Sacked Maruti workers mull strategy with trade unions
August 31st, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 31 (IANS) After the July 18 violence at Maruti's Manesar plant in Haryana, the workers terminated on accusations of the violence Friday met various trade unions demanding their ... Read more...
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Kanda issue rocks Haryana assembly
August 24th, 2012 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) Proceedings in the Haryana assembly were disrupted Friday as the house witnessed heated exchanges between opposition and treasury benches over the Gopal Goyal Kanda-Geetika Sharma controversy.The ... Read more...
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Trade unions to march in support of Maruti workers
August 16th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 16 (IANS) Trade unions of different political hues said they will march here Friday to demonstrate their support for Maruti Suzuki workers who are demanding a judicial probe ... Read more...
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40 die as bus falls into Himachal gorge (Second Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 40 people were killed and 17 injured Saturday when an overcrowded bus rolled down into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, police ... Read more...
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20 die as bus fall into Himachal gorge (Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 20 people were killed Saturday when an overcrowded bus skidded off the road and rolled into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, police ... Read more...
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Trade unions demand end of Maruti lockout, CBI probe
August 4th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 4 (IANS) A group of trade unions Saturday demanded withdrawal of the lockout at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant and a CBI probe into the July 18 violence at ... Read more...
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Suzuki plants get police cover, workers slam move
July 20th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 20 (IANS) Police were deployed at three other Suzuki plants in the district even as production remained suspended at the vandalised Maruti Suzuki plant at Manesar for the ... Read more...
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Paraglider killed in Himachal
July 10th, 2012 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 9 (IANS) A tourist from Punjab was killed Monday while paragliding in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, police said.The paraglider has been identified as Manvinder Singh, resident of Amritsar.Superintendent ... Read more...
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Virbhadra to head Congress’ Himachal poll campaign
June 30th, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 29 (IANS) The Congress Friday appointed former union minister Virbhadra Singh, who is facing corruption charges, as the chairman of party campaign committee in Himachal Pradesh in the ... Read more...
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K. Rajendra Kumar to be Jammu and Kashmir acting police chief
May 30th, 2012 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 30 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday appointed K. Rajendra Kumar as the acting director general of police with the current police chief Kuldeep Khoda retiring the ... Read more...
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Jammu and Kashmir to have new police chief June 1
May 26th, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 26 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police will have a new police chief June 1 as current incumbent Kuldeep Khoda is retiring May 31.Khoda made this announcement while addressing ... Read more...
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RDB’s Kuly died of brain tumour
May 24th, 2012 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Kuldeep Ral, a.k.a. Kuly of Punjabi bhangra and hip-hop band RDB, died of brain tumour. He was 35.Kuly, who was the music producer of ... Read more...
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BJP raps government on Amarnath Yatra decision
May 16th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the Jammu and Kashmir government's decision to stop Hindu religious groups from starting the annual Amarnath pilgrimage from ... Read more...
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Youth beaten to death in West Delhi; 3 held
May 3rd, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A youth was beaten to death in West Delhi's Jahangirpuri area when he objected to some people passing certain remarks against him and his brother, ... 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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Four Delhi Police personnel injured in accident
April 8th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Four Delhi Police personnel were injured after a speeding mini-truck hit the vehicle they were travelling in, police said Sunday.The incident took place at around ... Read more...
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School girl killed in Delhi accident
April 7th, 2012 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) An 11-year-old school girl died while three others were injured here Saturday morning after their motorcycle was hit by a tractor pulling a water tanker, ... Read more...
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Man pierced by iron rods, saved by doctors
March 12th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 12 (IANS) A youth, pierced through the body by two iron rods, got a a new lease of life as doctors at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences ... Read more...
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Kashmir youth no longer swayed by militancy, says police
March 10th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 10 (IANS) A "negligible number" of Jammu and Kashmir's youth are now joining militant outfits while a greater number are instead helping in anti-militancy operations, the state police ... Read more...
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Mumbai Indians add five uncapped players
February 18th, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) Mumbai Indians Saturday inducted five uncapped players in their squad ahead of the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Apoorva Wankhede, Sujit Nayak, Sushant ... Read more...
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Two killed as neighbours’ spat turns violent
February 12th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) An argument between neighbours in west Delhi over a comment made on the elopment of a girl turned violent, leaving with two of a family ... Read more...
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Youth’s death in firing triggers tension in Kashmir (Lead)
February 11th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) The death of a 25-year-old youth in north Kashmir's Baramulla district in a firing incident late Friday evening has triggered tensions in the area. Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Youth’s killing triggers tensions in north Kashmir
February 11th, 2012 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) The death of a 25-year-old youth in north Kashmir's Baramulla district during a cordon-and-search operation late Friday evening, triggered tensions in the area Saturday.Ashiq Hussain Rather, ... Read more...
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Pune Warriors retain Ganguly for 2012 IPL
January 21st, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been retained by Pune Warriors ahead of Indian Premier League's (IPL) fifth edition.Ganguly, who was ignored at the 2011 ... Read more...
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Three criminals lynched in Jharkhand
January 4th, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 3 (IANS) Three criminals were beaten to death by villagers in Jharkhand's Gumla district Tuesday, police said.According to police, the three criminals had allegedly gone to Solwa village ... Read more...
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Four more held in Ramjas College admission racket
December 27th, 2011 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Four more people, including an office assistant of Ramjas College of the Delhi University, were arrested in a fake admission racket, police said Monday."Kuldeep Khapara ... Read more...
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Four arrested in fake admission racket in Ramjas
December 15th, 2011 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Four people, including two former students of Ramjas College, were arrested for their involvement in a fake admission racket in the Delhi University college, police ... Read more...
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Omar orders probe into attack on minister
December 12th, 2011 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 12 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday asked for a thorough investigation into the militant attack on Law Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar at his home ... Read more...
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Former Haryana MP Chiranji Lal dead
December 12th, 2011 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 12 (IANS) Four-time former Congres MP Chiranji Lal Sharma Monday morning passed away in a private hospital in Gurgaon. He was 88.Sharma, who died of old-age related ailments, ... Read more...
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BJP giving cash to voters in Himachal, complains Congress
November 26th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Nov 26 (IANS) The Congress's Himachal Pradesh unit Saturday lodged a complaint with the poll panel against the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for distributing money among ... Read more...
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Advani’s yatra enters Haryana
November 12th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Hisar (Haryana), Nov 12 (IANS) The cross-country Jan Chetna Yatra of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani entered Haryana from Rajasthan Saturday.Advani was greeted at Jhumpa village ... Read more...
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Pushkin Chandra killing: Life term for two upheld
October 31st, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday upheld the life sentence awarded to two men for murdering United Nations Development Programme employee Pushkin Chandra and his friend ... Read more...
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President to open Maharashtra assembly platinum jubilee
October 17th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil will inaugurate the platinum jubilee (1937-2011) celebrations of the Maharashtra legislature here Tuesday, official sources said.The two-day event (Oct 18-19) will be ... Read more...
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Hisar election is historic for India: Gadkari
October 9th, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Hisar (Haryana), Oct 9 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Sunday said the by-election for the Hisar Lok Sabha seat was a historic one in the politics ... Read more...
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Hisar police chief transferred before election
October 5th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 5 (IANS) With just eight days left for Hissar to pick a new MP, the Haryana government Wednesday transferred the district police chief upon directions from the Election ... Read more...
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