India’s attacking hockey pleases Ajit Pal, Zafar
February 20th, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) India's free-flowing attacking hockey in the 2012 London Olympics qualifiers has pleased the likes of legendary captains Zafar Iqbal and Ajit Pal Singh.They, however, feel ... Read more...
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Migratory birds are flying back home from Odisha
February 17th, 2012 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (IANS) More than a million migratory birds that thronged various lakes and marshlands of Odisha, flying in from as far places as Siberia and Iraq, have started ... Read more...
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UP health official found dead, family alleges murder (Lead)
February 16th, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 16 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh health department official missing since Feb 7 was found dead, police said Thursday as his family alleged it was related to the ... Read more...
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UP health scam: Missing health official found dead
February 16th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 16 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh health department official missing since Feb 7 has been found dead, police said Thursday. His family has alleged the death is related ... Read more...
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SC issues notice to CBI on Pappu Yadav’s bail plea (Lead)
February 6th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the CBI to respond on a bail plea by former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, undergoing ... Read more...
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SC issues notice to CBI on Pappu Yadav’s bail plea
February 6th, 2012 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court (SC) Monday asked CBI to respond to a plea by former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav seeking bail.Pappu Yadav is ... Read more...
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Congress suspends two leaders for indiscipline
February 1st, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 1 (IANS) Sending out a stern message against indiscipline, Maharashtra's Congress unit Wednesday suspended two Mumbai leaders for revolting against the party leadership, an official said."Mumbai general secretary ... Read more...
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Endangered animals crushed by vehicles in Tripura (Lead)
January 29th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 29 (IANS) Speeding vehicles have crushed a porcupine, a leopard cat and small Indian civet, all endangered animals, on the Assam-Agartala highway."The animals were crossing the highway that ... Read more...
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Endangered animals crushed by vehicles
January 29th, 2012 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 29 (IANS) Speeding vehicles have crushed a porcupine, a leopard cat and small Indian civet, all endangered animals, on the Assam-Agartala highway."The animals were crossing the highway that ... Read more...
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A millionaire on scooter vs a royal on a Merc! (With Images)
January 29th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) He may be a multi-millionaire but that doesn't stop Surjit Singh Kohli from riding around on a scooter through the congested bylanes of Punjab's Patiala town ... Read more...
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Pune stunned as rogue bus driver crushes eight (Second Intro Roundup)
January 25th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 25 (IANS) Eight people were crushed to death and 29 injured when a rogue bus driver sped through busy streets here Wednesday, knocking down motorists, pedestrians and vehicles ... Read more...
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Pune stunned as rogue bus driver crushes nine (Intro Roundup)
January 25th, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 25 (IANS) Nine people were crushed to death and two dozen injured when a rogue bus driver sped through busy streets here Wednesday, knocking down motorists, pedestrians and ... Read more...
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Nine die as bus driver goes berserk in busy Pune (Roundup)
January 25th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 25 (IANS) Nine people were killed and two dozen were injured when a rogue bus driver sped through busy streets here Wednesday, crushing motorists, pedestrians and vehicles and ... Read more...
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Raj Thackeray attacks state election commission
January 24th, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 24 (IANS) Hinting at "partiality" by the state election commission (SEC), Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Tuesday hit out at the panel saying it was expected ... Read more...
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Special arrangements for Uttar Pradesh’s women voters
January 17th, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 16 (IANS) As nominations opened for 59 assembly constituencies where polling was scheduled in the second of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh elections Feb 11, the Election Commission Monday ... Read more...
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Shock treatment knocks out E. coli bug
January 12th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) Shock treatment can knock out E. coli bugs growing on the surface of heavily contaminated meat, reveals a study.
The technique offers a cheap and easy ... Read more...
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Maharashtra knocked out, Punjab thrash Bihar in junior hockey nationals
December 19th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Dec 19 (IANS) Jharkhand knocked out Maharashtra from the men's junior national hockey tournament beating them 2-1 in the quarterfinals at the Balewadi Sports Complex astro-turf here Monday.Maharashtra took ... Read more...
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National Basketball: Tamil Nadu shock Railways
December 17th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 17 (IANS) Hosts Tamil Nadu came up with an inspired performance to upstage defending men's champions Indian Railways 82-69 to post their second consecutive win in the 62nd ... Read more...
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Dev Anand’s ashes immersed in Godavari
December 14th, 2011 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik (Maharashtra), Dec 14 (IANS) Evergreen star Dev Anand's ashes were immersed in the Godavari river in Nashik Wednesday evening by his son Suneil, a family friend said."Suniel just finished ... Read more...
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Aslam Sher Khan elected president of Olympian Association
December 13th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Olympian Association of India has been formed here with hockey Olympian Aslam Sher Khan elected as president while Randhir Singh, secretary general of ... Read more...
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All down to hard work: Dravid on getting Polly Umrigar Award
December 11th, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 10 (IANS) Presented the Polly Umrigar Award in recognition of the 1,285 runs with six centuries he made from 15 Tests between October 2010 and September 2011, ... Read more...
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Twitteratti, Facebookers pour anger over hospital blaze
December 10th, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IANS) A day after the fire at West Bengal's AMRI Hospital left 91 dead, netizens have poured their anger through social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, ... Read more...
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Rs.100 crore seized from accounts of contractor, kin
November 24th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 24 (IANS) Income Tax (IT) sleuths seized Rs.100 crore deposited in bank accounts of a contractor, his family members and relatives in Jharkhand's coal city Dhanbad, sources said ... Read more...
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Dravid named for Polly Umrigar best cricketer award
November 23rd, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 23 (IANS) India's veteran batsman Rahul Dravid will be honoured with the 'Polly Umrigar Award for India's best cricketer of 2010-11' at the Board of Cricket Control for ... Read more...
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Plea to make Tata, Ambani 2G case co-accused rejected
November 23rd, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to entertain a petition seeking directions to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to make industrialists Ratan Tata and ... Read more...
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Wadekar to be honoured with C.K.Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
November 22nd, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 22 (IANS) Former India captain Ajit Wadekar will be honoured with the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award.Wadekar will receive the award at the annual BCCI Awards Ceremony ... Read more...
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Maken, cricket authorities differ on Kambli’s charge (Roundup)
November 19th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Sports Minister Ajay Maken and the cricket authorities were on different wavelengths on former cricketer Vinod Kambli's charge that the 1996 World Cup semi-final ... Read more...
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Pawar dismisses Kambli’s charges as irresponsible
November 19th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) International Cricket Council president Sharad Pawar has dismissed as "irresponsible" Vinod Kambli's allegation that India's 1996 World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka could have ... Read more...
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Furious Azhar, backed by teammates, lashes out at Kambli
November 18th, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin rubbished claims by his ex-teammate Vinod Kambli that the 1996 World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens ... Read more...
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Conditional green nod for Lavasa hill city project (Roundup)
November 9th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) In a major relief to Lavasa Corporation, the environment ministry Wednesday gave conditional clearance to the first phase of the Rs.3,000 crore Lavasa hill city ... Read more...
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Maharashtra to review action against Lavasa
November 9th, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) With the environment ministry granting conditional clearance to the Lavasa hill-city project Wednesday, the Maharashtra government said it will "review" the criminal proceedings initiated against the ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh BJP dares Congress to prove corruption charges
November 8th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 8 (IANS) Countering allegations of corruption, Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday asked the Congress to prove the charge that it had engineered scandals to the ... Read more...
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Cop facing probe into farmer deaths injures himself
November 7th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) A Mumbai deputy commissioner of police - embroiled in the controversy over the death of three protesting farmers in Pune in police firing - Monday suffered ... Read more...
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Maharashtra starts criminal cases against Lavasa officials
November 4th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Nov 4 (IANS) After dilly-dallying for months, the Maharashtra government Friday initiated criminal proceedings against Lavasa Corporation Ltd. for violating environmental regulations at its ongoing hill city project near ... Read more...
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No celebrations, it’s exam time for Hansika (Tamil Movie Snippets)
November 3rd, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai Nov 3 (IANS) Hansika Motwani, who gave an impressive performance in recently released "Velayudham", is not basking in the glory of the film's success. Instead, she is burning the ... Read more...
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