New guidelines for Delhi legislator development funds
July 31st, 2012 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Delhi cabinet Monday approved a proposal for the revised guidelines for Members of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Scheme (MLALADS) 2012."Under the new guidelines, ... Read more...
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President flags-in Indian Army’s Everest team
July 3rd, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Tuesday flagged in a mixed Indian Army team that scaled Mount Everest, creating history by putting 17 climbers on the world's ... Read more...
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Supply to Delhi water plant improves
June 17th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) The water level at the Wazirabad treatment plant here has risen marginally after a Haryana official visited the unit the day before, the Delhi government ... Read more...
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President Patil felicitates Roshni logo contest winner (With image)
June 5th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Tuesday felicitated Robin Singh, a class 9 student of a Kendriya Vidyalaya in Jammu and Kashmir who won a contest for ... Read more...
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Woman hangs herself to death in Delhi
May 15th, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A 25-year-old woman, a soldier's wife, Tuesday allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in the national capital, police said.The incident ... Read more...
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‘High proportion of HIV+ women report domestic abuse’
May 6th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, May 6 (IANS) A high proportion of HIV positive women report domestic violence than HIV negative women, says a latest study by the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune.Conducted ... Read more...
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Woman dies after jumping from metro station terrace
May 4th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) In the second such incident in as many days, a 27-year-old woman died Friday afternoon after jumping from the terrace of a metro station in ... Read more...
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Beam at Delhi flyover causes male nurse’s death
April 29th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) A male nurse riding a motorcycle was killed when an iron beam fell on him after it was hit by a speeding truck on west ... Read more...
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Delhi cop who caused man’s death arrested
March 3rd, 2012 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) A Delhi Police constable who pushed a 66-year-old man leading to his death has been arrested, police said Saturday.Vikram Singh, who joined the force in ... Read more...
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Crime capital records five rapes in three days
February 28th, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Delhi's reputation as an unsafe city for women touched a new low as the capital witnessed five rapes in the past three days, including of ... Read more...
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Government schools battle stomach worms
February 20th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) With stomach worms infecting thousands of children in the capital, the Delhi government will initiate a programme in its schools from Tuesday to target the ... Read more...
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1984 riots case against Sajjan: Final arguments from March 16
February 13th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The final arguments in a Delhi court in a case of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots here are likely ... Read more...
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Three killed in road accidents
February 6th, 2012 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Three people were killed in three different road accidents in the national capital, police said Sunday.An unidentified man, in his mid-thirties, was killed in a ... Read more...
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India needs more young leaders: PM
January 28th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Calling for more Indian youth to take up leadership positions in all walks of life, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said the young leaders ... Read more...
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20 Afghan children enjoy Republic Day
January 26th, 2012 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Around 20 children from war-ravaged Afghanistan Thursday thoroughly enjoyed India's colourful Republic Day parade here as they witnessed the colourful show as the government's special ... Read more...
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No clue when age row will end: Army chief
January 15th, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Earlier he was indecisive on what he would do next on his age row, but now Indian Army chief Gen V.K. Singh is unsure when ... Read more...
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Delhi government issues notice to armed forces schools
January 10th, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The Delhi government issued show cause notice to three armed forces schools in the capital for not specifying the nursery admission criteria for admitting civilian ... Read more...
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Air chief leads Remembrance Day for troops
November 13th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne led armed forces personnel in paying tributes to martyred soldiers at an old ... Read more...
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With bitterness and longing - remembering victims of 1984
October 31st, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Twenty-seven years since Indira Gandhi was assassinated, 27 years since 2,700 Sikhs were killed in the capital in the terrible aftermath. As a host of ... Read more...
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Share retirement funds with estranged wife, court tells man
October 29th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) A former central government employee has been told by the Delhi High Court to share his retirement benefits with his estranged wife and daughter for ... Read more...
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Dengue cases cross 500 mark in Delhi
October 20th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Even as the capital grapples with a surge of vector borne diseases -- dengue, malaria and chikungunya, the civic agency Thursday said it will upscale ... Read more...
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Apex court questions varsity on army medical college (Lead)
August 9th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notices to the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and the Indian Medical Association in a case related to admissions for ... Read more...
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Sajjan Kumar to give evidence to defend self in riots case
July 19th, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Sajjan Kumar, former Congress MP and prime accused in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Tuesday told a Delhi court that he wants to present evidence ... Read more...
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Wife, lover arrested for husband’s murder
July 19th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) A married woman and her lover were arrested Monday for murdering her husband, police said."Rani, 26, and her lover Manoj, 25, were arrested for murdering ... Read more...
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court records Sajjan Kumar’s statement
July 18th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) A Delhi court hearing a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case Monday recorded the statement of prime accused and former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar.Additional Sessions Judge Sunita ... Read more...
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Accused man’s statement recorded
July 6th, 2011 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday started recording statements of six people accused in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar has ... Read more...
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Woman gangraped in Delhi, three arrested
June 8th, 2011 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The police have arrested three youths for gangraping a 25-year-old woman in the national capital, while two others are on the run, an officer said ... Read more...
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Soldier’s wife commits suicide
June 7th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The wife of a non-commissioned officer (NCO) in the Indian Army Tuesday jumped to her death from the terrace of a 10-storey residential building here, ... Read more...
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Lt Gen Kakria is armed forces medical services chief
June 1st, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Lieutenant General H.L. Kakria, the senior-most medical officer in the army and a renowned surgeon, has taken over as the director general of the armed ... Read more...
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Liberalisation hasn’t led to education for deprived sections: Apex court
May 17th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said the notion that liberalisation and free-market economy in India would generate wealth which the government would use for providing higher ... Read more...
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Visitors keep coming to see Arunima in hospital
April 21st, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Seventy-year-old Hardeep Singh Deep, whose both legs have been amputated, refused to take a wheelchair and crawled for about half-a-kilometre in hospital ... Read more...
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Kashmir gets best NCC contingent award
January 28th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir National Cadet Corps (NCC) directorate was Friday adjudged the best contingent at the Republic Day camp of the voluntary youth movement of defence ... Read more...
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NCC cadet commended for efforts during Leh cloudburst
January 20th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) A 20-year-old National Cadet Corps (NCC) girl cadet from Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir was Thursday commended by Defence Minister A.K. Antony for her efforts during ... Read more...
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Witness accuses Sajjan Kumar of threats
January 10th, 2011 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A woman witness in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case Monday told a Delhi court that Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and others had threatened her family for being ... Read more...
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NCC readies for Republic Day parade
January 5th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Marching in perfect unison to drumbeats as they braved the cold snap, NCC cadets from across the country are going through their paces at their annual camp ... Read more...
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