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Three Delhi Jal Board officials awarded jail term, fines

November 25th, 2008 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday awarded two-week imprisonment to three Delhi Jal Board officials, including its CEO, and slapped on them a fine for not repairing a ...

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Doctors from IITs? Not possible, say faculty members, alumni

November 24th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The faculty members and the alumni of the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have expressed opposition to any plan to start medical courses in the institutions, ...

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Delhi BJP MLA, civic officials get EC notice for code violation

Delhi BJP MLA, civic officials get EC notice for code violation

November 18th, 2008 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The Election Commission of India Tuesday asked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Ramesh Bidhuri and some Delhi couuncillors and civic officials why action should not be taken ...

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Falling iron bar injures two at Metro construction site (Second Lead)

November 2nd, 2008 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Two girls, aged three and 18, were injured after an iron bar fell on them at a Metro construction site near the Moolchand flyover in south Delhi, ...

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Falling iron bar at metro construction site injures two (Lead)

November 2nd, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Two girls, aged three and 18, sustained minor injuries after an iron bar fell on them at a metro construction site near the Moolchand flyover in south ...

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Falling iron bar at metro construction site injures 20

November 2nd, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Twenty people, including two minor girls, sustained minor injuries after an iron bar fell on them at a metro construction site near the Moolchand flyover in south ...

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Two killed in Delhi Metro viaduct collapse (Roundup)

October 19th, 2008 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) At least two people, including a Blueline bus driver, were killed and 30 injured when part of an under-construction Delhi Metro viaduct in east Delhi collapsed early ...

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X-ray camera aboard Chandrayaan-1 to probe the moon

X-ray camera aboard Chandrayaan-1 to probe the moon

October 16th, 2008 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 16 (ANI): The Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, which is Indias first mission to the moon, will carry a sophisticated X-ray camera on board, when it is launched into space on October ...

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‘Avoid snowbound highway from November’

October 15th, 2008 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS -
Shimla, Oct 15 (IANS) Motorists have been advised not to travel on the highway that connects tourist destinations Manali and Leh after Oct 31, an official said Wednesday.The 475-km Manali-Leh highway passes ...

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Judicial panel examines encroachments in Chennai’s commercial district

September 24th, 2008 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Sep 24 (IANS) A one-man judicial commission probing safety standards at a crowded commercial district in the city examined several encroachments on a street where a fire mishap at a supermarket ...

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Delhi evacuates people living on the banks of Yamuna

September 22nd, 2008 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 22 (ANI): The Delhi government is evacuating people living on the banks of river Yamuna following the release of a record four lakhs cusecs of water by Haryana ...

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Notice to Delhi bureaucrat for contempt of court

September 17th, 2008 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued contempt notice to the secretary of Social Welfare Department of the state government for not complying with the court's direction to ...

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China mudflow toll rises to 151

September 12th, 2008 - 4:38 am ICT by IANS -
Taiyuan (China), Sep 11 (Xinhua) The toll in China's mudflow following heavy rain Monday in northern Shanxi province has risen to 151, rescue officials said Thursday.Most of the deaths occurred when a ...

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Good monsoon brings Sukhna Lake back to life (Letter from Chandigarh)

August 28th, 2008 - 10:27 am ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, Aug 28 (IANS) Thanks to the good monsoon rainfall in the last few months, the picturesque Sukhna Lake that is the showpiece of this city is once again brimming with water.The ...

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Miraculous escape for three as SUV sinks in Faridabad

August 26th, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS -
Faridabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Three people, including a two-year-old girl, had a miraculous escape Tuesday afternoon when a Tata Safari sports utility vehicle (SUV) sank in a big ditch filled with rain ...

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Major power cuts planned in seven Kerala districts

August 13th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS -
Kozhikode, Aug 13 (IANS) The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) said it would impose significant cuts in power supply for seven days Aug 17-23 in the seven northern districts of the state ...

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U.S. Air Force designs laser weapon that leaves target clueless of what hit it

August 13th, 2008 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI -
London, August 13 (ANI): The U.S. Air Force is planning to mount on a Hercules aircraft an airborne laser weapon called the "long-range blowtorch", which can hit a target without leaving ...

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Rs.8.7 mn cash, jewellery seized from government official

August 9th, 2008 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Aug 8 (IANS) Cash and jewellery worth Rs.8.7 million have been seized from a senior official of the Tamil Nadu electricity board after a team of the Directorate of Vigilance and ...

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Olympic venues as ‘green’ building models

July 18th, 2008 - 9:18 am ICT by IANS -
By Quan Xiaoshu Beijing, July 18 (Xinhua) Committed to "green" Olympics, China has built the key venues of the Games not only as architectural showpieces but also as model energy-efficient and environment-friendly structures. ...

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Hyundai to launch i20 this year

July 15th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, July 15 (IANS) Sticking to 'i' series cars, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) will launch an i20 model later this year, a top company official said here Tuesday. "We plan to ...

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Kalka-Shimla rail line bags Unesco heritage status

July 8th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS -
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, July 8 (IANS) The century-old Kalka-Shimla rail line, a 96-km-long narrow gauge railroad built to ferry Europeans to and from this hill town - then the summer capital of ...

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China aims at bigger world market slice with new turboprop aircraft

July 7th, 2008 - 9:10 am ICT by IANS -
By Wu Qi Beijing, July 7 (Xinhua) China has made substantial progress in its ambition of gaining a larger share of the world's short and medium haul turboprop aircraft market after it presented ...

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Steam car Inspiration to attempt land speed record

July 3rd, 2008 - 3:38 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 3 (ANI): A UK team hopes that its 7.6 metre-long car Inspiration will emerge as the fastest ever steam-powered land vehicle by beating the 205.5 kilometres per hour record, ...

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Worlds largest cable-stayed bridge inaugurated in China

July 1st, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 1 (ANI): Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze Road Bridge, the worlds largest cable-stayed bridge, was formally opened in East Chinas Jiangsu Province after five years of construction. The bridge linking the two ...

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Floods maroon Balasore district of Orissa

June 20th, 2008 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI -
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh)/Balosore (Orissa), June 20 (ANI): People marooned in flash floods in Balasore in Orissa have alleged tardy pace in relief operations. About one million people in 887 villages have been ...

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Chinas major panda habitat severely damaged by May 12 quake

June 13th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, June 13 (ANI): Chinas major giant panda habitat, home to about 1,400 of the wild bears, suffered great damage in the recent earthquake, according to a senior official from ...

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One killed in ship explosion at Port Blair

June 12th, 2008 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) One person was killed and four crewmen were seriously injured in a massive explosion on an Indian cargo vessel at Port Blair, it was announced Thursday. According to ...

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Agartala to be on Indian railway map soon

Agartala to be on Indian railway map soon

June 9th, 2008 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, June 9 (IANS) Later this month, the capital of Tripura will become the second state capital in the northeast after Guwahati to find a place on the country's railway map. "The ...

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Chinas quake lake to be drained soon

June 5th, 2008 - 8:17 pm ICT by ANI -
Beijing, June 5 (ANI): Tangjiashan, the "quake lake" in China's Sichuan Province, is likely to be drained soon, today or thereafter. The timing of actually draining the lake, will be decided by ...

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Over 150,000 Chinese evacuated from Beichuan over flood fears

May 28th, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 28 (ANI): Over 150,000 people were evacuated on Tuesday night after engineers warned that the earthquake-created dam near Beichuan had burst its banks. They said they were digging a ...

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