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December 2nd, 2008 - 10:20 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Dec 2 (ANI): Around 70 per cent voter turnout was witnessed in the elections for the 40-member Mizoram Assembly today.
Polling was held amidst tight security in the remote north-eastern ...
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December 2nd, 2008 - 10:52 am ICT by ANI
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Aizawl (Mizoram), Dec.2 (ANI): Elections began in the remote north-eastern state of Mizoram on Tuesday morning amidst tight security.
Reports from various parts of the state said that the polling process has ...
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November 29th, 2008 - 8:13 pm ICT by ANI
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London/Mumbai, Nov.29 (ANI): British daily --The Independent has revealed how a newspaper photographer took an astonishing picture while hiding inside a train carriage as gunfire erupted all around him.
Sebastian D''Souza, ...
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November 2nd, 2008 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Elections in Madhya Pradesh are just around the corner. Manifestos are being readied. Promises are being made. People will vote. But there is little belief that whoever wins will drastically improve things.But ...
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October 31st, 2008 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhubaneswar, Oct 31 (IANS) Five Orissa policemen were suspended Friday for not performing their duty when a nun was allegedly raped in Kandhamal district, officials said. With this, the total number of ...
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October 7th, 2008 - 8:05 pm ICT by ANI
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By Girija Shankar Ojha
Ranchi, Oct. 7 (ANI): Members of the Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP), especially those belonging to the Gorkha community, have a distinct way of worshipping during Durga Puja. Instead ...
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October 6th, 2008 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Ranchi, Oct 6 (IANS) During the Navratri festival different forms of idols of goddess Durga are worshipped. But there is a place in Jharkhand where weapons are worshipped instead of goddess Durga.If ...
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September 29th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept.29 (ANI): Islamic extremists have warned of a wave of reprisals over a controversial book about the Prophet Mohammed after the home of its publisher was firebombed. Hard line clerics ...
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September 27th, 2008 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
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Kandhamal, Sept 27 (ANI): The day curfew was relaxed today in Raikia town of Kandhamal district of Orissa with the improvement in the situation.
The State Government has decided to deploy ...
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September 27th, 2008 - 3:07 pm ICT by ANI
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Kandhamal, Sept 27 (ANI): The day curfew was relaxed today in Raikia town of Kandhamal district of Orissa with the improvement in the situation.
The State Government has decided to deploy ...
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September 27th, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
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Beijing, Sept.27 (ANI): Fifty monks have been injured and at least four were taken to hospital after clashes between police and Tibetan monks near an ancient monastery that has been under ...
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September 14th, 2008 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Sep 14 (IANS) A Haryana policeman allegedly ended his life by shooting himself with a service revolver, as he was suffering from depression after he was demoted, the police said.Head constable ...
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September 1st, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
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Bhubaneswar, Sep 1 (ANI): Orissa is limping back to normalcy as all academic institutions are opened on Monday in the Phulbani sub-division of the states communally sensitive Kandhamal District.
In the ...
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August 30th, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
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Ranchi, Aug 30 (IANS) At least 12 security personnel were killed in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoist guerrillas near Jamshedpur town of Jharkhand Saturday afternoon, the police said.According to a ...
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August 25th, 2008 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
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Bhubaneswar, Aug 25 (ANI): The 12-hour shutdown called by Vishwa Hindu Parishad affected normal life in Orissa, but, remained by and large peaceful.
Enforcing the statewide shutdown in protest against the ...
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August 22nd, 2008 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug.22 (ANI): A resigned anger and long-term hopelessness seems to have replaced the violence that was visible of a couple of months ago among Tibetans living on Chinas western border ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Shimla, Aug 15 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Friday announced a six percent hike in the dearness allowance of state government employees and pensioners at the Independence Day speech ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhubaneswar, Aug 15 (IANS) Two policemen and a civilian have been arrested for looting a shop in Orissa's Cuttack town. Police arrested state armed police personnel Laxmidhar Behera and Dipti Ranjam Behera ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Chandigarh, Aug 15 (IANS) Chandigarh celebrated the 61st anniversary of India's independence with the active and enthusiastic participation of the people as well as security forces. The national flag was unfurled at ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 5:20 am ICT by ANI
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Kathmandu, Aug 12 (ANI): Nepals caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala met heads of security agencies today to discuss the issue of integration of the Nepal Army and the Maoist People''s ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 3:52 pm ICT by ANI
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Jammu, Aug 12 (ANI): The Amarnath Yatra was suspended again on Tuesday due to bad weather in the Baltal and Pahalgam areas of South Kashmir.
According to police officials, the pilgrimage was ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
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Jammu, Aug 11 (ANI): The Amarnath Yatra was halted today due to bad weather in Baltal and Pahalgam areas in south Kashmir.
Began on June 17, the pilgrimage is to end on ...
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August 10th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Ranchi, Aug 10 (IANS) An examination to recruit 8,700 primary school teachers in Jharkhand was conducted peacefully Sunday amid tight security following a threat from a tribal organisation. The district administration made ...
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August 10th, 2008 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, Aug 10 (DPA) Several explosions and sporadic rifle fire rocked Kuqa county in north-western China's restive Xinjiang region Sunday morning, leaving at least eight people dead and four injured, state-run Xinhua ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Beijing, Aug 5 (DPA) Police in northwestern China's Xinjiang region Tuesday stepped up security following a deadly attack against paramilitary police which authorities suspected to be a terrorist plot by ethnic minority ...
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August 4th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Aug. 4 (ANI): At least sixteen policemen were killed and 16 others were injured after a border patrol armed police division in northwest China''s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was ...
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August 4th, 2008 - 9:14 am ICT by IANS
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By Zhou Yan
Beijing, Aug 4 (Xinhua) With four days to go before the Olympics open, Beijing is all smiles to athletes, coaches, journalists and visitors. Even stone-faced officers manage to keep smiling ...
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August 3rd, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Aug 3 (IANS) The army has begun training West Bengal armed police personnel to combat insurgency in the state for the first time, an official said Sunday. "The training has been ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, July 29 (IANS) The Standing Committee meeting in the run-up to the 15th SAARC summit began here Tuesday with the foreign secretaries of the eight member countries focusing on ...
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July 28th, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) A Delhi Police constable hanged himself at his house here, police said Monday. The constable, Kaushik, was found hanging by his family members at his home in ...
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