Lack of contractors hitting northeast projects: ADB
August 8th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 8 (IANS) The biggest hurdle in implementing infrastructure projects in the northeastern states is the lack of competent contractors, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) official said Wednesday."One of ... Read more...
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Bad weather hampering efforts to clear Amarnath route
May 27th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 27 (IANS) Bad weather is hampering efforts to clear the route to the sacred Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir even as the annual Amarnath pilgrimage is ... Read more...
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Northeast states want tighter border vigil
April 17th, 2012 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 17 (IANS) Highlighting crimes such as smuggling of weapons, narcotics and fake Indian currency notes (FICN), the northeast states have pressed the central government to tighten vigil along ... Read more...
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Paraplegic motorist sets his sights on Himalayan terrain (Feature)
September 23rd, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 23 (IANS) It drives home a message of courage. A paraplegic motorist is set to create history by negotiating the twists and turns of the Himalayan terrain in ... Read more...
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Another militant killed in Kashmir’s Gurez sector
August 25th, 2011 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 24 (IANS) Another militant was killed n north Kashmir's Gurez sector of the Line of Control (LoC) where the army gunned down a dozen infiltrating guerrillas last week ... Read more...
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Make roads first, rail tracks later: Arunachal residents
August 10th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Itanagar, Aug 10 (IANS) India's massive plans to build three railway lines in Arunachal Pradesh for strategic reasons - the northeastern state borders China - has evoked a muted ... Read more...
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Dorjee Khandu’s body brought to Itanagar, last rites Friday (Lead)
May 5th, 2011 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Itanagar, May 5 (IANS) Six days after the helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu crashed, the bodies of the five victims were retrieved Thursday from the snow-capped ... Read more...
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Operation on to retrieve Arunachal chief minister’s body
May 5th, 2011 - 10:47 am ICT by IANS
Itanagar, May 5 (IANS) Hundreds of soldiers accompanied by local villagers early Thursday undertook an arduous uphill trek from a remote mountain terrain to carry the bodies of Arunachal Pradesh ... Read more...
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No trace yet of Arunachal CM, search enters fifth day
May 4th, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
Itanagar, May 4 (ANI): Six Indian Air Force helicopters began an aerial survey along inhospitable altitudes of Sela Pass on Wednesday to trace the missing chopper carrying Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee ... Read more...
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Helicopter with 23 aboard crashes in Arunachal Pradesh (Lead)
April 19th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 19 (IANS) A commercial helicopter carrying 23 people, including five crew members, crashed into a hill and went up in flames Tuesday while landing at one of India's ... Read more...
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Andhra calls for steps to prevent regrouping of Maoists
February 1st, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Tuesday urged the central government to include six more districts bordering neighbouring states under the Special Development Plan (SDP) in Left Wing Extremist (LWE) ... Read more...
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Forests, mines keep Maoist location out of bounds
April 8th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 8 (IANS) Police officers trying to track down Maoists involved in the massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh Thursday said they had clues about the location of the rebels, ... Read more...
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No foul play, YSR chopper crash blamed on pilots (Lead)
January 20th, 2010 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Jan 20 (IANS) A probe into the helicopter crash last year that killed Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has blamed the pilots for the disaster, virtually ruling out ... Read more...
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YSR chopper crash blamed on pilots
January 20th, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) A final probe into the helicopter crash last year that killed Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has blamed the pilots for the disaster.
Stating the probable ... Read more...
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15 killed, 34 injured in Meghalaya bus accident (Lead)
December 18th, 2009 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati/Agartala, Dec 18 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and 34 others injured when a bus veered off the road and fell into a river in Meghalaya Friday, officials said.
A police ... Read more...
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10 killed in Meghalaya bus accident
December 18th, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 18 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and more than 15 were missing after a passenger bus veered off the road and fell into a river early Friday in ... Read more...
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Paraplegic Himalayan rally participant out, not down (With Images)
October 15th, 2009 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Oct 15 (IANS) Deepa Malik, the lone physically challenged participant in the 11th edition of the Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya - one of the world's highest and toughest motor rallies ... Read more...
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The sinister truth behind China’s border incursion misadventure (Part-II)
September 18th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
By Bhaskar RoyNew Delhi, Sep.18 (ANI): China has already built a deep seaport at Gwadar in Pakistan and the Karakoram Highway is connected to it. It also plans to construct twin oil ... Read more...
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Can India have a strategic partnership with the United States? (Part - I)
July 23rd, 2009 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
By Prem PrakashSidney Sobers, who was number two at the US mission in Pakistan in 1970 and later a Charge d'Affaire in that country, told this author that in 1971, the Pakistan ... Read more...
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British Army to parachute spy dogs in war zones to minimise casualties
July 21st, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 21 (ANI): British Army Special Air Service (SAS) team has revealed plans to cut down casualty rates in Iraq and Afghanistan by parachuting in German shepherds to spy on ... Read more...
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US won’t tolerate pacts with Pak Taliban, al-Qaeda, says Senator
May 29th, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, May 29 (ANI): A. U.S. Senator, who has completed a four-day visit to Pakistan, has said that Washington is not supportive of Islamabad's moves to reach agreements with tribal militants."We ... Read more...
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India undertaking heaviest airlifting to light up Kabul
May 3rd, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) India will begin its heaviest airlifting operations Sunday to transport five mega transformers to Kabul as part of its attempt to provide electricity to the Afghan capital. ... Read more...
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