12 injured in Assam blast (Lead)
September 6th, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sept 6 (IANS) Twelve people, including three security personnel, were injured in a blast triggered by suspected militants in Assam's Tinsukia district Thursday evening, police said.Inspector General of Police ... Read more...
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Five injured in Assam blast
September 6th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sept 6 (IANS) Five people, including two security personnel, were injured in a blast triggered by suspected militants in Assam's Tinsukia district Thursday evening, police said.Inspector General of Police ... Read more...
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Total lunar eclipse on Saturday
December 7th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) With the year's last lunar eclipse on Saturday, and the next only after three years, citizens can look forward to a view of the moon ... Read more...
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Foreign diplomats get lesson on unique identification drive
October 20th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) India's mammoth exercise to issue a unique identification (UID) number to each of its 1.2 billion population has attracted the attention of many nations, ... Read more...
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Progressive movement revisits its 75-year journey
October 14th, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Arts, culture and literature in India have charted a progressive course for the last seven decades. An exhibition documenting the journey of the Progressive Writers' ... Read more...
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Protests outside Sibal, Mukherjee, Dikshit’s houses (Lead)
August 22nd, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Supporters of social activist Anna Hazare Monday staged a sit-in protest outside residences of union ministers Kapil Sibal and Pranab Mukherjee and Delhi Chief ... Read more...
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Gursharan awards students for heritage documentation
July 22nd, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) An essay on 100 years of Karim's -- one of Delhi's most acclaimed Mughalai eateries -- was one of five chronicles of heritage that ... Read more...
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Change of guard at Nehru Memorial Library
July 3rd, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library here will see a change of guard in August when the term of the incumbent Mridula Mukherjee comes ... Read more...
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Karan Singh turns 80, PM releases documentary
March 9th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a 42-minute documentary based on the beliefs of veteran Congress leader Karan Singh who turned 80 Saturday.Manmohan Singh also ... Read more...
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Bihar’s silent revolution: 30,000 women now own land
January 19th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Imran Khan
Patna, Jan 19 (IANS) Until two-and-a-half years ago, Parvatia Devi and Kamla Devi were among the poorest of the poor. They worked as farm labourers and did odd jobs to ... Read more...
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Abhishek happy to see Ganesh idol at Ferragamo house (With Image)
January 17th, 2011 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan, perhaps the first Indian actor to receive a made-to-order Tramezza shoe from Italian luxury label Salvatore Ferragamo, says he was excited to ... Read more...
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Capital’s colourscape - spotlight on people’s art
January 12th, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Art in public spaces involving mass participation has caught the capital's imagination. The cast is diverse with personalities like Subodh Gupta, Anjolie Ela Menon and ... Read more...
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Rajapaksa chief guest at CWG closer, likely to discuss Tamil issue (Night Lead)
October 11th, 2010 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Sri Lanka is set to brief India on the rehabilitation of displaced Tamil civilians when President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is the chief guest at the Commonwealth ... Read more...
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Rajapaksa to be chief guest at CWG closer
October 11th, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games Thursday, according to official sources.
Rajapaksa will be here ... Read more...
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CWG walk event: Commuters face problems
October 9th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) With many key roads and some Metro stations closed for the Commonwealth Games 20-km walk event Saturday morning, people going to New Delhi faced problems in commuting. ... Read more...
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Traffic woes in Delhi continue
September 29th, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The dedicated Commonwealth Games lanes Wednesday again caused major traffic jams, with police urging people to travel by Delhi Metro.The worst hit were the Dhaula Kuan flyover, ... Read more...
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Sheila Dikshit launches 14 ‘Ho Ho’ air-conditioned tourist buses for Dilli Darshan
September 27th, 2010 - 10:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep.27 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday launched 14 air conditioned buses under Hop on Hop Off Bus Service, arranged by the Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation ... Read more...
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Drive to promote sustainable development ends in Delhi
September 21st, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) An initiative to promote sustainable development and encourage an environment-friendly approach in industrial as well as agrarian sectors in both rural and urban areas culminated here Tuesday. ... Read more...
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Greenpeace protests trial of two who exposed Japan whaling scam
June 8th, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Environment organisation Greenpeace Tuesday held a demonstration to press their demand for justice for its two activists being tried in Japan for unravelling corruption in Japan's whaling ... Read more...
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National Investigating Agency begins probe into Bangalore blasts
April 20th, 2010 - 11:22 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Apr 20 (ANI): A six-member National Investigating Agency team has begun its probe into the twin blasts that occurred outside Bangalore's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.On Tuesday, the first day of ... Read more...
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Yeddyuruppa objects to BCCI shifting IPL semi-finals out of Bangalore
April 19th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Apr 19 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyuruppa has strongly objected to the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) decision to shift the two semi-finals of the cash-rich ... Read more...
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IPL semi-finals shifted to Navi Mumbai
April 18th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Apr 18 (ANI): The two semi-finals of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament, which were scheduled to b held in Bangalore, have been shifted to Navi Mumbai for security reasons.Television ... Read more...
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Another bomb scare near Bangalore’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
April 18th, 2010 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Apr 18 (ANI): One more explosive was found outside Gate Number One of Bangalore's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.Earlier this morning, a suspicious object was found near the Gandhi Murti outside ... Read more...
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Suspicious object found outside Bangalore’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
April 18th, 2010 - 12:12 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Apr 18 (ANI): After Saturday's panic, another suspicious object is said to have been found outside Bangalore's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has reached the spot and ... Read more...
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Mayawati is stone-hearted ‘Murti-devi’, says Congress
April 5th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Congress Monday lashed out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for seeking funds for implementing Right to Education Act in the state, calling her a stone-hearted ... Read more...
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Krishna to inaugurate seminar on India-Africa relations
March 3rd, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will inaugurate a two-day seminar titled "India and Africa: an emerging partnership" here Thursday.
The event is being organised by the African ... Read more...
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Make IB, RAW more transparent: Experts
February 19th, 2010 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Indian intelligence agencies have to be more "transparent and accountable" for the media to give clearer picture of the security situation and inculcate in the public a ... Read more...
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Sikhs protest alleged racial attacks in Australia
January 15th, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Around 150 Sikhs Friday held a peaceful but noisy protest here against alleged racial attacks on Indian students and the burning of a gurudwara in Australia.
The demonstrators ... Read more...
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India-Bhutan relations model for bilateral ties: Bhutanese King
December 23rd, 2009 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) India and Bhutan's relations are a model for an ideal bilateral partnership, visiting King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck said here Wednesday.
"Despite vast differences in ... Read more...
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Five highway robbers arrested in Delhi
November 21st, 2009 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Five highway robbers who lured victims by offering them a ride late at night, have been arrested, a Delhi Police officer said Saturday.
Monu Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Monu, ... Read more...
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Nine booked for abetting realtor’s suicide in Bhopal
November 15th, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 15 (IANS) Nine people were booked for abetment of suicide after the bodies of a property dealer and his five-year-old son were found Saturday in a farmhouse in this Madhya ... Read more...
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Bollywood stars seek blessings at ‘Lal Bagh Ka Raja’ in Mumbai
September 1st, 2009 - 11:34 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Sep.1 (ANI): The famous 'Lal Bagh Ka Raja', the venue where thousands of devotees are converging everyday for the ongoing Ganesha Chaturthi festival, on Tuesday saw many Bollywood personalities turning ... Read more...
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President awards certificates of honour to 29 scholars
August 15th, 2009 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.15 (ANI): The President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, on Saturday, awarded Certificates of Honour to 29 distinguished scholars of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian. They are as follows:SANSKRIT1.Prof. Kompella Ramasuryanarayana2.Prof. (Dr.) ... Read more...
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RECOLLECTIONS OF A COMMUNICATOR, Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru (Part II)
November 14th, 2008 - 9:29 pm ICT by ANI
Contd.....During Republic Day celebrations, I used be on duty at the Teen Murti House -- the Prime Minister''s residence -- to cover the visit of folk dancers. Panditji would spend time ... Read more...
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Amarnath shrine board members resign
August 6th, 2008 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar/Jammu, Aug 6 (IANS) Eight of the 10 members Wednesday stepped down from Shri Amarnath Shrine Board to facilitate the possible reconstitution of the temple trust that has been at the heart ... Read more...
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