Norway case rerun: Curbs on Indian couple meeting son in US
September 9th, 2012 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 8 (IANS) In a virtual replay of the Norway children custody case, a US-based Indian couple from West Bengal has been given limited access to their one-year-old son ... Read more...
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12-year-old raped, killed in Lucknow
September 5th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) The body of a 12-year-old, who was allegedly raped and then killed by unidentified persons, was recovered from a farmhouse in Dehwa village on the outskirts ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa assures safety to people from northeast (Lead)
August 17th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday assured safety to the people from the northeast living and working here.In a statement, Jayalalithaa said: "Tamil Nadu has ... Read more...
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HS2 route should be moved to M40 corridor
August 13th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An train expert in Britain said that the route of HS2 train should be linked from London to Birmingham. He claimed that this should be done because ... Read more...
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Two held for murdering NTPC engineer
August 12th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 11 (IANS) Two autorickshaw drivers were Saturday arrested for murdering an NTPC engineer here July 27 after robbing his car and valuables, police said.Akhilesh and Deepak, residents of ... Read more...
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Unable to study engineering, woman kills self
August 3rd, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 3 (IANS) A 19-year-old woman in Rajasthan Friday killed herself by jumping in front of a train for not being allowed to study engineering, police said.In her suicide ... Read more...
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Snag in Northern Power grid hits Kashmir
July 31st, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 31 (IANS) People observing Ramadan fast under sweltering heat in the Kashmir Valley panicked Tuesday as electric supply suddenly stopped due to another snag in the country's Northern ... Read more...
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NTPC engineer murdered in Gurgaon
July 28th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 28 (IANS) A National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC) engineer was beaten to death and his car robbed in Gurgaon, police said Saturday.Saji, 40, a senior NTPC engineer hailing ... Read more...
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Morsi appoints Hesham Qandil as Egypt’s new PM
July 25th, 2012 - 2:42 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, July 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti)Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has appointed Hesham Qandil, a former water resources minister, as prime minister of the country and asked him to form the new ... Read more...
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Apex court asks Kerala to allow Mullaperiyar dam upkeep
July 23rd, 2012 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Supreme court Monday directed the Kerala government to permit Tamil Nadu to undertake maintenance and cleaning work at the Mullaperiyar dam.The five-judge bench headed ... Read more...
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Bihar engineer in Saudi custody: Government to SC (Lead)
July 9th, 2012 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The government Monday told the Supreme Court that Bihar engineer Fasih Mehmood was under the detention of the Saudi Arabian authorities.Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerjee ... Read more...
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Trainee pilot arrested for engineer’s murder
July 8th, 2012 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 8 (IANS) A trainee pilot, who was the the prime suspect in the murder of an engineer in November 2010, has been arrested, police said Sunday. Six others ... Read more...
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Terror suspect engineer’s wife seeks fast track trial
July 1st, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 1 (IANS) A day after Saudi authorities confirmed to the CBI that missing Bihar engineer and terror suspect Fasih Mehmood was in their custody, his wife demanded ... Read more...
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Raman writes to Krishna to rescue engineer from pirates
June 16th, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 16 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has written to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna seeking his intervention to rescue a man from the state allegedly held hostage ... Read more...
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Jayadevan seeks neutral review of VJD system by ICC
June 5th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) A disappointed V. Jayadevan has shot off a letter to International Cricket Council (ICC) president Sharad Pawar seeking a neutral review of his VJD system, ... Read more...
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Fasih Mehmood not in India’s custody: Chidambaram
May 31st, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The central government Thursday denied media reports that Fasih Mehmood, an Indian engineer working in Saudi Arabia, was in its custody."The media reports are ... Read more...
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Assam’s abducted engineer rescued
May 28th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 28 (IANS) More than three weeks after his abduction, Assam's agriculture department official Faizul Islam was rescued from near Bongaigaon town in Lower Assam.Islam and his senior ... Read more...
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Season’s hottest day scorches Delhi, no relief in sight (Lead)
May 25th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The maximum temperature in Delhi shot three notches above average to 44 degrees Celsius Friday, making it the season's hottest day so far. Saturday's weather ... Read more...
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Facebook to launch own app store
May 10th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 10 (IANS) Facebook has created its own App Centre, in which the social networking website will showcase the best apps across internet and on all mobile platforms.The ... Read more...
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Rabri Devi hints her children will join politics
May 2nd, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 2 (IANS) Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi Wednesday justified dynastic politics, hinting that her children will join politics."My sons and daughters will join politics at the right ... Read more...
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Aamir enjoys litti-chokha in Patna
April 25th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 25 (IANS) Bollywood star Aamir Khan, on his way to Varanasi to attend the wedding Wednesday of Rajeev, son of Ram Lakhan aka Nathuni, the auto-driver who ... Read more...
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‘Kashmiris subjected to forced labour for 12 years’
April 14th, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 14 (IANS) A legislator of the Jammu and Kashmir Saturday alleged that people in north Kashmir had been subjected to forced labour for 12 years by the security ... Read more...
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Sarkozy lied about visiting Fukushima
April 13th, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 13 (IANS) French President Nicolas Sarkozy Friday admitted he did not visit Fukushima during a trip to Japan after the tsunami last March, but had told an ... Read more...
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High-velocity winds, rain damage wheat crop
April 12th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) High-velocity winds accompanied by rain damaged the standing wheat crop in parts of Punjab and Haryana, an official said Thursday.The severity of the thunderstorm, ranging from ... Read more...
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Rs.20 lakh relief for terror suspect’s custody death
April 10th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) In an unprecedented ruling, the Bombay High Court Tuesday awarded Rs.20 lakh compensation to the mother of Khwaja Yunus, an accused in a bomb blast in ... Read more...
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Delhi engineer was murdered for ransom, body found
April 6th, 2012 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The body of a young engineer, who was missing for three days, was found in Delhi Friday, police said adding that one of his friends ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh to confiscate five officials’ properties
April 4th, 2012 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 4 (IANS) An empowered panel of the Madhya Pradesh government has found assets worth over Rs.5 crore of five corrupt officials as fit case for confiscation, officials said ... Read more...
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Himachal rail line reopens after seven months
March 31st, 2012 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 31 (IANS) Rail traffic on the Pathankot-Jogindernagar narrow gauge line in Himachal Pradesh was restored Saturday after seven months of closure, a railway official said.The rail traffic had ... Read more...
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Official summoned over delay in project
March 7th, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 7 (IANS) Taking note of tardy progress in a Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) project here, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Wednesday summoned the state Public ... Read more...
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Two government officials shot dead in Bihar
March 2nd, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 2 (IANS) Two government officials were shot dead and another was seriously injured Friday by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Sitamarhi district, police said.The victims were identified as officials ... Read more...
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Corrupt ex-ONGC official jailed for three years in 1987 case
January 24th, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 24 (IANS) A special court here Tuesday convicted a former ONGC official to three years rigorous imprisonment in an almost two-and-a-half-decade-old corruption case."The anti-corruption branch of Central Bureau ... Read more...
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Did not summon UP engineer in health scam: CBI
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday said it did not examine or summon the 55-year-old engineer who shot himself dead fearing arrest in the ... Read more...
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Congress demands CBI probe into UP engineer’s death
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 23 (IANS) Suspecting foul play behind the death of engineer Sunil Kumar Verma, allegedly linked to the rural healthcare scam in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress party Monday demanded ... Read more...
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Netaji was scientist, environmentalist: Ramesh
January 23rd, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Monday said that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was also a "planner, scientist and environmentalist"."Netaji was a versatile genius whose many other ... Read more...
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Lokayukta raids continue in Madhya Pradesh
January 19th, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 19 (IANS) Continuing with its raids, the Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta Thursday unearthed Rs.44 lakh cash from one government official and Rs.50 lakh worth ornaments from another official. The ... Read more...
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