Mystery disease kills eight more in Bihar (Lead)
June 20th, 2011 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 20 (1ANS) The Bihar government voiced alarm after eight more children died in Muzaffarpur district, taking the toll from a mysterious disease sweeping the state to 28, officials said ... Read more...
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Five more children die of mystery disease in Bihar
June 20th, 2011 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 20 (IANS) The Bihar government is alarmed at five more deaths of children in the past 24 hours in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, taking the toll from a mysterious ... Read more...
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Seven more children die of mysterious illness in Bihar
June 19th, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 19 (IANS) Seven more children have died of a mysterious disease in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district taking the death toll to 20, officials said Sunday.The children reported high fever, ... Read more...
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India develops technology to fight aliens in the sea
June 12th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Dona Paula (Goa), June 12 (IANS) India has developed an eco-friendly technology to treat sea water brought in by cargo ships into our domain, bringing along with it alien organisms ... Read more...
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UPA committed to bringing in Lokpal bill in monsoon session
June 11th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Vasco-da-Gama, June 11 (IANS) In the wake of the high drama of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's anti-corruption fast, Minister of State for Science and Technology Ashwani Kumar Saturday said the ... Read more...
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India confident of extending exclusive economic zone
June 11th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Vasco-da-Gama (Goa), June 11 (IANS) India Saturday said it was confident that the UN will soon clear its claim to almost double the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) extending to the ... Read more...
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Vayalar skips, Preneet Kaur to lead India at Pravasi Divas
June 8th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 8 (IANS) Vayalar Ravi, minister of overseas Indian affairs and civil aviation, is skipping this week's mini Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) here. Instead, Preneet Kaur, minister of state ... Read more...
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11-year-old disabled girl gets Rs.8 lakh compensation
June 8th, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) More than four years after her lower limbs were left disabled following an accident, a Delhi court awarded Rs.8 lakh compensation to 11-year-old Rupali.Motor Accident ... Read more...
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Rs.9 lakh relief for kin of woman killed in accident
May 31st, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) A Delhi court has awarded over Rs.9 lakh as compensation and interest to the family of a woman who was killed in a road accident ... Read more...
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Rs.10 lakh awarded to road accident victim’s family
May 27th, 2011 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) A Delhi court has awarded over Rs.10 lakh as compensation to the family of a man killed in a road accident in 2007.Motor Accident Claims ... Read more...
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Ambika Soni, Tewari in Congress’ Punjab coordination panel
May 11th, 2011 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Union ministers Ambika Soni and Ashwani Kumar and party spokesman Manish Tewari have been included in the Congress' Punjab coordination committee, a party release ... Read more...
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India to double expenditure on science research
April 26th, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) India will double its spending on research and development related to science and technology during the 12th Five Year Plan starting next year, Minister of ... Read more...
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Win back trust, send the best to parliament: Ashwani Kumar (Interview)
April 14th, 2011 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) People have a growing distrust of politics and to regain faith, political parties should choose their best candidates for parliament, Minister of State for Parliamentary ... Read more...
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Woman held for husband’s murder
March 23rd, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) A woman and her paramour have been arrested on charges of killing her husband, police said Wednesday.Beena (25) and Ashwani Kumar Bind (24), both hailing ... Read more...
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Close partnership with Japan on global environmental issues: Bansal
March 22nd, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Pawan Kumar Bansal today said that India and Japan will have closer partnership with the Indian Science and ... Read more...
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Bihar minister gets Rs.20 lakh extortion demand
March 22nd, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 22 (IANS) A Bihar minister has alleged that an unidentified man demanded Rs.20 lakh from him and threatened to kill him if he did not pay up, police ... Read more...
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Saina in quarters of Swiss Open (Lead, superseding previous story)
March 18th, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Basel, March 18 (IANS) India's badminton star Saina Nehwal took sweet revenge for her All England loss by beating Japanese Eriko Hirose 21-15, 17-21, 21-11 to advance to the quarterfinals ... Read more...
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Saina beats Eriko to enter Swiss Open quarters
March 18th, 2011 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Basel, March 18 (IANS) Indian squash star Saina Nehwal took sweet revenge for her All England loss by beating Japanese Eriko Hirose 21-15, 17-21, 21-11 to advance to the quarterfinals ... Read more...
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Dense fog hours over Delhi airport up by 10 times
February 24th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Dense fog hours -- having visibility of less than 200 metres -- over Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) have increased 10 times during December-January months in the ... Read more...
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India eyes supercomputer for accurate weather predictions
February 17th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is planning to acquire an advanced supercomputer to carry out cutting edge research in weather predictions and the future of earth's climate, ... Read more...
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Budget Session of Parliament to start on Feb. 21
January 20th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 20 (ANI): The Budget Session of Parliament will begin on February 21.The General Budget is to be presented in the Lok Sabha on February 28.The decision to recommend ... Read more...
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Manmohan shuffles ministers but pack of cards is old
January 19th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Three new ministers of state were inducted, three promoted to cabinet rank and some major portfolios changed hands Wednesday in the much-anticipated shuffle of the ministerial ... Read more...
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Three new ministers in Manmohan team
January 19th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday inducted three new faces in his team of ministers.They are Beni Prasad Verma, who has been made minister of state for ... Read more...
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AP Singh appointed new CBI director
November 30th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 30 (ANI): Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer A.P Singh was on Tuesday appointed the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of ... Read more...
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Notable winners and losers in Bihar
November 24th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 24 (IANS) Prominent winners and losers in Bihar:Losers:Former chief minister Rabri Devi
Bihar Congress president Mahboob Ali Qaiser
Bihar LJP president Pasupati Kumar Paras
RJD's former central minister Kanti Singh
Former MPs Lovely Anand ... Read more...
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Eight days of adjournment cost nation Rs.63 crore
November 23rd, 2010 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The eight successive days of adjournment of parliament without any major business translate into a loss of a staggering Rs.63 crore with the expenditure for ... Read more...
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CBI, NASSCOM tie up to fight cyber crime
November 22nd, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) to share experiences on ... Read more...
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‘Tainted Ketan Desai off to Canada meet soon’
October 9th, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Tainted ex-Medical Council of India (MCI) chief Ketan Desai will represent the country at a Canadian conference despite the council's plea to the Central Bureau of Investigation ... Read more...
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Bihar BJP chief refuses to withdraw resignation
October 9th, 2010 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Bihar unit president C.P. Thakur refused to withdraw his resignation Saturday, a day after he stepped down saying that he was unhappy ... Read more...
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Two car lifters arrested
October 7th, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Oct 7 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Police arrested two car lifters from Indirapuram area and recovered two stolen vehicles from them, police said Thursday.Those arrested -- Ashwani Shukla and Arun alias ... Read more...
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Mob hacks cop to death for killing civilians (Lead)
August 26th, 2010 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 25 (IANS) A mob hacked a police constable to death in a Chhattisgarh village Wednesday after he gunned down two civilians in an inebriated condition.
The incident took place in Bakarkatta ... Read more...
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Mob kills cop who goes on killing spree
August 25th, 2010 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 25 (IANS) A mob hacked to death a police constable in Chhattisgarh Wednesday after he gunned down two civilians in an inebriated condition.
The incident took place in village Bakarkatta in ... Read more...
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Maharashtra to get six new CBI courts
July 10th, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Six new special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) courts are likely to become functional in Maharashtra by the end of 2010, taking their total number in the state ... Read more...
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Ajmer blast case: Joint investigation on, says CBI Director
July 10th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, July 10 (ANI): Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ashwani Kumar on Saturday said the CBI and the State police forces are jointly investigating the 2007 Ajmer bomb blast case."As far ... Read more...
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Pilgrims return after Amarnath shrine visit
July 4th, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 4 (IANS) Scores of Amarnath pilgrims have started returning to Jammu after offering prayers at the holy cave shrine in Kashmir with many of them Sunday describing their experience ... Read more...
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