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4-year-old Asian girl dies in arson attack

August 3rd, 2008 - 9:42 am ICT by IANS -
London, Aug 3 (IANS) A four-year-old Asian girl from Sydney has died in hospital after suffering critical burns wounds when a house in northern England was set on fire last month. Alana ...

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Survey for broad gauging rail track in Himachal

July 18th, 2008 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS -
Shimla, July 18 (IANS) The feasibility survey for broad-gauging of the railway line in Himachal Pradesh is to be conducted shortly by a private company, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said Friday. ...

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Hearing of Sharif’s election case adjourned

Hearing of Sharif’s election case adjourned

July 14th, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Islamabad, July 14 (Xinhua) Pakistan's Supreme Court Monday adjourned till Aug 11 hearing of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's appeal against his disqualification to stand in election. This is the second adjournment ...

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Bengali film producer’s wife arrested for cheating banks

June 30th, 2008 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The wife of a Bengali film producer, accused of cheating banks to the tune of Rs.150 million, was Monday arrested here while she was about to board a ...

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Suspension of operations agreement with DHD extended by six months

June 30th, 2008 - 10:08 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , June 30 (ANI): The Ministry of Home affairs on Monday issued a press release stating that the Suspension of Operations (SOO) agreement with the Dima Halam Daogah (DHD), ...

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A bear hug - and the many tears that followed

June 27th, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, June 27 (IANS) They met after nine days at what was a tearful renunion. He fed the one-year-old milk and hugged her tight. And, no, that was not a father meeting ...

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Aarushi case: CBI arrests Durranis’ servant Rajkumar

Aarushi case: CBI arrests Durranis’ servant Rajkumar

June 27th, 2008 - 8:05 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, June 27 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Rajkumar, domestic help of the Durranis, here today in connection with the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case. Rajkumar was arrested on ...

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Chhattisgarh doctors to continue strike despite ESMA

June 26th, 2008 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, June 26 (IANS) About 300 doctors of Chhattisgarh's biggest public hospital here said Thursday they would not end their strike although the government has invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) ...

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Law pushes man, child and bear into isolation

June 26th, 2008 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS -
Keonjhar (Orissa), June 26 (IANS) Mowgli and Baloo the bear may have been the products of Rudyard Kipling's imagination. But this corner of eastern India is playing out its own version of ...

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CPI-M disowns Pandhe’s Muslim remark on n-deal

June 25th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) After coming under severe criticism, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday distanced itself from party leader M.K. Pandhe's warning of a "Muslim backlash" if the Samajwadi ...

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More needs to be done for Indian widows: Cherie Blair

June 24th, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS -
London, June 24 (IANS) Cherie Blair, wife of former British premier Tony Blair, says India needs to build on its social achievements to end the stigma suffered by widows. "India has done ...

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More needs to be done for Indian widows: Cherie Blair

June 24th, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS -
London, June 24 (IANS) Cherie Blair, wife of former British premier Tony Blair, says India needs to build on its social achievements to end the stigma suffered by widows. "India has done ...

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Sharapova trades in her skirts for shorts

June 24th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS -
London, June 24 (IANS) Tennis star Maria Sharapova has opted for shorts instead of the short skirts that have made her popular for the ongoing Wimbledon tournament. Sharapova has opted for pinstripe ...

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Sharapova trades in her skirts for shorts

June 24th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS -
London, June 24 (IANS) Tennis star Maria Sharapova has opted for shorts instead of the short skirts that have made her popular for the ongoing Wimbledon tournament. Sharapova has opted for pinstripe ...

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Amy Winehouse spotted smoking after emphysema diagnosis

June 24th, 2008 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 24 (ANI): Amy Winehouse has not mended her ways, despite such a grave health scare. The singer was photographed smoking in London on June 23, just hours after her ...

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Woman strangled to death in Delhi

June 24th, 2008 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) A 25-year-old woman was found strangled to death in her east Delhi house Monday. Her parents alleged she was murdered by her husband for not fulfilling dowry ...

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Truck mows two to death, angry residents block highway

June 24th, 2008 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS -
Ghaziabad, June 23 (IANS) Angry residents blocked a national highway here Monday evening after a speeding truck crushed two people to death. According to Superintendent of Police Jagdish Sharma, a speeding truck ...

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Maharashtra may set up state press council

June 24th, 2008 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) In a bid to stop attacks on journalists in Maharashtra and evolve a code of conduct for the media, the state government will soon take a decision on ...

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Panic in Gujarat town as leopard enters house

June 24th, 2008 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS -
Junagadh (Gujarat), June 23 (IANS) A leopard entered a house in Veraval in Gujarat Monday, triggering panic among the residents of the town. The animal entered the house of Rajabhai Chavda, a ...

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One killed in wall collapse in Chandigarh (Lead)

June 24th, 2008 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, June 23 (IANS) One worker was killed and another seriously injured when a earth wall collapsed at the Punjab and Haryana High Court complex here Monday. The accident occurred when the ...

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Orissa flood toll rises to five

June 24th, 2008 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, June 23 (IANS) The toll in Orissa floods went up to five Monday even as the water levels started receding in many areas, official sources said. "People have started returning home ...

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Body of school girl found stuffed in sack

June 24th, 2008 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS -
Kozhikode, June 23 (IANS) The body of a nine-year-old girl who went missing from her school during lunch break Monday was found on the terrace of a house nearby. The body was ...

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Religious groups ask Kerala to withdraw text book

June 24th, 2008 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, June 23 (IANS) Several religious groups cutting across political affiliations Monday met Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan to demand the recall of a class VII text book, which they allege tries ...

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GMR group to acquire ONGC stakes in Andhra refinery (Lead)

June 24th, 2008 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has decided to withdraw its stake from Kakinada Refinery and Petrochemicals (KRPL) in Andhra Pradesh, paving the way for construction ...

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Orissa provides jobs to kin of police firing victims

June 24th, 2008 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS -
Jajpur (Orissa), June 23 (IANS) The Orissa government Monday provided jobs to the kin of eight victims of a police firing on protestors of a Tata Steel project here. The administration handed ...

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Monsoon session of parliament likely July-end

Monsoon session of parliament likely July-end

June 24th, 2008 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Amid confusion over the fate of the India-US nuclear deal, the monsoon session of parliament is likely to begin in the last week of July or the ...

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Indian contemporary artists to feature in Sotheby’s summer sale

June 24th, 2008 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS -
London, June 23 (IANS) Eight works by leading Indian contemporary artists, including Subodh Gupta and Bharti Kher, will feature in Sotheby's summer sale here on July 1-2. The other Indian artists whose ...

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Son’s marksheet helps in arrest of fraudster

June 23rd, 2008 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) A man accused of cheating several traders in the capital to the tune of millions of rupees was arrested from Meerut after the police found a clue ...

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Vested interests want to stop Amarnath yatra: Advani

June 23rd, 2008 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday said that some people, including some in the Jammu and Kashmir government, did not want the pilgrimage to the ...

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Next hearing on Vedanta land acquisition Tuesday

June 23rd, 2008 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, June 23 (IANS) A division bench of the Orissa High Court Monday posted the next hearing of villagers' plea against land acquisition for the proposed Vedanta University in the state to ...

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