Bihar boat capsize toll rises to 21
September 11th, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 11 (IANS) With 10 more bodies, mostly of children and women, recovered Tuesday, the toll in a boat capsize in Bihar's Bhojpur district has risen to 21, police ... Read more...
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Eleven killed, over 25 missing as boat capsizes in Bihar (Lead)
September 10th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 10 (IANS) At least 11 people, mostly children and women, drowned and over 25 people were missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in the Sone river in Bihar's ... Read more...
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Woman killed as lightning strikes UP village
August 31st, 2012 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) A woman was killed and 12 injured when lightning struck in Mirzapur district late Thursday, police said.The incident happened at Veerpur village in Mirzapur district, about ... Read more...
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Sack Chidambaram, says Agnivesh
August 24th, 2012 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Activist Swami Agnivesh Thursday demanded the removal of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who was earlier the home minister, over the alleged killing of 19 ... Read more...
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51 killed, 46 injured as bus falls into Himachal gorge (Fourth Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 51 people, including 18 women, were killed and 46 others injured Saturday when an overcrowded bus rolled into a 300-feet deep gorge in Chamba ... Read more...
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Human life is precious, explain miners’s death: Court to Meghalaya
August 2nd, 2012 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 2 (IANS) The Shillong bench of the Gauhati High Court has registered a public interest litigation on the recent deaths of 15 coal miners in Meghalaya's South Garo ... Read more...
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Heavy rains kill nine in Hyderabad, many colonies submerged (Second Lead)
July 21st, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 21 (IANS) Nine people, including two women and three children, were killed in incidents of wall collapse in Hyderabad as heavy rains lashed the city since Friday ... Read more...
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Heavy rains kill nine in Hyderabad (Lead)
July 21st, 2012 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 21 (IANS) Nine people, including two women and three children, were killed in incidents of wall collapse in Hyderabad as heavy rains since Friday night lashed the ... Read more...
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Exhume unmarked grave in Kashmir: Rights panel
July 5th, 2012 - 5:33 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 4 (IANS) In a significant development of far reaching consequences, Jammu and Kashmir's apex rights panel Wednesday ordered the first exhumation of an unmarked grave in a border ... Read more...
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16 die in Uttar Pradesh bus tragedy (Lead)
May 19th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 19 (IANS) At least 16 people returning from a religious congregation were killed and over a dozen injured when a private bus in which they were travelling rammed ... Read more...
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Sports minister gives ex-gratia aid to archer
May 17th, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Sports Minister Ajay Maken has sanctioned an ex-gratia assistance of Rs.5 lakh to archer Rani Dutta from the National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons.The ministry came ... Read more...
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Conspiracy in UP firing that killed three?
April 2nd, 2012 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 2 (IANS) Amid theories suggesting a "larger conspiracy", the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe into the Sunday firing in Etawah that killed three people.Other than a ... Read more...
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475 special police officers killed in Kashmir militancy
March 31st, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 31 (IANS) Since the eruption of militancy in the 1990s, over 475 Special Police Officers (SPOs), who are temporary recruits assisting regular police in anti-militancy operations in Jammu ... Read more...
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Kanpur cop dies after being shot inside police station (Lead)
March 30th, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, March 30 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh Police officer who was shot at along with a constable inside a police station here by a drunken youth succumbed to his injuries ... Read more...
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Additional Rs.134 crore approved for Bhopal gas victims
March 23rd, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The government Friday sanctioned Rs.134 crore for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak tragedy, an official spokesperson said here.The union cabinet, which ... Read more...
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15 dead as train rams into van in UP
March 20th, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 20 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed Tuesday when a passenger train rammed into a van at an unmanned crossing in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh, police ... Read more...
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Financial benefits for labourers in Delhi hiked
February 7th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Construction workers in Delhi are set to get a hike in their financial benefits as the Delhi government Monday decided to implement the recommendations of ... Read more...
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AMRI Hospital moves court on relief for fire victims (Lead)
January 4th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court Wednesday admitted a petition by the city's AMRI Hospital, seeking the West Bengal government's intervention in paying compensation to the families of ... Read more...
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Toll in Andhra hooch tragedy rises to 18
January 2nd, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 2 (IANS) The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district rose to 18 Monday with another person succumbing at a hospital. The condition of ... Read more...
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Heavy rains leave four dead in Thiruvananthapuram
December 31st, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 31 (IANS) Heavy rains and floods here Saturday have left four people dead and one missing in the aftermath of cyclone Thane which hit the Tamil Nadu coast ... Read more...
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Transformer explodes, three die
December 30th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 30 (IANS) Three school-going girls were killed instantly when a transformer exploded in an Uttar Pradesh village Friday, police said.Rubi, Lavi and Shivani were passing by ... Read more...
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Government website on Bhopal gas tragedy shows old figures
December 10th, 2011 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Dec 10 (IANS) For over a year now a section of a Madhya Pradesh government website has not updated information on the Bhopal gas tragedy. And the facts ... Read more...
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BSNL submits proposal on voluntary retirement to DoT
November 30th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has submitted a proposal of voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) to the Department of Telecom (DoT) for employees who have ... Read more...
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Strike hits Coal India mines in Orissa
October 10th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 10 (IANS) The operations of state-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) in Orissa were hit Monday by a one-day strike called by its major workers' unions, an official ... Read more...
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Coal India terms workers’ strike for bonus illegal
September 24th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) Describing as "illegal" the country-wide shutdown on Oct 10 called by all major workers' unions of Coal India Limited (CIL) over their demands for bonus and ... Read more...
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Punjab gives promotions to 5,199 police men in one go
September 24th, 2011 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 24 (IANS) Punjab Police Saturday promoted 5,199 constables and head constables in one go - the highest number to be promoted together ever.Announcing a string of incentives for ... Read more...
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Railways running without insurance cover
August 4th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Despite a spate of fatal accidents and injuries to passengers in recent years, the railways have been running without an insurance cover since September 2008 ... Read more...
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Kanishka victims reject Canada’s $24,000 ex-gratia
July 11th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 11 (IANS) Air India Kanishka victims' families have rejected the Canadian government's offer of $24,000 each for the 1985 bombing that killed all 329 people on board the ... Read more...
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PM condoles train accident victims
July 10th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Prime Minster Manmohan Singh Sunday expressed "deep sorrow and shock" over the train accident in Uttar Pradesh in which 20 people were killed and ... Read more...
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BSP refutes Digvijay’s charge of massacre of farmers
May 13th, 2011 - 1:59 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) The ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has strongly refuted Congress leader Digvijay Singh's allegations about the massacre of farmers by the Uttar Pradesh police in ... Read more...
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Girl injured in Delhi school to get Rs.3 lakh
May 4th, 2011 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) A Class 11 girl student, whose eye was injured in a stone pelting incident in her school, will be paid an ex-gratia of Rs.3 ... Read more...
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Fire on Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express, all passengers safe
April 18th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by ANI
Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh), Apr 18 (ANI): Three coaches of the 12951 Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express caught fire in the wee hours on Monday near Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh.Two coaches were affected, but all ... Read more...
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667 Maoist attacks killed 590 in Chhattisgarh: police
March 9th, 2011 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 9 (IANS) Police say 590 people, including 298 security personnel - most of them paramilitary troopers, have been killed in 667 Maoist attacks in Chhattisgarh since 2009."A total ... Read more...
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Two Jodhpur hospital employees suspended for deaths
February 27th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 27 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Sunday suspended two employees of the government-run Umaid Hospital in Jodhpur where 13 women have died of excessive bleeding during childbirth allegedly after ... Read more...
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Jaipal Reddy holds emergency meeting to discuss oil adulteration issue
January 27th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 27 (ANI): Union Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy on Thursday chaired an emergency meeting to discuss the oil adulteration issue and to chart out a course of action to root ... Read more...
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