Jogi seeks probe into illegal diamond mining
September 19th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 19 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Ajit Jogi Wednesday sought a high-level probe into an alleged illegal diamond mining scam in a forested area of ... Read more...
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Moral policing and media overzealousness cost a young life (Punjab Newsletter)
September 14th, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 14 (IANS) It took the life of a young girl in Jalandhar to expose the moral policing by an over-zealous, publicity-hungry woman officer and a section of the ... Read more...
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After infant’s death over Rs 200, Punjab makes neo-natal services free
July 27th, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 27 (IANS) Two days after a new-born infant died in a Jalandhar hospital after being allegedly removed from an incubator as her parents could not deposit a fee ... Read more...
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Infant dies after removal from Punjab hospital incubator, probe ordered
July 26th, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar/Chandigarh, July 26 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday ordered a high-level probe after the parents of a newborn alleged that their child died in the civil hospital ... Read more...
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YSRC fears threat to Jagan’s life
June 21st, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 21 (IANS) Alleging a deep-rooted conspiracy to physically harm its jailed president Y.S Jaganmohan Reddy, YSR Congress Party Thursday demanded a high-level probe by a sitting judge of ... Read more...
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Death toll mounts in Vizag steel plant blast
June 14th, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 14 (IANS) The death toll in Wednesday's explosion in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) rose to 11 with two of the injured succumbing Thursday.Two workers who were critically injured ... Read more...
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Ranvir Sena chief shot dead; Bihar put on alert (Second Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 1 (IANS) An indefinite curfew was imposed in Ara town and red alert was sounded across Bihar Friday, after unidentified gunmen shot dead Brahmeshwar Singh 'Mukhiya', chief ... Read more...
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Doon Express derailment: Mamata wants high-level probe
May 31st, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday demanded a high-level inquiry into the Doon Express derailment in Uttar Pradesh, which left ... Read more...
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Rescuers struggle to save buried workers in Punjab (Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, April 17 (IANS) Rescuers Tuesday raced against time in Punjab's Jalandhar city to save the lives of dozens of garment workers who were trapped under the debris of a ... Read more...
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Nitish demands high-level probe into World Bank allegations
April 3rd, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Patna ,April 3 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday demanded a high level probe into World Bank report highlighting corruption and fraud in national highway projects funded by the ... Read more...
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Tribal leaders seek probe into police crackdown
March 24th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 24 (IANS) Tribal leaders in Chhattisgarh Saturday sought a judicial probe into alleged police atrocities during a street protest in the state capital by hundreds of tribals to ... Read more...
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Five more held for CPI-M leaders’ killing
March 19th, 2012 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) Five more people have been arrested in West Bengal for the killing of two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders last month, taking the total ... Read more...
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IPS official commits suicide
March 12th, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 12 (IANS) An Indian Police Service (IPS) official, Rahul Sharma, Monday afternoon committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver.Sharma, an IPS official of 2002 batch, was ... Read more...
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Holi horror: Chemical dye kills teen, sends 235 to hospital (Lead)
March 9th, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) A 13-year-old boy died and 235 people, mostly children, continued to be in hospital Friday after they mistook a chemical dye to be Holi colour, officials ... Read more...
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Teen dead, 200 still in hospital after ‘colour’ poisoning
March 9th, 2012 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) A 13-year-old boy died and around 200 people, mostly children, continued to be in hospital following an allergic reaction from toxic colours on Holi, police here ... Read more...
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CPI-M leaders’ killing: CID custody for four arrested
March 5th, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) A court in West Bengal's Burdwan district Monday sent to two days' CID custody four people arrested in connection with the killing of two Communist ... Read more...
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Farakka barrage to get new sluice gates: Bansal
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) Stating that the existing sluice gates of the Farakka Barrage were too old to function, Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Saturday said they ... Read more...
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Uproar cuts short Tripura governor’s address
February 24th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 24 (IANS) Slogan-shouting opposition members forced Tripura Governor D.Y. Patil to leave the assembly Friday without completing his customary address on the opening day of the four-week long ... Read more...
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Minister reinducted in Tripura amidst controversy
February 12th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 12 (IANS) Four years after he was forced to quit over his alleged links with a Bangladeshi arms dealer, Sahid Chowdhury was Sunday reinducted as a minister ... Read more...
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Tripura Congress holds sit-in fast to press demands (Lead, superseding earlier story)
February 9th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 9 (IANS) Tripura Congress leaders, led by opposition leader Ratan Lal Nath, Thursday began a fast for 30 hours to press for their 15-point demands, including a high ... Read more...
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BJP alleges Mayawati’s brother owns airline, demands probe
February 7th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's brother owns a private airline and sought a probe into its funding, alleging ... Read more...
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‘Scientists should be accountable’
February 6th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 6 (IANS) India's scientific community should learn to deal with public accountability while doing business with the private sector to avoid a repeat of the controversial Antrix-Devas ... Read more...
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BJP slams blacklisting of former ISRO chief (Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Delhi/Dehradun, Jan 30 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday slammed the government over the blacklisting of former ISRO chief G. Madhavan Nair and questioned the "silence" of ... Read more...
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Clashes over desecration of Ambedkar statues
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 23 (IANS) Two groups clashed in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh Monday after unidentified people desecrated three statues of B.R. Ambedkar, police said.Police banned the assembly of ... Read more...
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Dialogue will settle beating up incident of Bangladeshi man: Pranab
January 21st, 2012 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) India and Bangladesh will settle through dialogue the beating up of a suspected Bangladeshi cattle smuggler by Indian border force personnel that has caused outrage, ... Read more...
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BSF suspends eight troopers for filming assault (Lead)
January 18th, 2012 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Murshidabad (West Bengal), Jan 18 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Wednesday suspended its eight troopers after a video clip allegedly showed its men thrashing a suspected cow smuggler near ... Read more...
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Panels to check Kolkata fire safety, violators on notice
December 10th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IANS) The West Bengal government, which has set up two panels to check safety measures in city buildings in the wake of a devastating fire in ... Read more...
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Left Front demands high-level probe into hospital fire
December 10th, 2011 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Expressing shock and grief over the AMRI Hospital fire which claimed 88 lives, West Bengal's Left Front Friday demanded a high-level probe into the incident and ... Read more...
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He came from Bangladesh for better health, lost life
December 9th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Gauranga Mandal had come all the way from Bangladesh in the hope of getting back his healthy life. On Friday, this hope was extinguished with ... Read more...
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Tripura to probe firing by forest guards
December 3rd, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 3 (IANS) The Tripura government Saturday ordered a magisterial probe into the killing of a tribal woman and injuries to another villager in the firing by forest guards ... Read more...
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Police made a mistake by firing: Mamata
December 2nd, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IANS) A day after two people were killed in police firing in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said the officials ... Read more...
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No mass graves in Garo Hills, says Sangma
November 17th, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Nov 17 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Thursday dismissed the existence of any mass graves or of secret killings of tribal Garo people in the strife-torn area of ... Read more...
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Police suspect tribals for Jharkhand nun’s killing
November 17th, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 17 (IANS) A nun-cum-activist who was beaten to death two days ago in Jharkhand was probably killed by local tribals, police said Thursday, ruling out the possibility of ... Read more...
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Cop dubbed unstable by Mayawati out of hospital
November 8th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 8 (IANS) The Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who was put under psychiatric treatment after he termed the Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh government "most corrupt" was Tuesday discharged from ... Read more...
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Cop dubbed unstable after anti-Mayawati remarks, probe ordered
November 5th, 2011 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 5 (IANS) A day after a senior police official - called "upright and honest" by his colleagues - levelled serious corruption charges against it, the Mayawati government Saturday ... Read more...
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