14 dead in Peru floods
February 10th, 2012 - 9:06 am ICT by IANS
Lima, Feb 10 (IANS) At least 14 people died in floods triggered by torrential rains in Peru, authorities said.Heavy rains battered the country for the past two days.Thousands of ... Read more...
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UP voter turnout 60 percent, may rise: Poll panel (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) At least 60 percent voter turnout was recorded in Uttar Pradesh's first phase of assembly polls in 55 constituencies Wednesday and the figure is expected ... Read more...
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Pitch will be ready for Wednesday’s Twenty20: ANZ Stadium curator
January 30th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 30 (IANS) ANZ Stadium curator Les Burdett expects the pitch to be ready for Wednesday's Twenty20 International between Australia and India.The Indians were left disappointed Monday morning during ... Read more...
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Wet pitches hamper Indians’ practice session
January 30th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 30 (IANS) The Indian cricket team's training session at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney Olympic Park here Monday was hampered due to damp and soft practice pitches ahead ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu plans memorial for Mullaperiyar Dam builder
January 9th, 2012 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 8 (IANS) Even as a row rages between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the safety of the Mullaperiyar Dam, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Sunday announced the ... Read more...
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Heavy rains lash Delhi on cold night (Second Lead)
January 7th, 2012 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The weekend began on a chilly and wet note in the capital Friday with the city receiving heavy rain late in the night. There were ... Read more...
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Rain god helps Kerala usher in New Year
January 1st, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 1 (IANS) With the rain god showing mercy, Keralites ushered in the New Year with the usual colour and festivities.Heavy rains that began Friday evening went on till ... Read more...
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Cyclone Thane toll now 46, life limps back to normalcy (Lead)
December 31st, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 31 (IANS) The deaths due to cyclone Thane that hit the Tamil Nadu coast Friday morning went up by nine to 46 Saturday. Though life started limping back ... Read more...
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Heavy rains leave four dead in Thiruvananthapuram
December 31st, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 31 (IANS) Heavy rains and floods here Saturday have left four people dead and one missing in the aftermath of cyclone Thane which hit the Tamil Nadu coast ... Read more...
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Andhra escapes cyclone fury (Lead)
December 30th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 30 (IANS) The severe Cyclone Thane that crossed the coast between Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Friday morning did not have much impact on Andhra Pradesh, officials ... Read more...
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Cyclone Thane clouds year-end revelry in Bangalore
December 30th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 30 (IANS) Year-end revelers in this tech hub, home to thousands of young IT professionals from across India, have turned weather watchers as cyclone Thane threatens to rain ... Read more...
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38,000 displaced in Sri Lanka floods
December 22nd, 2011 - 3:40 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, Dec 22 (IANS) Over 38,000 people have been displaced due to heavy rains and floods in northern Sri Lanka, an official said.More than 10,000 families were displaced in four ... Read more...
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Windies have everything to gain against India (Preview)
December 10th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 10 (IANS) With weather Gods showering benevolence instead of rains as the region is in the midst of north-east monsoon, the least one can say about Sunday's ... Read more...
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Rajvirdhan, Diljith claim titles in National Racing
November 26th, 2011 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 26 (IANS) Vijaykumar Rajvirdhan (Prime Racing) displayed commendable maturity to bide his time as he carved his way to victory in difficult conditions due to heavy rains and ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu floods: Rs.2 lakh for victims’ kin
November 8th, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 8 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday announced a compensation of Rs.2 lakh for the families of the seven people killed in floods in Tiruppur district ... Read more...
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Orissa seeks Rs.1,000 crore for flood relief
October 21st, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 20 (IANS) Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Pantaik Thursday sought Rs.1,000 crore from the central government for repair and restoration work in the regions affected by floods last month.The ... Read more...
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Food inflation soars, crosses double-digits
October 20th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) India's food inflation rose sharply to cross double-digit levels at 10.6 percent for the week ended Oct 8, official data showed Thursday, with a ... Read more...
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Coal shortfall hits steel production in Bengal
October 18th, 2011 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 18 (IANS) Production in the secondary steel sector of West Bengal has fallen as heavy rains have prevented the state-run Coal India Limited (CIL) from supplying enough of ... Read more...
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UAE issues travel alert for Bangkok
October 14th, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Oct 14 (IANS/WAM) The UAE has issued a travel alert for its citizens planning to visit Bangkok that is threatened by floods due to heavy rains.Hamad Saeed Al ... Read more...
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India’s power situation grim, efforts on to ease crunch
October 14th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Shortage of power in states such as Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka Friday threatened to cascade into a pan-India crisis with coal supplies hit ... Read more...
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Heavy rains, flooding batter Mexico
October 14th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Villahermosa (Mexico), Oct 14 (IANS/EFE) Roughly 75,000 people have been affected by torrential rains and swollen rivers in recent days in the Mexican state of Tabasco, officials said Thursday.Ten of ... Read more...
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Government assures availability of coal to power plants
October 13th, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The government said Thursday it would take appropriate measures to ensure greater availability of coal to power plants as electricity shortage worsened across the country."To ... Read more...
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Peaceful polling for Telangana’s Banswada seat (Lead)
October 13th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 13 (IANS) About 65 percent polling was recorded Thursday in the by-election to the Banswada assembly seat in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, an election official ... Read more...
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Food inflation slips marginally, still above comfort level
October 13th, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) India's food inflation dipped marginally to 9.32 percent for the week ended Oct 1, but still remained far above comfortable levels of policymakers, official data ... Read more...
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Coal shortage leads to power outages across India (Roundup)
October 12th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) A severe shortage of coal has hit electricity output in the country and led to long and frequent power outages in many states, including ... Read more...
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Power plants to get some coal through e-auction route
October 12th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Power producers hit by a fuel crunch will be able to get some portion of coal which state-run Coal India sells through the e-auction route, ... Read more...
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Orissa hastens post flood re-construction
October 8th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 8 (IANS) Orissa has set up panels to speed up reconstruction work in the districts hit by two rounds of floods last month, an official said Saturday.The floods ... Read more...
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Power plants face coal shortage, Delhi suffers
October 7th, 2011 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) With shortage of coal and water in various power plants affecting generation, Delhi power distribution firms resorted to load shedding, affecting power supply to the ... Read more...
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Fans come in droves to cheer home team RCB
October 7th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 7 (IANS) The first semi-final of the ICC Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) brought die-hard fans in droves late Friday to the Chinnaswamy stadium in this tech hub ... Read more...
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Frenzied fans turn up to back RCB in eliminator
October 5th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 5 (IANS) About 10,000 frenzied fans late Wednesday trooped into the Chinnaswamy stadium to back home team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) against South Australian Redbacks (SAR) in an ... Read more...
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Governor asks Orissa to probe dam ‘mismanagement’
October 5th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 5 (IANS) Orissa Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare has asked the state government to investigate the alleged mismanagement of Hirakud dam which, according to the opposition, triggered massive floods ... Read more...
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Knight Riders declared winner as rain-hit CLT20 tie abandoned
October 2nd, 2011 - 2:18 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 2 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) was declared winner against Warriors of South Africa late Saturday, as the group A match was called off due to heavy ... Read more...
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Warriors set 156-run target for Knight Riders
October 2nd, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 1 (IANS) Warriors of South Africa Saturday set a target of 156 for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Group A match of the ICC Champions League Twenty20 ... Read more...
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Heavy rain washes out Somerset-Redbacks CLT20 tie
October 1st, 2011 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 1 (IANS) The Group B match between South Australian Redbacks (SAR) and English county Somerset in the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here was ... Read more...
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Philippines typhoon toll reaches 43
September 30th, 2011 - 9:32 am ICT by IANS
Manila, Sep 30 (IANS) The toll from typhoon Nesat in the Philippines rose to 43, Xinhua reported Friday. Thirty other people are still missing.Nesat made landfall in the northern province ... Read more...
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