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Delhi openers snatch the initiative from Punjab

November 4th, 2008 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) An unbeaten century stand by Delhi openers Shikhar Dhawan and Akash Chopra took the sheen off Punjab's first innnings total of 391 on the second day of ...

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Sikkim’’s former CM sentenced to six-month jail in

October 25th, 2008 - 9:38 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 25 (ANI): Former Sikkim Chief Minister Nar Bahadur Bhandari was today convicted for bungling in the state water scam by a CBI court in Gangtok and sentenced to ...

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Supreme Court dismisses petition of convict of Nitish Katara murder case

October 22nd, 2008 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Vikas Yadav, convicted for murdering Nitish Katara, seeking transfer of the appeal proceedings outside Delhi. A ...

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Goat theft leads to twin murders in Bengal

October 15th, 2008 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Oct 15 (IANS) An attempt to steal a goat took a fatal turn when a man paid with his life for trying to stop its theft in a West Bengal village ...

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Strife leads people to seek solace in Mahatma Gandhi

October 2nd, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Fear struck after the string of terror attacks across the country and the continuing violence against minorities, many people made a beeline to Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at ...

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Can vacant OBC seats be given to general category, apex court asks

September 15th, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the government to clarify whether vacant seats reserved for backward category students in higher educational institutions could be given to general category ...

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Indian taxi driver’s assailant identified

August 13th, 2008 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Melbourne, Aug 13 (IANS) The passenger who abused and assaulted Indian taxi driver Lakhbir Singh over the weekend in the St Kilda suburb of Melbourne has been identified by the ...

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Australian tourist’s son ‘glad’ Indian killers convicted

August 12th, 2008 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, Aug 12 (IANS) The son of Australian tourist Dawn Emelie Griggs, who was raped and murdered in India four years ago, is "glad" his mother's killers have been convicted ...

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Two NASA-bound Punjab students go missing in US

August 6th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Jalandhar (Punjab), Aug 6 (IANS) The authorities of a private school here have lodged a police complaint that two of its students, who went on an educational trip to the National Aeronautics ...

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Missing Indian nationals’ visas expire this week

August 5th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, Aug 5 (IANS) The Indian nationals who went missing from Auckland last month en route to the Catholic Church's World Youth Day festivities in Sydney will be deemed illegal ...

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Who should hear Vikas Yadav’s appeal, court asks government

August 4th, 2008 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday sought to know from the government's law officer as to which high court - that of Delhi or Uttar Pradesh - is entitled ...

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Haneef posed no threat, says Australian security agency

July 29th, 2008 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 29 (IANS) In yet another revelation on the botched case of Muhammad Haneef, the Australian Security Intelligence Agency (ASIO) has said it had time and again told the ...

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Cricket Australia defends decision to tour India

July 29th, 2008 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 29 (IANS) As concerns of players' safety take centrestage, Cricket Australia has denied it would be hypocritical to tour India in October despite the recent bomb blasts in ...

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Details of Haneef’s travails may remain secret

July 28th, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 28 (IANS) Most details relating to Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef's incarceration on terror charge and subsequent release will remain an enigma as the judge heading the judicial ...

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Stabbed Indian cabbie recovering in Melbourne, attacker in custody (Lead)

July 28th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 28 (IANS) As Indian overseas student Jalvinder Singh recovers from the near fatal injuries inflicted on him while working as a part-time taxi driver in Melbourne, the man ...

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Stabbed Indian cabbie recovering, attacker in custody

July 28th, 2008 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 28 (IANS) Indian student Jalvinder Singh, who received near fatal injuries after being stabbed while working as a part time taxi driver in Melbourne this April, is gradually ...

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Australia condemns blasts in Bangalore, Ahmedabad

July 28th, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 28 (IANS) Australia Monday strongly condemned the serial bomb attacks in the Indian cities of Bangalore and Ahmedabad, saying that there could be "no justification for the murderous ...

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ABC’s Delhi correspondent faces 3 new drug-related charges

July 25th, 2008 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 25 (IANS) Prosecutors Friday laid three more drug-related charges against Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Delhi-based South Asia correspondent Peter Lloyd, who was last week arrested in Singapore on ...

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Australia must export uranium to India now: Opposition (Lead)

July 23rd, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 23 (IANS) The Australian Labour government can and must reverse its decision on banning uranium sale to India, the opposition Liberal party has demanded. "It is disastrous politics. ...

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Jayant Patel released on bail, requests privacy

July 22nd, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 22 (IANS) India-born US citizen Jayant Patel appealed for privacy Tuesday evening as he was released on bail after providing the required cash surety of A$20,000. Patel's lawyer ...

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Indian youth return home after world youth festivities

July 21st, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 21 (IANS) As the nearly 500 Indian youth, who participated in the week-long Catholic Church's World Youth Day festivities here, return home Monday, there was shock and ...

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‘Dr Death’ Jayant Patel arrives in Australia to face trial (Lead)

July 21st, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS -
Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 21 (IANS) The families of former patients of "Dr Death" Jayant Patel heaved a sigh of relief as the India-born American citizen arrived in Brisbane Monday after being extradited ...

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‘Dr Death’ Jayant Patel arrives in Australia to face charges

July 21st, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 21 (IANS) Families and former patients of "Dr Death" Jayant Patel heaved a sigh of relief as he arrived in Brisbane Monday after being extradited from the US ...

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Two Indians ‘missing’ in New Zealand on flight home

July 20th, 2008 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 20 (IANS) Two of the 40 Indian men, who disappeared in New Zealand en route to attend the Catholic Church's just concluded week-long World Youth Day (WYD) festivities ...

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ABC’s Delhi-based correspondent held on drug charges in Singapore (Second Lead, superseding earlier story)

July 18th, 2008 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 18 (IANS) Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Delhi-based South Asia correspondent Peter Lloyd was arrested in Singapore on charges of trafficking and possession of drug 'ice' and faces up ...

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ABC’s Delhi correspondent held on drug charges in Singapore (Lead)

July 18th, 2008 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 18 (IANS) Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Delhi-based South Asia correspondent, Peter Lloyd, has been arrested on charges of trafficking and possession of drug ice (crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride) and ...

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Students take vow of peace to mark Mandela’s 90th birthday

July 18th, 2008 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) "We stand for peace", is a vow that students of Delhi schools took as they celebrated the 90th birthday of South African anti-apartheid icon and former president ...

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Indian-origin couple banned from running nursing homes in Australia

July 18th, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 18 (IANS) Indian-origin doctors Jagdish and Madhu Saraf have been banned from operating a nursing home in Adelaide for approving the cremation of a 71-year-old woman before a ...

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Government rapped for not implementing food safety law

July 17th, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday rebuked the government for failing to implement a law on food safety, wondering if it had "the will to implement" the act. A ...

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We are victims, say three ‘missing’ Indians in New Zealand (Second Lead)

July 17th, 2008 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS -
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, July 17 (IANS) Three of the 39 Indians, who disappeared in New Zealand en route to attend the Catholic Church's week-long World Youth Day (WYD) festivities in Sydney, have ...

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