10 missing girl students found pushed into flesh trade
August 4th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 4 (IANS) Ten of the 24 girl students of a government residential school in Bihar, who went missing five years ago, were pushed into flesh trade, police said ... Read more...
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Team Anna adopting undemocratic means, says Jitin Prasada
August 1st, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 1 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Surface Transport Jitin Prasada Wednesday came down heavily on Team Anna for resorting to "undemocratic means" to press its demand ... Read more...
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Bihar woman missing after selling child for Rs.62
July 16th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 16 (IANS) A poverty-stricken woman in Bihar's Araria district, who sold her four-month-old son for just Rs.62 to a Nepalese couple, is missing a day after her plight ... Read more...
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Poor woman in Bihar sells child for Rs.62, cops begin probe
July 15th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 15 (IANS) Police have began an inquiry into a poverty-stricken woman in Bihar's Araria district selling her four-month-old son for just Rs.62 to a Nepalese couple, sources Sunday ... Read more...
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Bachendri Pal’s brother, 2 others scale Mt. Everest (With Images)
May 26th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Three people, including a woman, from Jharkhand scaled the world's highest peak Mount Everest early Saturday, the company sponsoring the expedition said here. Among the three ... Read more...
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No compromise on law and order in UP, asserts Akhilesh
May 18th, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 18 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday asked policemen to pull up their socks and warned them that his government wanted a peaceful state with a ... Read more...
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Alarm after 40 held on Indo-Nepal border
May 1st, 2012 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 1 (IANS) The detention Monday of 40 people for trying to enter India from Nepal without valid identity papers through the border in Maharajganj has put the Uttar ... Read more...
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Two Manipuri militants arrested from Siliguri by NIA
March 23rd, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri (West Bengal), March 23 (IANS) Two members of Manipur's banned Kangleipak Communist Party of Manipur were arrested Friday from near the Indo-Nepal border here in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, ... Read more...
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Police rescue 25 minor girls from Bihar fair
February 14th, 2012 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 14 (IANS) Police rescued 25 minor girls who were forced to dance naked at a theatre in a rural fair near the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar's Araria district ... Read more...
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Indian police arrest two alleged Pakistani spies
December 14th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW DELHI (BNO NEWS) -- Indian police arrested two Pakistani nationals earlier this month on suspicion of spying for the Pakistani intelligence services, local media reported on Wednesday.The two Pakistanis, one man ... Read more...
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Polio under control but India aims at eradication: Azad
October 23rd, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Though India reported just one case of polio this year, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Sunday efforts to contain the virus will be ... Read more...
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A new chapter opened in Indo-Nepal relations: Bhattarai
October 22nd, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) A day after India unveiled a $250 million line of credit for Kathmandu and signed a crucial investment pact, Nepal's Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai ... Read more...
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Mukherjee asks Nepal to hasten setting-up of check posts
October 22nd, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday asked his Nepalese counterpart to expedite the setting-up of integrated check posts on the Nepalese side of the border."Construction ... Read more...
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Nepal assures India mechanism to check fake notes
October 22nd, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Allaying India's concerns, Nepal's Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai Saturday gave an assurance that a mechanism will be developed soon to check the flow of ... Read more...
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Centre okays Rs.120 crore more for quake-hit West Bengal
October 13th, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The central government Wednesday approved financial assistance worth Rs.120 crore to West Bengal following the recent earthquake that rocked the region.The amount is the second ... Read more...
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68 dead in earthquake; toll may rise
September 20th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The toll in Sunday's earthquake that struck large parts of north and east India now stands at 68 and could rise as rescue workers scout ... Read more...
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Three Nepali women held with cannabis
September 13th, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 13 (IANS) Three Nepali women were arrested in Uttar Pradesh for carrying cannabis worth around Rs.20 lakh, police said Tuesday.The women -- in their mid-40s -- were nabbed ... Read more...
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Three more SSB battalions to to be deployed on Nepal border
August 30th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Three additional battalions of the paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) will soon be deployed on the Nepal border running along Bihar to curb the activities ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh national park inundated
August 23rd, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) Release of water from overflowing dams in Nepal has flooded large parts of the terai belt in Uttar Pradesh, including areas of the Dudhwa National Park, ... Read more...
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Registering servants with police bears fruit
July 8th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Two servants and an associate who sought to flee to Kashmir after robbing their employer's house here were arrested -- because Delhi Police had their ... Read more...
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Indian gangster behind new murder attempt in Nepal
June 26th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 26 (IANS) Three months after an Indian shooter was arrested for trying to kill inside Nepal's most tightly guarded prison a former Nepali minister's son involved in ... Read more...
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$99 mn World Bank aid for Indo-Nepal border energy pact
June 22nd, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 22 (IANS) The World Bank has approved a $99 million package for an Indo-Nepal cross-border energy cooperation to mitigate a national energy crisis in the Himalayan republic.The funding ... Read more...
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Chidambaram lays foundation stone for integrated border check-post
May 17th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 17 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the construction of an Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Akhaurah in Tripura along the ... Read more...
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Indian fake currency gangs chose Nepal star-hotel for deals
May 6th, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 6 (IANS) A three-star hotel in capital city Kathmandu's premier business location became the venue chosen by Indian currency counterfeiters to run their operations in Nepal and ... Read more...
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Maoists keen to improve ties with India, Prachanda tells Krishna
April 22nd, 2011 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Friday held one of the most crucial meetings of his three-day visit to Nepal, discussing bilateral relations and attacks on ... Read more...
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Krishna holds bilateral talks, sets stage for Nepal PM’s visit
April 20th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 20 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Wednesday began bilateral talks in Nepal, according top priority to ties with the neighbouring country and setting the stage for ... Read more...
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Two leopard cubs clubbed to death
March 13th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 13 (IANS) Even as a national campaign is underway to save India's tiger population, farmers in an Uttar Pradesh village Sunday clubbed to death two one-year-old leopard cubs ... Read more...
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Dawood aide shot at in Nepal jail
March 10th, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 10 (IANS) A former Nepali minister's son, believed to be an associate of terror kingpin Dawood Ibrahim and arrested last year, was shot at inside Nepal's most tightly ... Read more...
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Bollywood’s ‘Baabul’ story comes alive in Nepal
March 8th, 2011 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 8 (IANS) As Nepal celebrated International Women's Day Tuesday with colourful marches and public programmes, there were indications that the winds of change were indeed blowing through the ... Read more...
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CPI-M has done nothing for north Bengal: Mamata
January 29th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Cooch Behar/Siliguri (West Bengal), Jan 29 (IANS) Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday said the CPI-M should compare what they had done for implementation of railway projects in ... Read more...
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Reliance Infrastructure in $900 mn Nepal highway project race
January 28th, 2011 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Jan 28 (IANS) Reliance Infrastructure, a part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, remains in the race for the prestigious $900-million highway project in Nepal, expected to boost development in the ... Read more...
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Arrested Chinese sent to 10-day judicial remand
January 21st, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 21 (IANS) Three Chinese nationals, arrested Monday after they crossed over to the Indian side of the Indo-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, were Friday remanded to 10 days ... Read more...
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China seeks fair trial of its citizens held in India
January 20th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 20 (IANS) China Thursday urged India to "properly handle" the issue of the detention of its three nationals held recently by Indian police for straying into Indian territory.Foreign Ministry Spokesman ... Read more...
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Three Chinese held for crossing into India
January 19th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 19 (IANS) Three Chinese nationals were detained by the Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) for crossing over into the Indian side of the Indo-Nepal border at Rupaidiha in Bahraich district of ... Read more...
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Three Chinese held for photographing troopers’ camps
January 18th, 2011 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 17 (IANS) Three Chinese nationals, including a woman, were held by paramilitary personnel after they were found taking the photographs of their camps along the Indo-Nepal border in ... Read more...
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