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  • President Bush will make a statement on the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai at 12.30 pm ET, White House sources tell @BreakingNewsOn.
  • 26 foreigners were killed. From USA, Israel, Australia, Germany, UK, Thailand, Japan, Canada, Italy, France, Singapore and Mauritius.
  • Death toll from the Mumbai attacks has been revised to 183. +300 were wounded. More than 600 were rescued in hotels and the Jewish Centre.
  • The gunmen who attacked Mumbai killing at least 195 people wanted to go down in history for an Indian 9/11 -- media reports.
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V.P. Singhs funeral procession begins

November 29th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI -
Allahabad, Nov 29 (ANI): Former Prime Minister V. P. Singhs funeral procession has begun from his ancestral house Aish Mahal in Allahabad. He will be cremated at the Sangam today. The former ...

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Funeral procession of former Prime Minister starts

November 29th, 2008 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Allahabad, Nov 29 (IANS) Grief-stricken mourners lined the streets Saturday as the body of former prime minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh was carried out of his ancestral home at the start of the ...

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Kerala Assembly pays tribute to V.P. Singh

November 28th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 28 (IANS) The Kerala Assembly Friday paid homage to former prime minister V.P. Singh, who died in New Delhi after battling a kidney ailment for several years. The house was ...

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Nation pays homage to Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary

Nation pays homage to Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary

November 19th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): Nations pays homage to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 91st birth anniversary today. The National integration week also begins on this day. Union Home Minister ...

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Nations pays homage to Pandit Nehru on his 119th birth anniversary

November 14th, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 14 (ANI): The nation today paid homage to the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, on his 119th birth anniversary. Because of Nehru''s affection for children, ...

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Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya’s ‘guru’ ready for probe

November 14th, 2008 - 10:24 am ICT by IANS -
Ambala (Haryana), Nov 14 (IANS) Swami Avdheshanand Giri, the spiritual guru of Pragya Singh Thakur - a Hindu ascetic arrested in connection with Sep 29 Malegaon blasts, has said that he is ...

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Six railway employees run over by train

November 11th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Nov 11 (IANS) Six railway employees were run over by a train in an Uttar Pradesh village Tuesday, police said."At around 12 noon, the gangmen were repairing the Allahabad-Mumbai rail track ...

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Marriage season begins in India

November 9th, 2008 - 9:35 pm ICT by ANI -
Varanasi/Allahabad, Nov 9 (ANI): Hindu devotees took a holy dip in the river Ganges at Varanasi and Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh to mark the onset of the auspicious marriage season on Sunday. ...

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Major oil theft busted in Uttar Pradesh

November 2nd, 2008 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Nov 2 (IANS) A major theft from the pipeline of the state-owned Indian Oil Corp. has been detected in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Sunday.However, no arrests have ...

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Nation pays homage to Indira Gandhi

Nation pays homage to Indira Gandhi

October 31st, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 31 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil and Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari led the nation in paying homage to Indira Gandhi on her 24th anniversary of the Martyrdom here ...

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Two crushed by oil tanker in Uttar Pradesh

October 27th, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) A tanker of the state-run Indian Oil Corporation crushed two people to death Monday in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district, the police said."The accident took place on the Allahabad-Varanasi ...

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Congress leader’s killing sparks violence in Uttar Pradesh (Lead)

October 26th, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 26 (IANS) A former president of the district Congress was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad, sparking violence in which party activists fought a pitched battle with the police, attempted ...

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Intel to promote computer literacy in Uttar Pradesh

October 24th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh has teamed up with Intel, the chip manufacturing giant, for spreading computer literacy in the country's most populous state, an official said Friday."By collaborating with Intel, ...

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Gangster killed in Allahabad in shootout with police

October 7th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 7 (IANS) The Special Operation Group (SOG) of the Allahabad police Tuesday shot dead an alleged criminal in a shootout, the police said.Identified as Afroz alias Bunti, the slain criminal ...

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Babloo, two aides get life term for customs officer’s kiling

September 30th, 2008 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 30 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh court Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to alleged gangster Babloo Srivastava and his two aides for the murder of a customs officer 15 years ago.. L.D. ...

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Underworld don Babloo Shrivastava awarded life imprisonment

September 30th, 2008 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 30 (ANI): Underworld don Babloo Shrivastava was on Tuesday held guilty and awarded life imprisonment under Section 302 (murder) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC by a ...

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Former Uttar Pradesh minister’s grandson rescued (Lead)

September 26th, 2008 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 25 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh home minister Rajendra Tripathi's 15-year-old grandson, kidnapped from Allahabad Tuesday, was rescued from Bhabhua district of neighbouring Bihar late Thursday evening, police said.Sashwat Tripathi, 15, ...

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Former Uttar Pradesh minister’s kidnapped grandson untraced

September 25th, 2008 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 25 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh home minister's grandson who was allegedly kidnapped Tuesday from Allahabad remains untraced, a police official said Thursday.Sashwat Tripathi, 15, grandson of former state home minister ...

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CBI asked to probe Ghaziabad court provident fund scam

September 23rd, 2008 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the fraudulent withdrawal of funds worth Rs.70 million from the Ghaziabad court treasury with ...

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Terror suspects in Uttar Pradesh town?

September 18th, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 18 (IANS) Additional forces have been deployed in Uttar Pradesh's Mau-Aima town to net suspects linked to the bombings in Delhi, a source said Thursday, but some officers denied this ...

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Uttar Pradesh girl students to know about women related laws

September 9th, 2008 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 9 (IANS) Students in various girls' degree colleges across the state will know more about women related laws through a campaign to be undertaken by the Uttar Pradesh state women's ...

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Uttar Pradesh to import buses from China

September 8th, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to import buses from China to augment the state road transport corporation's fleet, it said here Monday.State Transport Minister Ramachal Rajbhar said ...

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Samajwadi Party legislator charged under National Security Act

September 3rd, 2008 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 3 (IANS) Chandrabhan Singh, a Samajwadi Party legislator from Uttar Pradesh, was charged under the National Security Act (NSA) in a murder case, officials said Wednesday.Currently lodged in the Naini ...

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Two arrested with fake currency in Allahabad

August 27th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) Two people have been arrested in Allahabad with counterfeit currency that has a nominal value of Rs.435,000, police said Wednesday.Vishal Sharma, one of the two people arrested late ...

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Minister condemns Meerut police chief’s reinstatement

August 21st, 2008 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Condemning the reinstatement of controversial Meerut top cop Gurdarshan Singh whose comments on the Aarushi murder case had created a furore, Women and Child Development Minister Renuka ...

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About 96,000 VHP activists court arrest in Uttar Pradesh

August 21st, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Aug 21 (IANS) About 96,000 activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Thursday courted arrest across Uttar Pradesh to demand restoration of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board in Jammu ...

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Jailed politicians make a beeline for BSP

Jailed politicians make a beeline for BSP

August 16th, 2008 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Aug 16 (IANS) Two powerful criminal-turned-politicians from eastern Uttar Pradesh Saturday joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) following parleys with state Public Works Department Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui in Allahabad and Mau ...

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Uttar Pradesh Police arrests SIMI activist in Allahabad

August 14th, 2008 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI -
Lucknow, Aug 14 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested a Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activist from Ghoorpur area in Allahabad. Counterfeit currencies worth six thousand rupees have been ...

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Cash-for-votes tapes have more questions than answers

Cash-for-votes tapes have more questions than answers

August 12th, 2008 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Ending weeks of suspense over the contents of the cash-for-votes sting tape, the CNN-IBN news channel Monday evening telecast the controversial tape. However, the contents left several ...

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Torrential rains badly affect banana cultivation in Allahabad

August 11th, 2008 - 9:46 pm ICT by ANI -
By Kamna Mathur Allahabad, Aug. 11 (ANI): Banana lovers in north India may find it hard to get adequate supply of Allahabad bananas, as torrential rains have badly affected the cultivation here. ...

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