Goa has failed to keep promises, says Congress official
April 1st, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 1 (IANS) In a frank critique of the Congress-led coalition in Goa, the party's pointsman for Goa, Jagmeet Brar, Friday said the state government has failed ... Read more...
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No major surprises in Sonia’s new team of office-bearers
March 5th, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi retained most of the senior leaders in her team of office bearers unveiled Friday, with the long-awaited announcement not springing ... Read more...
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Punjab hikes liquor prices
February 22nd, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 22 (IANS) Liquor -- both country liquor and Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) -- will cost substantially more in Punjab under the new excise policy for 2011-2012 announced by the ... Read more...
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Gill triumphs in Rally of Kerala
December 19th, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kottayam, Dec 19 (IANS) Gaurav Gill (co-driver Musa Sherif) of Team MRF expectedly won the overall title, only his second this season, in the Speed-Indian National Rally Championship, as he took the ... Read more...
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Chopper crashes at Chandigarh airport, DGCA to probe (Second Lead)
December 16th, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 16 (IANS) A helicopter which was to fly a Punjab minister crashed at the airport here Thursday immediately after taking off, catching fire and injuring both the pilots. The Directorate ... Read more...
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Chopper crashes in Chandigarh airport, pilots injured (Lead)
December 16th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 16 (IANS) A helicopter which was to fly a Punjab minister crashed at the airport here immediately after taking off Thursday morning, catching fire and injuring both the pilots. The ... Read more...
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Charges framed against teenager in hit-and-run case
December 9th, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 9 (IANS) A local court here Thursday framed charges of rash and negligent driving and causing death by a negligent act against a teenager who crushed a youth and a ... Read more...
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Two guerrillas killed in Kashmir
November 27th, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 27 (IANS) Army troops gunned down two separatist guerrillas in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district Saturday after the soldiers came under fire during a search operation, ... Read more...
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Student arrested for supplying drugs in Punjab colleges
November 27th, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab), Nov 27 (IANS) A 23-year-old student was arrested here for selling smack in various colleges across Punjab, police said Saturday.Ranjit Singh alias Deepa is a student of Industrial Training ... Read more...
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Punjab, Karnataka get new Congress chiefs, no change elsewhere (Second Lead)
October 26th, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday changed state party presidents in Punjab and Karnataka but retained present incumbents in the states of West Bengal, Assam and ... Read more...
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Three terrorists killed, gunfight on in Kashmir
October 23rd, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 23 (IANS) Three terrorists from across the border were Saturday killed in a gunbattle with the army that continues to rage in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, an official said."Three ... Read more...
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Akali Dal panel recommends Manpreet’s expulsion
October 20th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 20 (IANS) A high-level disciplinary committee of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Wednesday recommended the expulsion of former Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal from the party owing to his ... Read more...
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Kashmir mosque siege on as militant refuses to give up (Lead)
October 18th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 18 (IANS) The standoff between an injured guerrilla hiding in a mosque in Kashmir's Bandipora district and the security forces continued Monday evening as a village cleric and elders failed ... Read more...
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Finished with Akali Dal, Sukhbir should resign: Manpreet Badal
October 13th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 13 (IANS) Hours after being sacked as Punjab's finance minister, Manpreet Badal Wednesday said he had already sent his resignation to state Governor Shivraj Patil, adding that he was ... Read more...
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Eight militants killed in two Kashmir gun fights (Lead)
October 1st, 2010 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 1 (IANS) Eight militants were killed Friday in two fierce gunfights in Kashmir, an official said.A defence spokesman here said alert army troops guarding the line of control (LoC) in ... Read more...
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Don’t fall prey to separatist design, army appeals to Kashmiris
September 17th, 2010 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 16 (IANS) The army Thursday appealed to people in the Kashmir Valley not to "fall prey to the designs" of the separatists, who plan to bring the people into confrontation ... Read more...
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Four guerrillas killed in Kashmir gunfight
September 16th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 16 (IANS) Four separatist guerrillas were killed in a gunfight with security forces in south Kashmir's Pulwama district Thursday, an army official said.
Lt. Col. J.S. Brar, spokesman of the Indian ... Read more...
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Two soldiers killed, six wounded in Kashmir blast
September 9th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 9 (IANS) Two soldiers were killed and six others injured in an explosion inside their vehicle in north Kashmir's Baramulla district Thursday, an army official said.
"Two soldiers were killed and ... Read more...
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Seven militants killed in two separate encounters in Kashmir
September 6th, 2010 - 11:42 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Sep. 6 (ANI): Seven militants were killed in two different encounters with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmirs' Gurez sector and Kupwara sector on Monday.Four militants were killed during an ... Read more...
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Ruchika molestation case: Rathore’s 13-day parole application rejected
September 4th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by ANI
Chandigarh, Sep.4 (ANI): A parole application filed by former Haryana Director General of Police and a convict in the Ruchika molestation case, S.P.S Rathore, has been rejected by the Panchkula administration after ... Read more...
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Chandigarh hit and run: police yet to trace other girl
August 19th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 19 (IANS) Even 36 hours after a teenaged girl crushed a youth and a child under her Honda Accord car here, police remain clueless about the other girl in the ... Read more...
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Chandigarh cops drag feet on car race deaths
August 18th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 18 (IANS) Police Wednesday was yet to identify the two women in a Honda Accord that left two people, including a six-year-old child, dead in a high-security area of Chandigarh ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi visits flashflood-hit Leh
August 16th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 16 (IANS) A day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju Monday travelled to Jammu and ... Read more...
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Army rescues over 170 foreign tourists in Ladakh
August 13th, 2010 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 12 (IANS) The Indian Army has so far evacuated over 170 foreign tourists who were camping in western Ladakh and were stranded when the area was cut off by floods ... Read more...
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Mumbai campaign against taxis, autos flops
August 12th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) A campaign to boycott autorickshaws and taxis to protest arbitrary fares charged by their drivers virtually failed Thursday because many commuters said they were dependent on them.
Although Mumbaikars ... Read more...
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Three guerrillas killed in north Kashmir gun battle
August 12th, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) Three separatist guerrillas were killed in a fierce gun battle in the upper reaches of north Kashmir's Bandipore district Thursday morning, an official here said.
According to a defence ... Read more...
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Mumbaikars set to boycott autos, taxis Thursday
August 11th, 2010 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Mumbaikars have decided to lend their full support to the "Meter Jam" campaign launched by three advertising professionals and boycott autorickshaws and taxis Thursday to protest against ... Read more...
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Leh toll 167, five foreigners among dead (Second Lead)
August 10th, 2010 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 10 (IANS) The toll in the devastating flash floods caused by the sudden cloudburst in Leh town in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region went up Tuesday to 167, including five ... Read more...
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Rescue operations intensified in Leh, 151 foreigners relocated (Lead)
August 10th, 2010 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 10 (IANS) More than 150 foreign tourists trapped in Leh, where flashfloods have killed 165 people, were relocated to safer places Tuesday as the Indian Army intensified its rescue and ... Read more...
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NGO backs public boycott of Mumbai taxis Aug 12
August 7th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) Action for good Governance and Networking in India (AGNI), an NGO that works with government agencies for transparency, Saturday announced support to a public boycott of autorickshaws and ... Read more...
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Four Babbar Khalsa terrorists arrested
July 18th, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Khanna (Punjab), July 18 (IANS) Punjab Police said Sunday it had arrested four dreaded militants of the banned terrorist outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and recovered weapons and explosives from them.
The four ... Read more...
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Why does Punjab want Komagata money, ask Indians in Canada
July 16th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, July 16 (IANS) The Punjab government's decision to seek $143 million from Canada for forcibly sending back 376 passengers - mostly Sikhs - of the Komagata Maru ship in ... Read more...
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Curfew in Kashmir Valley, army out in Srinagar
July 7th, 2010 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 7 (IANS) An indefinite curfew was imposed Wednesday in various towns of Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar where the army staged a flag march in some parts following widespread violence the ... Read more...
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Infiltration bid foiled, four militants killed
July 3rd, 2010 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 3 (IANS) Four separatist guerrillas were killed in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday when the army foiled an infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LoC), an army spokesman said ... Read more...
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Five infiltrators, three soldiers killed in LoC gunfight
June 28th, 2010 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 28 (IANS) Five infiltrators and three army soldiers have been killed in an ongoing gunfight in Nowgam sector of the Line of Control (LOC) in north Kashmir, an army officer ... Read more...
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