Assam demands Rs.3,460 crore for repairing embankments
July 9th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 9 (IANS) Fearing more floods in the state, the Assam government Monday demanded Rs.3,460 crore from the central government to raise and strengthen embankments across the state.Water Resource ... Read more...
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Israel to host Indian art exhibition (With Image)
March 1st, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, March 1 (IANS) People of Israel will now be able to take a look at the thriving contemporary Indian art scene, with a painting exhibition of the works ... Read more...
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Tagore paintings ‘a huge draw’ in South Korea
September 23rd, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) An exhibition of 49 original paintings of Rabindranath Tagore now on display in the South Korean capital are drawing hundreds every day."It has been a ... Read more...
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Boy monk gets ceremonial welcome in Spiti
September 14th, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 14 (IANS) A 10-year-old boy from Ladakh, believed to be the reincarnation of Buddhist monk Kachen Dugyal, was given a ceremonial reception Wednesday at Key monastery of Spiti ... Read more...
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Indian diplomat’s paintings on show
April 15th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The director of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Rajeev Lochan, Friday inaugurated an exhibition of paintings by Indian diplomat Abhay Kumar.The exhibition, under the ... Read more...
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755 police men awarded for gallantry, 18 posthumously
January 25th, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Some 755 police personnel, 18 of whom were killed while performing their duties, would be awarded police medals on the occasion of Republic Day Wednesday.The President's Police ... Read more...
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West Bengal awards 140 policemen
December 1st, 2010 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) A total of 140 West Bengal policemen were awarded meritorious service medals by Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee here Tuesday.Five persons, including the officer-in-charge of Sarenga police station in ... Read more...
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Stop slaughtering animals, appeals Himachal monastery
November 24th, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Nov 24 (IANS) A prominent, centuries-old Buddhist monastery in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti Valley Wednesday appealed to the people to stop slaughtering animals and be more humane to other species, a spiritual ... Read more...
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Couple killed in roof collapse
July 11th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 11 (IANS) A couple who ignored warnings that their house was unsafe were killed in their sleep when its roof collapsed here early Sunday, police said.
Ramji Patel and his wife ... Read more...
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Spurned Indian students fight for refund of their fees from Australia
May 3rd, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, May 3 (ANI): Unable to return to Australia because of the collapse of several colleges, refusal to renew student visas and the violence against the Indian community there, students are ... Read more...
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Hardened protesters trickle back to Jantar Mantar
March 19th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) A day after more than 100 of them were forcibly evicted from the Indian capital's most popular protest site, some 15 hardened men and women returned to ... Read more...
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Bargaining with Maoists is not on government’s agenda, says W. Bengal Home Secretary
March 7th, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Mar 7 (ANI): West Bengal Home Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty has said that bargaining with Maoists is not on the state government's agenda.He also denied any demand being put up by ... Read more...
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Maoists abduct school headmaster in West Bengal
March 6th, 2010 - 11:56 am ICT by ANI
Bankura (West Bengal), Mar 6 (ANI): The Maoists struck again by kidnapping a school headmaster in West Bengal's Bankura District on Friday late evening and threatened to kill him if the State ... Read more...
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Slain cop’s wife alleges lack of security infrastructure
February 26th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) The wife of slain West Bengal police officer Rabi Lochan Mitra Friday alleged that lack of security infrastructure at police stations in Maoist-affected belts caused the death of ... Read more...
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Police officer, Maoist killed in West Bengal
February 25th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) The officer-in-charge of a police station and a Maoist were killed in a gun battle in West Bengal's Bankura district, police said Thursday.
Bankura Superintendent of Police Vishal Garg ... Read more...
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Elephant depredations may force shutdown of Assam tea plantations
November 25th, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 25 (IANS) Angry over frequent depredation by wild elephants, an influential students' group Wednesday threatened an indefinite shutdown of tea plantations in Assam.
The immediate provocation for the Assam Tea ... Read more...
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From hoes to begging bowls: drought hits Assam farmers (Feature)
July 17th, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, July 17 (IANS) Until recently, 55-year-old Biswajit Bora made a modest living growing paddy on his two- acre plot in Assam's Nagaon district and managed to feed his ... Read more...
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Drug smugglers’ gang busted, hashish worth Rs.20 lakh seized
June 22nd, 2009 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, June 22 (IANS) Eight men and three women were arrested here for smuggling and selling drugs in the national capital region (NCR) and 100 kg hashish worth Rs.20 lakh was ... Read more...
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Left, JMM to help save Orissa government
March 9th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 9 (IANS) Members of the Left parties and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) are among those who have said they will extend support to Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik when he ... Read more...
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BJD-BJP split changes equations, Left pushes for Third Front (Roundup)
March 8th, 2009 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Biju Janata Dal's move to part ways with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has thrown up new equations ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, as the ... Read more...
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Patnaik asked to prove majority Wednesday
March 8th, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 8 (IANS) Orissa Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare Sunday asked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to prove majority in the assembly March 11 after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew support to ... Read more...
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Illegal fishing in Orissa kill worlds smallest marine turtles
February 21st, 2009 - 8:14 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneshwar, Feb. 21 (ANI): Trawlers used in illegal fishing have killed hundreds of Olive Ridley turtles at Orissas coast. Olive Ridley turtles are the smallest of the marine turtle species in ... Read more...
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Assam tea workers’ party to alter political equations
January 30th, 2009 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 30 (IANS) The political dynamics in Assam are likely to change with the formation of a new party by groups representing the tea garden workers' community as plantation voters hold ... Read more...
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Gulf emerging as big market for Indian medical tourism
April 27th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by admin
By Aroonim Bhuyan
Dubai, April 27 (IANS) India's growing reputation as a major medical tourism destination is attracting more and more visitors from Gulf countries. And many travel agents are now offering packages ... Read more...
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Orissa tribals atone for sins while living
April 19th, 2008 - 3:16 pm ICT by admin
By Sarda Lahangir
Puri, Apr 18 (ANI): Tribals in Puri have observed a unique atonement ritual, wherein, they observe a bizarre tradition of piercing iron hooks in their bodies while paying obeisance ... Read more...
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Dalit woman denied water in Orissa village
March 26th, 2008 - 6:34 pm ICT by admin
Jagatsinghpur, March 26 (IANS) Upper caste residents allegedly denied a woman from drawing water from a tube well in a village in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district because she was a Dalit, the police ... Read more...
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