Former internal security czar Arun Nehru faces graft charge
September 2nd, 2012 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) He was at one time the powerful boss of India's internal security establishment, close to prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Today Arun Nehru, who has been ... Read more...
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Ex-registrar convicted in housing scam
August 29th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A special court Wednesday convicted 11 people, including a former registrar of cooperative societies, in a Rs.4,000 crore scam here, on charges of fraudulently ... Read more...
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Kasab will hang, Supreme Court says (Roundup)
August 29th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the death sentence awarded to Pakistani terrorist Kasab for his role in the Mumbai savagery, marking the end of ... Read more...
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Court refuses to summon script of ‘Fashion’ film
August 23rd, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) A Delhi court has turned down a plea for issuing an order to present the script of filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's movie "Fashion" on an author's ... Read more...
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A border shrine unites Indians, Pakistanis
June 28th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chamliyal (Jammu), June 28 (IANS) Despite the chill in India-Pakistan relations, thousands of people gathered Thursday on both sides of the border for a week-long fair in memory of a ... Read more...
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IFS officer to be tried for human trafficking
June 9th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday framed charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and three others in a 2005 human ... Read more...
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Violence during Ranvir Sena chief’s funeral (Lead)
June 2nd, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 2 (IANS) Violence erupted as thousands Saturday joined the funeral procession of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh 'Mukhiya', who was killed a day earlier at Ara in ... Read more...
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Fickle weather can take juice out of litchi this season
April 29th, 2012 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Muzaffarpur, April 27 (IANS) With the mercury peaking and rains and thundershowers lashing this litchi belt of Bihar sporadically, worried farmers have already started counting their losses this year.Some predict ... Read more...
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Court dismisses case against Digvijay Singh
April 26th, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday dismissed a private complaint against Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh after the complainant failed to appear before the court twice.Metropolitan ... Read more...
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Fake I-T refunds racket cracked
April 16th, 2012 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Two people were arrested while five Income Tax officials are being examined in connection with fraudulent refund cheques issued by the Income Tax Department (ITD) ... Read more...
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Two detained for molesting Russian women in Goa
April 4th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 4 (IANS) Two Russian women were molested and robbed and their male friends beaten up late Tuesday night near Varca beach in south Goa, police said. Two suspects ... Read more...
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Document is best piece of evidence in proving facts: Court
March 9th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) A person can lie but not a document, observed a special Central Bureau of Investigation court while ruling that documents are the best piece of ... Read more...
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CBI takes 13 years to scrutinise documents, gets court flak
March 4th, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Thirteen years to scrutinise documents of a case! The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) received flak from a Delhi court for taking such a long ... Read more...
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Former bank employees arrested for cheating
February 3rd, 2012 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Two former bank employees were arrested for allegedly cheating a number of insurance policy holders on the pretext of reviving their policy accounts which were ... Read more...
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Astrologer who failed to foresee his own future
September 19th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Siliguri (West Bengal), Sep 18 (IANS) For about quarter of a century, Ashok Kumar Sharma has been making a living by foretelling the fortune of people. But now hospitalised with ... Read more...
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Kerala sets up new company for high speed rail
September 15th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Kerala government Thursday formed a new public limited company for setting up a 630-km high speed rail network connecting state capital Thiruvananthapuram with Mangalore in ... Read more...
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25 kg gold seized from fake CBI officer
September 9th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Around 25 kg of gold jewellery was seized from a locker owned by one of the two people who were arrested last month for cheating several ... Read more...
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Anna’s movement: Traffic cops’ call for support backfires
August 26th, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Blaming Anna Hazare's supporters for inconveniencing Delhiites, the Delhi traffic police's bid to gather support on a social networking site backfired Friday as many ... Read more...
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Prisoner released from Pakistan jail seeks relief
July 16th, 2011 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Gopal Dass, an Indian who spent 28 years in a Pakistani jail, Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the government to compensate ... Read more...
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Film on Hitler to hit screens July 29 (With Images)
July 2nd, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) A film on Austrian-born German politician Adolf Hitler called "Dear Friend Hitler", which created controversy when actor Anupam Kher opted out of it, is ready ... Read more...
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Driver held for stealing Rs.35 lakh of employer
June 9th, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, June 9 (IANS) A private company's driver who stole his employer's Rs.35 lakh in cash was arrested in Noida Thursday and Rs.31 lakh out of the stolen money was ... Read more...
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Graft charges may spell trouble for Nitish Kumar
April 12th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 12 (IANS) A petition filed in the Patna High Court for re-hearing a public suit on alleged financial irregularities of Rs.11,412 crore, with fingers pointed at Chief ... Read more...
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Delhi seeks Japanese agency’s help to end water crisis
April 6th, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that it will be taking Japan International Cooperation Agency's (JICA) help for preparing the ... Read more...
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Bhopal celebrates India’s World Cup win
April 3rd, 2011 - 2:22 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 3 (IANS) Dance, music, firecrackers, bike and cars rides holding the tricolour is how youths of Bhopal celebrated India's World Cup win over Sri Lanka."It is a ... Read more...
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India, Pak staffers’ brief detentions dampen renewed Indo-Pak peace process
April 2nd, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 2(ANI): The recent incident of brief detentions of each other's High Commission employees by Pakistan and India threatens to hamper the renewed peace process between the two nations, just ... Read more...
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Government reconstitutes Society of Film and Television Institute of India in Pune
March 24th, 2011 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar. 24 (ANI): The government has reconstituted the Society of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune for a period of three years with effect from March 4.According to ... Read more...
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Bihar Day to be celebrated in seven countries
March 15th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 15 (IANS) Reflecting Bihar's changing image, the much publicised "Bihar Divas" (Bihar Day) is set to be celebrated March 22 on a grand scale not only in the ... Read more...
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Murdered Indian origin woman’s husband in police custody till Feb.28
February 1st, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Hamilton (New Zealand), Feb.1 (ANI): The husband of a woman found burning on the side of a Huntly road last month has been reamded to police custody till February 28 and will ... Read more...
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Haryana villagers evacuated after chlorine gas leak
January 29th, 2011 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Hirapur (Haryana), Jan 29 (ANI): The Haryana administration on Saturday evacuated people from two villages after they detected a chlorine gas leak at a nearby factory.Residents of Hirapur village said the gas ... Read more...
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Husband charged with murder of ‘Indian-origin woman’ in New Zealand
January 29th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Auckland (New Zealand), Jan 28 (ANI): The husband of Ranjeeta Sharma, the Indian-origin woman who was burnt alive on the side of a Waikato road in Auckland, New Zealand, has been charged ... Read more...
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Husband of burnt Auckland Indian woman was son of Hindu priest
January 26th, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
Auckland (New Zealand), Jan.26 (ANI): The husband of an Auckland-based Indian woman, who was burnt to death, is the son of a Hindu high priest and was nearly deported from New Zealand ... Read more...
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New Zealand police in Fiji for Indian origin woman’s death case
January 26th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Suva (Fiji), Jan 26 (IANS) New Zealand police have arrived in Fiji as part of a homicide inquiry into the death of a south Auckland resident Indian-origin woman, who was burned alive ... Read more...
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Three held for murdering 14-year-old boy
January 1st, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Three people were arrested in north Delhi in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a 14-year-old boy, police said Saturday. Anil Kumar Sharma, Manish Sharma and ... Read more...
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IHG and Amrapali Group launch Holiday Inn Express
October 28th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Thursday launched Holiday Inn Express, one of the fastest growing hotel brands in the limited service category, in India with city-based realty developer ... Read more...
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Youths participate in Nagaland integration camp
October 27th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
Dimapur (Nagaland), Oct. 27 (ANI): Hundreds of youths from districts across India are participating in a national integration camp here.The camp kicked off on October 22 and ends on October 29.Youths from ... Read more...
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