33 people rescued from flash floods in Kashmir
September 9th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 9 (IANS) Thirty-three people caught in flash floods were rescued after a seven-hour operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district Sunday, an official said.Aamir Ali, incharge of the ... Read more...
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Telangana demand picks up momentum again
September 5th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) The demand for separate statehood to Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh is picking up momentum with the BJP's fast in the national capital Wednesday ... Read more...
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Convict turns unruly in court on hearing sentence
July 10th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) A convict lifted and banged a chair on the floor in a Delhi court after the judge sentenced him to eight years' jail in a ... Read more...
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BJP amends constitution to extend Gadkari’s term (Lead)
May 24th, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday passed an amendment to its constitution which will now enable party president Nitin Gadkari's term to be extended by ... Read more...
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Civic polls indicator for future: BJP
April 17th, 2012 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A jubilant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday called the results of Delhi civic polls a prelude for the coming state assembly and Lok Sabha ... Read more...
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Andhra opposition protests transfer of official probing liquor scandal
April 6th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 6 (IANS) Opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh Friday asked Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy to revoke the transfer of a police official who was probing the ... Read more...
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Congress summons Amarinder, Bhattal to capital following infighting
April 2nd, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Amid a continuing spat between Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh and his detractors following the party's debacle in the assembly polls, the ... Read more...
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Document is best piece of evidence in proving facts: Court
March 9th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) A person can lie but not a document, observed a special Central Bureau of Investigation court while ruling that documents are the best piece of ... Read more...
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Won’t blame Uma Bharti for UP results: Anurag Thakur
March 6th, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anurag Thakur Tuesday said the results in Uttar Pradesh were "not encouraging". But he refused to blame Uma Bharti ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh cop suspended for custody death (Lead)
February 23rd, 2012 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 22 (IANS) A police station chief in Chhattisgarh was suspended Wednesday, a day after an initial post-mortem report backed a poor man's allegations that his son was mercilessly ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh cop suspended for youth’s custodial death
February 22nd, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 22 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Police Wednesday suspended a police station chief in Raipur district, a day after an initial post-mortem report backed a poor man's allegations that his son ... Read more...
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Compensate rape victim, Bihar told
January 31st, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Tuesday asked the Bihar government to pay Rs.5 lakh as interim relief to a woman raped by a home ... Read more...
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Judicial custody of illegal mining case accused extended
January 25th, 2012 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 25 (IANS) A city court Wednesday extended the judicial custody of former Karnataka minister and mining baron G. Janardhana Reddy and three other accused in the illegal mining ... Read more...
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Maoists abduct two villagers
January 10th, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 9 (IANS) Maoists abducted two villagers in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-riddled Bastar region claiming they were spying for security personnel, police said Monday.Relatives of the two middle-aged men from Koilibera ... Read more...
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‘Herbalife’ renews brand association with Saina Nehwal
December 28th, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 28 (IANS) 'Herbalife', a global nutrition company, Wednesday announced renewal of its brand endorsement partnership with India's badminton star Saina Nehwal.The firm had started sponsoring Saina in 2009 ... Read more...
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Maoists torch vehicles in Orissa
December 10th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 10 (IANS) Armed Maoist guerrillas, including women, attacked the camp of a construction firm in Odisha's Bargarh district and torched about six vehicles, police said Saturday.The incident took ... Read more...
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Woman IAS officer sent to jail in illegal mining case
December 1st, 2011 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 1 (IANS) A special court Thursday sent Y. Srilakshmi, a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official in Andhra Pradesh, to jail in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram ... Read more...
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Ex-Andhra official jailed in illegal mining case
November 21st, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 21 (IANS) A special court dealing with CBI cases Monday sent a former Andhra Pradesh government official to judicial custody in an illegal mining case involving former Karnataka ... Read more...
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Bhatta-Parsaul rape: Court orders FIR against 30 cops
November 18th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Nov 18 (IANS) A court here Friday ordered registration of cases against five senior police officers and 25 constables for raping and robbing a woman in Bhatta village of ... Read more...
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Congress for panel on Uttar Pradesh reorganisation
November 9th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Amid reports that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati may push for reorganisation of the state ahead of the 2012 assembly polls, the Congress Tuesday ... Read more...
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Bhupen Hazarika’s golden voice falls silent
November 5th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Guwahati, Nov 5 (IANS) A golden voice of Indian music fell silent Saturday when legendary singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika died of multiple organ failure at a Mumbai hospital, plunging millions ... Read more...
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Super Black Cat commandos by 2015: NSG chief
October 16th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Manesar (Haryana), Oct 16 (IANS) India's elite counter-terrorism force, the National Security Guard (NSG) will have Super Black Cat commandos after the force's modernisation by the end of 2015, its ... Read more...
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Modi’s absence, talk of PM candidate, cloud BJP meet (Roundup)
September 30th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Narendra Modi as a prime ministerial candidate? The issue saw differences crop up in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at its two-day national executive ... Read more...
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Telangana leaders rule out withdrawing resignations
July 18th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 18 (IANS) Even as the Congress leaders from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions are lobbying hard in New Delhi against any move to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, their counterparts ... Read more...
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BJP tells Rajnath to focus on Uttar Pradesh
July 4th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh has been asked by the party to focus on Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in view of ... Read more...
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Cat and mouse game over Rajasthan’s tigers
June 29th, 2011 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 29 (IANS) The Rajasthan government's failure to speed up relocation of villages inside the two tiger reserves in the state has once again raised doubts over its decisiveness ... Read more...
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Separate state only option, say Congress’ Telangana leaders
May 16th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 16 (IANS) Congress leaders from Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region Monday told the party's central leadership that nothing less than a separate state of Telangana is acceptable to ... Read more...
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Agra’s unique Jal Sewaks return
May 16th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, May 16 (IANS) Agra's unique voluntary force of Jal Sewaks has returned, running a network of over 50 water huts to provide safe, cool and free drinking water to ... Read more...
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Magnitude 6 quake jolts Kashmir
May 15th, 2011 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 15 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday, just 24 hours after a 4.9 quake rocked the state."A moderate intensity ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi’s team performed well, says Youth Congress chief
May 14th, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Most of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) candidates, whose names were picked by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, won in the assembly elections, except ... Read more...
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Magnitude 4.9 quake hits Kashmir valley
May 14th, 2011 - 9:50 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 14 (IANS) A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale rock the valley Saturday morning, even as no report of loss of life or property was ... Read more...
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Girl tries to end life after MMS blackmail
April 26th, 2011 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 26 (IANS) A teenaged girl is battling for life at a government hospital in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur town after she set herself alight on being blackmailed by two ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh BJP cadres get a lesson and a test!
April 24th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 24 (IANS) Hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers are undergoing a three-day workshop in this Madhya Pradesh capital after which they will sit for an exam ... Read more...
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‘Congress-Trinamool pact within a week’ (Lead)
March 14th, 2011 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) The Congress and the Trinamool Congress made yet another attempt Sunday to resolve the imbroglio over seat-sharing for the April-May West Bengal assembly elections, ... Read more...
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Congresss-Trinamool attempt to resolve seat-sharing imbroglio
March 13th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The Congress and the Trinamool Congress made yet another attempt Sunday to resolve the imbroglio over seat-sharing for the West Bengal assembly elections and ... Read more...
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