Ensure adequate drinking water supplies: Dikshit to DJB
June 13th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to ensure adequate supplies of drinking water in the capital, and warned of strict action ... Read more...
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Illegal brothels sprouting across Australia
November 15th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 15 (ANI): Illegal brothels are flourishing across NSW with at least 500 undercover sex shops in the state, outstripping legal brothels by at least two to one, according to experts.But ... Read more...
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Dengue cases climb up to 1,652 in Delhi
September 10th, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) As Delhi's tally of dengue cases touched 1,652 Friday, the civic authorities admitted this was the worst outbreak of the deadly disease in the national capital in ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Migrant workers take majority of jobs in parts of London
June 30th, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, June 30 (IANS) Non-British migrant workers are, on an average, taking up one out of four jobs in the country while in capital London, there are areas where ... Read more...
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Over one million school students in England speak English as a second-language
May 14th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 14 (ANI): According to official figures, almost one million students in Britain speak English as a second language, while in some parts of London, their number is over 75 percent ... Read more...
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People’s organisation protest killings in Assam
December 10th, 2009 - 7:43 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Dec 10 (ANI): Various Bodo people's organisations have hit the streets in Assam demanding firm action against fratricidal killings among various Bodo armed groups which have created an atmosphere of insecurity ... Read more...
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Ruling Left Front sweeps local government polls in Tripura
July 24th, 2009 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 24 (IANS) Despite the drubbing in the nationwide Lok Sabha polls, the ruling Left Front in Tripura has won handsomely in the three-tier local self-government elections, which the Communists ... Read more...
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Hundreds killed in Nigerian clashes: Report
November 30th, 2008 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Abuja (Nigeria), Nov 30 (IANS) Hundreds of people have been killed in clashes between Christians and Muslims in Jos, the capital city of central Nigeria's Plateau State, reports said Sunday.The bodies of ... Read more...
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Relief trickles into flood victims in Orissa
September 26th, 2008 - 4:03 pm ICT by ANI
Kendrapada (Orissa), Sept 26 (ANI): Self help groups and government authorities are carrying out relief operations in flood-hit Orissa.
Authorities have deployed the Naval units and paramilitary forces in Kendrapada district of ... Read more...
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