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Itinerary of Sri Lanka’s tour to India

October 23rd, 2009 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The itinerary of the Sri Lanka's tour of India, which begins next month, was released by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Friday. Sri ...

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BSP leader manipulating engineer’s murder case, says witness

BSP leader manipulating engineer’s murder case, says witness

October 14th, 2009 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Shekhar Tiwari, prime accused in the 2008 murder of a Public Works Department (PWD) official in Auraiya, had tried ...

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‘Probing earlier crashes may have saved YSR’

September 4th, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, Sep 4 (IANS) While mourning the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash, the brother of an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer who had died ...

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No more collection of birthday funds: Mayawati tells partymen

No more collection of birthday funds: Mayawati tells partymen

August 27th, 2009 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) In a surprise move, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Thursday told her partymen to stop collecting funds for her birthday celebrations with immediate effect. The Bahujan Samaj Party ...

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Key witness in engineer murder case retracts

Key witness in engineer murder case retracts

August 1st, 2009 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Aug 1 (IANS) A key witness in the case relating to the murder of engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta, and involving Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Shekhar Tiwari, ...

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Uttar Pradesh cop in police remand for engineer’s murder

Uttar Pradesh cop in police remand for engineer’s murder

July 29th, 2009 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, July 29 (IANS) A dismissed Uttar Pradesh police sub-nspector, one of the 11 suspects in a government engineer's murder in December last year, was Wednesday sent to jail for interrogation ...

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Policeman arrested in murder for Mayawati bash (Lead)

Policeman arrested in murder for Mayawati bash (Lead)

July 25th, 2009 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, July 25 (IANS) Sub-inspector Hoshiar Singh, one of the 11 suspects in PWD engineer Manoj Gupta's murder, was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district Saturday after absconding for seven months, ...

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Policeman arrested in murder for Mayawati bash

Policeman arrested in murder for Mayawati bash

July 25th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, July 25 (IANS) Sub-inspector Hoshiar Singh, one of the 11 suspects in PWD engineer Manoj Gupta's murder, was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district Saturday after absconding for seven months, ...

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Extortionists drove Michael Jackson to early death: Biographer

Extortionists drove Michael Jackson to early death: Biographer

July 13th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS -
Toronto, July 13 (IANS) A Canadian author, whose biography of the late King of Pop titled "Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson" hits the stands this week, says extortionists drove ...

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Mother of controversies: Mayawati, Maneka trade charges (Second Lead)

Mother of controversies: Mayawati, Maneka trade charges (Second Lead)

April 4th, 2009 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, April 4 (IANS) Call it the mother of all controversies ahead of the poll. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Maneka Gandhi, whose son Varun ...

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Thailand prescribes bug-free diet for asthma patients

March 22nd, 2009 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS -
Bangkok, March 22 (DPA) Thailand's health ministry has warned people suffering from asthma and allergies to avoid eating fried insects, a popular street-stall snack in Bangkok and other cities, media reports said ...

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Legislator accused of murder threatens police

Legislator accused of murder threatens police

March 21st, 2009 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, March 21 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Shekhar Tiwari is in prison on charges of murdering a government engineer in Uttar Pradesh. But police say he still managed to ...

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Farooq Abdullah elected to Rajya Sabha

February 13th, 2009 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Jammu, Feb 13 (IANS) National Conference president and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah and his party colleague Mohammad Shafi Uri were Friday elected to the Rajya Sabha. Abdullah polled 27 votes ...

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Mikes fly in Uttar Pradesh assembly over engineer’s murder (Lead)

Mikes fly in Uttar Pradesh assembly over engineer’s murder (Lead)

February 10th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Feb 10 (IANS) The budget session of the Uttar Pradesh assembly got off to a raucous start Tuesday with opposition Samajwadi Party legislators throwing paper missiles and hurling mikes while Governor ...

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Indians wake up to fuel price cut good news

January 29th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Indians woke up to some pleasant news Thursday with the prices of fuel being cut further as the government allowed its state-run petroleum retail companies to cut ...

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Pakistan posts army at Swat schools

Pakistan posts army at Swat schools

January 25th, 2009 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Jan 25 (IANS) The Pakistani Army and paramilitary forces have been deployed at some schools in the picturesque but restive Swat Valley in the country's northwest where, bowing to a Taliban ...

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Gisele Bundchen says shes not engaged to Tom Brady

January 24th, 2009 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has slammed rumours suggesting that she and Tom Brady are engaged. "I don''t know how people are so creative," the model, 28, told Brazilian magazine ...

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Fear of Taliban: In Swat, 400 private schools close girls’ classes

Fear of Taliban: In Swat, 400 private schools close girls’ classes

January 16th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Bowing to a Taliban diktat, some 400 private schools in the picturesque but restive Swat Valley in Pakistan's northwest have discontinued girls' classes, depriving more than 40,000 students ...

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In Uttar Pradesh, gunbattles often follow big crime

In Uttar Pradesh, gunbattles often follow big crime

January 14th, 2009 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Jan 14 (IANS) In the year that has just begun, Uttar Pradesh police already claim to have gunned down eight criminals in three shootouts. So are the cops in the state ...

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OPEC oil price falls by half a dollar

January 8th, 2009 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS -
Vienna, Jan 8 (DPA) The price for oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell by 0.52 dollars Wednesday, ending a rally in which the cartel's basket price ...

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OPEC oil price rises above $46 to a barrel

January 7th, 2009 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS -
Vienna, Jan 7 (DPA) The price for oil produced by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) continued to rise Tuesday, climbing to $46.27, the Vienna-based cartel announced Wednesday.One barrel (159 ...

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Arrested BSP lawmaker confesses to killing engineer: police

Arrested BSP lawmaker confesses to killing engineer: police

January 2nd, 2009 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Jan 2 (IANS) Arrested ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Shekhar Tiwari has confessed to having brutally beaten PWD executive engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta on Dec 24, leading to his death, ...

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Jammu and Kashmir vote count begins

December 28th, 2008 - 10:38 am ICT by IANS -
Srinagar/Jammu, Dec 28 (IANS) Counting of the votes polled in Jammu and Kashmir's staggered assembly elections began Sunday, with most analysts predicting another hung 87-member legislature.The counting process started in the state's ...

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Efforts to get coal blocks in US, two other countries

December 26th, 2008 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS -
Ranchi, Dec 26 (IANS) Efforts are going on to get coal blocks in three countries, including the US, said minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia here Friday. "We are making efforts ...

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US military ‘planning to arm local militias to fight Taliban’

US military ‘planning to arm local militias to fight Taliban’

December 25th, 2008 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Dec 24 (DPA) US military commanders are planning to arm local militias to combat Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Wednesday.The first such "local defence forces" would begin ...

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Two employees of private firm shot at, robbed in Noida

December 24th, 2008 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS -
Noida Dec 24 (IANS) Two employees of a private company were shot at and robbed of Rs.300,000 by unidentified assailants here Wednesday, the police said."Rajendra and Mahesh, employees of a private logistics ...

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Pakistan’s interior ministry orders increased security

December 24th, 2008 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Pakistan's interior ministry has alerted the provinces that two militant organisations could attempt attacks at gatherings and processions during the holy month of Moharram."It said this in a ...

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Bikers rob businessman outside bank in Delhi

December 24th, 2008 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) In yet another incident of daylight robbery involving motorbike-borne assailants in the capital, a businessman was robbed of Rs.100,000 outside a bank in south Delhi.Vikas Aggarwal, 36, ...

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Minor raped by neighbour in east Delhi

December 24th, 2008 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in the capital, the police said Wednesday. The girl, a resident of Shakarpur in east Delhi, had ...

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Executive commits suicide in Delhi

December 24th, 2008 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) A 33-year-old manager of a multinational company was Wednesday found dead in his south Delhi home, the police said, suspecting it a case of suicide.Subhit Chakravarty's body ...

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