Muslim grouping seeks fair probe in Karnataka terror case
September 1st, 2012 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 31 (IANS) A Muslim federation of over dozen organisations Friday sought a quick and fair investigation into the arrest of 11 youth suspected to have links with banned ... Read more...
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BJP struggles as ‘garden city’ becomes ‘garbage city’ (Karnataka Newsletter)
August 31st, 2012 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 31 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first chief minister in Karnataka B.S. Yeddyurappa and scores of legislators battle cases against them related to what has ... Read more...
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Eid celebrated in Karnataka amid tight security
August 20th, 2012 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 20 (IANS) Thousands of Muslims Monday celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr across Karnataka with gaiety and religious fervour amid tight security in Bangalore and other cities."Eid is being celebrated across the ... Read more...
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Delhi HC orders panel to submit report on banned pesticides
August 17th, 2012 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Delhi High Court Friday directed an experts' committee to submit a status report before Oct 10 suggesting guidelines to prevent rampant use of banned pesticides ... Read more...
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Crimes in Bangalore, Mangalore worrisome, says chief minister
August 15th, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 15 (IANS) Increasing crimes, including a spate of murders in Bangalore and an attack on a youth in Mangalore recently, forced Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar to admit ... Read more...
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Kudankulam reactor to be fuelled mid-August
August 5th, 2012 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 5 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is hopeful of soon getting clearance from the sectoral regulator to fuel the first reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power ... Read more...
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Two Rajasthan cops surrender in Dara Singh killing
July 30th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 30 (IANS) Two policemen surrendered before a court in Rajasthan Monday in the alleged staged shootout killing of criminal Dara Singh in 2006, a lawyer said.Inspector Rajesh Choudhary ... Read more...
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Dry spell may upset Himachal’s applecart
July 25th, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 25 (IANS) The long dry spell during the monsoon season may see apple production in Himachal Pradesh falling by 20 percent from the projected 25 million boxes ... Read more...
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Field day for Indians at ITF tennis meet
July 21st, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jul 21 (IANS) As many as 13 Indians made it to the second round of the qualifying competition ahead of the BNC-ITF Men's Futures tennis tournament here Saturday.The results ... Read more...
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Why can’t Imtiaz make a children’s movie?
July 19th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) "I am not so clean internally that I could attempt a children's film," says writer-director Imtiaz Ali."I can't dare to do it right now because to ... Read more...
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Three days after taking oath, Karnataka ministers get portfolios
July 15th, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 15 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Sunday allotted portfolios to his ministers, three days after forming the cabinet, but the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party faced fresh ... Read more...
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Governor regrets BJP taking tainted people in Karnataka ministry
July 13th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 13 (IANS) A day after the third BJP ministry in four years took office in Karnataka, embarrassment piled on the ruling party with portfolio allotment delayed due ... Read more...
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Shettar is Karnataka CM, promises graft-free regime (Roundup)
July 12th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 12 (IANS) A 34-member ministry headed by Jagadish Shettar Thursday took office in Karnataka, the third Bharatiya Janata Party government in fours years, with two deputy chief ... Read more...
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Shettar is Karnataka CM, promises graft-free regime (Afternoon Lead)
July 12th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 12 (IANS) Jagadish Shettar Thursday took oath as the Karnataka chief minister, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) third man in the post in four years, and ... Read more...
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BJP gives Karnataka third chief minister in four years (Second lead)
July 12th, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka, hit by dissidence and corruption, Thursday scored another first with Jagadish Shettar becoming the party's third chief minister ... Read more...
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BJP gives Karnataka third chief minister in four years (Lead)
July 12th, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 12 (IANS) The BJP government in Karnataka, marred by dissidence and corruption, Thursday scored another first with Jagadish Shettar becoming the party's third chief minister in four ... Read more...
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Karnataka CM-designate Shettar grapples with ministry formation (Evening Lead)
July 11th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 11 (IANS) Jagadish Shettar, set to take oath Thursday as the Karnataka chief minister, was in New Delhi late Wednesday to meet Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders ... Read more...
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Shettar stakes claim to form government
July 11th, 2012 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) legislative leader Jagadish Shettar Wednesday staked claim to form the ruling party's third government in Karnataka. He will be sworn ... Read more...
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Gowda quits as Karnataka CM
July 11th, 2012 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 11 (IANS) D.V. Sadananda Gowda, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) second chief minister in four years in Karnataka, submitted his resignation to Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Wednesday, a ... Read more...
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Shettar to be Karnataka CM Thursday, jockeying for power on (Roundup)
July 10th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 10 (IANS) Karnataka Rural Development Minister Jagadish Shettar is all set to take oath as chief minister Thursday amid indications that the unabashed jockeying for power in his ... Read more...
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Shettar to take oath as Karnataka CM Thursday, power struggle continues (Second Lead)
July 10th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 10 (IANS) The warring factions in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday finally paved the way for Rural Development Minister Jagadish Shettar to take over as ... Read more...
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Shettar to be elected Karnataka BJP legislature party leader Tuesday
July 9th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators in Karnataka will Tuesday elect Jagadish Shettar as their new leader to make him the party's third chief minister in the ... Read more...
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Shettar meets Gowda, says will speak after taking oath
July 8th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 8 (IANS) Karnataka Rural Development Minister Jagadish Shettar, who will be the new chief minister, Sunday declined to comment on his imminent elevation, replacing D. V. Sadananda ... Read more...
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Shettar is Karnataka’s new chief minister (Evening Lead)
July 8th, 2012 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore, July 8 (IANS) Desperate to prevent a split in the party and save its government in Karnataka, the BJP Sunday announced that Rural Development Minister Jagadish Shettar ... Read more...
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Finance ministry advisor suggests small diesel price decontrol
June 13th, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 12 (IANS) The finance ministry's Chief Economic Advisor, Kaushik Basu Tuesday favoured decontrol of diesel price in a small and intelligent way to insulate the country from spiralling global ... Read more...
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Leopard on ‘Ek Thi Daayan’ sets (Movie Snippets)
June 8th, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) Unit members of the upcoming film "Ek Thi Daayan" were in for a shock Friday when they entered the sets of the film in Filmcity ... Read more...
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Top level changes at two atomic power operators (Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 1 (IANS) Top level changes took place Friday at India's two nuclear power operators - Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd (Bhavini)and Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL), ... Read more...
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Top level changes at two atomic power operators
June 1st, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 1 (IANS) Top level changes took place Friday at India's two nuclear power operators - Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd (Bhavini) and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd ... Read more...
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Congress loses after 25 years in Shimla municipal polls
May 28th, 2012 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 28 (IANS) In a major setback to the ruling Congress, the party faced a humiliating defeat in elections to the Shimla Municipal Corporation, its 25-year-old bastion, months ahead ... Read more...
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Kerala land row: Opposition leaders meet governor
May 10th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 10 (IANS) Kerala's opposition leaders Thursday met Governor H.R. Bhardwaj demanding action against Calicut University Vice-Chancellor M. Abdul Salam for allegedly trying to transfer a piece of ... Read more...
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Youth beaten to death in West Delhi; 3 held
May 3rd, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A youth was beaten to death in West Delhi's Jahangirpuri area when he objected to some people passing certain remarks against him and his brother, ... Read more...
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Banned pesticides: Court wants report by Aug 17 (Lead)
May 1st, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed an experts' committee to submit a report by Aug 17 containing guidelines to prevent the rampant use of banned ... Read more...
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Hail punctures hopes of Himachal apple growers
May 1st, 2012 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 1 (IANS) The apple of Himachal Pradesh's eye is turning sour. Attacked by hailstorms, the state's apple crop, worth more than Rs.200 crore, is lying unattended in the ... Read more...
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Seven arrested for smuggling illicit liquor
April 14th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) A day before elections to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Delhi Police Saturday arrested seven people for trying to smuggle illicit liquor into ... Read more...
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Chandy inducts two new ministers, shuffles portfolios (Lead)
April 12th, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 12 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Thursday added two more ministers to his cabinet, taking the total strength to 21, and shuffled some key portfolios, including home.The ... Read more...
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