Amid Tamil Nadu unrest, Manmohan to meet Rajapaksa
September 18th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa here Thursday, and is expected to press for a viable political solution in the ... Read more...
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I’m traumatised after lathicharge: Choreographer Salman
September 11th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) Choreographer Salman Yusuf Khan, who was allegedly assaulted by a police constable when the auto rickshaw he was travelling in did not stop at a check ... Read more...
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Man robbed at Noida mall, two hurt in shootout
August 6th, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Aug 6 (IANS) In a daylight robbery at the Great India Place mall in Sector 39 Monday, three men robbed a man of several lakhs of rupees and shot ... Read more...
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Power failure, rains hit Delhi traffic, commuters (Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Delhi residents had a harrowing time Tuesday as the city's traffic signals and the Delhi Metro ceased to function for several hours following the failure ... Read more...
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Jaipur auto driver arrested for rape
July 13th, 2012 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 13 (IANS) An auto driver was arrested Friday for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl for almost a month after kidnapping her from bus stand in the city, police ... Read more...
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Truck mows down two women in Delhi
April 27th, 2012 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Two elderly women were killed while one person suffered minor injuries Friday when a speeding truck rammed into an auto rickshaw in the national capital, ... Read more...
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Aamir enjoys litti-chokha in Patna
April 25th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 25 (IANS) Bollywood star Aamir Khan, on his way to Varanasi to attend the wedding Wednesday of Rajeev, son of Ram Lakhan aka Nathuni, the auto-driver who ... Read more...
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Aamir Khan to keep date with Varanasi auto-driver
April 25th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, April 25 (IANS) It is not often that a Bollywood star flies down from Mumbai to attend the wedding in an auto-driver's family. But then, Aamir Khan is ... Read more...
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Woman gangraped, dies in Ranchi hospital
April 23rd, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, April 23 (IANS) A middle-aged woman, who was gangraped and beaten up by her assaulters, died in a hospital in Jharkhand capital Monday, police said.According to police, the woman ... Read more...
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Telangana shutdown hits life in region (Lead)
March 27th, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 27 (IANS) Life across Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region was affected Tuesday due to the shutdown called by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to protest the central government's ... Read more...
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Shutdown in Telangana over suicides for separate state
March 27th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 27 (IANS) A daylong shutdown began across Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region Tuesday following a call by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to protest the central government's insensitivity ... Read more...
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Dikshit expresses shock over auto driver’s murder (Third Lead)
March 23rd, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Expressing shock over an autorickshaw driver being beaten to death after his three-wheeler nicked an Innova car, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit Friday said the ... Read more...
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Auto driver beaten to death in road rage (Lead)
March 23rd, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) In another incident of road rage in the national capital, an autorickshaw driver was beaten to death after his three-wheeler nicked an Innova car, leading ... Read more...
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Auto driver beaten to death in road rage
March 23rd, 2012 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) In another incident of road rage in the national capital, an autorickshaw driver was beaten to death after his three-wheeler hit an Innova car, ... Read more...
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SP worker beats auto driver to death (Lead)
March 20th, 2012 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, March 20 (IANS) A day after gunfire by a Samajwadi Party (SP) activist killed a young man, a scuffle involving another SP worker left an autorickshaw driver dead in ... Read more...
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Now, SP worker beats auto driver to death in Kanpur
March 20th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, March 20 (IANS) Trouble for the newly-formed government in Uttar Pradesh is showing no signs of abating. After gunfire in Aurayia by a Samajwadi Party (SP) worker killed a ... Read more...
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Didn’t suspect anybody was following: Israeli embassy car driver
February 15th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The driver of the Israeli embassy car, that was gutted in a blast after an explosive device was attached to the vehicle, Wednesday said he ... Read more...
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Poverty forces man to dump wife’s body
January 23rd, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 23 (IANS) Police are looking for a man who left the body of his wife at their rented house and disappeared as he did not have money to ... Read more...
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‘Obavva’ a treat for action lovers (Kannada Movie Review)
October 30th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Obavva"; Cast: Deepak, Ayesha, Shobharaj, Swasthick Shankar, Petrol Prasanna, and Bullet Prakash; Screenplay Writer-Director: Aanand P. Raju; Producer: Kantha-Pravin Ramakrishna; Camera: Gauri Venkatesh; Music Composer: Rajesh Ramanath; Rating: ** ... Read more...
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Prateik Babbar turns auto driver!
September 22nd, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 21 (IANS) Some commuters hailing an auto were in for a surprise Wednesday when the driver ferrying them to their destination was Bollywood actor Prateik Babbar.
In order to ... Read more...
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Bus accident sparks protest from Telangana groups
September 21st, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 21 (IANS) The death of a person here in an accident involving a bus of Road Transport Corporation (RTC) triggered tension Wednesday with Telangana groups blaming the ... Read more...
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High court back to work, investigations on
September 8th, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Holding a tray of tea cups, 20-year-old Sonu and his friend made their way through police barricades and hordes of journalists outside Gate 5 of ... Read more...
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Four dead in freak multi-vehicle accident (Lead)
August 6th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Four people including two family members and two policemen were killed while seven bystanders were seriously injured early Saturday in an accident involving five vehicles, ... Read more...
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Fake degree racket busted, two held
June 24th, 2011 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Two people were arrested for selling fake degrees in higher education courses of various universities here, police said Friday."K.K. Praveen was arrested from Mayur Vihar ... Read more...
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High court relief for auto drivers
May 3rd, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed the Delhi government's notification demanding Rs.15,000 from auto drivers plying in the national capital for installing GPS systems.Justice Indermeet ... Read more...
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For Delhi’s poor, livelihood matters more than graft
April 10th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) For Ranjit Kumar, an ice-cream vendor here, Anna Hazare's five-day long fast against graft was a lucky opportunity to increase sales. As for corruption, he ... Read more...
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Refused ride, man kills auto driver
March 16th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) An enraged man murdered an autorickshaw driver here after the latter refused to drop him at his desired destination, police said Wednesday.Prem Kumar, 49, bled ... Read more...
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Italian tourist killed in road accident
December 4th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Fatehpur Sikri (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 4 (IANS) An Italian tourist was killed while his wife and daughter were injured as a bus rammed into their auto rickshaw in this Uttar Pradesh tourist ... Read more...
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Delhi Police to drop women stranded late at night
November 26th, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) After two incidents of gangrape in two weeks, Delhi Police are now taking a number of measures for safety of women in the city, including dropping women ... Read more...
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Youths murder auto driver for gambling money, arrested
November 13th, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 13 (IANS) Two teenagers who robbed and murdered an auto-rickshaw driver, and spent his money on firecrackers and gambling, were arrested from Sector 25 area of the city, police said ... Read more...
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Delhi University student rape: 2 accused are juveniles
November 12th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Two of the four accused in the alleged gangrape of a 19-year-old Delhi University student are said to be juveniles and are still on the run, a ... Read more...
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Three accused in Delhi gangrape still at large
November 11th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Three of the four men who allegedly raped a 19-year-old call centre employee in east Delhi are yet to be arrested, police said Thursday. But one of ... Read more...
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Auto-rickshaw driver sets traffic policeman on fire in Thane
October 28th, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by ANI
By Sushil PareekhMumbai, Oct.28 (ANI): An auto-rickshaw driver set ablaze a traffic police constable, three days after he was fined for traffic violations in Mumbai's Thane District.Mahendra Kewat threw petrol on Traffic ... Read more...
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Auto driver who set cop ablaze arrested
October 28th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Thane, Oct 28 (IANS) An auto-rickshaw driver who set ablaze a traffic constable in Maharashtra's Thane district was arrested Thursday, police said."We laid a trap. We will produce him in the court ... Read more...
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Archery coach dies in road accident
October 24th, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 24 (IANS) Indian archery coach Ch. Lenin was killed and two Delhi Commonwealth Games silver medallists were injured in a road accident near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh early Sunday.International archer-turned-coach ... Read more...
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