Army unit standoff raised in parliament, PM bars debate (Lead)
August 9th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The soldiers-officers standoff in an army armoured unit in Jammu and Kashmir was raised in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ... Read more...
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Intel looking for channel partners for all-in-one computers
July 18th, 2012 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Intel India is in talks with a number of channel partners, original design manufacturers (ODMs) and chassis vendors to offer All-in-One (AIO) computers, which as a ... Read more...
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NCC to grow, change training syllabus
July 5th, 2012 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The National Cadet Corps (NCC), India's military youth movement in schools and colleges, is all set to grow with the defence ministry planning to increase ... Read more...
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Selling fashion the pop-up way (With Images)
June 12th, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) They pop up, and then vanish! Pop-up shops, a concept popular abroad, has caught the fancy of the country's fashion designers and retail houses ... Read more...
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Age row could have been avoided: Gen Singh (Lead)
May 8th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 (IANS) Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh Tuesday said he wished the controversy over his age could have been avoided.Asked what he feels over the issue, sad ... Read more...
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‘Criminal charges against 9 percent MCD poll nominees’
April 10th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Tweenty-three percent of the candidates in the April 15 municipal elections here are millionaires while nearly nine percent have criminal charges against them, think ... Read more...
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Chavez in good physical condition after operation: Venezuela
February 29th, 2012 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, Feb 29 (IANS/EFE) President Hugo Chavez is in "good physical condition" after an operation in Cuba for a lesion in the same part of his body where Cuban surgeons ... Read more...
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Priyanka stands out in Kashmir Congress posters
February 19th, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 19 (IANS) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka seems to be the new mascot of the party in Jammu and Kashmir, having found a prominent place in ... Read more...
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NCC targets women cadets
January 5th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is gearing up to raise the strength of girl cadets to more than 40 percent by revitalising its training programmes, ... Read more...
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Wipro bags customer excellence award
November 29th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 29 (IANS) Wipro Infotech Tuesday announced it has won the SAP Ace award for customer excellence in 2011.The Ace awards, instituted by the German maker (SAP AG) of ... Read more...
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Lit up with art, music, behold the Yamuna
November 14th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) In the dark, a small stretch of the bank along the otherwise polluted Yamuna resembled an oasis of light. Dotted with installations of objects connected ... Read more...
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Share retirement funds with estranged wife, court tells man
October 29th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) A former central government employee has been told by the Delhi High Court to share his retirement benefits with his estranged wife and daughter for ... Read more...
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Rana, Frauwallner seal mountain rally honours
October 17th, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 17 (IANS) Ace rallyist Suresh Rana captured the 13th edition of the Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya, one of the world's toughest off-road motor rallies, for the seventh time in ... Read more...
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Relief package for migrants on the way
October 9th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 9 (IANS) The central and the Jammu and Kashmir governments are working on a relief package for about 20,000 families who had migrated from Pakistan administered Kashmir during ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi arrives in Jammu
September 27th, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 27 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived here Tuesday to a rousing reception on the second and final leg of his two-day visit to Jammu and ... Read more...
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New test detects kidney disorder early
August 6th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The risk of cardiac disorders due to kidney diseases can now be reduced by an X-ray that makes early detection possible, health experts said here ... Read more...
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Snap that mobile link, Punjab panel tells brides
May 10th, 2011 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 10 (IANS) Mobiles and marriages? They simply don't go together even if this is the 21st century, believes the Punjab State Commission for Women (PSCW) that has asked ... Read more...
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Pakistan exposed, but US will keep up balancing act: Experts
May 3rd, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 3 (IANS) Even as Islamabad is hard put to explain how the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks was able to stay so deep inside Pakistan, the US ... Read more...
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Himachal’s abandoned Hul mines get global attention
May 1st, 2011 - 10:47 am ICT by IANS
Chamba (Himachal Pradesh), May 1 (IANS) Copper mines lying abandoned for over 200 years near this historical Himachal Pradesh town are finally getting its historical due with help to ... Read more...
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Pallam Raju inaugurates NCC DDGs’ conference
April 27th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 27 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence Dr. M. M. Pallam Raju inaugurated the two-day biannual conference of the Additional Directors General and Deputy Directors General of the National ... Read more...
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Geelani issues ultimatum to J-K Govt. to revoke Dogra certificate plan
April 19th, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Apr 19 (ANI): Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has warned of fresh unrest in Jammu and Kashmir if the state government does not withdraw its decision to issue Dogra certificates ... Read more...
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‘I AM’ music strikes a chord with listeners (IANS Music Review)
April 18th, 2011 - 10:00 am ICT by IANS
Film: "I Am"; Music Directors: Amit Trivedi, Vivek Philip and Rajiv Bhalla; Lyricists: Amitabh Varma and Amitabh Bhattacharya; Singers: KK, Karthik, Rekha Bhardwaj, Mame Khan, Kavita Seth, Paroma Das Gupta, Mohan ... Read more...
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Court sets aside divorce granted to man
April 11th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has set aside the divorce granted to a man on the ground that his wife filed a criminal case to harass ... Read more...
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Bawa maintains lead in Desert Storm
February 26th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bikaner, Feb 26 (IANS) Despite a few hiccups, Harinder Singh Bawa (co-driver Parminder) from Chandigarh continued to lead the field in the premium Xtreme category as the Maruti Suzuki 9th Desert Storm ... Read more...
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Kashmir to crack down on land grabbers
February 19th, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 19 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to launch a campaign against land grabbers in the state, and has instructed the revenue department to remove all encroachments and ... Read more...
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MCD engineer’s jail term reduced to one year
February 16th, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday provided partial relief to a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) engineer by reducing to one year his two-year jail term, awarded for ... Read more...
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Of identity, art and a blindfolded artist’s views
November 1st, 2010 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Not too far from a leading art gallery here stands an 800-year-old arched gateway amid the ruins of the historical city of Tughlaqabad. Mumbai-based performance ... Read more...
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Suresh, Ashish win Raid-de-Himalaya rally
October 16th, 2010 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 16 (IANS) Suresh Rana and Ashish Moudgil won the 12th edition of the Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya, one of the world's toughest motor rallies, in the car and bike categories, an ... Read more...
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11 high court judges transferred
October 13th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) In a major judicial shake-up, 11 judges from six high courts of Allahabad, Punjab and Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Bombay and Orissa were transferred Wednesday.The transfers ... Read more...
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CWG volunteers theme song launched
September 28th, 2010 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) 'Delhi United', the theme song for the volunteer programme of the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games was launched here Tuesday.
The song, composed by the seven-member Tapasya band of ... Read more...
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Sustainable townships idea yet to impress private sector: experts
September 25th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Bhargavi Kerur
Panaji, Sep 25 (IANS) With India's urban population set to soar over the next two decades, India needs to build 25 townships. However, the concept of sustainable townships is ... Read more...
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Two people convicted in a sperm racket run by an illegal website
September 18th, 2010 - 1:15 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Sep 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Two men have been convicted of operating an illegal fertility company and providing their female clients access to sperm donors.The convicted men are Nigel Woodforth, 43 years ... Read more...
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Ceasefire with Meghalaya rebel group extended
March 24th, 2010 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 23 (IANS) The central government Tuesday extended the ceasefire with the outlawed Achik National Volunteers Council, a powerful rebel group in Meghalaya, by another three months till June 22. ... Read more...
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38,119 families migrated from Valley in 20 years: J-K Govt.
March 23rd, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, March 23 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla on Tuesday said 38,119 families comprising 34,202 Kashmiri Pandits families, 2,168 Muslim families and 1,749 Sikh families, ... Read more...
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Less than 3,500 Pandits left in Kashmir valley
March 23rd, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 23 (IANS) A massive demographic change has taken place in Kashmir valley which now has a mere 3,445 Kashmiri Pandits left as against more than 380,000 in 1990, ... Read more...
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