Bangladesh hopeful of soon clinching Teesta water accord
April 30th, 2012 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) Stressing that people of Bangladesh wanted the Teesta water sharing accord signed with India, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni Sunday hoped the pact will be ... Read more...
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Akhilesh government to roll out ‘red carpet’ for scribes
April 29th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 29 (IANS) How to create a media-friendly environment in government offices and make maximum information available to journalists? This is a key task for the Akhilesh Yadav ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi assesses Congress’ strength in Maharashtra
April 27th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday completed a hectic day of meetings with party activists at various levels with an eye on the forthcoming 2014 ... Read more...
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Mediators sum up talks as rebels hike demands, justify abduction (Second Lead)
April 27th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 27 (IANS) Interlocutors for the Maoists and the mediators appointed by Chhattisgarh government held talks for over five hours Friday to find a way for safe release of ... Read more...
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Maoists’ mediators sum up talks as rebels hike demands (Lead)
April 27th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 27 (IANS) Interlocutors for the Maoists and the mediators appointed by Chhattisgarh government held talks for over five hours Friday to find a way for safe release of ... Read more...
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NRI children return home from Norway (Third Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) The two NRI children, who were in foster care in Norway after they were separated from their parents on grounds of alleged negligence, returned to ... Read more...
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Railways to take over East-West Metro project
April 24th, 2012 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Railway Minister Mukul Roy Monday said that Indian Railways will soon take over the East-West Metro in Kolkata which proposes to connect North 24 Parganas district ... Read more...
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16-year-old refuses to accept her child marriage
April 23rd, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 23 (IANS) She was married off when she was only an infant yet, but coming of age the 16-year-old Rajasthani girl now wants that marriage annulled and freedom ... Read more...
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Collector’s abduction: Maoists want eight cadres freed (Second Lead)
April 22nd, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 22 (IANS) The Maoist abductors of a Chhattisgarh district collector Sunday demanded the release of their eight jailed associates and a halt on security forces' action ... Read more...
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Gangster Suri murder accused Bhanu arrested (Lead)
April 21st, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 21 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Police Saturday arrested most wanted fugitive Bhanu Kiran alias Bhanu, the key accused in the murder of dreaded gangster Suryanarayana Reddy alias Maddelachervu ... Read more...
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After railways, Banerjee now sending Bengal to ICU: CPI-M
April 20th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) Ridiculing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that her government has completed most of its tasks in its very first year, Communist Party of ... Read more...
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Mamata’s secretariat official evading arrest: CPI-M
April 20th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) West Bengal's Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday alleged that an official at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's secretariat was not being arrested despite a non-bailable ... Read more...
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Delhi civic polls: BJP celebrates, Congress sombre (Sidelights)
April 17th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Firecrackers, drum beats and dancing, it was jubilation at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters here Tuesday as the party gained a clear majority ... Read more...
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Might see further slash in CRR by RBI: HSBC (Lead)
April 13th, 2012 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) British banking company HSBC Thursday said it is expecting a slash in cash reserve ratio (CRR) during the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s credit policy announcement ... Read more...
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CRR slash a cause for worry: HSBC
April 13th, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) The British banking company, HSBC Thursday said it is expecting a slash in cash reserve ratio (CRR) during the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s credit policy ... Read more...
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Pakistani prisoner Khalil Chisti steps out of jail
April 11th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ajmer, April 11 (IANS) Octogenarian Pakistani prisoner Mohammad Khalil Chisti, serving a life sentence for murder, stepped out of the Ajmer Central Jail in Rajasthan Wednesday on conditional bail, his ... Read more...
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India eyes doubling tea exports to Pakistan: ITA
April 10th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) India is looking at doubling its tea export to Pakistan in the next three years, Indian Tea Association (ITA) said Tuesday."We are looking at increasing the ... Read more...
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Don’t artificially control spectrum availability: Airtel
April 10th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Telecom Major Bharti Airtel said Tuesday there should not be any "artificial control" over the 3G and 4G spectrum allocation and that the services would become ... Read more...
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Orchha BJP executive meet marred by intra-party mudslinging
April 8th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 8 (IANS) The two-day working committee meeting of the Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) ended Sunday in Orchha but allegations by a woman councilor ... Read more...
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Omar for sustained Indo-Pak dialogue and ‘J-K centric’ CBMs
April 7th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday said sustained dialogue between India and Pakistan was the only way to resolve all issues between the ... Read more...
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Slap criminal cases after CAG expose: Ajit Jogi
April 5th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 5 (IANS) Senior Chhattisgarh Congress leader Ajit Jogi Thursday called for criminal cases be registered against those in the state government who had caused massive revenue losses ... Read more...
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BHEL’s eastern wing eyeing to double turnover
April 5th, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)'s eastern wing is eyeing to double its turnover in the next five years to Rs.54 billion, a top official of ... Read more...
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I also informed Antony on Tatra trucks: Jabalpur MP
April 5th, 2012 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 4 (IANS) Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Jabalpur Rakesh Singh said Wednesday he had informed Defence Minister A.K. Antony that cheaper and better quality trucks were being ... Read more...
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My second innings is God’s gift: Irfan Pathan
April 4th, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) Back into top flight cricket after being sidelined for two years with a back injury, Indian pacer Irfan Pathan considers his second innings as God's gift ... Read more...
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Can’t handle playing against Yusuf in IPL: Irfan
April 3rd, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) They are brothers all right but not brothers-in-arms when it comes to the Indian Premier League. But Irfan Pathan says he would be happy if his ... Read more...
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‘Chhattisgarh coal block rates led to Rs. 1,000 crore loss’
April 3rd, 2012 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 3 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Tuesday slammed the state-owned Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC) for accepting lower rates for commercial mining of coal blocks in ... 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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Press council begins probe into complaints in Bihar
April 1st, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 1 (IANS) A three-member Press Council Of India (PCI) fact-finding team Sunday began a two-day hearing on charges of the Bihar government pressurising journalists, the team's head said.The ... Read more...
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Indian women cricketer Anjum Chopra trains with KKR
March 31st, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Indian women's cricket captain Anjum Chopra is excited at being given the opportunity to train with the Indian Premier League franchisee Kolkata Knight Riders and says ... Read more...
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Antony shielding the corrupt: BJP
March 31st, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Criticising Defence Minister A.K. Antony for not taking action on Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's complaint on Tatra army truck contracts, the ... Read more...
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BJP, Congress condemn Mamata’s ban on newspapers
March 31st, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Criticising the West Bengal government's move to ban leading dailies in state-funded libraries to promote "free thinking" among readers, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh tribal boy flees from Maoist captivity
March 31st, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 31 (IANS) A minor Chhattisgarh tribal boy who was abducted by Maoists on charges of acting as a police informer, managed to flee from the rebels' captivity in ... Read more...
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Cooking gas supplies resume as transporters end stir
March 31st, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolhapur/Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) In a major relief to consumers in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa and Maharashtra, transporters of cooking gas called off their eight-day-old strike Saturday and resumed supply ... Read more...
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All support to UP on central-aided projects: Jairam Ramesh
March 31st, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 31 (IANS) Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Saturday assured Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav that no central-aided projects in the state would be left hanging at ... Read more...
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Doeschate has no regrets for opting out of T20 cup qualifiers
March 30th, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Dutchman Ryan ten Doeschate is disappointed at the Netherlands not making the cut for the Twenty20 World Cup, but has no regrets for skipping the tournament ... Read more...
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