Ramdev supporters head home, vow to oppose Congress
August 14th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Hundreds of Baba Ramdev supporters Tuesday vowed to kickstart a campaign against the Congress as they left Delhi for their homes after spending a ... Read more...
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Chaddha’s police custody extended by three days
August 13th, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday extended by three days the police custody of Aruna Chaddha, an official of the now-defunct MDLR Airlines, in a case related ... Read more...
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Two held for murdering NTPC engineer
August 12th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 11 (IANS) Two autorickshaw drivers were Saturday arrested for murdering an NTPC engineer here July 27 after robbing his car and valuables, police said.Akhilesh and Deepak, residents of ... Read more...
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Geetika suicide: Chaddha to be questioned for another day
August 11th, 2012 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday extended by a day the police custody of the now-defunct MDLR Airlines' official Aruna Chaddha in a case related to the ... Read more...
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Kanda hunt on, Geetika’s autopsy confirms no foul play
August 11th, 2012 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Hunt for Haryana's ex-minister Gopal Kanda, charged with driving former air hostess Geetika Sharma to suicide, continued Friday even as her autopsy report confirmed there ... Read more...
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Labourer’s body found near Chautala’s Delhi house
August 11th, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The decomposed body of a 25-year-old missing labourer was recovered from a drain flowing a few metres away behind the house of Haryana's former chief ... Read more...
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Geetika suicide: Chaddha sent to two days’ police custody (Lead)
August 9th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday sent the now-defunct MDLR Airlines' official Aruna Chaddha to two days' police custody in a case related to the suicide of ... Read more...
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Geetika suicide: Police arrest Chaddha, Kanda absconding
August 8th, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The now-defunct MDLR Airlines' official Aruna Chaddha was arrested Wednesday in former flight attendant Geetika Sharma's suicide case while Geetika's ex-employer and Haryana's former minister ... Read more...
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Yamunanagar first district with ramps for disabled
August 8th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 8 (IANS) Haryana's Yamunanagar will become the first district in the country this Independence Day where all government buildings would have the facility of ramps for physically challenged ... Read more...
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Delhi Police search Kanda’s house, farm house
August 7th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 7 (IANS) Delhi Police Tuesday raided the residence and farm house of Haryana's former minister of state for home Gopal Goyal Kanda, booked for abetment to suicide of ... Read more...
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HLL launching affordable diagnostic kits
August 7th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 (IANS) HLL Lifecare Limited, a mini-Ratna public sector undertaking headquartered here, is soon coming out with cheap and affordable duplex test kit for 'chikungunya' and 'dengue' fever ... Read more...
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Can’t deny education to students on bonafide mistakes: Court
August 4th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has ruled that students should neither be deprived of their right to education on bonafide mistakes nor penalised to the extent ... Read more...
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Invited to visit J&K;, students plug ‘disconnect’
August 4th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 4 (IANS) After taking students from Jammu and Kashmir to tour various parts of the country under 'Operation Sadbhavana' (goodwill), children from outside are now invited here to ... Read more...
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Himachal hydro projects resume power generation
August 3rd, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 3 (IANS) The mega hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh Friday resumed power generation after remaining closed for over 24 hours, an official said.The closure had hit the electricity ... Read more...
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Power crisis: Centre, states in blame game (Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chandigarh/Jaipur/Lucknow, July 23 (IANS) As the power crisis Tuesday enveloped 19 states in India, the central government blamed the collapse on the second straight day to overdrawing of ... Read more...
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Punjab contests grid failure blame, Haryana on defensive
July 31st, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 31 (IANS) The Punjab government Tuesday vehemently contested the blame on the state for being among those responsible for over-drawing power from the northern grid which led to ... Read more...
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3 lakh passengers, 300 trains stranded in eight states (Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Around 3 lakh passengers were Tuesday stranded in over 300 trains across eight states after the northern and eastern grids failed, crippling operations ... Read more...
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Power outage cripples Delhi Metro, thousands hit (Third Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) A massive power outage Tuesday afternoon crippled the Delhi Metro for almost two hours for the second time in two days and forced services to ... Read more...
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Swapnali wins national mountain biking
July 31st, 2012 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Mumbai's Swapnali Yadav won four gold medals and the overall championship in the ninth National Mountain Biking Championship organised by the Cycling Federation of India and ... Read more...
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Grid failure stalls life in Punjab, Haryana
July 31st, 2012 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 31 (IANS) Trains were stranded at various places across Punjab and Haryana as another power grid failure hit parts of the country Tuesday.Electricity supply to all cities and ... Read more...
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Power outage cripples Delhi Metro, thousands hit (Second Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) An massive power outage Tuesday afternoon crippled the Delhi Metro for close to two hours for the second time in two days, impacting tens of ... Read more...
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3 lakh passengers, 300 trains stranded in eight states
July 31st, 2012 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Around 3 lakh passengers were Tuesday stranded in over 300 trains across eight states after the northern and eastern grids failed, crippling operations across ... Read more...
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Two killed in train-truck collision, major accident averted
July 30th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), July 30 (IANS) A major accident involving a train was averted Monday even as a collision between the train and a truck in this Haryana district left two ... Read more...
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Power outage cripples Delhi Metro, thousands hit (Fourth Lead)
July 30th, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) An unprecedented power outage crippled Delhi Metro for an hour and seriously disrupted services for another two hours, impacting tens of thousands of passengers in ... Read more...
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Allahabad Bank Q1 net profit jumps 23 percent
July 30th, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) State-run Allahabad Bank Monday reported a 23 percent jump in net profit at Rs.5.14 billion in the quarter ended June 2012 from Rs 4.18 billion in ... Read more...
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60 percent supply restored after major power breakdown
July 30th, 2012 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Nearly 60 percent of electricity supply has been restored, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Monday after a major breakdown in Northern Grid plunged seven states, ... Read more...
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Power supply partially restored in Punjab, Haryana
July 30th, 2012 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 30 (IANS) Train services were partially resumed and power supply to some parts of Punjab and Haryana restored Monday after a complete power failure in the two states ... Read more...
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Power supply hit in north India
July 30th, 2012 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Power supply in seven states across north India was hit early Monday following a breakdown in the Northern Grid, an official said.Apart from ... Read more...
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Delhi Metro services resume on all lines (Third Lead)
July 30th, 2012 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Services on all six lines of the Delhi Metro resumed by 8.45 a.m. after almost three hours of disruption due to tripping of ... Read more...
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Delhi Metro resume services (Second Lead)
July 30th, 2012 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The services on all the six lines of the Delhi Metro resumed by 8.45 a.m. after two hours of disruption due to tripping ... Read more...
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Delhi Metro resume services (Second Lead)
July 30th, 2012 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The services on all the six lines of the Delhi Metro resumed by 8.45 a.m. after two hours of disruption due to tripping ... Read more...
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Power failure throws Delhi Metro services out of gear (Lead)
July 30th, 2012 - 9:43 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Thousands of commuters in the capital faced a harrowing time Monday morning as services of the Delhi Metro were disrupted due to tripping of power ... Read more...
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Power failure disrupts Delhi Metro services
July 30th, 2012 - 9:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Thousands of commuters in the Delhi Metro will have a harrowing time Monday morning as services of all the lines of the Metro have been ... Read more...
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Three Ambedkar statues vandalised in UP
July 28th, 2012 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 28 (IANS) Two days after a statue of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati was vandalised here, three statues of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar were damaged in ... Read more...
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Pulses, edible oils may be subsidised to reduce prices: Food Minister (Interview)
July 26th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Concerned that lower production of pulses and oilseeds due to a deficient monsoon could hike their prices, the government is planning to sell these two ... Read more...
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