Haryana to create more foodgrain storage
June 20th, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 20 (IANS) The Haryana government will create additional storage capacity of 22 lakh tonnes within a year following record foodgrain production, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Wednesday.
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Delhi engineer murdered by friend for ransom (Second Lead)
April 6th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) In a murder meticulously planned by three friends, a young engineer was abducted, strangled and his body buried in a deep pit lined with 40 ... Read more...
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Delhi cops pulled up for dacoity case flip-flop
April 1st, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A court here has acquited five men accused of dacoity and pulled up the Delhi Police for making contradictory statements in the case.Additional Sessions Judge ... Read more...
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Maoists’ material for rocket launchers seized in Raipur (Lead)
March 5th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 5 (IANS) Around 80 boxes packed with raw material for making rocket launchers and mortars, suspected to be meant for use by Maoists, were recovered from a warehouse ... Read more...
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Maoists’ material for rocket launchers seized in Raipur
March 5th, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 5 (IANS) Several people are under the police scanner for operating a well-established network for the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the Chhattigarh capital, after the ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata go-down, no casualty
February 3rd, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) A fire broke out in a cloth godown in the city Thursday evening which subsequently spread to an adjacent studio where several Bengali actors were shooting. ... Read more...
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Explosion in illicit gas cylinders warehouse in Maharashtra
January 17th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik (Maharashtra), Jan 17 (IANS) A warehouse here, illegally stacked with about 100 gas cylinders, caught fire Tuesday after a cylinder exploded, police said."As many as 98 cylinders were stacked ... Read more...
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Fire engulfs Karachi’s cloth warehouse
January 6th, 2012 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 6 (IANS) A fire engulfed a cloth warehouse in an industrial area of Pakistan's Karachi city early Friday, Geo News reported. There were no reports of casualties.The incident ... Read more...
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One held for illegally stocking fire crackers
October 25th, 2011 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) A 28-year-old Delhi trader was arrested for illegally stocking 2,150 kg of firecrackers, police said Monday, adding that firecrackers worth Rs.30 lakh were seized from ... Read more...
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Government to plan rabi crop strategy
September 13th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Concerned over declining availability and consumption, the government will ask states to promote the cultivation of nutri-cereals like millets, bajra and ragi.The issue will be ... Read more...
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Container seized in Pakistan for tax evasion
September 12th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 12 (IANS) A container carrying electronic goods worth Rs.20 million was seized in Pakistan after it was discovered that it was wrongly manifested to be carrying foodstuff for ... Read more...
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Market complex owner, guard murdered
August 1st, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Aug 1 (IANS) The owner of a commercial complex and a guard were brutally murdered and a jewellery store at the complex was ransacked in Suraksha Vihar colony here ... Read more...
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Dabur parts ways with Miss Nepal
July 26th, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 26 (IANS) Dogged by controversies and hounded by Maoists, Indian FMCG company Dabur India's joint venture in Nepal has decided to part ways with Miss Nepal, the republic's ... Read more...
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Three held for selling fake medicines
July 4th, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Two CGHS employees and a third man were arrested Monday for allegedly selling spurious medicines.The three were identified as Ravinder Singh, 41, and Bacha Singh, ... Read more...
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‘Goa police probing tribal killings harassing tribals’
June 15th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 15 (IANS) With no sign of the judicial probe promised by the Goa government into the killing of two tribal activists last month, tribal leaders claim that the ... Read more...
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UP girl’s murder confirmed; 11 cops, three doctors suspended (Second Lead)
June 13th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 13 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh police Monday confirmed that the 14-year-old girl found hanging inside a police station compound was strangled to death. One constable has been arrested ... Read more...
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Fire in Punjab chemical factory
May 22nd, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 22 (IANS) A major fire broke out in a chemical factory that was packed with inflammable material in Dera Bassi town of Punjab Sunday, officials said. No casualties ... Read more...
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With AIADMK win, voters eye freebies of laptops, gold mangalsutra
May 13th, 2011 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) Now that the AIADMK has won a thumping victory in Tamil Nadu, voters are eyeing the freebies, including laptops for students, gold mangalsutras for women, free ... Read more...
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Godown, showroom gutted in Delhi (Lead)
May 12th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A chemicals storage facility and an apparel showroom were gutted here Thursday in separate fire incidents, officials said. No casualties were reported in either cases.In ... Read more...
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Major fire in Punjab godown
April 30th, 2011 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Lalru (Punjab), April 29 (IANS) A major fire broke down in the godown of Oswal Denim Limited, a unit of the Nahar group, here Friday night, the police said.According to ... Read more...
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Over 50 tenders used to douse Agra fire
April 24th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, April 24 (IANS) A fire at a printing press here was only doused Sunday afternoon after more than 50 fire tenders battled the blaze for hours, police said. No ... Read more...
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Delhi Police yet to identify murdered and parcelled woman
April 11th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) A young woman's disfigured and half-decomposed body, packed in an old metal trunk by her killer and parcelled from Delhi to Kishangarh area of Ajmer ... Read more...
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Fire destroys Rs.one crore-worth goods in glass factory
March 17th, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), March 17 (IANS) A huge fire in a glass factory here destroyed goods worth Rs.one crore. The fire has now been contained, police said Thursday.Circle Officer Anurag ... Read more...
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Centre discriminates against Himachal: BJP
March 16th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary and Himachal Pradesh legislator J.P. Nadda Wednesday accused the central government of discriminating against the state in allocating funds.Participating ... Read more...
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Man held for stealing 4,000 litres of edible oil
February 5th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) A man who stole 4,000 litres of vegetable oil from a truck in west Delhi was arrested here, police said Saturday. A woman, who plotted the robbery, ... Read more...
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Five robbers held in Delhi
January 29th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Five men were arrested in west Delhi late Friday when they were on their way to rob a copper factory, police said. Three of them were also ... Read more...
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Tax officials attacked during raid in Punjab
January 28th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Ludhiana (Punjab), Jan 28 (IANS) Two excise and sale tax officials were attacked by the "godown mafia" while conducting raids at a railway warehouse here to check tax evasion and fake billing, ... Read more...
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Four held for robbery in Delhi
January 22nd, 2011 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Four people, including a student and a son of a police officer, were arrested from east Delhi for shooting and robbing a man earlier this month, ... Read more...
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Navi Mumbai Indian Oil depot fire under control
January 18th, 2011 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Jan 18 (ANI): A massive fire that engulfed the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot in Navi Mumbai last night was doused after eight hours.No casualties were reported. Twenty fire engines ... Read more...
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Unclaimed Maoist literature found, Chhattisgarh begins probe (Lead)
January 14th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 14 (IANS) A probe was launched Friday into unclaimed cartons of Maoist literature found at the Raipur railway station's parcel warehouse that has vital details about key Maoist leaders, police ... Read more...
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6,000 quintals of foodgrain rot in Jharkhand
January 14th, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 14 (IANS) At a time when prices of essential commodities are spiralling, a whopping 6,000 quintals of foodgrain have been found rotting in a State Food Corporation (SFC) warehouse ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh cops probe unclaimed Maoist literature
January 14th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 14 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Police Friday began probe into unclaimed cartons of Maoist literature found at Raipur railway station's parcel godown that reportedly had vital details about key Maoist leaders.Sources said ... Read more...
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Nepal government asked to recall envoy to India
January 9th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 9 (IANS) Thirty MPs cutting across party lines Sunday asked Nepal's caretaker government to recall the country's ambassador to India, Rukma Shumsher Rana, following his alleged involvement with ... Read more...
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Spurious milk powder racket unearthed in Jharkhand
January 1st, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 1 (IANS) A total of 150 sacks of adulterated milk powder were seized in Jharkhand's coal city Dhanbad Saturday, police said.According to police sources, an illegal godown situated in Katras ... Read more...
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After raid, Dabur Nepal dragged to court
December 27th, 2010 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 27 (IANS) Misfortunes contained to rain down on Indian multinational Dabur India's independent group company in Nepal, with a public interest litigation dragging it to Supreme Court Monday, ... Read more...
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