May 15th, 2008 - 11:26 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Half centuries from Gautam Gambhir and Shikhar Dhawan helped Delhi Daredevils post a mammoth total of 194 runs for the loss of four wickets in an Indian Premier League match at the Feroze Shah Kotla stadium here Thursday. Gambhir was the top scorer with 79 ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 11:18 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday threw out a public interest lawsuit demanding disclosure of assets of the superior courts' judges under the new transparency law. A bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice P. Sathasivam dismissed the lawsuit, terming it as "thoroughly misconceived".
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May 15th, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Four Delhi colleges, including Ramjas and Daulat Ram, can go ahead with recruiting teachers after the Delhi High Court Thursday lifted a stay on new appointments, with the rider that they would have to first fill up the three percent seats meant for disabled candidates. ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 10:58 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Lawyers at the Tis Hazari courts here went on a strike Thursday protesting the Supreme Court's endorsement to a plan to divide the capital into nine judicial districts. The lawyers approached the apex court challenging the formation of more district courts in the capital, which ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 10:46 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Indian infrastructure sector comprising six core industries grew at 9.6 percent in 2008 fiscal, according to data released by the ministry of commerce and industry here Thursday. Barring cement and finished steel, the other industries - crude oil, petroleum refinery products, coal and electricity ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 10:44 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Delhi Police Thursday evening received an anonymous call threatening to blow up the Sai Baba Temple in south Delhi, though it turned out to be a hoax. "There was panic when an anonymous caller called around 5 p.m. threatened to blow up the temple at ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) To boost scientific research in India, the government Thursday decided to set up a Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB). After a cabinet meeting Thursday, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters that the contours of advanced basic scientific research are changing extremely fast at the ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:25 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A 10-year-old boy was run over Thursday by a Blueline bus in west Delhi, the police said. Nitin was on board the bus number 740 that plies between Uttam Nagar and Anand Vihar.
The bus stopped at Uttam Nagar terminal. The boy fell down while alighting ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:24 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A 70-year-old former Air India employee was Thursday found murdered in his west Delhi home, police said. Police said he was murdered for money. Sharma's throat was slit and Rs.100,000 in cash was missing from his home.
B.D. Sharma was alone at his home in Janakpuri ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:23 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who will be on a two-day official visit to Bhutan, today said that India traditionally enjoyed a unique relationship with Bhutan.
It is a partnership rooted in close historical and cultural linkages between two friendly sovereign neighbours. Our relations ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) India and Singapore Thursday agreed to share expertise in the management of airports and other civil aviation projects. An agreement to this effect was signed here between the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS).
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May 15th, 2008 - 9:15 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): India today offered to send five million dollars in emergency supplies to China, where the official death toll from this week's devastating earthquake has roughly touched 20,000.
"Keeping in view India's close and good neighbourly ties with China, the Government of India has decided ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:48 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday gave controversial Tamil actress Khushboo relief by suspending trial in as many as 23 criminal cases against her in a Chennai court for allegedly making denigrating remarks against women. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:32 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The government is expected to further cut cement prices to tame inflation, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said Thursday. "I think that there is scope for significant reduction in cement prices," Chidambaram told reporters after a cabinet meeting.
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) India Thursday decided to send 50 medical personnel, including paramedics, to the cyclone-hit Myanmar, a defence ministry official here said. Myanmar, which has been cautious about receiving international aid, has sought medical help from India.
"We are sending 50 medical personnel along with integral equipment, which ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:25 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A mentally unstable woman jumped to her death Thursday from the fifth floor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), hospital authorities said. According to the AIIMS administration, 32-year-old Babita Goutam, a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad district on the outskirts of Delhi, ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 8:10 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The government Thursday decided to protect Indian agro products from foreign patenting through an amendment in the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act (APEDA). The amendment, approved during a meeting of the central cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will enable ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:38 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): The Union government on Thursday decided to set up a Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) to promote basic scientific research.
The Board will aim to enhance the level of basic research, impart necessary autonomy, flexibility and speed up the research and delivery of ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:33 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): The Central Government has extended the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as an unlawful association by two years.
The notification to this effect was issued on Wednesday, a Home Ministry release said today.
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by admin
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Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 15 (ANI): Reaffirming India's support to the Beijing Olympics, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that China will conduct the games in a successful manner and maintain high standards of Olympics.
He said that Olympics are going to take place in Beijing, which is ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:16 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, May 15 (IANS) Hundreds of passengers travelling by a New Delhi-bound passenger train had to alight at a station on the outskirts of this metropolis after a bomb threat Thursday afternoon. The Mangala Express had left Ernakulam, Kerala, Wednesday afternoon and passed Mumbai a little past 1 p.m.
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May 15th, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The union government Thursday extended by two years the ban on the Sri Lankan terrorist outfit, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), as an unlawful association. The notification to this effect was issued by the home ministry.
Officials in the ministry said the activities of ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 6:48 pm ICT by admin
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Hyderabad, May 15 (IANS) The Arab League sees a bigger role for India in the Middle East peace process and hopes that New Delhi with its good relations with all concerned parties would be able to help in finding a just and lasting solution. The chief of the Arab League ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 6:30 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The government Thursday approached the Supreme Court against a Calcutta High Court order staying 27 percent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C). The apex court was likely to take up the matter Friday, a senior official in ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi , May 15 (ANI): A little known militant group Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for Tuesdays blasts in Jaipur through a mysterious e-mail to various television channels and warned India to stop supporting the US in the international arena or else will face more attacks at other ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:17 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): India could use Tuesdays serial bombings in Rajasthan capital Jaipur to create a crisis with Pakistan, Americas private intelligence gathering agency STRATFOR has claimed.
In a commentary published here and accessed by the Daily Times, STRATFOR writes that prior to the diplomatic process that took off ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 11:39 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The following is the sports schedule for May 15, 2008: Cricket: Indian Premier League: Delhi Daredevils vs. Deccan Chargers (Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi); Preview of Mumbai Indians vs. Kolkata Knight Riders (D.Y. Patil Stadium, Mumbai)
Tennis: SAIL Open ATP Challenger (R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium, ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:42 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a member of the Income Tax Appellate (ITA) Tribunal from Kolkata for accepting a bribe of Rs.3 million. Two businessmen who were offering the bribe also were arrested. The CBI late Tuesday caught Jugal Kishore, an accountant ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:15 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Hitting back at Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia Wednesday defended his review of facilities at the Delhi airport and said reviewing any project was well within the jurisdiction of the plan panel. Ahluwalia Monday reviewed the progress of ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:13 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) A stand-off between striking cargo loaders and private security guards with the Delhi airport developer has been resolved amicably, an airport company official said here Wednesday. The stand-off was posing a threat to the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport for the past six days as ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:12 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Radio station Big 92.7 FM Wednesday joined hands with a media education institute to provide aspiring radio jockeys with formal training. The FM station will run a five-week certified training programme in radio jockeying in association with Access Atlantech Edutainment (I) Ltd, which runs the ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:11 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) As Myanmar battles to tackle the devastation caused by cyclone Nargis that killed over 34,000 people, another storm is heading towards the country, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said Wednesday. The department, which also works as a regional special station for World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:08 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Air traffic in Delhi's airspace was affected Wednesday as a heavy dust storm followed by torrential rains lashed the capital city. Several flights of the domestic airlines had to be diverted to nearby cities. Airport officials told IANS four domestic flights were diverted to Lucknow ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:04 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) A city court Wednesday issued notice to the prosecution after Vikas Yadav and Sukhdev Pehalwan, accused in the 2002 murder of Nitish Katara, sought a stay on the upcoming judgement following a sting operation that questioned the reliability of a key witness. Additional Sessions Judge ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:03 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on a plea from the owners of Uphaar cinema seeking permission for productive use of the hall which was sealed following a 1997 fire tragedy that claimed 59 lives. Justice H.R. Malhotra reserved the order after the Central ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:01 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the central government, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the ad-hoc committee of the Indian Hockey Federation after K.P.S. Gill approached the court challenging the decision to sack him as IHF president. Justice Rekha Sharma asked the ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:57 pm ICT by admin
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Srinagar/New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) In the first violation of a truce agreement in force since 2003, Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, prompting senior officers of the two armies to speak on the hotline Wednesday to resolve the ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:47 pm ICT by admin
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London/New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecom firm, Wednesday entered into final stages of merger talks with South Africa's largest telecom operator MTN in a deal that is estimated to be worth nearly $45 billion, according to highly placed sources. Airtel's chief Sunil Bharti Mittal, along with ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:39 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Indian challenge at the $50,000 SAIL Open ATP challenger came to an end Wednesday when the lone Indian in fray Ashutosh Singh lost to Australian Colin Ebelthite 4-6,4-6 on a day when rain and duststorm halted the match for more than three hours at ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:37 pm ICT by admin
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Pune, May 14 (IANS) Revelry will mark the countdown to the Third Commonwealth Youth Games being held here in October this year. To mark the 150-day countdown to the games, a 150 feet graffiti canvas is being put up at Sarasbagh here Thursday.
In collaboration with India Art Gallery, the ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:12 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday reiterated his condemnation of the Jaipur serial blasts that claimed 63 lives, saying the "best tribute" to those killed would be to understand the "nefarious designs" of those who wanted to communally divide the country. "The best tribute we can ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:08 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) After housing and special economic zones, budget hotels and infrastructure are going to be next focus area of investment for realty firm Uppal group. "Infrastructure is going to be our next focus area in the coming years. We are interested in highway development projects and ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 10:57 pm ICT by admin
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