Army personnel booked for assaulting traffic constable
February 1st, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 1 (IANS) Pune police have registered a complaint against over 30 army personnel Wednesday, a day after they assaulted a traffic police constable here, an official said."Initially two ... Read more...
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Jammu-Srinagar highway re-opens for one-way traffic
January 19th, 2012 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 18 (IANS) The over 300-km long Jammu-Srinagar national highway was thrown open for one-way traffic towards Srinagar even as the Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall Wednesday evening, the ... Read more...
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Jammu-Srinagar highway re-opens for one-way traffic (With Images)
January 19th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 18 (IANS) The over 300-km long Jammu-Srinagar national highway was thrown open for one-way traffic towards Srinagar even as the Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall Wednesday evening, the ... Read more...
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Capsized naval ship to be decommissioned in 2012
December 2nd, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 2 (IANS) Indian Naval Ship (INS) Vindhyagiri, which capsized earlier this year, will be decommissioned in 2012, an official said here."We have decided that INS Vindhyagiri should be ... Read more...
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National Defence Academy wary of security threat from illegal shops
September 28th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Sep 28 (IANS) Premier tri-services training institution National Defence Academy (NDA) here has locked horns with Pune's civic agency over alleged lax action against illegal commercial constructions close to ... Read more...
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RFQ for Diamond Harbour container terminal July 22
July 21st, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) will issue a request for qualification (RFQ) July 22 for setting up a container terminal at Diamond Harbour, a top port ... Read more...
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Kolkata port trust to begin work on container terminal
July 8th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) is gearing up to start work on a container terminal at Diamond Harbour following approval from the central government.After a high-level ... Read more...
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Man killed as old shell explodes in Punjab
June 13th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, June 13 (IANS) One person was killed and two others were seriously injured when an old anti-aircraft gun shell exploded at village Daria Walla in this Punjab district Monday, ... Read more...
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Chandrasekhara Rao re-elected TRS president
April 29th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 29 (IANS) K. Chandrasekhar Rao was Friday unanimously re-elected president of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) for the sixth consecutive term.The Mahabubnagar MP was elected unopposed as ... Read more...
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Tsunami may hit New Zealand following Japan quake
March 11th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hamilton (New Zealand), March 11 (IANS) A tsunami may hit New Zealand following the 8.9 magnitude quake that struck Japan, nearly 8,800 km away, authorities said.Civil defence authorities have been ... Read more...
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Army loses two pilots in Nashik chopper crash (Second lead)
February 2nd, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik/New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Indian Army Wednesday lost two of its experienced pilots when their helicopter crashed into a residential area in Maharashtra's Nashik city. The pilots, Major Atul Garje ... Read more...
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Two army pilots killed as chopper crashes in Nashik locality (Lead)
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik (Maharashtra), Feb 2 (IANS) Two army majors were killed when the chopper they were flying crashed in a residential area here, minutes after take off from an army base Wednesday morning, ... Read more...
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Two pilots killed as chopper crashes into Nashik locality
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik (Maharashtra), Feb 2 (IANS) Two pilots were killed when a defence helicopter crashed into a thickly-populated residential area of this city Wednesday morning, police said.The chopper crashed on a private bungalow ... Read more...
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Rammed warship catches fire, listing; probe ordered
January 31st, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) Nearly 24 hours after the Indian Navy's warship INS Vindhyagiri collided with a cargo container ship MV Nordlake in Mumbai Harbour, it was listing and had run aground, ... Read more...
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CBI raids offices, residences of Adarsh promoters
January 30th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) A day after filing its first FIR in the Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Sunday conducted raids at the residences and offices ... Read more...
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CBI names Ashok Chavan in Adarsh FIR, but not as accused (Third Lead)
January 29th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS) In an embarrassment to the ruling Democratic Front government, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday named former chief minister Ashok Chavan besides 13 persons in its detailed ... Read more...
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Ex-defence officials, bureaucrats named in CBI FIR in Adarsh case (Second Lead)
January 29th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS) Ten weeks after it launched preliminary investigations into the Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation Saturday registered a formal complaint into the case, an ... Read more...
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BJP demands probe into Kandivali land deal transfer
January 12th, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday demanded a probe into the "illegal transfer" of land in Kandivali in Mumbai in which the names of a former ... Read more...
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Two killed in Bangladesh air force crash
December 20th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 20 (IANS) A Bangladesh Air Force plane crashed during a training flight Monday killing both pilots on board, authorities said. The small trainer PT-6 aircraft crashed into a tree and ... Read more...
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Journalist detained in El Salvador
November 22nd, 2010 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
San Salvador, Nov 22 (IANS/EFE) A journalist who wounded a man allegedly trying to steal his vehicle in El Salvador is being held by police while they determine whether or not he ... Read more...
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Fires at Russian radioactive sites confirmed
August 11th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 11 (DPA) Russian forestry officials confirmed Wednesday that areas contaminated by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster have been more widely affected by the current wildfires than authorities have admitted, Interfax news ... Read more...
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India shops for combat aircraft at Farnborough
July 20th, 2010 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
Farnborough, July 20 (IANS) Indian defence authorities, led by Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju, are looking to see the international response to some of the latest ... Read more...
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North Korea vows to punish killers of Chinese nationals
June 10th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 10 (IANS) North Korea has expressed sorrow for the shooting of Chinese nationals on its border with China and pledged to punish those responsible.
China has demanded that North Korea "severely ... Read more...
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Air India justifies flight diversion for IPL (Lead)
April 23rd, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Air India Friday said the decision to charter a Delhi-Coimbatore flight to ferry Indian Premier League (IPL) players was a "commercial" one and the civil aviation ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka’s ex-army commander appears before military court
March 16th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 16 (DPA) Sri Lanka's former army commander, retired general Sarath Fonseka, appeared before a military tribunal Tuesday on charges of high treason, defence authorities said.
Military spokesperson Major General Prasad Samarasinghe ... Read more...
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Over 60 killed in Brazil mudslides
January 3rd, 2010 - 8:38 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 3 (DPA) The toll from a series of mudslides this week in Brazil rose to more than 60 Saturday.
The deaths since Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro and outlying ... Read more...
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Busy safeguarding his chair, Zardari overlooks important security issues
November 10th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov.10 (ANI): Issues concerning the country's security and other such important matters are apparently being overlooked by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is busy safeguarding his interests and neutralising attempts ... Read more...
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India, Japan to increase cooperation in peace-keeping and disaster relief measures
November 9th, 2009 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Nov 9 (ANI): India and Japan today expressed their firm determination to take forward bilateral defence exchanges and cooperation in a meaningful way.In a joint press statement issued at the ... Read more...
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New Zealand downgrades tsunami alert as three quakes shake Pacific (Lead)
October 8th, 2009 - 7:38 am ICT by IANS
Wellington, Oct 8 (DPA) New Zealand civil defence authorities downgraded an initial tsunami warning after three big quakes hit the South Pacific Thursday, saying there was no confirmation that a tsunami had ... Read more...
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Tsunami destroys Samoa villages after 8.3 magnitude quake (Lead)
September 30th, 2009 - 5:14 am ICT by IANS
Washington/Wellington, Sep 30 (DPA) An 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off American Samoa Tuesday triggering a three-metre tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii confirmed, demolishing villages on low-lying islands in the Pacific ... Read more...
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Dubai Airshow to be held in November
September 29th, 2009 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Sep 29 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and US defence authorities held a meeting here to review the arrangements for the upcoming Dubai Airshow Nov 15-19, WAM news agency reported ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah fears incursions from China might hamper bilateral relations
September 17th, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Sept 17 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has expressed concern on the reports of incursions by Chinese troops in Ladakh region of the state.Voicing his concern to ... Read more...
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Deputy Commissioner Leh visits border areas
September 11th, 2009 - 7:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 11(ANI): The Deputy Commissioner of Leh, Ajit Kumar Sahu, had visited the site where the Chinese intrusion was reported recently. He is undertstood to be sending a report to ... Read more...
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New Zealand Earth Quake: No Casualties Reported
July 15th, 2009 - 7:13 pm ICT by GD
An earthquake had reportedly struck the south of New Zealand on Wednesday, thus triggering a possible Tsunami warning. The earth quake seems to have caused minor damage but no injuries were ... Read more...
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Israel launches nationwide military drill
May 31st, 2009 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, May 31 (Xinhua) Israel Sunday launched a five-day civil defence exercise, simulating an attack on the Jewish state, a media report said.
The drill, named Turning Point 3, will be the most ... Read more...
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