Bhubaneswar airport to be made international soon
September 20th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) A new terminal at the Bhubaneswar airport is expected to be commissioned by December this year and the airport will be upgraded to international status ... Read more...
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SC frowns on delay in income tax department appeals (Lead)
September 17th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the government to streamline the Income Tax (I-T) Department's working to check delays in challenging adverse verdicts related to tax ... Read more...
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Ash draws fans in Kochi (Movie Snippets) (With Images)
August 20th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai drew thousands of fans in Kochi while she was there to inaugurate a jewellery store.This was her first public appearance after ... Read more...
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Guwahati molestation prime accused being brought back to Assam
July 24th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) An Assam Police team Tuesday left for Guwahati with Amarjyoti Kalita, the prime accused in the Guwahati molestation case, after taking his custody from Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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Woman gives birth to girl on Metro train (Lead)
July 22nd, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) A 27-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl on a Delhi Metro train Sunday morning. This was the first such incident on the Delhi ... Read more...
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UP to develop districts adjoining Nepal border
July 20th, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 20 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday assured a visiting Nepalese delegation that his government would develop infrastructure in bordering districts on a priority basis.The chief ... Read more...
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From 340 rooms to four, temporary digs await Pratibha Patil
July 20th, 2012 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) After the 340 rooms of Rashtrapati Bhavan, a four bedroom bungalow here will be President Pratibha Patil's temporary residence after she steps down July ... Read more...
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Dabolim airport will not be shut for civilians: Parrikar
July 19th, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 19 (IANS) The Indian Navy-run military-cum-civilian airport at Dabolim will not be shut when a new greenfield airport at Mopa in north Goa comes up, Chief Minister Manohar ... Read more...
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Gangster arrested in Uttar Pradesh
July 10th, 2012 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 9 (IANS) In a joint operation, the Uttar Pradesh Police and the Karnataka Police Monday arrested a member of the notorious Raja Shetty gang here, an official said.Akash ... Read more...
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No police complaint filed after Gurgaon boy’s death
July 6th, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 6 (IANS) Police have not filed any first information report (FIR) on the death of a six-year-old boy who fell into a drain of industrial waste and storm ... Read more...
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‘Claims of regularising unauthorised colonies a gimmick’
July 5th, 2012 - 5:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) North Delhi Municipal Corporation standing committee chairman Yogender Chandolia Wednesday dismissed as a political gimmick the Delhi Government's announcement of regularising unauthorised colonies without ... Read more...
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Rs.1,813 in Rajendra Prasad’s bank account (Lead)
July 4th, 2012 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 4 (IANS) A total of Rs.1,813 is lying unclaimed in a bank account that India's first president, Rajendra Prasad, opened a few months before he died.For 50 long ... Read more...
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Surjeet is home, after 30 years in Pakistan prison (Lead)
June 28th, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), June 28 (IANS) After 30 years of incarceration in Pakistan on charges of being a spy, Surjeet Singh returned home Thursday to a tumultuous and teary welcome from ... Read more...
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Surjeet freed but reaches Wagah in handcuffs (Lead, Changing dateline)
June 28th, 2012 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Wagah (Pakistan), June 28 (IANS) He may have been officially released from jail Thursday morning but when Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh alighted from the prison van at the Wagah border ... Read more...
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Surjeet freed, to come home via Wagah (Lead, Changing dateline)
June 28th, 2012 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), June 28 (IANS) Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh was released from Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail after over three decades in captivity Thursday and reached the Wagah border on the ... Read more...
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Admission software hacked, medical student tells court (Lead)
June 19th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday was told by a petitioner that the software developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for online counselling and admission to ... Read more...
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Bodies of Andhra accident victims given to relatives
June 17th, 2012 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 17 (IANS) Bodies of the 30 victims of a horrific bus accident in Maharashtra were Sunday transported to their home districts in Andhra Pradesh.Heart-rending scenes were witnessed at ... Read more...
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India seeks China’s support for SCO membership
June 6th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 6 (IANS) India Wednesday sought China's support for membership of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), dominated by Beijing and Moscow, and underlined that it will bring many ... Read more...
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India pitches for SCO’s membership, Afghan role
June 5th, 2012 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kunming/Beijing, June 5 (IANS) A day before the SCO summit opens in Beijing, India Tuesday renewed its pitch for full membership of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization and backed ... Read more...
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Hindustan Copper hopeful of joint venture with Rajasthan Mining
May 29th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) Public sector miner Hindustan Copper Ltd is hopeful of forming a joint venture with Rajasthan State Mining and Minerals Ltd shortly for exploitation of copper deposits ... Read more...
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India highlights ‘human dimension’ of adopted woman facing deportation
May 26th, 2012 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 26 (IANS) Highlighting the "human dimension" of an adopted Indian American woman who faces deportation 30 years after she came here, India has asked the US to ensure ... Read more...
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Parliamentary panel questions shortage of university teachers
May 10th, 2012 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The shortfall of teaching staff in universities across states has drawn the attention of a parliamentary panel which has slammed the human resource development (HRD) ... Read more...
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Congress extended favours to Jaiprakash Associates: Dhumal
May 7th, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 7 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Monday charged the previous Congress government in the state with extending favours to Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. (JAL), which has ... Read more...
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Inspection of Israeli embassy car allowed
May 1st, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday allowed the Israeli embassy car damaged in a bomb blast here Feb 13 to be inspected by an insurance surveyor to ... Read more...
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Indian boy, grandparents freed from Bangladesh jail
April 29th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka/New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) In a gesture of goodwill, the Bangladesh authorities Sunday released a five-year-old Indian boy, Ariful Sheikh, who spent nearly a year in a Bangladesh jail ... Read more...
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Magma to roll out housing finance, gold loan business FY13
April 27th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Magma Fincorp will roll out housing finance and gold loan businesses this fiscal. The city-base non-banking finance company is also awaiting the insurance regulator's nod to ... Read more...
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Court directs medical benefits for TB workers
April 26th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday directed Delhi Tapedik Unmulan Samiti (DTUS) to implement its circular giving the medical benefits and facilities to the entitled people ... Read more...
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Bihar’s hydel project gets Central Water Commission’s nod
April 26th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 26 (IANS) Power-starved Bihar's 126 MW capacity Dagmara hydro power project in Supaul district has got clearance from the Central Water Commission (CWC), and the state government is ... Read more...
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CWG village: DDA says builder can allot flats
April 19th, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that Emaar MGF, the construction company which built flats in the 2010 Commonwealth Games ... Read more...
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Pakistani prisoner Khalil Chisti steps out of jail
April 11th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ajmer, April 11 (IANS) Octogenarian Pakistani prisoner Mohammad Khalil Chisti, serving a life sentence for murder, stepped out of the Ajmer Central Jail in Rajasthan Wednesday on conditional bail, his ... Read more...
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Court orders provisional use of Kotla for IPL matches (Lead)
April 11th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to issue a provisional occupancy certificate to enable the staging of Indian Premier League-5 ... Read more...
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Bail to IAS officer in Emaar case
March 16th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 16 (IANS) A special court Friday granted bail to senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer B.P. Acharya in the Emaar-APIIC case related to irregularities in the development of ... Read more...
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Bollywood veteran Joy Mukherjee dead (Lead)
March 9th, 2012 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) Bollywood veteran Joy Mukherjee, who acted in films like "Love in Simla", died at Lilavati Hospital here Friday, his spokesman said. He was 73.He is survived ... Read more...
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Bengal’s unorganised workers get cards to avail facilities
February 25th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) The West Bengal government will issue Samajik Mukti Card - an all purpose card - to unorganised sector workers for availing government facilities, Chief Minister ... Read more...
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‘Expedite issue of completion certificates’
February 24th, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to expedite the issue of completion certificates to flat owners of the Commonwealth Games ... Read more...
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