Police post set afire in Ghaziabad (Lead)
September 10th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 10 (IANS) Three policemen, including a station in-charge, were injured in Ghaziabad Monday when angry college students attacked a police station and burnt it down.According to state home ... Read more...
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Students beat up policemen in Ghaziabad
September 10th, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 10 (IANS) Three policemen, including a station in-charge, were injured in Ghaziabad Monday when angry college students attacked a police station and burnt it down.According to state home ... Read more...
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Engineering students vandalize vehicles in Gurgaon
September 6th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Sep 6 (IANS) Anguished over the death of a 19-year-old girl student due to alleged negligence, students at an engineering college here staged a violent protest Thursday in the ... Read more...
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Kachroo ragging case: Convicts may return to college
August 23rd, 2012 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 23 (IANS) The four medical college students convicted of ragging to death their junior, Aman Kachroo, in Himachal Pradesh may soon return to the classroom.The state government freed the ... Read more...
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Cheaper bus travel for over a million students in Karnataka
August 11th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 11 (IANS) Karnataka Saturday reduced annual bus pass rates for students by up to Rs. 200, a step which will benefit nearly 1.5 million students.The rates are being ... Read more...
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Chinese students not keen on news shows
August 7th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 7 (IANS) College students in China prefer watching variety shows on television rather than news programmes.A survey by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University of 300 students from 110 ... Read more...
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Kalam to give lesson on fundamental duties
July 11th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 11 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will teach a lesson on fundamental duties at a public colloquium to be held in Shimla Saturday, an official statement said ... Read more...
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Hooka bars again banned in Gurgaon
July 6th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 6 (IANS) The district magistrate (DM) of Gurgaon Friday again invoked Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for banning hooka bars in the district, an ... Read more...
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Students caught cheating injure two Bengal teachers
July 6th, 2012 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) Three people, including two teachers, were injured Friday after they were attacked by college students in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district when they were prevented ... Read more...
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Five struck by lightning in Moscow
June 13th, 2012 - 9:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A stroll in the park ended in hospital for five Uzbek college students in Moscow after a lightning bolt hit the ground next to them, ... Read more...
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Pakistani girls appear in exam, find cash, phones missing
June 10th, 2012 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 10 (IANS) A group of girl college students in Pakistan handed over their bags to authorities during a board exam but were in for a rude shock when ... Read more...
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Police bust bike-lifter gang in Gurgaon
June 1st, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 1 (IANS) The Special Cell of Gurgaon police arrested four people, including two final year college students, on charges of lifting two-wheelers, police said Friday.The police also recovered ... Read more...
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Jharkhand youth sentenced to death for beheading girl (Lead)
May 2nd, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 2 (IANS) Terming it the rarest of rare cases, a Ranchi court Wednesday awarded the death sentence to a youth, Bijendra Kumar, for beheading a girl in a ... Read more...
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Multi-tasking makes you feel good but hits performance
May 1st, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 1 (IANS) People multitask not because they are good at it but because it makes them feel good, says a new study, which explains why it is so ... Read more...
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People more likely to eat fruits within reach
May 1st, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 1 (IANS) Want to stay healthy - then place fruits in a clear bowl within arm's reach, so that you could help yourself whenever you felt the urge ... Read more...
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Online boycott just as bad as real one
April 4th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 4 (IANS) People who are ignored by others online may feel just as bad as if they had been excluded in person, according to a new study."If ... 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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India Yamaha Motor reports 14 percent sales growth in March
March 31st, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Two-wheeler maker India Yamaha Motor Saturday reported a 13.9 percent increase in sales during March. The company sold 41,886 units as compared to 36,768 units ... Read more...
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Tragedies like ‘Titanic’ make people happier
March 28th, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 28 (IANS) Tragedies actually make people happier, at least in the short term, which explains why they are drawn to movies like the "Titanic".Watching a tragedy causes people ... Read more...
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Amrita launches free tution programme (Lead)
March 27th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 (IANS) Kerala Education Minister P.K. Abdu Rabb Tuesday launched an online programme of Amrita University to help students gain better skills so as to secure jobs."Usage of ... Read more...
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Facebook photo tells viewers about you
March 7th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 7 (IANS) Your photo on social networking sites tells viewers what they need to know to form an impression about you - no words are necessary, new ... Read more...
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Gurgaon runs to spread awareness about obesity
February 19th, 2012 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Feb 19 (IANS) More than a thousand people ranging in age between 12 and 60 Sunday participated in the 'Run from Obesity' here to spread awareness and educate people ... Read more...
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Motivation to exercise can fluctuate
February 14th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) The motivation to exercise fluctuates from week to week, which can tell whether people will be physically active or not, suggests a report."Many of us set ... Read more...
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China spends $79 mn from lottery on poor
January 27th, 2012 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 27 (IANS) A total of 500 million yuan (around $79 million) from China's lottery earnings has been used to financially support underprivileged school students and teachers, the education ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu celebrates Republic Day (Lead)
January 26th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu celebrated the 63rd Republic Day with patriotic fervour Thursday with Governor K. Rosaiah unfurling the national flag at the Marina beach here.Rosaiah also took ... Read more...
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Bus driver charges civic officers with negligence for pothole
January 11th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 11 (IANS) A government bus driver, booked for running over two students, has filed a case against municipal officers for negligence in repairing roads. He alleged that a ... Read more...
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4,000 students invited to Abu Dhabi energy summit
January 5th, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Jan 5 (IANS/WAM) More than 4,000 students have been invited to attend the 2012 World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi Jan 16-19, it was announced Thursday.Abu ... Read more...
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Three get death for killing Bangladeshi student
December 27th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 27 (IANS) A court in the Bangladesh capital Tuesday sentenced three college students to death for murdering a fellow student two years ago.Accused Nasir Uddin Anik, Akhter Hossain ... Read more...
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Delhi school kids to form human chain against junk food
December 17th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The students of Father Agnel School in the capital will form a human chain Monday against the rise in junk food consumption among school-going children.
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Journalist slain in Honduras
December 7th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Tegucigalpa, Dec 7 (IANS/EFE) Journalist Luz Marina Paz and a companion were gunned down Tuesday in Tegucigalpa, Honduran police said.Two men on a motorcycle opened fire at Paz and the ... Read more...
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‘Hookah bars’ banned in Gurgaon
November 28th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Nov 28 (IANS) Authorities in Gurgaon Monday imposed a ban on the running of "Hookah bars" in the entire district with immediate effect.District Magistrate P.C. Meena Monday invoked Section ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi to visit Nagaland, Tripura
November 8th, 2011 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Nagaland and Tripura Wednesday-Thursday to interact with college students and also address public meetings, an official said ... Read more...
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One dead as boat capsizes in Pakistan
October 17th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 17 (IANS) One person was killed and 31 people, including college students, went missing after a boat capsized in a canal in Pakistan's Punjab province, a media report ... Read more...
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Be good, do good to live long life
September 9th, 2011 - 9:18 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 9 (IANS) Our good deeds can help us live longer, but for that to happen our acts should be driven by a sense of helping others than doing ... Read more...
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Ranchi prisoners fast to support Hazare
August 20th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 20 (IANS) At least 50 inmates of a jail here in this Jharkhand capital Saturday kept a day-long fast to support activist Anna Hazare's demand for a stronger ... Read more...
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