Police post set afire in Ghaziabad (Lead)
September 10th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 10 (IANS) Three policemen, including a station in-charge, were injured in Ghaziabad Monday when angry college students attacked a police station and burnt it down.According to state home ... Read more...
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Blinded by light, this family sees no hope
September 2nd, 2012 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan), Sep 2 (IANS) Darkness has become a life-long curse for two generations of a family in a Rajasthan village. This family has 15 members, including eight children, who ... Read more...
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Harsh, Anmol enter semis of Mumbai badminton
August 15th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 15 (IANS) Third seed Harsh Chouhan outplayed Kairan Kapadia to enter the men's singles semi-finals of the Mumbai Suburban District Badminton Championships at the Celebration Club, Andheri here ... Read more...
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Named in riots case after 16 years: Sajjan Kumar
August 14th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Congress leader Sajjan Kumar Tuesday told a Delhi court, hearing a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against him, that no witness had deposed against him till ... Read more...
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Elderly woman stabbed to death by robbers
August 14th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) A 60-year-old woman was stabbed to death and her husband was beaten up by three unidentified youths who then robbed them, police said Tuesday.The incident ... Read more...
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Of Indian women changing with globalisation and time (With Image)
July 22nd, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Sohana Badshah is a carefree rich "Bombay girl", who moves to London to study interior designing. She falls in love with Jagdish Sachdev, ... Read more...
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History, angling and drama on book-shelf (IANS Books this Week)
July 14th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The book cart this weekend is a load of gripping titles. Flip through with IANS...1.Book:"The Tattooed Fakir"; Written by Biman Nath; Published by Pan Macmillan; ... Read more...
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Best Bakery killings: Four get life term, five acquitted
July 9th, 2012 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Monday sentenced four people to life imprisonment while acquitting another five in the 2002 Best Bakery carnage in which 14 people were ... Read more...
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Irked at illicit relationship, sons shoot mother-paramour dead
June 15th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 15 (IANS) A couple, in a live-in relationship, were shot dead early Friday when they were asleep in their house in the Para locality on the outskirts of ... Read more...
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1984 riots: Court rejects Sajjan Kumar’s plea (Lead)
June 2nd, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) A Delhi court hearing a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar Saturday dismissed his plea that the CBI was not relying on ... Read more...
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1984 riots: Sajjan Kumar’s plea dismissed
June 2nd, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) A Delhi court hearing a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar Saturday dismissed his plea that the CBI was not relying on ... Read more...
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‘Balika Vadhu’ celebrates 1,000th episode
May 15th, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 15 (IANS) Anjum Farooqi, who plays Gauri in Colors' show "Balika Vadhu", said she feels great to be associated with a show, which has completed 1,000 episodes."I feel ... Read more...
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‘Balika Vadhu’ celebrates its 1,000th episode
May 15th, 2012 - 2:07 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 15 (IANS) Anjum Farooqi, who plays the role of Gehna on Colors' "Balika Vadhu", said she feels great to be associated with such a show, as it celebrated ... Read more...
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Delhi civic polls: BJP heads for big lead (Second Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headed for a big lead in the Delhi civic polls with 22 of its candidates winning and the party ... Read more...
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BJP expels seven rebel councillors
April 2nd, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday expelled seven rebel councillors for six years for filing nomination against party candidates in the April 15 Municipal ... Read more...
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Delhi woman pushed by brothers from first floor, dies
March 30th, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) In a freak accident, a 25-year-old girl died after being pushed from the first floor of her house by her two brothers when she tried ... Read more...
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Gurgaon factory violence: Contractor, 11 workers arrested
March 21st, 2012 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, March 21 (IANS) A labour contractor and 10 workers of an export house were arrested Tuesday in connection with Monday's violence by employees, police said, adding a court has ... Read more...
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Baby girl rescued from borewell after 7 hours (Lead)
March 14th, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 14 (IANS) A baby girl who had fallen into an abandoned borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district Wednesday afternoon was rescued after seven hours, police said Wednesday.Payal, the ... Read more...
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Jailed murder accused ‘untraceable’
February 20th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Raising fears of a jail break, a murder accused sent to judicial custody could not be presented in a Delhi court by jail officials who ... Read more...
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BJP disqualifies six MLAs for cross-voting
November 18th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 18 (IANS) The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in Jammu and Kashmir Friday disqualified six of its seven MLAs who had cross-voted during legislative council elections in April ... Read more...
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Man arrested for murder after 18 years
October 30th, 2011 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) A man, who had been absconding in a murder case for the last 18 years has been finally arrested, police said Sunday. He was 19 ... Read more...
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BJP leader murdered in Uttar Pradesh
October 27th, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) An octogenarian leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was brutally murdered in Uttar Pradesh?s Bahraich district, triggering protests by party workers, police said Thursday.Jagdish ... Read more...
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Ex-Karnataka minister’s judicial custody extended
October 26th, 2011 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 26 (IANS) A court here Wednesday extended till Nov 26 the judicial custody of former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister Katta Subramanya Naidu and his son Katta ... Read more...
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Using lunch box to mobilise party - the Modi way
August 12th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) After becoming the longest serving chief minister in Gujarat's history, Narendra Modi has hit upon a unique idea to mobilise his supporters: the lunch box.Although ... Read more...
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Six killed as bus caught in flash-flood
August 11th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 11 (IANS) At least six people were killed when a passenger bus got caught in a flash-flood in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua area Thursday morning, police said.Three people ... Read more...
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Gowda to be chief minister Thursday, Yeddyurappa faces trial
August 3rd, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 3 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP D.V. Sadananda Gowda will take oath Thursday as Karnataka chief minister succeeding scam-hit B.S. Yeddyurappa, whose prosecution in a graft ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa informs Gadkari about resignation
July 31st, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Sunday morning formally intimated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari that he will resign from the post later ... Read more...
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Court questions Himachal on calamity handling readiness
July 27th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 27 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Wednesday took a serious note of the lack of preparedness of the state government in handling natural calamities like cloudbursts.The ... Read more...
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Servant held for raping maid
July 23rd, 2011 - 1:43 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) A 27-year-old servant at a house in south Delhi has been arrested for allegedly raping a maid there, police said Friday."Jagdish was arrested from the ... Read more...
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‘Indian audiences have become very intelligent’
July 4th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) After working in southern films, Sachiin Joshi is debuting in Bollywood with "Azaan" and is confident about the response to the film as he ... 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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Karnataka minister bats for micro-finance loans
June 17th, 2011 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 16 (IANS) Karnataka's Rural Development Minister Jagdish Shettar Thursday exhorted financial institutions and banks to liberally extend micro-finance loans to the needy for rapid socio-economic development and inclusive ... Read more...
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Sheila Dikshit’s drivers booked for misbehaving with woman (Lead)
June 2nd, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Two drivers of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit were arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a 22-year-old woman, police said Thursday.Jagdish Kumar and Rajesh Kumar, both ... Read more...
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Delhi CM’s drivers booked for misbehaving with woman
June 2nd, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Two drivers of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit were arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a 22-year-old woman, police said Thursday.Jagdish Kumar and Rajesh Kumar, both ... Read more...
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Nine lives lost as air ambulance sent to save one
May 26th, 2011 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Faridabad, May 26 (IANS) A last ditch attempt to save the life of 20-year-old Rahul Raj by transporting him from Patna to a New Delhi hospital in a chartered air ... Read more...
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