Kudankulam reactor to be fuelled around Sep 11, protestors to intensify stir
September 7th, 2012 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 7 (IANS) The loading of 163 enriched uranium fuel bundles in the first unit of the two 1,000 MW Russian reactors at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) will ... Read more...
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Fighter jet crashes in Belarus
June 13th, 2012 - 7:18 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Soviet-era Su-25 fighter jet crashed in Belarus, killing the pilot, the country's defence ministry said.The pilot, Nikolai Gridnyov, lost control of the jet when ... Read more...
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‘Dammu’ - high on action, low on content (Telugu Movie Review)
April 28th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Film "Dammu"; Producer: K.S.Rama Rao; Screenplay-Director: Boyapati Sreenu; Music: M.M. Keervani; Camera: Arthur A Wilson; Dialogues: M. Rathnam; Cast: Jr. NTR, Thrisha, Karthika, Kota Sreenivasa Rao, Nasser, Brahmanandam, Ali, Bhanupriya, Thanikella ... Read more...
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102-year-old woman’s civic poll victory undone
October 25th, 2011 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 24 (IANS) In an unexpected turn of events, 102-year-old Thadagathi, crowned a winner three days ago in the civic polls held in a Tamil Nadu ward, has been ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Uttar Pradesh’s fifth rape case in a day (Lead)
June 21st, 2011 - 2:02 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 21 (IANS) Even as the state Human Rights Commission issued a notice to the Mayawati government on the issue of rising crimes against women, yet another rape of ... Read more...
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Haryana khap asks couple to end marriage, probe on
April 20th, 2011 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Panipat, April 20 (IANS) Just a day after the Supreme Court directed state governments to rein in khap panchayats (caste councils) from issuing illegal diktats, another such directive came to ... Read more...
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Handicapped woman rescued, four held
February 10th, 2011 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) A 20-year-old handicapped woman from Jharkhand was rescued and four people were arrested from Delhi and Gurgaon on charges of abduction and molestation, police said Wednesday.The four ... Read more...
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Haryana villagers evacuated after chlorine gas leak
January 29th, 2011 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Hirapur (Haryana), Jan 29 (ANI): The Haryana administration on Saturday evacuated people from two villages after they detected a chlorine gas leak at a nearby factory.Residents of Hirapur village said the gas ... Read more...
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Four decomposed bodies found in West Midnapore
August 12th, 2010 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 12 (IANS) Tension prevailed in the Maoist-infested Binpur area of West Bengal's West Midnapore district following the recovery of four decomposed bodies, including those of two women, from a ditch ... Read more...
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Mayawati declines to meet with US ambassador
March 16th, 2010 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 16 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has declined to meet US Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer, who arrived here Tuesday on a two-day visit to the state, citing her "busy ... Read more...
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Rape, divorce, lashes - triple hurt for Bangladeshi girl
January 24th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 24 (IANS) Life couldn't be more unfair to a teenaged Bangladeshi girl, who was first raped, then divorced on being found that she had conceived before marriage, and finally administered ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Father, daughter kill two in Uttar Pradesh
October 5th, 2009 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 5 (IANS) A man, along with his daughter, opened fire at five people in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnore district Monday killing two on the spot and critically injuring the rest, police ... Read more...
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For Orissa villagers Shah Rukh is a hero, not just a star
September 14th, 2009 - 10:33 am ICT by IANS
By Byomakesh Biswal
Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 (IANS) Laxmi Mondal of Banhipal village in Orissa's Kendrapara district has never watched any of Shah Rukh Khan's movies, as the village has been without electricity ... Read more...
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A long wait for Independence
August 14th, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by admin
By Dr Sandeep Pandey (CNS)
special feature article on India's 62nd Independence day eve - 15 August 2009Jajupur is a village in Sandila Tehsil, P.S. Atrauli, of Hardoi District of UP. 107 ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Woman whose baby died in washing machine admits previous killing
February 25th, 2009 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Berlin, Feb 25 (DPA) A German woman whose baby was found dead in a washing machine last year admitted Tuesday to killing another of her children.
In October her partner had found the ... Read more...
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No Indians on doomed Continental flight
February 14th, 2009 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) No passengers of Indian origin appeared to be on the doomed Continental Flight 3407 that crashed into a house near Buffalo, New York, killing all 49 aboard and ... Read more...
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Girls lynch Dalit widow in Bihar
January 31st, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 31 (IANS) A Dalit widow was beaten to death by five girls in a Bihar town after she objected to their cutting grass in her field, police said Saturday.Shobha Devi, ... Read more...
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Hindus in Gujarat village renovate a Sufi saints Dargah
November 5th, 2008 - 9:31 pm ICT by ANI
By Ami Sharma
Aloda (Gujarat), Nov.5 (ANI): Hindus in a Gujarat village have renovated a shrine dedicated to Sufi saint Sayyed Badru Rehmat-ulla Alai, popularly known as Fakir Baba here.
Around 5,000 villagers ... Read more...
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Eight missing as boat capsizes in China
October 2nd, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Guiyang (China), Oct 2 (Xinhua) At least eight people were reported missing as a boat carrying people back from a wedding party capsized in southwest China's Guizhou province, authorities said Thursday.The fishing ... Read more...
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College student dies in a group clash in Punchkula
September 27th, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), Sep 27 (IANS) A college student died after a group of boys armed with sharp-edged weapons allegedly attacked him outside his college here Saturday, the police said. Kushal Sharma of ... Read more...
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Hyena kills a 10-month-old infant
August 1st, 2008 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 1 (IANS) A hyena attacked and killed a 10-month-old infant in a Bihar village, the police said Friday. The baby was taken away by the hyena at Rampur village in ... Read more...
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Patnaik visits Maoist hit Malkangiri in Orissa
July 20th, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Malkangiri, July 20 (IANS) Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday visited the state's Malkangiri district where at least 17 policemen were killed after the vehicle carrying them was blown up by Maoist ... Read more...
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Expelled college student kills herself
April 4th, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by admin
Kendrapada (Orissa), April 4 (IANS) A 19-year-old woman hanged herself in Kendrapada district of Orissa after being expelled from a college for cheating during examinations, the police said Friday. Sarmista Barik, a ... Read more...
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;Monkey marriage in Orissa
February 29th, 2008 - 3:16 am ICT by admin
Bhubaneswar, Feb.28: About 3,000 people this past week converged in Orissas Ghanteswara Village, about 200 kilometers from Bhubaneswar, the State capital, to witness a wedding ceremony of two monkeys, said a BBC ... Read more...
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Monkey marriage in Orissa
February 28th, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by admin
Bhubaneswar, Feb.28: About 3,000 people this past week converged in Orissas Ghanteswara Village, about 200 kilometers from Bhubaneswar, the State capital, to witness a wedding ceremony of two monkeys, said a BBC ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu wary of bird flu as West Bengal strives to contain the virus
January 25th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by admin
Palladam (Tamil Nadu)/ Balagarh (West Bengal), Jan 25 : Authorities in Tamil Nadu have mounted measures to check the outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in the state.
Veterinary officials ... Read more...
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