Mild tremors in Uttarakhand (Lead)
February 10th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Dehradun, Feb 10 (IANS) A moderate earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale jolted parts of Uttarakhand and neighbouring Himachal Pradesh shortly after midnight, an official from the Met ... Read more...
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Punjab, Uttarakhand register record polling (Roundup)
January 31st, 2012 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/Dehradun, New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Punjab and Uttarakhand witnessed record voter turn out at 77 percent and 70 percent respectively Monday with one death in the country's grain ... Read more...
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BJP slams blacklisting of former ISRO chief (Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Delhi/Dehradun, Jan 30 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday slammed the government over the blacklisting of former ISRO chief G. Madhavan Nair and questioned the "silence" of ... Read more...
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Voting begins in Uttarakhand
January 30th, 2012 - 9:42 am ICT by IANS
Dehradun, Jan 30 (IANS) Voting started across 9,806 polling booths in Uttarakhand's 70 assembly constituencies at 8 a.m. Monday, Election Commission (EC) officials said here.Some 6.3 million people are eligible ... Read more...
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Use vote, not shoes, as weapon: Ramdev
January 25th, 2012 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, Jan 25 (IANS) Don't hurl shoes or slippers at politicians. If you don't like them, vote them out democratically. This is yoga guru Baba Ramdev's appeal to voters in ... Read more...
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Shoe hurled at Rahul in Uttarakhand rally; Congress demands probe
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun/New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) A shoe was hurled at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by a man while he was addressing an election rally near the Uttarakhand state capital ... Read more...
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Six new trains sought for Jharkhand
January 10th, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 10 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has sought six new trains for the state in the new rail budget and asked for increase in the frequencies of ... Read more...
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Hailstorm not snow in Dehradun, clarifies weather office
January 9th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, Jan 9 (IANS) The residents of Dehradun, Uttarakhand's capital city, were in for a surprise Monday morning when they saw white flakes falling out of the sky.People thought that ... Read more...
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No proof Uttarkhand’s green crusader was poisoned: CBI
December 28th, 2011 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday said there was no evidence of poisoning in the death of Swami Nigamanand, who had earlier gone on ... Read more...
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Jharkhand train fire: Police disagree with sabotage theory
November 23rd, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Giridih (Jharkhand), Nov 23 (IANS) Contradicting the sabotage theory, police here Wednesday ruled out any foul play in the Howrah-Dehradun Express train fire after visiting the two burnt airconditioned coaches ... Read more...
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Two train accidents injure 21
November 23rd, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar/Bhubaneswar, Nov 23 (IANS) At least 21 people were injured in two rail accidents Wednesday -- a train derailment in Kashmir and a collision between two trains in Odisha ... Read more...
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Train blaze survivors relate tales of horror
November 22nd, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Howrah, Nov 22 (IANS) "I can never forget the sight of two kids burning as their partially burnt mother wailed for help," said Nupur Mishra, one of the survivors of ... Read more...
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Taj Mahal perfectly stable: Selja
November 22nd, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Some sections of the media have expressed apprehensions about the condition of the Taj Mahal, but the 17th century monument is safe, Culture Minister Selja ... Read more...
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Train fire accident to be probed
November 22nd, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), Eastern Circle, will probe the fire accident on the Howrah-Dehradun Express in Jharkhand, in which seven people were killed ... Read more...
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Army’s officers academy formally inaugurated
November 14th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Gaya (Bihar), Nov 14 (IANS) Army chief General V.K. Singh Monday formally declared open the Officers Training Academy (OTA) here, which has already begun training its first batch of cadets.The ... Read more...
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Panna has a new resident - Kanha’s orphan tigress
November 13th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 13 (IANS) An orphan tigress of Kanha National Park was Sunday morning released into the forests of Panna National Park under the rewilding programme of the wildlife authorities.The ... Read more...
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India announces capacity-building initiatives for SAARC
November 10th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Addu Atoll (Maldives), Nov 10 (IANS) India Thursday committed itself to building capacities of SAARC nations by announcing a slew of measures in educational and cultural fields, apart from ... Read more...
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Lets trust each other, PM tells SAARC nations
November 10th, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Addu (Maldives), Nov 10 (IANS) Soon after a successful meet with his Pakistani counterpart, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday called for all South Asian nations to "trust each ... Read more...
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Bihar’s visually impaired to get RTI Act copy in Braille
November 10th, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 10 (IANS) The Bihar government will provide a copy of the Right to Information (RTI) Act in Braille for the benefit of visually impaired people in the state, ... Read more...
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Inviting platforms for extra Diwali bucks
October 23rd, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Come Diwali, and you see a spate of pre-Diwali melas and exhibitions being organised, which become an inviting platform for women homemakers to earn during ... Read more...
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Smart cane guiding blind in Himachal
October 15th, 2011 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 15 (IANS) "It's the cane that meets more than the eye," said 18-year-old blind student Bhupesh. He has been using the battery-operated IIT-Delhi developed smart cane for the ... Read more...
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Leopard skins, bear gall bladder seized in Uttarakhand
September 30th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Two leopard skins, the gall bladder of a Himalayan black bear and other animal derivatives were seized by authorities in Uttarakhand, an NGO said Friday.Uttarakhand ... Read more...
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Online engineering entrance exam from next year
September 13th, 2011 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) An online entrance exam for engineering aspirants will be held by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in 22 cities next year, an official ... Read more...
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Rajat Kapoor to host national awards (Movie Snippets)
September 8th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Actor Rajat Kapoor is set to host the 58th National Film Awards ceremony to be held here Sep 9."In Delhi - hosting the national ... Read more...
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Himachal man held for smuggling pashmina
September 8th, 2011 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 7 (IANS) A Himachal Pradesh resident was arrested Wednesday for smuggling prized pashmina wool from across the China border, police said.Two trucks laden with over 9,000 kg of ... Read more...
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Rains, floods kill 115 in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
August 19th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/Dehradun, Aug 19 (IANS) Floods and heavy rains in parts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have left as many as 115 people dead over the last two months, official reports ... Read more...
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CBI starts probe in fasting swami’s death
August 14th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Sunday started probe into the mysterious death of Swami Nigamananda, who died at Dehradun in June after fasting for ... Read more...
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Jet reschedules flights
August 10th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Jet Airways Wednesday rescheduled its flights to and from Delhi for Thursday and Friday due to closure of airspace at the Indira Gandhi International Airport between ... Read more...
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Cargo ship sinks off Mumbai, probe ordered (Third Lead)
August 4th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) The ill-fated Panamanian flagged cargo ship M.V. Rak Carrier, that was stuck off Mumbai harbour Thursday morning, sank around 3 p.m., raising apprehensions about an ecological ... Read more...
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Nepal followers celebrate Acharya Balkrishna’s birthday with pomp
August 4th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 4 (IANS) A day after controversial yoga televangelist Baba Ramdev's principal aide Acharya Balkrishna was questioned in India's Dehradun city on the suspicion that he had obtained an ... Read more...
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30 rescued from sinking cargo ship off Mumbai (Second Lead)
August 4th, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) Indian shipping authorities ordered an inquiry into the sinking cargo ship M.V. Rak Carrier with an international crew that was struck off the Mumbai coast in ... Read more...
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CBI grills Ramdev aide on fake passport issue (Lead)
August 3rd, 2011 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Dehradun, Aug 3 (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's key aide Acharya Balkrishna was quizzed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday on charges of obtaining an Indian passport ... Read more...
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CBI grills Ramdev aide on passport issue
August 3rd, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Dehradun, Aug 3 (IANS) Acharya Balkrishna, a key aide of yoga guru Baba Ramdev, appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday, on charges of obtaining an Indian ... Read more...
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Ramdev aide gets bail, to appear before CBI Aug 4
July 29th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Dehradun, July 29 (IANS) Acharya Balkrishna, a key aide of yoga guru Baba Ramdev, got anticipatory bail Friday even as the CBI asked him to appear before it by ... Read more...
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Appear by Friday, CBI tells Ramdev aide
July 28th, 2011 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Rejecting Acharya Balkrishna's request for 20 days time to appear before it in connection with a fake passport case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ... Read more...
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