Bengal to up vigil to stop fishing of small Hilsa
August 11th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) With the marine delicacy Hilsa, without which the Bengali platter is incomplete, being sold at Rs.1,000-Rs.1,500 per kg due to short supply, the West Bengal government ... Read more...
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Hilsa selling at Rs.1,000-1,500 in Bengal, prices to continue soaring
August 8th, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) The monsoon delicacy Hilsa, without which a Bengali platter is never complete, has been selling between Rs.1,000 and Rs.1,500 and a state minister says the silvery ... Read more...
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Workers from unorganized sector protest for pension
May 5th, 2012 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) A hundred motorcycle-borne head loaders from Pune, representing the unorganized sector, arrived in the capital Saturday for a week-long campaign to demand pension.
The head ... Read more...
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Panel to check banned pesticides set up, court told
March 21st, 2012 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The union agriculture ministry Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that a committee has been constituted for framing a policy for periodic checks to detect ... Read more...
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Check use of banned pesticides, court tells government (Lead)
December 8th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the central and Delhi governments to finalise steps within two months to prevent the rampant use of banned pesticides ... Read more...
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Crowded markets, traffic jams on Dhanteras
October 24th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Hundreds of shoppers thronged brightly-lit city markets Monday to make purchases on Dhanteras, considered an auspicious occasion to buy things like gold, utensils or household ... Read more...
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Terror bid unveiled, but Delhiites’ festive spirits still high
October 14th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) A close shave with what would have been a deadly terror strike in the national capital has had little effect on the festive spirits of ... Read more...
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Rs.500 crore surveillance system for Bangalore soon
September 17th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 17 (IANS) Closed circuit TVs and high resolution night cameras would be installed at important locations and general crowded area of Bangalore as part of stepped up security ... Read more...
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Delhi enjoys coolest June 10 in four years (Lead)
June 10th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) A light pre-dawn drizzle and a cool breeze blowing throughout the day made Friday the coolest June 10 in the last four years in ... Read more...
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Agra warms up with tourists, festival cheer
January 14th, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 14 (IANS) After nearly a fortnight of biting cold, Agra has perked up with the Lohri and Makar Sankranti estivals heralding warmer weather and more tourists.The sunshine is back in ... Read more...
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Bengal blames central government for costly onions
December 22nd, 2010 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) As onion prices skyrocketed to Rs.70 a kg in markets of Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal, the state government Wednesday blamed poor supply and the central ... Read more...
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We’ll crackdown on hoarders and black marketers: Dikshit (Lead)
December 21st, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) With onion prices touching the sky, the Delhi government said Tuesday it will crack down on hoarders and black marketers of the commodity and was also expecting ... Read more...
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One more youth dies in Kashmir, toll rises to 58
August 17th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) A 20-year-old man succumbed to his injury in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Tuesday, taking the toll in the ongoing unrest since June 11 to 58 even ... Read more...
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Police dogs add teeth to Commonwealth Games security (Commonwealth Games Countdown)
July 26th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Praveen Kumar
(Attn Editors: This is the 11th of the 100-day countdown series for the 19th Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. The piece is about Delhi Police ramping up their dog squad ... Read more...
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Restrictions, shutdown hit life in Kashmir, situation peaceful (Lead)
June 22nd, 2010 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 22 (IANS) The overall law and order situation in Srinagar and other major towns of the Kashmir Valley remained peaceful Tuesday even as the official restrictions and a separatist shutdown ... Read more...
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Delhi street vendors to move court against eviction
June 9th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Street vendors in the capital plan to approach the Supreme Court against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) eviction drive targeted at illegal hawkers ahead of the ... Read more...
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Delhi vendors to protest against MCD
May 28th, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) More than 5,000 street vendors in the capital will Tuesday protest against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for evicting them, taking away their push carts and imposing ... Read more...
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Nine killed as train rams into tractor-tolley (Lead)
March 9th, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 9 (IANS) Nine people were killed and 13 injured Tuesday when a train rammed into a tractor-trolley in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, police said.
The Farrukhabad-Kanpur passenger train hit the vehicle, ... Read more...
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BJP’s Delhi shutdown: key markets shut but life unaffected
November 13th, 2009 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Many major markets in the capital were closed for several hours Friday but city life remained unaffected during the daylong shutdown the Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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Scale of gorilla poaching in Congo exposed
September 17th, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 17 (ANI): An undercover investigation has exposed the scale of gorilla poaching, by finding that up to two gorillas are killed and sold as bushmeat each week in Kouilou, a ... Read more...
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Mumbai orphanage girls to mark 9/11 by planting vegetable garden
September 11th, 2009 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) Girls from a orphanage in Mahim here are to plant a vegetable garden in honour of the victims of 9/11 terror attacks in New York, the US consulate ... Read more...
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Drum beats in Shimla call for encroachments removal
August 9th, 2009 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 9 (IANS) The old practice of making important official announcements by beating drums has once again come alive in the "Queen of Hills" these days. Civic officials are seen moving ... Read more...
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Demand of security gadgets soars in Rawalpindi due to terror threat
June 1st, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, June 1 (ANI): The sale of security gadgets, such as close-circuit television cameras (CCTV), spy cameras, beam sensors, motion sensors and fire alarms, has gone up in Rawalpindi in the ... Read more...
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Celebrate India’s Republic Day with made-in-China tricolour gadget
January 24th, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 24 (IANS) Made-in-China tricolour gadgets that resemble the Indian flag have flooded the electronics market here two days before India celebrates Republic Day.The gadgets are studded with bulbs in saffron, ... Read more...
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Death toll mounts to 38 in riot-hit Karachi
December 1st, 2008 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Dec.1 (ANI): At least 38 people were killed and over 100 have been injured in three days of violence that erupted on Saturday here.Dozens of vehicles were torched in ... Read more...
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Jharkhand artists seek proper marketing facilities
September 10th, 2008 - 8:04 pm ICT by ANI
By Girija Shankar Ojha
Bansidharpur Village (Jharkhand), Sep.10 (ANI): Making attractive metal jewellery has been the mainstay of people living in Bahragoda block of Jharkhands Bansidharpur Village for ages.
The artisans here have ... Read more...
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