Rhonda Byrne, Jeffrey Archer top authors this week (IANS Books)
April 28th, 2012 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Rhonda Byrne's "The Magic" dominates the non-fiction category in the bestseller list this week, while Jeffrey Archer's "The Sins of the Father" is at the ... Read more...
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Over 3.56 lakh lose power connections in Haryana
April 24th, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 24 (IANS) In a major drive, the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam(UHBVN) has disconnected power supply to more than 3.56 lakh consumers for non-payment of dues and recovered ... Read more...
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US opens ‘American Corner’ in Uttar Pradesh
April 24th, 2012 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) With an aim to promote American studies in India and strengthen India-US relations, an American Corner and American Studies Curriculum were inaugurated at a college here.The ... Read more...
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Sachin turns 39, celebrates with wife in Chandigarh (With Images)
April 24th, 2012 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 24 (IANS) The world may have feted him for becoming the only man to hit a century of centuries, but when it came to celebrating his 39th ... Read more...
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Punjab government takes on Thapar University
April 24th, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 23 (IANS) The Punjab government has sought a complete report on the status of the private Thapar University following the controversy over abolition of Punjab quota seats in ... Read more...
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Separate teachers cadre for Haryana’s Mewat
April 22nd, 2012 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) Haryana's Mewat area, which has a substantial population of Muslims, will now have a separate cadre of teachers, a lawmaker said Sunday.Mewat legislator Aftab Ahmed said ... Read more...
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Haryana seeks Rs 3,000 crore from centre
April 22nd, 2012 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) Haryana has sought Rs.3,000 crore from the central government to compensate for the loss of revenue due to the reduction of central sales tax (CST) rates ... Read more...
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Haryana to count wildlife in May-June
April 22nd, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 22 (IANS) Haryana's wildlife will be counted in May and June in order to conserve it, an official said here Sunday."While intensifying its campaign to conserve wildlife, the ... Read more...
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Three of family murdered in Haryana’s Sonipat
April 20th, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 20 (IANS) A middle-aged shopkeeper, his wife and their teenage daughter were found brutally murdered at their house in Bandepur village of Haryana's Sonipat district Friday morning, police ... Read more...
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Jalandhar collapse: Worker rescued after 72 hours
April 19th, 2012 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, April 19 (IANS) The untiring efforts of rescue teams engaged in finding survivors beneath the collapsed blanket manufacturing factory in this Punjab city saw more success early Thursday with ... Read more...
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Jalandhar factory collapse kills two, probe ordered (Third Lead)
April 16th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar (Punjab), April 16 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday evening ordered an inquiry into the collapse of the building of a blanket factory here late Sunday night which left two ... Read more...
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Several workers trapped as Jalandhar building collapses
April 16th, 2012 - 8:38 am ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, April 16 (IANS) Several workers were feared trapped after a three-storyed factory building collapsed in Punjab's Jalandhar city, 150 km from state capital Chandigarh.Over 70 workers were inside the ... Read more...
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Haryana politician still in hospital
April 15th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 15 (IANS) Haryana's chief parliamentary secretary (CPS) Ram Kishan Fauji continued to be in a hospital here Sunday after being found unconscious under mysterious circumstances at his official ... Read more...
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Pakistani textile brand to open 200 stores in India
April 14th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Pakistan-based fashion house Sefam, which already has a store in the capital's Greater Kailash market, is planning to expand its network in India with 200 ... Read more...
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Rhonda Byrne, Jeffrey Archer top authors of week (IANS BOOKS)
April 14th, 2012 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Rhonda Byrne's "The Magic" dominates the non-fiction category in the bestseller list this week, while Jeffrey Archer's "The Sins of the Father" maintains the top ... Read more...
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‘14 innovation universities to be set up in India’
April 10th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) Fourteen innovation universities would be set up in the country during the 12th Five Year Plan, Union Minister of State for Planning, Science and Technology and ... Read more...
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Jeffrey Archer’s book tops fiction again (IANS Books)
April 7th, 2012 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Sir Jeffrey Archer's "The Sins of the Father" occupies the top spot in the fiction section again in the bestseller list this week, while Rhonda ... Read more...
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2,447 students booked in Haryana
April 4th, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) As many as 2,447 candidates have been booked for using unfair means and 20 teachers have been relieved from examination work during the Haryana Board of ... Read more...
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Military school students to learn Chinese
April 4th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chail (Himachal Pradesh), April 4 (IANS) The defence ministry has decided to introduce Chinese language from this academic session in one of its prestigious residential schools here, said an official ... Read more...
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Hookah bars banned in Gurgaon
April 4th, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) The Gurgaon administration Tuesday banned hookah bars in the entire district, a Haryana government spokesman said here."District Magistrate P.C. Meena has today (Tuesday) banned Hookah bars ... Read more...
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Chaudhary new Haryana chief secretary
April 3rd, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) The Haryana government Tuesday appointed Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary as the state's new chief secretary, an official spokesman said here.Chaudhary replaces Urvashi Gulati, who retired March 31.The ... Read more...
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Train to five Sikh shrines in December
April 3rd, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) A luxury train covering all the leading Sikh shrines in the country will be flagged off in December this year, a Punjab official said Tuesday.Principal Secretary ... Read more...
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Gurgaon-Chandigarh Volvo buses a hit
April 2nd, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, April 2 (IANS) The luxury Volvo buses launched Monday between Gurgaon in Haryana and Chandigarh via Delhi are already a hit.The first batch of the Haryana Roadways service was ... Read more...
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BJP to stop trains in eight states Tuesday
April 2nd, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 2 (IANS) The Kisan Morcha farmers wing of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) will conduct a 'Rail Roko' agitation Tuesday in eight states of the country where foodgrain ... Read more...
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Fear of plague haunting Himachal villages
April 2nd, 2012 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 2 (IANS) Residents of the Rohru rural belt in Himachal Pradesh are living in fear of the 'wrath of god'. The cause of the scare is actually pneumonic ... Read more...
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Record power generation by Himachal plant
April 1st, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 1 (IANS) The Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL), the company that owns and operates India's largest hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh, Sunday announced that it has achieved ... Read more...
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At 101, Fauja Singh still running!
April 1st, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
London/Chandigarh, April 1 (IANS) As he turned a memorable 101-years-old Sunday, Sikh marathoner Fauja Singh did not have his birthday celebrations on his mind at his London home. Instead, ... Read more...
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Curfew continues in Gurdaspur, Badal orders probe
March 30th, 2012 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 30 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the violence in Gurdaspur, where curfew continued after a youth was killed in police ... Read more...
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One killed in clash over Rajoana, curfew in Gurdaspur (Lead)
March 29th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Gurdaspur (Punjab), March 29 (IANS) Curfew was imposed here Thursday after one person was killed and another received bullet injuries when police fired to break up a clash between two ... Read more...
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Panacea Biotec commissions anti-cancer unit in Himachal
March 29th, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Baddi (Himachal Pradesh), March 29 (IANS) Healthcare management company Panacea Biotec has commissioned an oncology unit in this Himachal Pradesh industrial town.This new manufacturing facility, with an outlay of Rs.55 ... Read more...
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Centre stays Rajoana hanging, Punjab leaders welcome it (Roundup)
March 28th, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chandigarh, March 28 (IANS) The central government Wednesday stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana for the Aug 31, 1995 assassination of then Punjab ... Read more...
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Halt execution, says Human Rights Watch
March 28th, 2012 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
New York, March 28 (IANS) Human Rights Watch Wednesday demanded that India should not hang terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana."The death penalty is always wrong and the Indian government should immediately ... Read more...
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Badal wants new constitution for India
March 27th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 27 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Tuesday demanded a fresh constitution for the country along genuinely federal lines.Winding up the debate on the motion of thanks ... Read more...
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Rajoana should hang Saturday, rules court
March 27th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 27 (IANS) Balwant Singh Rajoana, the Babbar Khalsa International terrorist sentenced to death in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, should hang as scheduled ... Read more...
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WSH: Comets move closer to semi-final spot
March 26th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 26 (IANS) Chandigarh Comets virtually assured themselves a berth in the semi-finals when they defeated Chennai Cheetahs 4-0 in the World Series Hockey competition here Monday.The victory that ... Read more...
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