Jundal sent to police custody in Nashik attack plot
September 11th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik (Maharashtra), Sep 11 (IANS) A court Tuesday remanded key 26/11 handler and suspected LeT terrorist Abu Jundal to police custody till Sep 24 for his alleged role in ... Read more...
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‘Indian rowers performed beyond expectations at Olympics’
August 5th, 2012 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) India rowing coach Ismail Baig says he is satisfied at the way his three-member team performed at the London Olympics.He said Swaran Singh finishing 16th in ... Read more...
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Reaching quarters will be good: Indian rowing coach
July 20th, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 20 (IANS) India rowing coach Ismail Baig is realistic about his three-member team's chances at the London Olympics and feels a quarterfinal finish in the single and double ... Read more...
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History back on shelves with a dash of drama
April 5th, 2012 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) History books are inching back on the shelves - but with a dash of drama and peppy language to hook the average reader.
"I think ... Read more...
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Pakistan dam develops cracks
February 21st, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 21 (IANS) A committee will probe the cause behind cracks that have appeared in a dam in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region.Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly Speaker Wazir Baig Monday constituted ... Read more...
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20 killed in Afghan suicide attack
December 25th, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Dec 25 (IANS) At least 20 people, including a parliamentarian, were killed and over 50 injured in a suicide blast during a funeral in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province Sunday, ... Read more...
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PDP wants army special powers revoked in entire state
November 21st, 2011 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 21 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's main opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) Monday said the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) should be revoked from the entire state ... Read more...
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Pakistani MP jailed for graft
October 27th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) A Pakistani parliamentarian has been jailed for three years for corruption.The Peshawar High Court Wednesday convicted Zaffar Baig Bhittani, an independent member of the National ... Read more...
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National Conference worker’s death rocks Kashmir assembly (Roundup)
October 3rd, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 3 (IANS) The mysterious death of a ruling National Conference (NC) worker, that has created a political storm in Jammu and Kashmir, Monday led to pandemonium and ugly ... Read more...
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Chaos in Kashmir assembly over NC worker’s death
October 3rd, 2011 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 3 (IANS) Mikes uprooted, a fan hurled and house papers torn... the Jammu and Kashmir assembly descended into chaos Monday as the People's Democratic Party (PDP) took up ... Read more...
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14 kids killed in Pakistan accident
June 10th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 10 (IANS) At least 14 primary school children were killed when their school van fell into a canal Friday in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, Xinhua reported.Urdu TV channel ARY said ... Read more...
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Pune to pay homage to German Bakery blast victims Sunday
February 12th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Pune (Maharashtra), Feb 12 (IANS) Thousands of Punekars Saturday prepared to pay homage to the victims of the German Bakery blast on the first anniversary Sunday of the terror attack here.A series ... Read more...
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Engineering student shoots self
January 22nd, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 22 (IANS) A first-year engineering student shot himself with an illegally acquired pistol after failing to do well in studies in Uttar Pradesh's Muradnagar town, police said Saturday. Police ... Read more...
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Tiger conservation project promoted by Rashtrapati Bhawan
December 22nd, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.22 (ANI): A public art project that aims to raise funds for the conservation of tigers in India, Artiger, began in Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.Christy L. Fernandez, a secretary ... Read more...
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Pakistani news agency publishes fake WikiLeaks cables which attack India
December 10th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by BNO News
ISLAMABAD (BNO NEWS) -- It was the top story of many Pakistani newspapers on Thursday: leaked U.S. embassy cables described Indian officials as vain, egotistical and genocidal and said the Indian army ... Read more...
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Pakistani newspapers apologise for publishing ‘fake’ anti-India WikiLeaks cables
December 10th, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 10 (ANI): Leading Pakistani newspapers, which had published fake WikiLeaks cables attacking the Indian Army for false propaganda, have acknowledged that their reports were unauthentic.The Express Tribune published an apology ... Read more...
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Technology institute’s guard guns down burglar
December 5th, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 5 (IANS) A security guard of a private educational institute shot a burglar dead in Ghaziabad early Sunday, police said.The incident took place in the wee hours at the Lord ... Read more...
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Awareness needed to popularise adoption, says expert
November 13th, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Lack of awareness about child adoption not only deters Indian couples who want to adopt, but also leads to rising cases of illegal adoption, an expert said ... Read more...
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Indian Rowing team eyes gold at Asian Games
November 5th, 2010 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI
Hyderabad, Nov 5 (ANI): The members of Indian Rowing team have expressed confidence of winning gold in the upcoming Asian Games in China.Rowing coach Ismail Baig said that the team is confident ... Read more...
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Ex-jail chief booked for prisoner’s murder
October 21st, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Oct 21 (IANS) A murder case was Thursday registered against a former Ghaziabad jail superintendent for the death in the prison last year of a serial blast accused.The case was ... Read more...
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BJP protests Pune lawyer’s move to defend terror accused
September 19th, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Sep 19 (IANS) A group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists Sunday staged a demonstration outside the residence of lawyer Sushil Mancharkar, who plans to represent the two accused in ... Read more...
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Pune-Mumbai now linked by terror as well
September 16th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai/Pune, Sep 16 (IANS) It's not just an expressway that connects Mumbai and Pune. Investigators say the two Maharashtra cities are now strongly linked by a terror trail, and revelations ... Read more...
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Maharashtra wants ATS representation in NIA
September 15th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) Maharashtra will seek permanent representation of the state's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in the elite National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe several terror incidents in the state, state Home ... Read more...
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Pune blast mastermind trained in Sri Lanka
September 9th, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Investigators probing the February Pune terror blast case have found that training in bomb-making was imparted to the mastermind, Mirza Himayat Baig in Sri Lanka, top officials said ... Read more...
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Cops probe Pune blast, Aurangabad RDX cache link
September 9th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Pune, Sep 9 (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Thursday started probing whether the RDX used to trigger the Pune blast in February was part of an imported explosives' consignment seized from ... Read more...
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Two of a family killed, five injured in Ghaziabad
September 8th, 2010 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 8 (IANS) Two people were killed while five others were critically injured when unidentified assailants attacked two families with sharp weapons in a residential colony in Muradnagar in Ghaziabad district, ... Read more...
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Rural child health initiative reaches out to UP’s poor
August 24th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by admin
By Kulsum Mustafa - CNSWednesday and Saturdays are Routine Immunization days in Uttar Pradesh. From morning one witness rural women with infants in arms making a beeline for primary health centres. ... Read more...
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Teenager tortured to death by relatives
August 20th, 2010 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Aug 19 (IANS) A 15-year-old girl was tortured to death by her cousin sister and her husband in Bahadurgarh area of Ghaziabad, police said Thursday.
The Superintendent of Police (Rural), Capt. M.M. ... Read more...
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Vodafone executive murdered in Uttar Pradesh
August 14th, 2010 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Aug 14 (IANS) An executive of private telecom operator Vodafone was murdered in Uttar Pradesh's Modinagar town, police said Saturday.
Bharat, who worked in the company's Noida office and was a resident ... Read more...
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Pak women still facing harassment despite legislation
August 4th, 2010 - 6:45 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 4 (ANI): A survey has found that crimes against Pakistani women are still continuing at workplaces, as the provincial government is unable to implement the Protection Against Harassment of Women ... Read more...
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Extension to Gen. Kayani controversial: ex-Army chief Baig
July 28th, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, July 28 (ANI): By giving an extension to Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, democracy in the country has taken a hit and would not get the protection it ... Read more...
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Man burnt to death in Ghaziabad caste conflict
July 24th, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 24 (IANS) Caste conflict took an ugly turn in Tatarpur village of Ghaziabad Saturday when an upper caste man was burnt to death by people belonging to the Dalit community, ... Read more...
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Robbers snatch Rs.10 lakh from petrol pump employees
July 19th, 2010 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 19 (IANS) Four motorcycle-borne robbers looted Rs.10 lakh from two petrol pump employees who were on their way to deposit the cash at a bank in Garh Mukteswar in Ghaziabad ... Read more...
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13 convicted for terror plot get bail
July 13th, 2010 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 13 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Tuesday released on conditional bail Idrishkhan Pathan and 12 others convicted for hatching a terror plot and illegal possession of arms in a case ... Read more...
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Murder, suicide case could be honour killing: Police
July 12th, 2010 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 12 (IANS) The case of a man in Ghaziabad who murdered his uncle's daughter and then committed suicide after being sacked from his job by the girl's father, could be ... Read more...
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