Rannvijay Singh challenges school-goers with obstacle race (With Images)
September 5th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Adventure enthusiast Rannvijay Singh Sangha has launched Rocksport Challenge, an obstacle race for school-going children. He feels the youth has distanced itself from nature, and ... Read more...
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Woman dies after jumping from metro station terrace
May 4th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) In the second such incident in as many days, a 27-year-old woman died Friday afternoon after jumping from the terrace of a metro station in ... Read more...
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Beam at Delhi flyover causes male nurse’s death
April 29th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) A male nurse riding a motorcycle was killed when an iron beam fell on him after it was hit by a speeding truck on west ... Read more...
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Three postal employees, accomplice caught stealing parcels
April 23rd, 2012 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Four men, including three postal department employees, were arrested for stealing parcels from a post office van in the capital's cantonment area, police said Sunday.According ... Read more...
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Delhi cop who caused man’s death arrested
March 3rd, 2012 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) A Delhi Police constable who pushed a 66-year-old man leading to his death has been arrested, police said Saturday.Vikram Singh, who joined the force in ... Read more...
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1984 riots case against Sajjan: Final arguments from March 16
February 13th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The final arguments in a Delhi court in a case of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots here are likely ... Read more...
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Three killed in road accidents
February 6th, 2012 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Three people were killed in three different road accidents in the national capital, police said Sunday.An unidentified man, in his mid-thirties, was killed in a ... Read more...
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Army housing complex inaugurated in Lucknow
November 8th, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 8 (IANS) A new housing complex for Indian Army personnel, comprising 570 dwelling units, was opened at the cantonment area here Tuesday, a statement said.Minister of State for ... Read more...
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With bitterness and longing - remembering victims of 1984
October 31st, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Twenty-seven years since Indira Gandhi was assassinated, 27 years since 2,700 Sikhs were killed in the capital in the terrible aftermath. As a host of ... Read more...
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Four killed in road accidents
September 4th, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Four people, including a policeman, were killed in separate road accidents here Sunday, police said.In the first accident, Head Constable Rakesh Kumar, 38, was found ... Read more...
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Hazare’s supporters on the Ganga too
August 22nd, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur/Lucknow, Aug 22 (IANS) It's not only on land -- support for Anna Hazare's anti-graft campaign can also be seen on the waters of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur ... Read more...
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Airport Metro’s two new stations open Monday
August 15th, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) A Reliance Infrastructure-led consortium that operates the Delhi Airport Metro Express Line will open its Dhaula Kuan and Aerocity stations for public from Monday, an ... Read more...
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Day-old girl found abandoned at Pune garbage dump
June 25th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, June 25 (IANS) A day-old infant girl was found abandoned at a garbage dump in the cantonment area on the outskirts of Pune city, police said Saturday."A man, Dinkal ... Read more...
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Woman gangraped in Delhi, three arrested
June 8th, 2011 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The police have arrested three youths for gangraping a 25-year-old woman in the national capital, while two others are on the run, an officer said ... Read more...
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16 killed in Pakistan bakery bombing (Lead)
June 6th, 2011 - 8:18 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 6 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a suspected suicide bombing that ripped through a bakery in a cantonment area in ... Read more...
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16 killed in Pakistan bakery blast
June 6th, 2011 - 2:19 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 6 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed and more than 40 injured when an explosion ripped through a bakery in a cantonment area in Pakistan's Nowshera city ... Read more...
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Five killed in Pakistan bakery blast
June 6th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Nowshera (Pakistan), June 5 (IANS) Five people were killed and 12 injured in a blast that ripped through a bakery in a cantonment area in Pakistan's Nowshera district Sunday ... Read more...
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Indian soldier held with drugs
May 17th, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bathinda (Punjab), May 17 (IANS) Two men, including an Indian Army soldier, have been arrested from the cantonment area here for possessing one kg of heroin, police said Tuesday.Lance Naik ... Read more...
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Gunmen barge into government office, shoot three
April 26th, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), April 26 (IANS) Panic gripped a government office here Tuesday after two unidentified men barged in and fired several rounds at an engineer and two contractors, injuring ... Read more...
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Mystery shrouds death of retired IAF personnel
February 14th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 14 (IANS) A retired Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel was found dead under mysterious circumstances near a railway crossing here Monday, police said.The body of Rajkishore Yadav, aged ... Read more...
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Twenty killed, forty injured in Mardan Cantonment suicide blast
February 10th, 2011 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Mardan, Feb 10(ANI): Twenty security personnel were killed and forty others wounded in a bomb explosion at Mardan Cantonment in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday.As per details, an explosion occurred in Punjab ... Read more...
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Suspected Pakistani agent arrested in Pune
February 2nd, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 2 (IANS) A 24-year-old Indian man suspected to be spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was arrested from the city's Bund Garden area, police said Wednesday. He was also assisted ... Read more...
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Witness accuses Sajjan Kumar of threats
January 10th, 2011 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A woman witness in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case Monday told a Delhi court that Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and others had threatened her family for being ... Read more...
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Arms smuggler held in Uttar Pradesh
January 8th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 8 (IANS) A man working for an inter-state arms and ammunition racket was arrested with five country-made pistols in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, police said Saturday.Guchchan Khan, aged around 45 years, ... Read more...
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Mother recalls young lieutenant who’d win Param Vir Chakra in 1971
December 16th, 2010 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 16 (IANS) At 85, Maheshwari Khetrepal is old but recalls vividly how she and her husband with their friends celebrated after India declared ceasefire ... Read more...
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Teacher accused of molestation surrenders
December 6th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), Dec 6 (IANS) A school teacher accused of sexually harassing five girl students Monday surrendered in a court, which granted him bail.Sham Bahadur Thapa of the Army Public School was ... Read more...
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School teacher missing after complaint of harassment(Lead)
December 6th, 2010 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), Dec 6 (IANS) A school music teacher has gone missing after being accused of sexually harassing five girl students and police conducted raids in Haryana and Chandigarh Monday to nab ... Read more...
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Nine convicted for murder of Pakistan Army’s surgeon general
November 16th, 2010 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Nov 16 (IANS) An anti-terrorist court in Rawalpindi Tuesday convicted nine persons of charges of assassinating then surgeon general of Pakistan Army Lt Gen Mushtaq Ahmad Baig in ... Read more...
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Bangladesh’s former PM evicted amid protests (Fourth Lead)
November 13th, 2010 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 13 (IANS) Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia was Saturday evicted from her government home and reached the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office amid protests by her supporters.The ... Read more...
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Khaleda Zia put under house arrest, says Bangladesh opposition (Second Lead)
November 13th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 13 (IANS) Bangladesh's main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Saturday said its leader and former prime minister Khaleda Zia was put "under house arrest" as the government moved to ... Read more...
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Khaleda Zia evicted from home (Lead)
November 13th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 13 (IANS) Former Bangladesh prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia was Saturday morning evicted from the government house which was given to her after her husband's assassination in ... Read more...
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Khaleda Zia evicted from home
November 13th, 2010 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 13 (IANS) Former Bangladesh prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia was Saturday morning evicted from her home where she had lived for over three decades.Police and Rapid Action ... Read more...
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A laddoo king shapes academic careers in Punjab
October 26th, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Jalandhar, Oct 26 (IANS) The hands that once shaped laddoos are now shaping the academic careers of thousands of students. The Lovely group, which ruled in Punjab as the undisputed ... Read more...
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Principal booked for student’s death
October 15th, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 15 (IANS) The principal of a private school here has been booked in connection with the death of a girl student whom he allegedly refused permission to go home in ... Read more...
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Trial against Sajjan Kumar in 1984 riots case to continue: Supreme Court
September 20th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash charges of murder and other offences against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, and said, the trial would continue in connection ... Read more...
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