90 Indian players sign up for Hockey India league
September 12th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Indian hockey's best 90 players have signed up for the Hockey India (HI) League players' auction to be held next month in the run up ... Read more...
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BJP opposes transfer of CBI officer probing Adarsh scam
July 6th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 6 (IANS) Maharashtra BJP Friday demanded that the union government should "put on hold" the transfer of the CBI joint director who led the probe into the ... Read more...
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1948 hockey trio backs India to do well in London
June 24th, 2012 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Three members of the Indian hockey team that won the gold at the 1948 London Olympics - Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt and Jaswant Rajput - ... Read more...
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Hockey Olympic gold medallists to get cash awards
June 15th, 2012 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Hockey India (HI) will be honouring 34 Olympic gold medallists with Rs.two lakh each at a grand felicitation ceremony June 24, coinciding with the departure ... Read more...
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YSR Congress headed for clean sweep in Andhra by-elections (Lead)
June 15th, 2012 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 15 (IANS) Riding on the sympathy wave in the wake of its leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's arrest, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) appears to be headed for ... Read more...
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Ramdev-Anna alliance will not lead to results: Samajwadi Party
June 3rd, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Yoga guru Ramdev and Anna Hazare were together because they "need each other's support" but this alliance "will not lead to any result", Samajwadi ... Read more...
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Top Delhi Metro official resigns
April 19th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A top official of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) overseeing the construction of key Phase-III projects has resigned from his post, it was announced ... Read more...
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Congress scores in Karnataka, Gujarat, mauled in Andhra (Roundup)
March 21st, 2012 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The Congress scored crucial victories in BJP-ruled Karnataka and Gujarat as well as in Kerala, but lost in all the seven assembly by-polls in ... Read more...
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IPS officer’s killing: CBI gets driver’s custody
March 20th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 20 (IANS) A court in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district Tuesday sent the tractor driver, who had crushed to death Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Narendra Kumar on Holi ... Read more...
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TDP demands resignation of ‘tainted’ Andhra ministers
March 12th, 2012 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 12 (IANS) A Supreme Court notice to some Andhra Pradesh ministers for allegedly helping YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy amass illegal wealth sparked an uproar in ... Read more...
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Police officer’s murder: Inspector transferred
March 11th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 11 (IANS) A police inspector was Sunday shifted out of Bamore police station in Morena district, three days after the brutal murder of sub-divisional police officer Narendra Kumar ... Read more...
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‘Split UP’ plan cost BSP: Opposers of Telangana ’state’
March 6th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 6 (IANS) Those opposing the carving out of a separate Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh Tuesday saw the defeat of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar ... Read more...
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Shehla Masood case: Woman interior designer, contract killer held (Second Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bhopal, Feb 28 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in the Shehla Masood murder case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a woman interior designer for alleged ... Read more...
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Shehla Masood murder: Women architect, contract killer nabbed (Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Making headway in the Shehla Masood case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a woman architect and a contract killer she hired to ... Read more...
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Women architect arrested in Shehla Masood murder case
February 28th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a woman architect for involvement in the murder of activist Shehla Masood in ... Read more...
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Fardeen Khan’s kin killed in south Delhi car crash
February 27th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Two people, including the half-sister of Bollywood actor Fardeen Khan, were killed in a collision of two cars in south Delhi in the early ... Read more...
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31 percent of UP third-phase candidates have criminal cases
February 14th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 14 (IANS) Nearly 31 percent of the candidates fielded by political parties for Wednesday's third phase poll of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh state assembly election have criminal ... Read more...
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MPs assure protesters of comprehensive Food Security Bill
November 29th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) MPs and leaders from various political parties Tuesday said an inclusive Food Security Act with universal Public Distribution System (PDS) will be taken up ... Read more...
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Less polluting Diwali this year
October 27th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Pollution levels this Diwali were lower than last year, thanks to people's participation in the anti-firecracker campaign, Delhi Environment Secretary Keshav Chandra said Thursday."In general, ... Read more...
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High-flying Janardhana Reddy is now ordinary prisoner
September 6th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 6 (IANS) Mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, one of India's richest politicians, spent his first night at the Chanchalguda Central Jail like an ordinary prisoner, sleeping on ... Read more...
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Congress, TDP welcome apex court rejection of Jagan’s petitions
July 22nd, 2011 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) The ruling Congress party and main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order rejecting YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's petitions ... Read more...
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Lockheed Martin invites Thapar University students
May 15th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Patiala (Punjab), May 15 (IANS) Seven students of Punjab's Thapar University, a leading technical university in the country, have been invited to the young engineers visitation programme at the Lockheed ... Read more...
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After cigarettes, government to crack down on chewing tobacco use (Second Lead)
April 4th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) It comes in small pouches, is easy to slip into the pocket and cheap - and also a killer. Chewing tobacco, or gutkha, is a ... Read more...
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After cigarettes, health ministry targets other tobacco (Lead)
April 4th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) After coming down on smoking, the health ministry is planning measures to curb the use of chewing tobacco - the most widespread form of tobacco ... Read more...
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After cigarettes, health ministry targets other tobacco
April 4th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) After coming down on smoking, the health ministry is planning measures to curb the use of chewing tobacco - the most widespread form of ... Read more...
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Present tobacco pictorial warnings unclear: Health ministry
April 4th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Even as the government is delaying the notification of new pictorial warnings on tobacco products, a health ministry official Monday said they have received feedback ... Read more...
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Reject Sri Krishna report on Telangana: CPI
March 25th, 2011 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) has demanded that the Sri Krishna Commission Report on Telangana should be rejected as its observations and recommendations ... Read more...
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TDP seeks probe into land allotments during YSR rule
March 16th, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 16 (IANS) Alleging irregularities in land allotted to various companies by then Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Wednesday demanded a probe ... Read more...
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Telangana issue surfaces again in Parliament
February 21st, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Belying expectations of a peaceful budget session, some ruling Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh Monday created an uproar on the first day of the nearly two-month-long ... Read more...
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On death anniversary, Ghalib’s haveli languishes in squalor
February 15th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Firoz Bakt Ahmad
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Mirza Ghalib, the best-known of the Urdu poets of Delhi during last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar's rule, wrote: "Hum ne mana ke taghaful ... Read more...
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Gaganjeet Bhullar hogs limelight at Bangladesh Golf
January 26th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 26 (IANS) Gaganjeet Bhullar grabbed the lead for India on the opening day of the American Express Bangladesh Open Professional Golf Championship 2011 with a classic four under 68 ... Read more...
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Need protocol on doctors with foreign degrees, MCI told
January 7th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The government has asked the Medical Council of India (MCI) to put in place a protocol that makes it simpler for a doctor with foreign qualification to ... Read more...
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TDP leaders held during march as Naidu continues fast (Lead)
December 24th, 2010 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Dozens of legislators and opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders were Friday arrested when they tried to lay siege to the state secretariat demanding relief for farmers who ... Read more...
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Fasting Naidu arrested, Andhra rocked by TDP protests (Second Lead)
December 20th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 20 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh was rocked by massive protests Monday during a shutdown called by THE main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to protest against the arrest of its leader ... Read more...
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Naidu arrested during indefinite fast, TDP calls shutdown (Lead)
December 20th, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 20 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was arrested early Monday and taken to hospital over his indefinite fast to demand a relief package for farmers, prompting ... Read more...
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