Manipuri student commits suicide in Bangalore
May 4th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 4 (IANS) A 24-year-old student from Manipur allegedly committed suicide after a spat with his girlfriend, who hails from the same state, in his house in the south-east ... Read more...
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No discrimination against students from northeast: Chidambaram
May 4th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday that it was incorrect that northeast students were more vulnerable to discrimination than those from other regions. Addressing ... Read more...
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Youth beaten to death in West Delhi; 3 held
May 3rd, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A youth was beaten to death in West Delhi's Jahangirpuri area when he objected to some people passing certain remarks against him and his brother, ... Read more...
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Assam ferry tragedy: More bodies recovered
May 3rd, 2012 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 3 (IANS) Eight more bodies, including of a woman and four children, were fished out from the Brahmaputra river Thursday, taking the number of bodies recovered in Monday's ... Read more...
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Gogoi claims improved law and order
May 2nd, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 2 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday complemented senior officials for improved law and order in the state but asked them to tame abductions and extortion."Though the ... Read more...
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Assam puts ferry tragedy toll at 63 (Second Lead)
May 2nd, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 2 (IANS) Assam authorities Wednesday put the death toll in the ferry tragedy at 63 but furious locals insisted that not less than 200 perished in the ... Read more...
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Assam asks Dhaka to help locate ferry victims (Lead)
May 2nd, 2012 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 2 (IANS) Assam has sought help from Bangladesh to trace bodies of a ferry disaster which might have been washed away downstream, an official said Wednesday.As authorities resumed ... Read more...
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Search resumes for Assam ferry tragedy victims
May 2nd, 2012 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 2 (IANS) While the district administration Wednesday resumed the search operation with the help of Border Security Force (BSF) and National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) personnel for the ... Read more...
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Unfolding at Haryana hospital - saga of abandoned daughters
May 1st, 2012 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), May 1 (IANS) A leading medical health institution in Haryana, not far from the national capital, is grappling with a peculiar problem - an increasing number of abandoned ... Read more...
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NHRC urged to help woman who tried to end life
April 29th, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, April 29 (IANS) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has been urged to help a woman who tried to end her life outside the Gurgaon deputy commissioner's office on ... Read more...
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Shimla convent school allows students to wear turban
April 28th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 28 (IANS) An over one-and-half-month old controversy over wearing of full-sized turban by Sikh students ended Saturday with a prominent boys' school here allowing them to wear the ... Read more...
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Parents fume over turban curbs in Shimla school
April 26th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 26 (IANS) Vice President M. Hamid Ansari's alma mater St. Edward's School here has refused to allow Sikh students to wear full-sized turban, parents alleged Thursday. They ... Read more...
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Woman victim of land fraud consumes poison
April 24th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, April 24 (IANS) An 18-year-old victim of a land fraud attempted to kill herself by consuming poison in front of the crowded office of the Gurgaon deputy commissioner Tuesday, ... Read more...
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Teen kills aunt, two others to avenge grudge
April 23rd, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Harbouring a grudge against his aunt ever since her complaint led to his mother severely beating him over Rs.50 he had borrowed, a 16-year-old boy ... Read more...
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Court bans devotees’ entry to Kalighat ‘garbha griha’
April 20th, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court Friday banned the entry of devotees to the 'Garbha Griha' (sanctum sanctorum) of Kalighat Kali Temple, saying the large number of visits ... Read more...
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Husband murders wife, daughters, kills self in Gurgaon
April 20th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, April 20 (IANS) After a heated argument with his wife over her work, a man murdered her and their two minor daughters before committing suicide earlier this week, police ... Read more...
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Body at nursery: ‘Killer’ arrested in Delhi
April 19th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A young man from the Khan Market area was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly murdering a teenager at a nursery near the market on April ... Read more...
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Cop fails to save stab victim, catches killer
April 17th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Deli, April 17 (IANS) The prompt action of a Delhi Police officer could not save the life of a man, who was stabbed Monday in a busy market ... Read more...
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Industrialist held after factory collapse leaves six dead
April 17th, 2012 - 10:45 am ICT by IANS
Jalandhar (Punjab), April 17 (IANS) Prominent industrialist Sheetal Vij has been arrested after a factory building owned by him collapsed, leaving at least six workers dead and many trapped under ... Read more...
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Jalandhar factory collapse kills two, probe ordered (Third Lead)
April 16th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar (Punjab), April 16 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday evening ordered an inquiry into the collapse of the building of a blanket factory here late Sunday night which left two ... Read more...
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Woman, three grand children slaughtered in Rajasthan
April 16th, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) A 60-year-old woman and her three grandchildren, aged between 8 and 13, were found slaughtered in their house in a village on the city's outskirts Monday, ... Read more...
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Jalandhar factory collapse: one dead, several trapped (Second Lead)
April 16th, 2012 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar (Punjab), April 16 (IANS) At least one person was killed and several workers feared trapped under debris after a four-storeyed blanket factory building collapsed here, police said Monday.At least ... Read more...
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Several trapped as factory building collapses in Jalandhar (Lead)
April 16th, 2012 - 9:32 am ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, April 16 (IANS) Several workers were feared trapped under debris after a four-storeyed factory building collapsed in Punjab's Jalandhar city, 150 km from state capital Chandigarh.Police said that the ... Read more...
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Finn man commits suicide in Delhi
April 15th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) A 27-year-old mentally unstable Finn committed suicide Sunday by jumping off the sixth floor of a car parking facility at the Indira Gandhi International Airport ... Read more...
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Four Trinamool workers arrested after professor’s complaint
April 14th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) Four people were arrested Saturday following a counter police complaint by a Jadavpore University professor, who was earlier arrested for allegedly circulating allegedly defamatory cartoons ... Read more...
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Punjab cracker unit blast leaves four dead (Lead, changing dateline)
April 13th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Moga (Punjab), April 13 (IANS) A powerful blast in an illegal fire-cracker making unit in a residential area of this Punjab town Friday left four people dead and three others ... Read more...
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Delhi BJP worker killed, party councillor arrested (Lead)
April 11th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor was arrested for allegedly instigating his supporters to knife a party worker to death ahead of the Municipal ... Read more...
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Curfew continues in riot-hit old Hyderabad (Lead)
April 9th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 9 (IANS) The indefinite curfew in the riot-hit parts of the old city of Hyderabad continued without relaxation for the second day even as the situation remained peaceful.According ... Read more...
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Property dealer, MBA student cheat ATM users
April 9th, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) A 30-year-old property dealer and a 25-year-old MBA student, who had cheated more than 100 ATM users of Rs.25 lakh, were caught red handed in ... Read more...
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Maid torture: Doctor couple arrested in Delhi (Second Lead)
April 4th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) A doctor and his wife who flew to Thailand for a vacation last month after allegedly locking up a 13-year-old maid in their house with ... Read more...
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Several injured in Kolkata clash
April 4th, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) Several people were injured when slumdwellers evicted from their homes blocked a road and clashed with police Wednesday.The residents of Nonadanga slum were evicted a few ... Read more...
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Forensic report awaited on death of official, wife
April 2nd, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Police are awaiting the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report on the mysterious death of a defence ministry official and his wife in their house here ... Read more...
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Two critical in Mumbai drunk driving accident
April 1st, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Two girls continued to be critical Sunday, a day after their drunk friend, who was driving the car they were in, rammed the vehicle into a ... Read more...
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Officials shifted in Punjab’s Gurdaspur after violence
March 31st, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) The Punjab government Saturday suspended two senior police officers in Gurdaspur and transferred the deputy commissioner after communal violence left an 18-year-old youth dead.Gurdaspur district police ... Read more...
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Curfew continues in Gurdaspur, Badal orders probe
March 30th, 2012 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 30 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the violence in Gurdaspur, where curfew continued after a youth was killed in police ... Read more...
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