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Three arrested for kidnapping


February 9th, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) A kidnapping for ransom case has been solved and three kidnappers arrested, police said Wednesday.The three, Islamuddin, 30, Sarfaraz, 31, and Abu Asim, 24, are ... Read more...

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Raja meets DMK supporters near court lock-up


February 7th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Around 60 supporters and DMK party colleagues of jailed former communications minister A. Raja met him Tuesday in the premises of a Delhi district court ... Read more...

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Multi-level car parking for Airport Metro commuters


February 6th, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) For commuter convenience and better connectivity to the high-speed Airport Metro Express Line (AMEL), a multi-level car parking is coming up close to Shivaji Stadium ... Read more...

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70 shanties gutted in fire


February 3rd, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) A major fire gutted more than 70 shanties Friday afternoon in Patel Nagar area of central Delhi, said an official.The fire broke out around 1.30 ... Read more...

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Two arrested for running job racket


February 2nd, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Two men who cheated several educated unemployed youths by promising them jobs in multinationals have been arrested, police said Thursday.Lalit Kumar, 59, and Amarjeet Rana, ... Read more...

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Delhi Metro kickstarts efforts to decongest Rajiv Chowk


January 31st, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Spanning numerous residential areas and commercial centres in the national capital and a lifeline for commuters, the Delhi Metro Tuesday kicked off tunnelling and boring ... Read more...

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Student run over by train


January 29th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 29 (IANS) A Delhi government school's Class 9 student, sporting mobile phone ear plugs, was crushed to death by a train near Sahibabad railway station in Ghaziabad Saturday, ... Read more...

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Phoolan Devi murder accused allowed to contest Uttar Pradesh polls


January 24th, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday allowed Sher Singh Rana, the husband of slain bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi and the prime accused in her murder, to file his ... Read more...

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BSF night shelters come up at AIIMS trauma centre


January 24th, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Relatives taking care of patients at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) do not have to brave the chill any longer as the ... Read more...

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R-Day Parade rehearsal hits traffic


January 23rd, 2012 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The full-dress rehearsal of the Republic Day Parade left thousands of commuters in the capital stranded Monday due to traffic restrictions during peak hours, ... Read more...

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Traffic restrictions for R-day parade rehearsal


January 22nd, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Delhi Traffic Police have placed restrictions on movement of vehicles in the capital Monday in view of the full dress rehearsal for the ... Read more...

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Over 500 jaywalkers prosecuted in three days


January 22nd, 2012 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Continuing its drive against jaywalkers, Delhi Police Saturday fined 154 people, taking the total number of those prosecuted in the past three days to ... Read more...

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Roerich paintings’ theft: Court writes to British home office


January 17th, 2012 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) A Delhi court has issued a letter rogatory to the British home office on a request from the CBI probing a case related to Russian ... Read more...

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Two doctors arrested in AIIMS exam leak racket (Lead)


January 13th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Two more doctors have been apprehended for involvement in the leaking of the AIIMS post-graduate medical entrance test papers Sunday. They had reportedly stuck a ... Read more...

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Two more arrested for AIIMS medical test racket


January 13th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, January 13 (IANS) Two more doctors were apprehended Thursday for taking benefit of the racket at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) under which the post-graduate ... Read more...

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Larger apex court bench to decide Pakistani accused’s plea (Lead)


January 12th, 2012 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday referred, to a larger bench, a Pakistani national's petition challenging his death sentence in the 1997 Karol Bagh bomb blast here ... Read more...

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Larger apex court bench to decide Pakistani accused’s plea


January 11th, 2012 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday referred to a larger bench a Pakistani national's petition challenging his death sentence in the 1997 Karol Bagh bomb blast here ... Read more...

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Now party for a social cause


January 11th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Sometimes you party to catch up with friends and sometimes to chill out. Here's a chance to party for a social cause -- the newly-launched ... Read more...

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Police assure smooth ride to Auto Expo (Second Lead)


January 8th, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Delhi Police Saturday said that they would ensure smooth movement of traffic around Pragati Maidan, the venue of the on-going 11th Auto Expo, a ... Read more...

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Bribe case: CBI custody of excise official extended till Jan 10


January 7th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody of a central excise official and an alleged middleman were Saturday extended till Jan 10 by a special ... Read more...

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Will shift Auto Expo elsewhere if told, say oganisers (Lead)


January 7th, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A day after massive crowds caused chaos at the prestigious Auto Expo in Pragati Maidan and traffic jams outside, one of the organisers Saturday ... Read more...

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Fire in Shastri Bhawan


January 7th, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A major fire broke out at Shastri Bhawan, which houses many ministries, in central Delhi Saturday morning, police said. No injuries have been reported.The blaze ... Read more...

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Traffic cops rethink Auto Expo at Pragati Maidan


January 7th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A day after massive jams were reported from around Pragati Maidan, the venue of the 11th Auto Expo, Delhi Traffic Police Saturday said that ... Read more...

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Delhi college student jumps to death in hospital


January 5th, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Depressed over failure in exam, a student of Zakir Hussain College in central Delhi jumped to his death from an hospital's third floor after ... Read more...

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Cousin held for siblings’ murder (Lead)


January 4th, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A cousin of a young woman and her brother, both found murdered in their house in central Delhi, has been arrested for the killings, ... Read more...

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Bribe case: Excise official, middleman sent to CBI custody (Lead)


January 3rd, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A central excise official and an alleged middleman were Tuesday remanded to four days' custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by a ... Read more...

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No threat to support CBI’s 2G case: Raja’s ex-aide (Lead)


January 3rd, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Aseervartham Achary, ex-aide of jailed former communications minister A. Raja, Tuesday told a special court hearing the 2G scam that he was not under any ... Read more...

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Raja visited Kanimozhi’s Delhi house: Ex-aide


January 3rd, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Aseervartham Achary, ex-aide of jailed former communications minister A. Raja, Tuesday told a special court hearing the 2G case that his boss once told him ... Read more...

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Cousin, uncle held for siblings’ murder


January 3rd, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A cousin and an uncle of a young woman and her brother, found murdered in their house in central Delhi the day before, have been ... Read more...

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Parents scramble for nursery admission forms on Day 2


January 3rd, 2012 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Braving the winter chill, thousands of parents Tuesday morning queued up for hours outside schools across the capital on the second day of sale ... Read more...

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Good Samaritan saves life, gets killed himself


January 2nd, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) A 33-year-old man was Monday crushed to death by a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus in his attempt to save a woman who had suddenly ... Read more...

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Sreedharan bids adieu to Delhi Metro


December 31st, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) "It was a very satisfying experience and I am very happy that Metro treads 190 km," Delhi Metro chief E. Sreedharan said Saturday, his last ... Read more...

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Man kidnaps one-year-old, arrested


December 31st, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) An abducted one-year-old girl was rescued and her kidnapper arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, police said Friday.A team of Delhi Police arrested Data Ram, a ... Read more...

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Two central Delhi Metro stations to close early on New Year’s eve


December 30th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Two Metro stations in central Delhi will be closed from 8 p.m. on New Year's eve Saturday due to security restrictions, the Delhi Metro official ... Read more...

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Two women held for stealing baby


December 30th, 2011 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Two women were arrested Thursday for kidnapping and selling a new-born baby here, police said. A woman who paid Rs.50,000 for the infant too has ... Read more...

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