Priyanka open to campaigning, ‘anything to help’ Rahul
January 17th, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 17 (IANS) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday said she was open to the idea of campaigning for the party in election-bound ... Read more...
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Priyanka returns to campaign in Amethi (Lead)
January 16th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 16 (IANS) After a long break from grassroots politics, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra campaigned in her brother Rahul Gandhi's constituency Monday, claiming ... Read more...
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Priyanka returns to campaign in Amethi
January 16th, 2012 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 16 (IANS) After a long break from grassroots politics, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra was back here Monday to supplement brother Rahul's efforts ... Read more...
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Bad weather forces Mulayam to skip Azamgarh rally
January 1st, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 1 (IANS) Inclement weather Sunday prevented Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav from reaching Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh town, where he was to address a rally.While some of ... Read more...
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View from top: India may use US aircraft for weather forecast
November 20th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) If all goes well then India's monsoon forecast and cyclone prediction are likely to become more accurate in coming years with a hi-tech aircraft from ... Read more...
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Mayawati raises security issues on Rahul’s sneak visits
November 3rd, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 3 (IANS) Taking a serious note of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's unannounced visits to Uttar Pradesh, the Mayawati government Thursday raised critical security issues.Gandhi took the ... Read more...
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Orissa flouted rules in hiring choppers: Anti-graft group
September 5th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 5 (IANS) The hiring of choppers for Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and other ministers a number of times during the past six years was done in violation ... Read more...
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Air ambulance crash is the first, say experts (Lead)
May 26th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The single-engine plane that was carrying a critically-ill patient from Patna to New Delhi and crashed in a residential colony in Faridabad, killing 10 people, ... Read more...
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Bad weather caused crash?
May 26th, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Strong winds may have caused the air ambulance crash at Faridabad that claimed 10 lives, officials of the Delhi-based Air Chartered Services India Pvt Ltd ... Read more...
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‘A burning plane, a thunderous sound’ - all hell broke loose
May 26th, 2011 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Faridabad, May 26 (IANS) Staring at the mangled remains of the aircraft and the pile of bricks that once was a house, the nightmare seemed far from over for shocked ... Read more...
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Entire Apollo family is devastated, says hospital
May 26th, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Private healthcare chain Apollo Hospital Thursday described as "most unfortunate" the crash of an air ambulance that killed a patient on way from Patna for ... Read more...
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Plane’s tyre bursts on landing at Hyderabad airport
March 28th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 28 (IANS) Passengers of a chartered aircraft had a narrow escape when one of the tyres of the plane deflated while landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport ... Read more...
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123 Indonesians still waiting for evacuation from Libya
March 11th, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by BNO News
TRIPOLI (BNO NEWS) -- At least 123 Indonesians are still in Libya, more than the previous number announced by the government earlier this week, the Jakarta Globe reported Thursday.
On Monday, Foreign Affairs ... Read more...
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9,200 Indians rescued from Libya, thousands still left
March 5th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) With six more flights bringing in stranded Indians from Libya, India said Saturday that over 9,200 people had been evacuated from the strife-torn country. But ... Read more...
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Rahul makes unannounced trip to Youth Congress camp in Lucknow
November 11th, 2010 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 11 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday once again took the Uttar Pradesh Police by surprise when he landed here unannounced, visited a Youth Congress camp and flew ... Read more...
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Karachi plane crash apparently due to ‘human error’, says expert
November 6th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 6 (ANI): A human error appears to be the cause behind the twin-engined Beech 1900 aircraft crash in Karachi on Friday, a source in the aviation industry has said."It seems ... Read more...
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Printing of Guru Granth Sahib allowed abroad
September 22nd, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Amritsar, Sep 22 (IANS) Sikhs living in Western countries will no longer have to wait for the supply of the Guru Granth Sahib, as the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) ... Read more...
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TDP agitation in Maharashtra inspired by Congress, alleges Shiv Sena
July 21st, 2010 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Wednesday alleged that the Congress government in Maharashtra was soft on the Chandrababu Naidu issue to help divert attention from the statewide political rallies ... Read more...
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Charges dropped, Naidu arrives in Hyderabad (Night Lead)
July 21st, 2010 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad/Aurangabad, July 20 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and his party colleagues returned to Hyderabad Tuesday night to a warm welcome by hundreds of supporters after the Maharashtra ... Read more...
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Maharashtra charters plane to send Naidu back to Hyderabad
July 20th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Aurangabad, (Maharashtra), July 20 (IANS) Acting swiftly, the Maharashtra government Tuesday evening chartered an Indian Airlines aircraft from Mumbai to ferry Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and around 90 ... Read more...
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With Rahul, Bill Gates visits Amethi and Rae Bareli (Roundup, Changing dateline)
May 11th, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Sharat Pradhan
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), May 11 (IANS) Accompanied by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, Microsoft chief Bill Gates, one of the world's richest men, Tuesday toured Rae Bareli and Amethi ... Read more...
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Bill Gates visits Gandhi bastions with Rahul (Lead)
May 11th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
By Sharat Pradhan
Jais (Uttar Pradesh), May 11 (IANS) Microsoft chief Bill Gates, one of the world's richest men, accompanied Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for a day-long visit aimed at giving ... Read more...
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Gandhi takes Gates on whirlwind visit to Amethi, Rae Bareli
May 11th, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Sharat Pradhan
Jais (Uttar Pradesh), May 11 (IANS) Microsoft chief Bill Gates and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived here Tuesday for a day-long visit aimed at giving the global philanthropist ... Read more...
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Government to act tough over near miss at Mumbai airport
August 24th, 2009 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The government will take "strict action" against those found guilty in Sunday's near-miss incident at the Mumbai airport when two private planes took off almost simultaneously from ... Read more...
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Near miss at Mumbai airport
August 24th, 2009 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 23 (IANS) Two private planes took off almost simultaneously from the same runway at the Mumbai airport Sunday morning, narrowly averting an air disaster, an official said Sunday.
A probe has ... Read more...
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State funeral for sect leader as thousands attend in Punjab (Lead)
June 4th, 2009 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, June 4 (IANS) Thousands of followers of Sant Rama Nand Dass attended the cremation of the slain Dera Sach Khand sect leader at Ballan village near this Punjab city after his ... Read more...
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Thousands pour in for sect leader’s cremation in Punjab
June 4th, 2009 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, June 4 (IANS) Thousands of followers of slain Dera Sachh Khand sect leader, Sant Rama Nand Dass, trooped into Ballan village, 15 km from here, as his body was brought from ... Read more...
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This day in history
April 11th, 2009 - 10:38 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
12th April 20091948 – Suraj Sanim Born April 12, bollywood writer/ Cinematographer.1956 - Deepak Anand Born April 12, is a Bollywood film director and film editor.1983 - Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' ... Read more...
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Priyanka Gandhi arrives in brother’s political turf
March 3rd, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Amethi, March 3 (IANS) A day after the announcement of general elections, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday arrived in this Uttar Pradesh town to spend the day in her Congress MP brother Rahul ... Read more...
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Two planes escape collision narrowly at Goa airport
November 16th, 2008 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 16 (IANS) As many as 356 passengers on board a Moscow-bound Trans-Aero flight had a narrow escape when the chartered aircraft brushed against the wings of another plane at Goa's ... Read more...
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Not choppers or limos, NRI groom’s party travels on rickshaws
October 26th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 26 (IANS) Flaunting designer clothes, loads of jewellery and expensive accessories, a London-based NRI family chose a rather different way to travel to the wedding venue - pedal-rickshaws and horse ... Read more...
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Indian, Australian Test squads reach Chandigarh
October 15th, 2008 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 14 (IANS) The Indian and Australian cricket teams arrived here late Tuesday evening by a chartered aircraft for the second Test beginning at Mohali on Friday. The teams were immediately ... Read more...
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Ishmeet’s body reaches a mournful Ludhiana
July 31st, 2008 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
Ludhiana, July 30 (IANS) The body of budding singer Ishmeet Singh, who died after drowning in a swimming pool of a resort in the Maldives Tuesday, was flown in to his hometown ... Read more...
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Ramdev takes 1,000 followers on Vedic cruise to China
May 31st, 2008 - 9:53 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) One thousand people aboard luxury cruise liner Superstar Virgo will practise yoga, meditation, breathing exercises, Vedic lifestyle and ayurveda on the seas off Communist China under the ... Read more...
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Flying school plane crashes near Pune, both pilots safe
March 14th, 2008 - 5:59 pm ICT by admin
Pune, March 14 (IANS) A chartered aircraft belonging to Karwar Aviation Ptv, a pilot training school at Baramati, near Pune, crashed into the Nira river Friday. The accident took place at 11.55 ... Read more...
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