Angry farmers take on police at Expressway
September 13th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Sep 13 (IANS) If you are taking the Yamuna Expressway in the hope of reaching Agra in 90 minutes from Delhi, be prepared to take the U-turn and find ... Read more...
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CBI quizzes two Rajasthan legislators on Bharatpur riots
August 4th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 3 (IANS) The CBI has quizzed two Rajasthan legislators over the past 10 days in connection with communal violence in Bharatpur district September last year which left ... Read more...
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Kashmir’s welfare scheme for nomadic Gujjars
July 23rd, 2012 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 23 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir has formulated a welfare scheme for the nomadic Gujjar community.Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo told IANS: "The scheme will take care of ... Read more...
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Army donates blankets, sleeping bags to nomadic tribes
July 17th, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 17 (IANS) The army Tuesday donated blankets and sleeping bags to members of Jammu and Kashmir's nomadic Gujjar and Bakarwal tribes who shift to high mountainous pastures with ... Read more...
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Another Rajasthan woman wants annulment of child marriage
June 27th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 27 (IANS) Another woman in Rajasthan has requested the authorities to annul her marriage which was solemnised when she was a child and sought permission to live with ... Read more...
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Other incidents of toddlers being rescued
June 23rd, 2012 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Even as four-year-old Mahi battles for life at the pit of a 70-foot deep borewell in Manesar town near Gurgaon, where she fell Wednesday night, ... Read more...
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SC stays Rajasthan judicial services exam (Lead)
June 18th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday stayed the Rajasthan judicial services competitive examination (main) scheduled for June 30 over a candidate's plea alleging errors in the ... Read more...
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Kashmir’s Bakharwal dog could be gone in four years (Feature)
April 26th, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Srinagar, April 26 (IANS) For generations, the Bakharwal dog, also known as the Kashmir sheepdog, has been guarding the lives of its human masters and their animals. But the ... Read more...
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Charge sheet filed in Bharatpur riots
March 6th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday filed a charge-sheet in a court here against 15 accused in the case of communal violence in Rajasthan's ... Read more...
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Dreaded Chambal dacoit killed in shootout
March 5th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 5 (IANS) One of the Chambal region's most dreaded dacoits was killed in a gun battle with the police in Rajasthan's Dholpur district early Sunday morning, police said.A ... Read more...
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Man crushed by train
February 19th, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) A man in his early 20s was crushed to death by a train Sunday while he was crossing the tracks in north Delhi, police said.Mohit, ... Read more...
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Kashmir accountability commission issues notice to government
February 17th, 2012 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 17 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir State Accountability Commission Friday asked the state government to explain how it had granted minister of state status to politicians heading ... Read more...
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Six injured in Rajasthan jail clash
January 19th, 2012 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 18 (IANS) At least six prisoners were injured in a clash between two groups of prisoners in a jail in Rajasthan's Dholpur Wednesday, police said.Officials said that the ... Read more...
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Rajasthan violence: 13 accused sent to two-day CBI custody
December 13th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Bharatpur, Dec 12 (IANS) Thirteen people arrested in connection with the violence in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district in September were remanded to two-day Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody by ... Read more...
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Train runs over husband, wife
November 6th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Nov 6 (IANS) A man who lay over railway tracks in a bid to kill himself after a domestic feud and his wife who tried to save him were ... Read more...
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Rebel Maruti union leaders resign, get hefty dues
November 5th, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Manesar, Nov 4 (IANS) Automobile major Maruti Suzuki (MSIL) has reached a settlement with the rebel worker leaders who had headed a three-phase labour agitation at the company's Manesar plant."The ... Read more...
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Man held with pistol at Metro station
November 2nd, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) A man from Uttar Pradesh was arrested for carrying a home-made pistol while entering a Delhi Metro station in west Delhi, police said Wednesday."Jamurudddin, who ... Read more...
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Maruti deadlock continues as talks fail
October 17th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Talks between the workers and management of automobile giant Maruti Suzuki failed to make any headway Monday, with the strike at the company's Manesar plant ... Read more...
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Talks to start Monday to resolve Maruti strike
October 15th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Manesar, Oct 15 (IANS) After being evicted from automobile giant Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant, the firm's striking workers Saturday said negotiations for ending the nine-day stir would start ... Read more...
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Maruti production halted, workers leave Manesar plant
October 14th, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Gurgaon, Oct 14 (IANS) Workers at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant, who occupied the plant last few days, Friday came out of the premises as Haryana started evicting them while ... Read more...
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CBI begins probe of Bharatpur riots
October 13th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bharatpur, Oct 13 (IANS) Almost a month after communal violence in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district claimed 10 lives and left 21 others injured, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) started ... Read more...
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CBI registers cases in two Rajasthan cases (Lead)
October 11th, 2011 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed first information reports (FIR) on the communal clashes in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district and the case related to ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi visits Rajasthan’s violence-hit areas
October 9th, 2011 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Oct 9 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Sunday paid a surprise visit to Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, where communal violence claimed 10 lives and left about 21 injured ... Read more...
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Policemen removed for negligence in Rajasthan clash
September 23rd, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 22 (IANS) The entire staff of Gopalgarh police station in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district was removed Thursday after it was found negligent in handling a clash between two ... Read more...
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Police firing did not kill anyone in Bharatpur: Official
September 19th, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 18 (IANS) Claims and counter-claims over the violence in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district continued Sunday as Chief Secretary Salauddin Ahmed said here that none of the eight killed ... Read more...
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Bharatpur clash toll rises to seven
September 16th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 16 (IANS) The toll in the clash between two communities in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district rose to seven with three more bodies recovered from a well, police said ... Read more...
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Day after clash, tension in Bharatpur continues
September 15th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 15 (IANS) Tension persisted in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district Thursday, a day after clashes between two communities over a plot of land claimed at least four lives and left ... Read more...
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MP robbed on train
August 29th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) An unidentified man lunged at the pocket of an MP returning to Delhi on board a train Monday and fled with cash and valuables, police ... Read more...
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LeT wiped out from three Jammu districts: Police
August 4th, 2011 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 4 (IANS) Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday killed two top commanders of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Kishtwar district after a day long gunfight, with the police claiming ... Read more...
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Sachin Pilot dares Ramdev to join politics
July 3rd, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, July 3 (IANS) Congress leader Sachin Pilot, the junior minister for communications and IT, Sunday dared yoga guru Baba Ramdev to join politics and criticised his anti-corruption agitation.He ... Read more...
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Six more Pak Taliban militants arrested in 2009 Sri Lanka team attack case
March 30th, 2011 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 30(ANI): Another six members of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, including the mastermind of the March 3, 2009 deadly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, have been arrested, Lahore ... Read more...
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Benazir Bhutto’s assassins arrested: Malik
March 26th, 2011 - 11:36 am ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Mar 26(ANI): The assassins of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto have been arrested and the facts of the case will be made public soon, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has ... Read more...
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NDA plans anti-UPA rally in Haryana Feb 20 (Lead, Superseding earlier story)
February 14th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 14 (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will hold a rally Feb 20 in Haryana's Rohtak town to highlight the United Progressive ... Read more...
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Hooda expands ministry, includes HJC defectors
January 28th, 2011 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Friday expanded his ministry, inducting four new cabinet ministers, including two legislators who had defected from the Haryana Janhit Congress ... Read more...
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Heavily fortified Delhi gears up for Republic Day
January 25th, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Delhi is under hawk-eye vigil as the nation celebrates its 62nd Republic Day Wednesday, with thousands of gun-totting armed personnel keeping tight vigil across the city ... Read more...
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