DLF’s K.P. Singh gets entrepreneurship award (Lead)
June 26th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Realty major DLF's chairman, K.P. Singh, has been conferred the "Indian Business Leader of the Year" award by Horasis: The Global Visions Community -- an ... Read more...
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DLF chairman named ‘Indian Business Leader’
June 26th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Realty major DLF chairman K.P Singh has been conferred the 'Indian Business Leader' of the year award at the Horasis global India business meeting held ... Read more...
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Bad roads hampering Bihar’s tourism potential
January 17th, 2012 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 17 (IANS) Good road building was said to have helped Nitish Kumar win a second term in office in the 2010 Bihar assembly elections. Bad roads connecting ... Read more...
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Andaman asked about semi-naked dance
January 11th, 2012 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Indian government Wednesday asked the Andaman and Nicobar administration to explain how half naked tribal women were forced to dance for tourists.Terming the incident ... Read more...
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Steve Jobs’ biography bestseller (IANS Books)
December 31st, 2011 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' biography topped the non-fiction section while Chetan Bhagat's "Revolution 2020" ruled the fiction charts this week.Non-Fiction1. "Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography"
Author: Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Hachette
Price: Rs.7992. ... Read more...
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Development should be pro-poor, says Medha Patkar
December 27th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Dec 26 (IANS) Development should depend on resources, capacities and needs of the local population rather than dictated by forces of globalisation, social activist Medha Patkar said Monday.Delivering ... Read more...
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Vinod Mehta, Chetan Bhagat’s books rule again (IANS Books)
December 24th, 2011 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Journalist Vinod Mehta's "Lucknow Boy" and Chetan Bhagat's "Revolution 2020" continue their stint on the top of the non-fiction and fiction sections of the ... Read more...
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Vinod Mehta, Chetan Bhagat top bestseller list (IANS Books)
December 17th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Noted editor Vinod Mehta's "Lucknow Boy" tops the non-fiction section this week and Chetan Bhagat's "Revolution 2020" dominates the fiction category on the ... Read more...
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Vinod Mehta, Chetan Bhagat top bestsellers (IANS Books)
December 1st, 2011 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Journalist Vinod Mehta's "Lucknow Boy" and Chetan Bhagat's "Revolution 2020" are again on the top of the non-fiction and fiction sections of the bestseller ... Read more...
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Vinod Mehta, Chetan Bhagat lead booklist (IANS Books)
November 24th, 2011 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Noted journalist Vinod Mehta's "Lucknow Boy" and Chetan Bhagat's "Revolution 2020" continue their stint on the top of the non-fiction and fiction sets of ... Read more...
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Shakira in Udaipur, fans excited
November 15th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Udaipur, Nov 15 (IANS) Latin pop star Shakira has arrived here and is likely to be one of the many stars to perform at the birthday bash of a ... Read more...
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K.P. Singh almost sold his stake in DLF for Rs.26 lakh
November 15th, 2011 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Billionaire realtor Kushal Pal Singh almost sold his stake in DLF for a paltry Rs.26 lakh in 1975 due to red tape but decided to ... Read more...
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Rahul, Varun among young MPs to witness army exercise
November 8th, 2011 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and his cousin Varun Gandhi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may be among young MPs to get an ... Read more...
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Thousands celebrate Anna’s victory at India Gate
August 28th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The multitude of Anna Hazare supporters, who were with him at Ramlila Maidan here for the last 12 days, returned Sunday to the ... Read more...
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Protests in Agra as abortion victim dies (Lead)
April 29th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, April 29 (IANS) A doctor here was on the run after a 29-year-old woman died Friday following a botched abortion that has sparked mass anger in the Taj Mahal ... Read more...
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Protests erupt in Agra as botched abortion victim dies
April 29th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, April 29 (IANS) As activists continued protests against quacks and the administration kept up raids on illegally-running nursing homes with unqualified personnel, a 29-year-old woman died here Friday - ... Read more...
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For private jets, corporate India is wind beneath wings
April 28th, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Shuffling between cities and visiting remote locations has become easier for corporate India that has turned towards executive jets to ferry them whenever and ... Read more...
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Toddler drowns in bucket
April 27th, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 27 (IANS) A six-month-old baby died after she slipped off her cot and fell into a bucket of water while she was sleeping outside her house in Uttar ... Read more...
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Class 11 girl sets herself on fire in Uttar Pradesh
January 14th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 14 (IANS) Apparently depressed over her prolonged illness and poor academic performance, a Class 11 student set herself on fire in this Uttar Pradesh town Friday, police said. ... Read more...
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Demand for resignation over POSCO unjustified, says Naveen Patnaik
December 15th, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Dec 15 (ANI): Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that the demand for his resignation by the opposition parties over giving land to the steel maker POSCO is illogical and ... Read more...
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Magistrate’s wife tries to burn him alive, held
December 7th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 7 (IANS) The wife of a district judicial magistrate in Chhattisgarh was arrested for attempting to set her husband on fire, a senior police officer said Tuesday.The arrest was ... Read more...
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Court upholds government ruling on tenure, age for sports officials (Lead)
November 2nd, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The chiefs of National Sports Federations (NSFs) received a jolt Tuesday with the Delhi High Court upholding the sports ministry's guidelines restricting their tenure of office ... Read more...
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Reality check on Sensex and India’s realty industry (Comment)
October 7th, 2010 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Vinod Behl
After the trough of 8,160 points, the recent turnaround in Indian stock markets that has lifted the 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) past the ... Read more...
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AIIMS board to find cause of Nirupama Pathak’s death
July 5th, 2010 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, July 5 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has constituted a forensic board to ascertain the cause of Delhi scribe Nirupama Pathak's death at her family home in ... Read more...
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Police summons doctors over ‘loopholes’ in Nirupama’s autopsy
May 9th, 2010 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 9 (IANS) Was Delhi scribe Nirupama Pathak's death murder or suicide -- Jharkhand Police are wondering and have summoned the three doctors who performed the autopsy of the journalist over ... Read more...
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Mom out on parole for last rites of killed scribe (Lead)
May 9th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 9 (IANS) Sudha Pathak, mother of Nirupama who was found murdered at her Jharkhand home last month, was Sunday released on parole for three days for the last rites of ... Read more...
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Police told to file FIR against slain scribe’s boyfriend
May 7th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 7 (IANS) A Jharkhand court Friday directed police to lodge a first information report (FIR) against Priyabhanshu Ranjan, boyfriend of Delhi scribe Nirupama Pathak who died under mysterious circumstances April ... Read more...
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Doctor who did autopsy on Nirupama was a novice (Lead)
May 6th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 6 (IANS) One of the doctors who performed the autopsy on Delhi journalist Nirupama Pathak, who is believed to have been honour killing, Thursday said he did not have the ... Read more...
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Doctor who conducted Nirupama’s autopsy was a novice
May 6th, 2010 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 6 (IANS) One of the doctors who conducted the autopsy on Delhi journalist Nirupama Pathak, who was found dead at her home in Jharkhand's Koderma district April 29, Thursday said ... Read more...
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Five arrested with counterfeit notes printed in Pakistan
May 6th, 2010 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 6 (IANS) Five people were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur districtfor circulating counterfeit currency notes printed in Pakistan, police said Thursday.
The five men, in their mid 30s, were nabbed from ... Read more...
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‘Tighter money, service tax may push up property prices’
March 27th, 2010 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Further monetary tightening by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and imposition of service tax on under-developed housing complexes, as proposed in the Budget 2010-11, will ... Read more...
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Orissa ex-MP Khagapati Pradhani dies
February 4th, 2010 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 (IANS) Former parliamentarian Khagapati Pradhani, who was elected nine times consecutively to the Lok Sabha from Orissa died in his native village in Nabrangpur district, family sources said Thursday.
The ... Read more...
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Apollo’s Reddy gets Padman Bhushan, DLF’s K.P. Singh Padma Bhushan
January 25th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Business and industry leaders have been honoured in generous measure in the civilian honours announced on the eve of Republic Day. They include Apollo group chairman ... Read more...
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CBI takes over Ruchika probe, re-registers cases against Rathore (Lead)
January 11th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday took over the probe against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, for ... Read more...
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CBI takes over Ruchika probe, re-registers cases against Rathore
January 11th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday took over the probe against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, for ... Read more...
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