CAB trying to rope in Kapil as bowling consultant
July 28th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Jagmohan Dalmiya said Saturday that the association is trying to rope in India's World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev as ... Read more...
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U-14 boys team all set for AFC football fest
May 17th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The 22-member Under-14 boys national football team would be leaving Thursday to participate in the AFC U-14 football festival. The festival kicks-off in Kathmandu, Nepal, ... Read more...
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Gang supplying mobile phone SIM cards to Maoists busted in UP
May 9th, 2012 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 9 (IANS) A major gang providing pre-activated SIM cards to Maoists in other states has been busted by the Lucknow police crime branch, police said Wednesday.Two people were ... Read more...
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Mhamal takes chess lead
May 1st, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, May 1 (IANS) Second seeded Anurag Mhamal, sponsored by Dempo, kept his lead with a quick draw with Akash Thakur in the seventh round of the first UKCA ... Read more...
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Three Delhi cops suspended for negligence
April 25th, 2012 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Three Delhi Police constables were suspended as their negligence led to the escape of two auto-lifters from their custody from a hospital in the capital, ... Read more...
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AIIMS paper leak accused sent to jail till Feb 14
January 31st, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday extended till Feb 14 the judicial custody of seven people allegedly involved in a bid to leak the post-graduate entrance exam ... Read more...
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We should support Dhoni and team, says Kapil
January 20th, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) India's legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev said Friday that under-fire cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni deserves to be backed as long as he leads the side."Dhoni ... Read more...
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AIIMS paper leak accused sent to judicial custody
January 17th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday sent to judicial custody till Jan 31 seven people allegedly involved in a bid to leak the post-graduate entrance exam ... Read more...
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Coromandel SQM completes water soluble fertiliser plant
January 11th, 2012 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 11 (IANS) Coromandel SQM (India), a joint venture between Coromandel International Limited and SQM, the world's premier water soluble fertiliser manufacturer, Wednesday announced the completion of India's first ... Read more...
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AIIMS paper leak accused sent to police custody
January 10th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday sent to seven days' police custody the five accused involved in a bid to leak the post-graduate entrance exam paper of ... Read more...
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Spurious medicine racket busted, two held
December 29th, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Two people were arrested for making and supplying spurious ayurvedic medicines in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, police said Wednesday.Kapil Vaish, 29, resident of Badayun in ... Read more...
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Government teachers in Mumbai get salaries online
December 1st, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 1 (IANS) For the first time, teachers and non-teaching staff of all government-aided schools in the city received their salary Thursday online through a nationalised bank, an official ... Read more...
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India’s richest lost 20 percent of wealth: Forbes
October 27th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Oct 27 (IANS) Despite the Indian economy growing at over 7.5 percent the top 100 rich in the country lost 20 percent of their wealth, which was down ... Read more...
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Now, online, on-time salaries for Mumbai teachers
October 5th, 2011 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 5 (IANS) Come Nov 1 and Mumbai's 30,500 teaching and non-teaching staff of government-aided schools would get salaries directly credited to their accounts.
As a Dussehra gift, the Maharashtra ... Read more...
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NCP legislator jailed six months for assault
October 5th, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 5 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco was Wednesday jailed for six months after a court rejected his bail application in an assault ... Read more...
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Maharashtra probing 140,000 fake school students scam
September 15th, 2011 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) The Maharashtra education department will carry out a survey of all government-aided schools in the state to verify genuine and bogus students, after a project revealed ... Read more...
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Indians were not prepared to deal with England: Kapil
August 28th, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 28 (IANS) Former captain Kapil Dev blasted the Indian cricket team for their failure to put up a fight and surrender their World No.1 Test crown to England.India ... Read more...
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Students, teachers, NGOs join anti-graft crusade
August 16th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) Angry protests over the arrest of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and his team members continued unabated Tuesday with institutions and organizations joining in different parts of ... Read more...
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Youth walk for environment in Green Walkathon
June 5th, 2011 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Hundreds of schoolchildren gathered early Sunday in the heart of the national capital for a Green Walkathon walk to mark the World Environment Day."The youth ... Read more...
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The $10bn jet fighter deal: IAF went by the rule book
May 1st, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) India's decision to shortlist two European combat planes for a $10.4 billion tender for 126 multi-role jet fighters was dictated by its air force's ... Read more...
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Goa legislator gets one year jail
April 27th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 27 (IANS) Controversial Goa legislator and former tourism minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco was sentenced by the Margao trial court to one year imprisonment for assaulting a government ... Read more...
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I was confident India will win: Lata Mangeshakar
April 3rd, 2011 - 3:35 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) Singing legend Lata Mangeshkar says she was sure that India would lift the World Cup Saturday."I was confident that India will win the World Cup. ... Read more...
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Astrologers predict India’s World Cup victory
April 1st, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) After the exciting win against Pakistan in the cricket World Cup semifinals, the Indian team is all set for Saturday's final against Sri Lanka ... Read more...
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World Cup musings - another time, another place (Flashback to 1983)
April 1st, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
It was another era, another generation. When the men were still in white and television just emerging from the black-and-white era. But the national obsession for cricket endures, bridging the 28-year ... Read more...
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Astrologers predict India’s win at Wankhede
March 31st, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) After the exciting win in the World Cup semifinals, the Indian cricket team is all set for Saturday's final against Sri Lanka and astrologers ... Read more...
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Allahabad priests offer prayers for India’s World Cup quarterfinal win
March 24th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by ANI
Allahabad, Mar. 24 (ANI): Holy men in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, offered prayers and performed a fire ritual on Thursday for the Indian team that is taking part in the ICC World Cup ... Read more...
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Panaji all set for ‘Lights of Goa’ project
March 11th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 11 (IANS) Goa's capital city is set to light up with six internationally acclaimed lighting designers exhibiting their talents in Panaji's six public spaces as part of a ... Read more...
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Delay in Jammu varsity chief’s appointment rocks assembly
March 11th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 11 (IANS) The delay in the appointment of a vice chancellor at the central university here rocked the Jammu and Kashmir assembly Friday with legislators from Jammu ... Read more...
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Over 80 fall sick after consuming special flour
March 4th, 2011 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
Greater Noida/Ghaziabad, March 3 (IANS) Nearly sixty people in Greater Noida and over two dozen in Ghaziabad fell ill after consuming special fasting flour (kuttu) Wednesday evening and have been ... Read more...
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Cricket fans in Kohima wish Team India good luck
February 15th, 2011 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
Kohima, Feb 15 (ANI): Even though the game of cricket is not much popular in India's northeastern region, the ensuing ICC World Cup has aroused overwhelming interest among the enthusiasts of ... Read more...
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‘Bhindi Bazaar’ Director Finds Pickpocketing More Heroic Than Being A Gangster
January 10th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
finds pickpocketing to be a heroic job! The debutant director says that this artful job is much heroic than being a gangster and killing with a gun.The director has kept ... Read more...
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Pickpockets more heroic than gangsters: ‘Bhindi Bazaar’ director
January 10th, 2011 - 10:09 am ICT by IANS
By Priyanka Sharma
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) It seems Bollywood is still not done with exploring Mumbai's underbelly and the latest to join the bandwagon is "Bhindi Bazaar Inc." set in ... Read more...
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Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo: Finale With The Stars-Kapil And Mukti Take The Shield
December 18th, 2010 - 11:49 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo finale was one of the most hilarious and amazingly funny shows ever to have been aired on the small screen.All the participants had the comic lines ... Read more...
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India strong favourites to win World Cup: Cricketing legends
December 9th, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Cricketing legends and past World Cup winning captains Imran Khan, Arjuna Ranatunga and Kapil Dev believe India are strong favourites to win next year's tournament in ... Read more...
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No surprise that Nitish is back in flourishing Bihar (Letter from Patna)
November 24th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Arpana
New Delhi/Patna, Nov 24 (IANS) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's win is no surprise for the people of Bihar. They had set their heart on bringing him back after witnessing ... Read more...
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