Court grants bail to BJP leader Gupta
August 31st, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijender Gupta was Friday granted bail by a local court in a defamation case filed by Chief Minister Shiela ... Read more...
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Smart grids and meters can prevent blackouts, says expert
August 30th, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 30 (IANS) India needs smart grids that can prevent recurrences like the worst power blackout last month, a senior power expert said Thursday."We need efficient command and ... Read more...
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Pilgrim killed in Gurgaon
July 17th, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 17 (IANS) A Hindu pilgrim was killed and a dozen others were injured when a mini-truck in which they were travelling came in contact with a high-voltage wire ... Read more...
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Boy electrocuted in Rajasthan
July 15th, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 15 (IANS) A 15-year-old boy was electrocuted Sunday and three others sustained burns when they came in touch with a high-voltage wire passing over their private hostel in ... Read more...
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Chen faces Vardhan in ITF title round
June 15th, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 15 (IANS) Top Seed Ti Chen of Chinese Taipei, ranked 301, saved a match point to beat a feisty fourth seed Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4 ... Read more...
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Vardhan, Balaji in title round of ITF meet
June 8th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore June 8 (IANS) Vishnu Vardhan and Sriram Balaji virtually snatched victories from the jaws of defeat in the semi-finals to set up a title clash in the $10,000 ... Read more...
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Vardhan, Balaji in title round of ITF meet
June 8th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore June 8 (IANS) Vishnu Vardhan and Sriram Balaji virtually snatched victories from the jaws of defeat in the semi-finals to set up a title clash in the $10,000 ... Read more...
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Congress axes Pramod Tiwari as CLP leader (Lead, changing dateline)
June 6th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 6 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday removed senior leader and nine-time legislator Pramod Tiwari as the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader and replaced him with Pradeep Mathur."Congress president ... Read more...
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Lokpal bill sent to select committee of Rajya Sabha (Second Lead)
May 21st, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The much-awaited Lokpal bill was Monday sent to a select committee of the Rajya Sabha soon after being taken up for debate after a gap ... Read more...
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You can now destroy lost memory stick
April 17th, 2012 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 17 (IANS) If your have lost your memory stick, holding vital or sensitive information, you can easily destroy it by remote control after tracking it by GPS.The memory ... Read more...
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I-League: Lajong all set to host Sporting Clube
March 30th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 30 (IANS) Shillong Lajong FC will look to pocket all three points when they host Sporting Clube de Goa in a 22nd round I-League match Saturday.Sporting Clube de ... Read more...
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When a Kashmiri teen hijacked plane with a toy pistol
March 20th, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 20 (IANS) Forty-three years after it happened, few remember that one of the earliest plane hijacks in the world was carried out with a toy pistol by a ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh asks schools to honour RTE Act
February 15th, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 15 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Wednesday instructed private schools in the state to take steps to reserve one-fourth of their total seats for the Scheduled Tribes (ST), Scheduled ... Read more...
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500 dwellings gutted in Delhi slum fire
January 31st, 2012 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Nearly 500 dwellings were gutted Tuesday morning in a fire broke that out in a densely populated slum at Ghazipur in east Delhi. However, no ... Read more...
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Goa beach jam sessions inspire Rodricks’ new collection
November 2nd, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 2 (IANS) Memories of jam sessions on pristine Goan beaches in the 1970s and flowing, glamourous evening gowns of the time will be the flavour of ace designer ... Read more...
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Metallica concert cancelled, tickets to be refunded (Lead)
October 29th, 2011 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Oct 29 (IANS) The first Indian concert of the gods of rock, Metallica, which was earlier postponed to Saturday due to a technical fault, has been cancelled following the ... Read more...
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Metallica concert postponed, disheartened fans go on rampage
October 29th, 2011 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Oct 28 (IANS) Broken barricades, torn posters, strewn equipment and angry youngsters - excitement turned into aggression at the Leisure Valley Ground here, as American heavy metal band Metallica's ... Read more...
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Congress will be routed in Hisar: survey
October 12th, 2011 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The Congress is set for a "comprehensive defeat" in Thursday's Hisar Lok Sabha by-election in Haryana where Team Anna is campaigning against the party, ... Read more...
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State-run TSL making losses for 20 years
August 23rd, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Heavy equipment-maker Triveni Structurals Ltd (TSL) has been consistently running in losses for the last two decades, the sole state-run firm to do so, the ... Read more...
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Bodybuilder dies of taser gun bolt!
August 18th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (IANS) A 27-year-old bodybuilder in Britain has died after being jolted by a taser gun used by police to normally just stun.Dale Burns, a taxi driver by ... Read more...
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Six bus passengers electrocuted in Jharkhand
August 12th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 12 (IANS) Six people died in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district Friday after a high voltage wire snapped and fell on the bus in which they were travelling, police said.The ... Read more...
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‘That girl…’ my last intense film with Kalki: Anurag (Movie Snippets)
August 9th, 2011 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap said "That Girl In Yellow Boots" will be his last high-voltage intense film with newly-wed wife Kalki Koechlin as such movies take ... Read more...
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I am the face of commercialisation of education: Manoj Bajpayee (Interview)
August 1st, 2011 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Prakash Jha's forthcoming film "Aarakshan" puts the spotlight on the contentious issue of reservation and Manoj Bajpayee, who plays a negative role in it, says ... Read more...
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Areva T&D; signs pact with Power Grid Corporation
July 25th, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Power transmission and distribution firm Areva T&D; Monday said it has signed an agreement with the Power Grid Corporation of India to provide ultra voltage ... Read more...
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Larsen and Toubro bags Rs.1,210 crore Qatar project
July 20th, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Engineering and construction major Larsen and Toubro Wednesday said it has bagged an order worth Rs.1,210 crore from the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation ... Read more...
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‘Aarkshan’ tries to tell a therapeutic story: Prakash Jha (Interview)
July 20th, 2011 - 8:59 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) National award-winning director Prakash Jha isn't sure whether his film "Aarakhsan" about caste-based reservations in educational institutions would be able to throw up any permanent ... Read more...
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Jha ready to clear tribal panel’s doubts on ‘Aarakshan’
July 15th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) Filmmaker Prakash Jha wants to have a discussion and dispel the doubts of the National Commission of Scheduled Castes (NCSC), which has sought to ... Read more...
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No ‘Aarakshan’ in Indian film industry: Amitabh
July 13th, 2011 - 1:20 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 12 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is proud to see that there is no "Aarakshan" (reservation) in Indian film industry and he is certain that it sets the ... Read more...
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Three wild tuskers electrocuted near Dudhwa sanctuary
July 8th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lakhimpur-Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), July 8 (IANS) Three wild elephants were electrocuted on the periphery of the Dudhwa National Park Friday after high-voltage wires snapped from an electric pole and ... Read more...
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SRK chucks performance, instead teaches dance to audience
June 26th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 26 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan never fails to charm! Even if his knee injury restrained him from putting on his usual high-voltage performance, the Bollywood badshah chose ... Read more...
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‘Aarakshan’ trailers removed from ‘Double Dhamaal’ print
June 25th, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) History repeated itself when filmmaker Prakash Jha found that trailers of his upcoming film "Aarakshan", supposed to have run with the prints of recently released ... Read more...
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It was payback time for me to Sourav: Yuvraj
June 22nd, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Yuvraj Singh, captain of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Pune Warriors, Wednesday said Sourav Ganguly's inclusion in the Sahara-owned team was his gesture to pay back ... Read more...
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Haryana to release 40,000 tubewell connections
June 21st, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 21 (IANS) Haryana will soon clear the backlog of over 40,000 tubewell connections pending in the state, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced here Tuesday.He said the tubewell ... Read more...
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One dead as elephants go berserk in Mysore (Lead)
June 8th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, June 8 (IANS) Two young wild elephants strayed into Mysore city from a nearby forest early Wednesday and caused havoc, trampling a man to death and causing panic.Forest guards ... Read more...
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Japan commits $1.9 bn loan for Indian projects
June 6th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Japan has committed Rs.8,632 crore ($1.9 billion) to fund seven projects, including the Andhra Pradesh high voltage distribution system project, the finance ministry said Monday.With ... Read more...
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