Bikaner residents block roads to protest murder
June 30th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 30 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Rajasthan's Bikaner town as residents blocked roads, including National Highway 11, to demand the arrest of four men who stabbed to death a ... Read more...
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Historian Sharada Dwivedi dead (With Image)
February 6th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Noted urban historian and author of several books on the history and culture of Mumbai, Sharada Dwivedi passed away here Monday, a family member said. She ... Read more...
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Two killed in workshop collapse in Gurgaon
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:09 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Jan 21 (IANS) At least two employees of a company were Saturday killed and over 10 people injured when a part of its workshop in IMT Manesar in this ... Read more...
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India-Pakistan cricket bonhomie in the heart of East Africa
March 30th, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Dar es Salaam, March 30 (IANS) When Indians and Pakistanis get together, they talk and enjoy cricket wherever they may be. Thousands of miles away from Mohali, in this ... Read more...
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Migrant bunkers in the heart of Delhi (Feature, With Images)
March 10th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Tucked above the 1,200-odd shops in old Delhi's Bhagirath Place, Asia's largest electrical goods market, are matchbox-size hutments that house hundreds of workers, mostly migrants ... Read more...
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Armed guerrillas abduct four workers in Tripura
March 8th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 8 (IANS) Separatist tribal guerrillas have abducted four workers from the construction site of a health sub-centre in a village in northern Tripura, police said here Tuesday."NLFT (National ... Read more...
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Large number of pilgrims take holy dip on Ganga Dusshera
June 21st, 2010 - 10:15 pm ICT by ANI
Varanasi/ Ahmedabad, June 21 (ANI): A large number of Hindus took a holy dip in the sacred Ganges River at different places on the occasion of Ganga Dusshehra on Monday.During the ... Read more...
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Two labourers killed in Delhi mishap
May 18th, 2010 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Two labourers were killed here Tuesday when a stone-laden truck they were sitting on overturned after the ground caved in, police said.
The incident took place in ... Read more...
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Domestic help arrested for house robbery
November 21st, 2009 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Delhi Police have arrested a domestic help for looting cash worth Rs.350,000 from a house in Vasant Vihar, south Delhi on the night of Nov 19, ... Read more...
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People take holy dip in Kolkata and Allahabad for salvation of ancestors’ souls
September 18th, 2009 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata/Allahabad, Sept 18 (ANI): Scores of people gathered in Kolkata and Allahabad on Friday to take a holy dip, or 'Tarpan', in the Ganges, on the last day of the 'Pitrapaksha Mela'.The ... Read more...
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Family suspects ragging behind NDA cadet’s death
July 8th, 2009 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, July 8 (IANS) The family of a 19-year-old cadet who died at the National Defence Academy (NDA) here suspect that their son could have died due to "ragging" by seniors. While ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh recommends CBI probe into legislator’s murder
July 8th, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, July 8 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the murder of a Congress legislator in the state.
"We have forwarded the ... Read more...
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Devotees take holy dip in river Ganges on “Ganga Dussehra”
June 2nd, 2009 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Varanasi/Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), June 2 (ANI): Devotees took a holy dip in the sacred Ganges River to mark the occasion of "Ganga Dussehra" on Tuesday.The devotees thronged the banks of Ganges ... Read more...
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Former legislator under scanner in Congress legislator’s murder
May 4th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 4 (IANS) Former legislator Lal Singh Arya of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been been called for questioning in the investigation of the murder of Gohad's Congress legislator ... Read more...
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Congress leader arrested in Madhya Pradesh legislator’s murder
April 21st, 2009 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 20 (IANS) A Madhya Pradesh Congress leader was arrested Monday for his alleged involvement in the murder of party legislator Makhan Singh Jatav, police said.
"The investigation conducted so far in ... Read more...
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Congress demands CBI probe into legislator’s murder (Lead)
April 14th, 2009 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 14 (IANS) The Congress party in Madhya Pradesh Tuesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of its legislator Makhan Singh Jatav and called for ... Read more...
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Congress calls for shutdown to protest legislator’s murder
April 14th, 2009 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 14 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday called for a shutdown in Bhind and Datia districts of Madhya Pradesh to protest the murder of its legislator Makhan Singh Jatav the previous ... Read more...
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Congress legislator in Madhya Pradesh shot dead (Lead)
April 14th, 2009 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 13 (IANS) A Congress legislator was shot dead by unidentified assailants when he was returning from an election meeting in Madhya Pradesh Monday evening, police said.
Makhan Singh Jatav was shot ... Read more...
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