its reservoirs, ... Read more...
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Over 80 fall sick after consuming special flour
March 4th, 2011 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
Greater Noida/Ghaziabad, March 3 (IANS) Nearly sixty people in Greater Noida and over two dozen in Ghaziabad fell ill after consuming special fasting flour (kuttu) Wednesday evening and have been ... Read more...
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Report: Gen. James Jones to resign as Obama’s national security advisor
October 8th, 2010 - 9:12 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- United States National Security Advisor General James Jones is expected to announce his resignation on Friday, administration sources told Fox News and the New York Times.The reports ... Read more...
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North Bengal low-lying areas flooded
August 27th, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, Aug 27 (IANS) Several low-lying areas of north Bengal in Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts of West Bengal were submerged Friday following heavy rainfall, which affected 5,000 people and led to a ... Read more...
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Low lying areas of Jalpaiguri flooded
August 19th, 2010 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, Aug 19 (IANS) With river Teesta in spate, several low-lying areas in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district were inundated Thursday, affecting 2,500 people as the administration hoisted the 'red signal' over both ... Read more...
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GJM ends four-day shutdown in Darjeeling hills (Lead)
December 14th, 2009 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri (West Bengal), Dec 14 (IANS) The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) called off its four-day shutdown in the Darjeeling Hills only hours after it began Monday, said the group that seeks ... Read more...
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Utah Municipal Election Day November 2009
November 3rd, 2009 - 7:00 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov.3, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The early voting for the Utah election had concluded on 30th October 2009. People who did not cast their vote in the early elections would come to ... Read more...
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Pune: swine flu tally rises to 72
July 29th, 2009 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
Pune, July 29(ANI): The swine flu in Pune has rises to 72 with thirteen more cases reported from various parts of the city.Among the thirteen new cases, two cases were of ... Read more...
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Darjeeling landslide toll reaches 27
May 28th, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, May 28 (IANS) With the recovery of three more bodies, the toll in the landslides in West Bengal's hill district of Darjeeling due to Cyclone Aila has risen to 27, police ... Read more...
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Talks fail, Chrysler bankruptcy imminent: Report
April 30th, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 30 (DPA) Talks aimed at saving the ailing US carmaker Chrysler LLC from bankruptcy failed late Wednesday, making the company filing for court protection "all but certain", the Wall ... Read more...
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Annette Nazareth withdraws from Consideration
March 6th, 2009 - 10:04 pm ICT by GD
Annette Nazareth was Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's top pick to be his chief deputy at the Treasury Department. She has chosen to withdraw from consideration as administration sources confirm.Nazareth is a ... Read more...
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Violence after anti-Gorkhaland protesters burn bike
October 21st, 2008 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Siliguri (West Bengal), Oct 20 (IANS) Violence erupted here as irate opponents of the Gorkhaland agitation in northern West Bengal Monday evening burnt a bicycle bearing a number plate beginning with GL ... Read more...
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Uneasy calm in curfew-bound Kashmir Valley (Second Lead)
October 5th, 2008 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 5 (IANS) Indefinite curfew was imposed on the Kashmir Valley Sunday, a day before separatist leaders planned to hold a sit-in here.The day passed off without any major untoward incident ... Read more...
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Surjeet’s condition better, still on oxygen
May 27th, 2008 - 10:44 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet's condition has improved and he is likely to be discharged from hospital by this weekend. The ... Read more...
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Justice Javed Iqbal shifted to Quetta
November 14th, 2007 - 10:23 am ICT by admin
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