Anna Hazare group meets in Delhi to decide future strategy (Lead)
September 19th, 2012 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) A meeting of India Against Corruption (IAC) is underway in the capital to discuss the future course of the anti-corruption movement after its chief proponent ... Read more...
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Team Anna meets in Delhi to decide future strategy
September 19th, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) A meeting of India Against Corruption (IAC) is underway in the capital to discuss the future course of the anti-corruption movement after its chief proponent ... Read more...
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Ramdev to announce new strategy Sunday (Second Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Baba Ramdev will announce his future strategy Sunday morning when his three-day fast ends, said sources close to him, even as the yoga guru ... Read more...
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Ramdev returns to Ramlila Maidan for three-day fast (Roundup)
August 9th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) More than a year after the controversial midnight raid by police on his protest fast at the Ramlila Maidan, yoga guru Baba Ramdev was ... Read more...
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Ramdev begins three-day fast, warns of revolution (Third Lead)
August 9th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Back at the Ramlila Maidan to continue the movement against corruption, yoga guru Baba Ramdev Thursday began a three-day symbolic fast and warned of ... Read more...
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Ramdev back at Ramlila ground, on three-day fast (Second Lead)
August 9th, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Back at the Ramlila Maidan, yoga guru Baba Ramdev Thursday announced a three-day fast against corruption and black money and said the government would ... Read more...
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Want to cut red-tape in defence ties with India: US (Lead)
July 23rd, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) With the US rebalancing its strategic focus to Asia-Pacific, a key Obama administration official Monday said his nation's ties with India will play a ... Read more...
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Want to cut red-tape in defence ties with India: US
July 23rd, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) With US rebalancing its strategic focus to the Asia-Pacific region, a key Obama administration official Monday said his nation's ties with India will play a ... Read more...
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India to keep an eye on Malacca Straits with new naval base
July 10th, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) To keep an eye on maritime security around the Malacca Straits and to gain strategic supremacy in the area, India will in about a fortnight ... Read more...
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More IITs may go against common entrance test
June 9th, 2012 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay are likely to emulate Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur which has decided to hold its own entrance test after ... Read more...
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Team Anna meets to decide future strategy
April 22nd, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Key members of Team Anna are meeting Sunday to discuss the group's future strategy, including their alliance with yoga guru Baba Ramdev, to fight ... Read more...
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Lalu Prasad takes jewellers’ concerns to Mukherjee
April 5th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) A group of jewellers led by Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday to press their demand to roll ... Read more...
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‘Ensure regular vaccination to make India polio free’
February 23rd, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) With India marking it's first year without polio cases, the health ministry has called upon the nation to ensure regular polio vaccinations of children to ... Read more...
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Hero MotoCorp unveils new range of two-wheelers
January 4th, 2012 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Two-wheeler major Hero MotoCorp Wednesday unveiled its new range of two-wheelers, including a 110cc scooter Maestro and two motorcycles -- the 125cc Ignitor and the ... Read more...
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Hazare hospitalised for chest infection, stable (Lead)
January 1st, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 1 (IANS) Anna Hazare has been admitted to a private hospital here for chest infection and is stable after treatment and feeling better, an aide said Sunday.The ... Read more...
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Anna unwell, core committee meeting postponed (Lead, Changing dateline)
December 31st, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Dec 31 (IANS) The core committee meeting of Team Anna scheduled here Jan 2-3 has been postponed following the ill-health of Anna Hazare, his aide said ... Read more...
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PM should quit over defeat on Lokpal bill: Gadkari
December 30th, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should step down and assume moral responsibility for the government's defeat in parliament on the Lokpal bill, Bharatiya Janata Party ... Read more...
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Hazare advised week’s rest
December 29th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Dec 29 (IANS) Ailing activist Anna Hazare, who reached his hometown Ralegan Siddhi Thursday, has been advised one week's complete rest by doctors, an aide said.Hazare, ... Read more...
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Hazare leaves for Ralegan Siddhi
December 29th, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Anna Hazare left for his home Ralegan Siddhi Thursday, a day after he broke his fast to press for a strong Lokpal.The anti-corruption crusader had ... Read more...
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Anna’s protest may be shifted to Mumbai: Kejriwal
December 14th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Anna Hazare's planned protest from Dec 27 for a strong Lokpal could be shifted to Mumbai if it is too cold here, Team Anna ... Read more...
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Pakistan sends notice to US to vacate airbase
November 30th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 30 (IANS) Pakistan has sent a notice to the US to vacate the Shamsi airbase that is used to launch drone attacks, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said, ... Read more...
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Congress awaits Sonia for post-Hazare strategy
August 29th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Congress is awaiting the return of party president Sonia Gandhi, likely this week-end, to give final shape to its future strategy following the ... Read more...
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Punjab government to discuss Bhakra security
July 18th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 18 (IANS) In the wake of reports of a terror threat to the 225-metre high Bhakra Dam, the Punjab government has called an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists step back from new revolt, to focus on peace
April 29th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 29 (IANS) After nine days' intense discussions to decide their future strategy, Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas Friday finally decided to step back from launching a new revolt and ... Read more...
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Jats to end rail blockade, but continue agitation (Lead)
March 19th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Amroha (Uttar Pradesh), March 19 (IANS) Jat community leaders Saturday said they have decided to end their two-week long rail blockade here, but added that their agitation to press ... Read more...
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US Vice President to visit Pakistan
January 11th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Jan 11(ANI): US Vice President Joe Biden will be arriving in Pakistan this week on a short unscheduled visit.During the visit, Biden, who is currently on a surprise trip to ... Read more...
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World’s biggest movie website run by ’self-confessed geek’ from UK house
December 31st, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 31 (ANI): The world's biggest movie website is run by a 'self-confessed technology geek' from a house in Britain.Colin Needham, 43, began the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) in 1990 as ... Read more...
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Pak clerics warn of protests if blasphemy laws are amended
December 13th, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi (Pakistan), Dec. 13 (ANI): Religious parties in Pakistan have warned that they will launch a movement called the Tehreek Namoos-e-Risalat (TNR), if the government moves to amend the country's blasphemy laws.Talking ... Read more...
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Chandigarh to conduct its first-ever wildlife census
December 8th, 2010 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, Dec 8 (IANS) This union territory, one of the greenest cities of India, has now turned its attention on its fauna as the first-ever census of wildlife here ... Read more...
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Bombay High Court concerned over missing Adarsh papers
December 1st, 2010 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 1 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Wednesday expressed concern over the papers that have gone missing from the files of the controversial Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society and asked the Central ... Read more...
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ICC poised to dump Champions Trophy for new Future Tours Program
November 29th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 29(ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) is likely to kill off the Champions Trophy in order to construct an enhanced international programme for the future.After the ICC board approved the ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists condemn Indian operation against rebels
November 28th, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Nov 28 (IANS) A year after India started paramilitary operations against its own outlawed Maoist party and nearly five months after security forces killed a top guerrilla leader, Nepal's ... Read more...
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Nepal’s Maoist chief under fire for India bashing
November 25th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Nov 25 (IANS) A war cry against neighbour India has landed Nepal's Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda under fire, both from the ruling parties as well as his ... Read more...
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Nepal’s Maoist chief urges war on India
November 24th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Nov 24 (IANS) Amidst the Indian government's growing concern about the crisis in Nepal and a renewed war on its own Maoist guerrillas, Nepal's Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal ... Read more...
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Antony for speedy indigenisation of defence systems
November 16th, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Tuesday his ministry is all set to create an environment for speedy indigenisation of defence systems and platforms."We are making all efforts ... Read more...
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