‘Luv Shuv…’ gets U/A certificate
September 17th, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) "Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana" has received a U/A certificate from the censor board. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, the movie's creative producer, hopes his first attempt ... Read more...
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One gets 10 years jail for peddling drugs
September 14th, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) A Delhi court has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs.1 lakh on him for possessing over ... Read more...
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Opthamologists bemoan deterioration in the field
September 2nd, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 2 (IANS) At the National Continuous Medical Education (NCME) programme here Sunday, opthamologists stressed the need to concentrate on general eye problems of patients.Speaking in the National Continuous ... Read more...
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Employees Provident Fund approves Reliance-Nippon stake deal
August 7th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Tuesday gave its nod to the 26 percent stake sale by Reliance Capital Asset Management Company to Japan's Nippon ... Read more...
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Police to question 10 Maruti union leaders for a week
August 2nd, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 2 (IANS) Ten Maruti Suzuki union leaders were Thursday sent to police custody for seven days by a court here for their alleged role in the July 18 ... Read more...
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Payal clinches All Mumbai TT title
July 21st, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) Payal Bohra outplayed Manasi Chiplunkar 4-2 in a thrilling sub-junior girls singles final, while boys' top seed Vedant Shah had to fight all the way before ... Read more...
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Four held for attack on Delhi judges (Lead)
May 18th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Four people have been arrested for the attack on three judges and their driver here in an incident of road rage, while lawyers in all ... Read more...
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Four held for attack on Delhi judges
May 18th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Four people have been arrested for the attack on three judges and their driver here in an incident of road rage, police said Friday.Anil Raj, ... Read more...
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Attack on judges: Delhi lawyers observe strike
May 18th, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Protesting the attack on three judges by bike-borne men in yet another incident of road rage in the capital, lawyers in all the six district ... Read more...
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Road rage: Three judges attacked in Delhi (Lead)
May 17th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) In yet another case of road rage in the capital, four young men on two motorbikes Thursday viciously attacked three judges, leaving one of them ... Read more...
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Three judges attacked in Delhi, one injured
May 17th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Three judges from the Saket district courts were attacked by a motorbike-rider in south Delhi after their car hit his vehicle, police said Thursday, adding ... Read more...
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Two drug peddlers jailed for 10 years
April 24th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Two men, arrested in September 2009 for possessing 58 kg of cannabis, have been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a court here.Special Narcotic Drugs ... Read more...
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Delhi civic polls: BJP headed for win (Third Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was Tuesday headed for a big win in the Delhi civic polls with 49 of its candidates emerging victorious ... Read more...
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Delhi civic polls: BJP heads for big lead (Second Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headed for a big lead in the Delhi civic polls with 22 of its candidates winning and the party ... Read more...
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Tight security across Punjab ahead of Rajoana hanging
March 28th, 2012 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 28 (IANS) Security was tightened across Punjab Wednesday following a shutdown call given by various Sikh organisations against the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Balwant Singh ... Read more...
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Patiala jailor again refuses to accept Rajoana’s death warrant (Lead)
March 27th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 27 (IANS) Despite a court in Chandigarh issuing him a showcause notice for contempt, the Patiala jail superintendent Tuesday again refused to accept the warrant of death for ... Read more...
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Punjab jailor wants Sikh terrorist’s death warrant deferred
March 26th, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 26 (IANS) The Patiala jail superintendent Monday moved a petition in a court here seeking deferment of Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana's death warrant, saying the legal process ... Read more...
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Case against BSNL, private firm officials for illegal deal
February 26th, 2012 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) A case has been registered against former senior BSNL officials and a private company for illegal award of leased service area (LSA) contract for deployment ... Read more...
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Facebook: India is second fastest growing market
February 5th, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Why is Facebook becoming more and more popular? Connectivity and accessibility are the biggest drawing cards, say users.Facebook also finds India equally indispensable.According ... Read more...
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Drug dealer gets death penalty
January 29th, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) In a rare judgment, a special narcotics court here Saturday awarded death penalty to a man for dealing in drugs.Special Narcotics Court Judge Shalini Nagpal awarded ... Read more...
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Call girl racket busted in Ghaziabad
January 15th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 15 (IANS) A call girl racket was busted in Ghaziabad and seven people, including three prostitutes and two customers, arrested, police said Sunday.Additional Superintendent of Police Amit ... Read more...
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Rollout of uniform format of KYC norms soon, says SEBI
December 17th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) Capital market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in the final stages of fine-tuning the Know Your Client (KYC) regulations to make them more ... Read more...
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SEBI planning more grievance and arbitration centres
December 17th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is planning to set up more investor grievance and arbitration centres to address investors' woes, a top ... Read more...
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MCD will provide 198,000 computers to school kids
November 18th, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will provide 198,000 computers free of cost to students of class 4 in its schools, a civic agency official ... Read more...
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Dikshit urged to get drinking water in primary schools
November 10th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) With 63 primary schools in the capital lacking drinking water supplies, the civic agency wrote a letter to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday to take ... Read more...
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After ITC closure, Manipal warns service halt in Nepal
September 12th, 2011 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 12 (IANS) A month after Indian tobacco giant ITC's joint venture in Nepal shut down its garment factory due to workers' militancy, now it is the turn of ... Read more...
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Delhi civic agency to hire teachers online
August 23rd, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) After engaging with people on social networking sites such as Facebook, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is now set to try an online recruitment ... Read more...
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Two arrested for running IPL betting racket
May 21st, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), May 21 (IANS) Two people have been arrested here for accepting bets on Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, police said Saturday.Harendra Nagpal, 35, and Ashif, 25, were ... Read more...
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Arunachal has witnessed several air crashes
May 1st, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Itanagar, May 1 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh has witnessed a large number of air crashes, which include the one on April 19 in which 17 people were killed at Tawang.Among the ... Read more...
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Indian jailed in New Zealand for murders
February 18th, 2011 - 8:46 am ICT by IANS
Auckland, Feb 18 (IANS) An Indian fruit packer was Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by a New Zealand court for killing a woman and her two-year-old daughter.Deepak Nagpal, 24, who pleaded guilty ... Read more...
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Making foodies at Delhi’s first restaurant week (Eating out with IANS)
February 4th, 2011 - 10:05 am ICT by IANS
By Mohita Nagpal
Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) They soak in the plush settings, gently enquire about the right way to eat their sushi and then tuck right in! If the idea was to ... Read more...
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More Indian voices at Jaipur lit fest next year
February 3rd, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Mohita Nagpal
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Over 60,000 visitors, 225 speakers, 140 sessions, four halls, over 9,000 books sold...the show is barely over at the sixth Jaipur Literature Festival and plans ... Read more...
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Literary carnival over, wait for next year begins (Letter from Jaipur lit fest)
January 26th, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
By Mohita Nagpal
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) Five days of fan frenzy, intellectually stimulating sessions, free flowing wine, paparazzi, electric evenings, marathon book signing sessions, cerebral discussions, all came to an end ... Read more...
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Rousing debate brings curtains down on Jaipur Lit Fest
January 25th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Mohita Nagpal
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) The sprawling front lawns of Diggy Palace were packed to capacity for the final session of the Jaipur Literature Festival Tuesday which saw a cerebral ... Read more...
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Writing far easier than drawing: graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee
January 25th, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
By Mohita Nagpal
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) He describes the writers' block as creative constipation, has grown up reading Tintin comics and, with his third graphic novel, "The Harappa Files", Sarnath Banerjee ... Read more...
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