18 militants killed in army operation in Pakistan
August 30th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) At least 18 militants were killed on Thursday during an operation conducted by security forces in Pakistan's northwestern Bajaur tribal region, reports said.Local media ... Read more...
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Mizoram to launch copter service in remote areas
August 2nd, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Aug 2 (IANS) As an independence day gift, people of mountainous Mizoram will get helicopter services from Aug 14, officials said here Thursday.Wing Commander (retd) Lalzawma, officer-on-special duty (OSD) ... Read more...
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Deficit rain hits agriculture in Jammu region
July 31st, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 31 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government has, in view of the deficit monsoon this year, asked farmers in Jammu region to sow alternate crops that need less ... Read more...
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35 injured in bus accident in Rajouri
July 25th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 25 (IANS) At least 35 people were injured Wednesday when a bus rolled down a 300-feet gorge in mountainous Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said.The ... Read more...
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Centre, Bengal spar over food grain allotment utilisation
July 11th, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) Accusing the West Bengal government with under-utilising food grain allotment for backward districts, union Food minister K.V. Thomas Tuesday said the state used just 12.7 percent ... Read more...
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Package for pandits irk migrants from Jammu hills
June 21st, 2012 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 21 (IANS) While Kashmiri pandits, forced out of Kashmir Valley, are happy over the state government recommending more relief for them, the victims of militancy from hilly areas ... Read more...
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8 peacocks succumb to heat stroke in Aravalli village
June 11th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 11 (IANS) At least eight peacocks died Monday due to heat stroke in Hasanpur village, 12 km from here in the Aravalli hills, a wildlife official said.Two seriously ... Read more...
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South-West monsoon advances into Karnataka
June 6th, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 6 (IANS) Rains hit coastal and interior areas of southern Karnataka early Wednesday as the south-west monsoon advanced into the state from neighbouring Kerala late Tuesday, though delayed ... Read more...
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Hailstorms damage orchards, bring on cold in Kashmir
May 1st, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 1 (IANS) Bouts of hailstorm and a fall in temperature continue to damage and destroy apple and cherry orchards and paddy crop across the Kashmir Valley, officials said. ... Read more...
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‘Northeast needs new road making techniques for growth’
February 6th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 6 (IANS) To ensure enhanced rural connectivity, growth, investment and environmental protection, sustainable new technology must be adopted in road construction in India, specially in the mountainous ... Read more...
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Bright sun brings highest turnout in Uttarakhand (Third Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, Jan 30 (IANS) Bright sunshine, and the consequent let up in the cold conditions, resulted in the highest turnout of voters in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, which ... Read more...
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31 Myanmar nationals held in Tripura
December 17th, 2011 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 17 (IANS) Illegal influx of Myanmarese nationals into India through Bangladesh has continued, with 31 held for sneaking into Tripura, police said here Saturday. Among the arrested ... Read more...
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30 Myanmarese, Bangladeshis caught in Tripura
December 2nd, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 2 (IANS) Eighteen Myanmarese and 12 Bangladeshi nationals held for illegally entering India's Tripura state from Bangladesh were Friday sent to jail for 14 days by a court ... Read more...
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Six Myanmarese held in Tripura, sent to jail
November 7th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 7 (IANS) Six Myanmar nationals arrested for illegally entering Tripura from Bangladesh were Monday sent to jail for 14 days, police here said.There were three women among those ... Read more...
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India loses nearly $18 bn to disasters: Expert
November 6th, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 6 (IANS) India is paying a high price for its lack of disaster management practices -- Rs.86,000 crore ($17.5 billion) every year to be precise, says a UN ... Read more...
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Set up Himalayan regiment, says Dhumal
October 22nd, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Saturday requested the central government to set up a Himalayan regiment in the Indian Army comprising youth from ... Read more...
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Mamata to seek Rs.500 crore more for quake-hit Darjeeling
October 11th, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Darjeeling, Oct 11 (IANS) Giving in to the demand of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said she will request the central government for ... Read more...
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Successful trial of supersonic BrahMos cruise missile
August 12th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) India Friday successfully conducted the user trial of a BrahMos supersonic guided missile capable of hitting targets that may otherwise be inaccessible like in hilly ... Read more...
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India-Bangladesh border ‘haats’ reopen - after 40 years (Feature)
July 24th, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 24 (IANS) Meghalaya resident Tengrak Ch Marak grew up on stories about his father's trading days at the 'haats' on the border with what was then East ... Read more...
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‘Cordial ties with Bangladesh important for India’
July 22nd, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 22 (IANS) As India and Bangladesh reopen a border haat (market) in Meghalaya Saturday, state Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said that maintaining cordial bilateral ties with the ... Read more...
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Landslide kills 12 in Bangladesh
July 2nd, 2011 - 5:42 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 2 (IANS) Twelve people were killed in a landslide in southeastern Bangladesh Friday, Xinhua reported.The rain-triggered landslide occurred in Chittagong city, about 240 km from Dhaka."We have retrieved ... Read more...
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Power will shift from secretariat to panchayats: Omar
July 1st, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 1 (IANS) After having successfully presided over the elections to more than 4,000 panchayats, the Jammu and Kashmir government Friday pledged to shift power from the secretariat to ... Read more...
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Haryana keen to develop hydropower with Himachal
June 22nd, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 22 (IANS) Haryana is keen to forge mutual cooperation with Himachal Pradesh in hydropower and tourism sectors, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said here Wednesday."We are ... Read more...
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Economic development tamed terrorism: Tripura Police chief
June 15th, 2011 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 15 (IANS) Economic development helped defeat the four-decade-old insurgency in Tripura as did a crackdown by neighbouring Bangladesh on anti-India guerrillas, says the state's police chief."Development, largely ... Read more...
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Poor to get more money to build toilets (Lead)
June 2nd, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The very poor in India can now build toilets at their home -- for Rs.300. The rest of the money will come from the central ... Read more...
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Cabinet approves more funds for total sanitation drive
June 2nd, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Thursday approved an extra amount of Rs.1,348 crore for construction of toilets under the total sanitation campaign in ... Read more...
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Maoist shutdown hits iron ore shipment in Chhattisgarh
May 22nd, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 22 (IANS) Iron ore transportation by NMDC Ltd, India's largest iron ore producer and exporter in the public sector, was affected in Chhattisgarh on the second day of ... Read more...
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Pawan Hans to conduct thorough check of its fleet
May 3rd, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 3 (IANS) State-owned Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd (PHHL), which suspended its services in six northeastern states, is likely to resume services next week after a careful check of ... Read more...
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Six Myanmarese men held in Tripura, sent to jail
April 13th, 2011 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 13 (IANS) Six Myanmarese men were arrested for illegally entering India from Bangladesh and were sent to 14 days judicial custody Wednesday, police here said. The arrested men ... Read more...
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Off they go to hills and marshes - on poll duty
April 1st, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) From bullock carts to helicopters, everything is being used to ferry more than 300,000 poll officials across the topographically diverse state of West Bengal - a ... Read more...
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Poll process begins in Bengal’s six districts Thursday
March 23rd, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) The process for the first phase of polls in the 54 assembly constituencies of West Bengal's six northern districts will start Thursday with the Election ... Read more...
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3D mapping helping police fight Maoists in Jharkhand
January 16th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Jharkhand Police has adopted the latest technology of 3D mapping to to take on the Maoists in the state."The 3D mapping is helping us in getting familiar ... Read more...
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World Bank to provide $1.5 bn for rural roads in India
January 14th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) The World Bank will provide $1.5 billion to help build 24,000 km of roads in economically backward and hilly areas across seven states of India. "These ... Read more...
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Azad asks States to set up more medical colleges
January 12th, 2011 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Hyderabad, Jan 12 (ANI): Union Health and Family Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday called upon the State Governments to set up more medical colleges and to increase the number of students ... Read more...
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Three abducted Chhattisgarh tribals still traceless
January 9th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 9 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh Police early Sunday conducted raids in Maoist hideouts in restive Bastar region to trace three tribal civilians who were abducted by the rebels Jan 2.Relatives of ... Read more...
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