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High Court sets aside opposition legislator’s election

December 2nd, 2008 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) The Madras High Court Tuesday set aside the election of a woman AIADMK legislator Glory Chandra from Rajapalayam for reportedly producing a false certificate claiming scheduled caste status.Upholding ...

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Policeman dies after falling from terrace in Delhi

November 11th, 2008 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) A head constable in the Delhi Police died after he fell from the terrace of his house in the capital Tuesday, the police said.Head Constable Chandra Paul, ...

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Man wanted in nearly two dozen cases arrested in Uttar Pradesh

November 7th, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) A man who was wanted in nearly two dozen criminal cases and was absconding for the last 15 years was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Kanshi Ram district after ...

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Trader shot at in Ghaziabad

November 6th, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS -
Ghaziabad, Nov 6 (IANS) Four assailants shot and injured a trader here in Uttar Pradesh, the police said Thursday. According to Circle Officer-II C.P. Singh, four car borne assailants Wednesday night shot ...

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RSS activists attack Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi

RSS activists attack Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi

November 3rd, 2008 - 7:41 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov.3 (ANI): At least 25 people attacked the Maharashtra Sadan here over the state governments go slow in ordering the arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray. ...

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Unitech net profit dips 12 percent in second quarter

November 1st, 2008 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Hit by the continuing slump in the realty sector, leading developer Unitech Ltd has posted a 12 percent fall in its net profit in the quarter ended ...

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Delhi government inks deal to preserve city monuments

October 29th, 2008 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The Delhi government Wednesday signed a deal with INTACH, a non-profit organisation, for the protection and conservation of 92 monuments in the national capital.The department of archaeology ...

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LS Committee recommends expulsion of BJP MP Katara

LS Committee recommends expulsion of BJP MP Katara

October 20th, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 20 (ANI): A Lok Sabha Committee has recommended the expulsion of controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Babubhai Katara, allegedly involved in the infamous human trafficking case, for ...

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Orissa laywer, writer Gobinda Chandra Das dead

October 18th, 2008 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, Oct 18 (IANS) Gobinda Chandra Das, former Orissa advocate general and author of over a dozen books, died here following prolonged illness, family sources said Saturday. Das died in a hospital ...

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Chided for flunking tests, teenager commits suicide

October 11th, 2008 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Oct 11 (IANS) A 14-year-old girl was Saturday found hanging from the ceiling in her home here, with her family blaming a teacher for scolding her and pushing her to take ...

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Praharaj is new Director General of Police of Orissa

September 30th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, Sep 30 (IANS) The Orissa government has appointed Manmohan Praharaj as the Director General of Police (DGP), a senior official of the state home department said.A 1976 batch Indian Police Service ...

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Maoists youth wing to concentrate on development activities

September 29th, 2008 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI -
Kathmandu, Sept 29 (ANI): The CPN-Maoist is planning to split its youth wing, Young Communist League (YCL), under two separate units which include production force and construction force to support the ...

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ICC President confirms future meeting with ICL representatives

September 26th, 2008 - 12:49 am ICT by ANI -
Dubai , Sept.25 (ANI): International Cricket Council (ICC) President David Morgan today confirmed he had received a request fromSubhash Chandra of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited to meet with him regarding the ...

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Murder suspect commits suicide in police custody, 3 suspended (lead)

September 15th, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) A murder suspect committed suicide by hanging himself in the lock-up of a police station in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said Monday.The incident was reported from ...

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Murder suspect commits suicide in police custody

September 15th, 2008 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) A murder suspect committed suicide by hanging himself in the lock-up of a police station in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said Monday.The incident was reported from ...

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Fake widows found drawing pension, woman arrested

September 15th, 2008 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) A woman has been arrested in an Uttar Pradesh village after a local official found over two dozen women who were drawing widows' pensions from the state government ...

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Grief, despair at Delhi’s hospitals, a day after

September 14th, 2008 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Wailing men and women as well as dazed family members of the seriously injured or missing after a string of bomb attacks besieged hospitals here Sunday, straining ...

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150 Bangladeshi infiltrators arrested at West Bengal border

September 12th, 2008 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Sep 12 (IANS) At least 150 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel Friday while infiltrating into Indian territory through the West Bengal border."We have apprehended about ...

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Purwar named officiating director of IIM Lucknow

September 1st, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 1 (IANS) Prem Chandra Purwar has been appointed officiating director of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), an official said here Monday.His appointment, following a human resource development ministry ...

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Two workers serious after fire near Chennai (Supersedes earlier story)

September 1st, 2008 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Sep 1 (IANS) Several workers were injured, two of them seriously, when a fire engulfed a Hyundai automobile factory near here, police said.The accident took place in the paint plant of ...

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Two workers die in fire near Chennai

September 1st, 2008 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Sep 1 (IANS) At least two workers were killed and many injured when a fire engulfed a Hyundai automobile factory near here, police said.The accident took place in the paint plant ...

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One arrested for sending threatening messages to Chouhan

August 29th, 2008 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, Aug 28 (IANS) A 58-year-old man was arrested late Thursday evening in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district for sending threatening messages to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The police arrested Prakash Chandra ...

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Islamic ultras suspected of hacking website

August 23rd, 2008 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh police are investigating whether Islamic ultras had a hand behind hacking the website of a software professional here. So far the police have ascertained that ...

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Threat to blow up historic temple in Saharanpur

August 22nd, 2008 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Aug 22 (IANS) Security around a historic temple in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district was beefed up Friday following a threat to blow up the shrine, some 500 km from here. ...

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3 killed as man fires at family members, self

August 21st, 2008 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, August 20 (IANS) Three people died and three others were critically injured when a man shot at his family members and then turned the gun on himself, the police said.The incident ...

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Finally, help for mentally ill woman chained for 15 years

August 17th, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Jagatsinghpur (Orissa), Aug 17 (IANS) A woman in an Orissa village, chained since the past 15 years by her family because they could not afford medical treatment for her mental illness, has ...

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Two leopard skins seized in Dehradun

August 15th, 2008 - 9:06 pm ICT by ANI -
Dehradun, August 15 (ANI): The Wildlife Department in Dehradun has seized three leopard skins and arrested two people in this connection. Acting on a tip off, a Special Task Force arrested Lakshmi ...

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Arjun Singh to be discharged from AIIMS by Thursday

August 12th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Arjun Singh's health has improved "considerably" and he is likely to be discharged by Thursday, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ...

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Orissa announces poll schedule for urban local bodies

August 11th, 2008 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, Aug 11 (IANS) Orissa's election commission Monday announced that polls to 92 of the state's 103 urban local bodies would be held Sep 11. As per the notification issued by the ...

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BJP MPs say cash-for-vote sting tapes doctored

BJP MPs say cash-for-vote sting tapes doctored

August 7th, 2008 - 9:14 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , August 7 (ANI): Two of the three Bharatiya Janata Party MPs, who displayed bundles of currency notes in the Lok Sabha on July 22, today alleged that the ...

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