Ex CPI-M MP arrested in Nandigram case flown to Kolkata
March 18th, 2012 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Lok Sabha member Laxman Seth and two of his associates, arrested in Mumbai in connection with violent incidents at Nandigram ... Read more...
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Former CPI-M MP arrested in Nandigram case (Lead)
March 17th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Lok Sabha member Laxman Seth and two of his associates were arrested in Mumbai Saturday in connection with the ... Read more...
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Naveen Patnaik injured
November 17th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 17 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik suffered a ligament injury in his right ankle after slipping and falling near his residence here Thursday, an official said."He slipped ... Read more...
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Ramdev: From Himalayas to political heartland, via yoga
June 3rd, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) At 46, Baba Ramdev is one of India's youngest spiritualists. The sprightly, bearded, saffron robe-clad yoga guru, now being courted by the government as he ... Read more...
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A ruined home now Ground Zero for crash probe
May 26th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Faridabad, May 26 (IANS) Just a day earlier, house number 1254/3 in Faridabad's Parvatiya colony was a bustling home to 10 people. Now it is a blackened ruin, reeking of ... Read more...
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Trinamool stakes claim, Mamata elected legislature party leader (Roundup)
May 16th, 2011 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Sunday formally staked claim to form a new government in West Bengal with Mamata Banerjee as chief minister, after she was unanimously ... Read more...
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Banerjee set to become Bengal’s first woman chief minister (Second Lead)
May 15th, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Moving a step closer to becoming West Bengal's first woman chief minister, Mamata Banerjee was Sunday unanimously elected leader of the Trinamool Congress legislature party ... Read more...
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Mamata all set to be West Bengal’s first woman chief minister (Lead)
May 15th, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Moving a step closer to becoming West Bengal's first woman chief minister, Mamata Banerjee was Sunday unanimously elected leader of the Trinamool Congress legislature party ... Read more...
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Bihar PIOs meet governor
April 15th, 2011 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) A delegation of the Global Association for Persons of Indian Origin (GOPIO) India chapter met Bihar Governor Devanand Konwar Friday to further boost ties with ... Read more...
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Hazare supporters stopped from march in Mumbai
April 7th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) A march to the Gateway of India by supporters of social activist Anna Hazare, who is on an indefinite fast for a stronger anti-corruption Lokpal bill, ... Read more...
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Students in Maharashtra join Hazare’s crusade
April 7th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) Nearly a hundred people, including over 40 students, joined the relay fast across Maharashtra Thursday in support of social activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign."There are 45 ... Read more...
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Youth killed in Ghatkopar building collapse
September 5th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) A 28-year-old youth was killed and two others sustained minor injuries when a dilapidated building collapsed in the northeastern suburb of Ghatkopar Sunday morning, an official said.
The youth ... Read more...
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Army launches afforestation operation to re-green border areas of Jammu and Kashmir
August 5th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by ANI
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug 5 (ANI): In view of the widespread deforestation, the Indian Army has launched an operation to re-green vast areas of barren land in border areas of Jammu ... Read more...
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‘BJP not to dislodge Kamat government’
January 17th, 2010 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not dislodge the Congress-led coalition government in Goa which has seen three coups against Chief Minister Digambar Kamat in the last ... Read more...
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Lijjat - Empowering women through papads for 50 years
March 14th, 2009 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) A group of illiterate housewives with lots of time but no resources used to spend the day gossiping in their cramped, lower middle-class Mumbai building till ... Read more...
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Ruckus in Himachal assembly over Priyanka’s land deal
September 4th, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 4 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh assembly Thursday saw heated exchanges between some legislators of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress over the allotment of land to ... Read more...
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Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangaswamy resigns
August 28th, 2008 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Puducherry Aug 28 (ANI): Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangaswamy resigned on Thursday, following a revolt by his cabinet colleagues against his leadership.
Rangaswamy tendered his resignation to Lieutenant Governor Govind Singh Gurjar ... Read more...
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Bhopinder Singh sworn in as the new Lt Governor of Puducherry
March 15th, 2008 - 6:35 pm ICT by admin
Puducherry, Mar 15 (ANI): Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lieutenant Governor Bhopinder Singh was sworn in as Lt Governor of Puducherry here today.Singh was given additional charge of Puducherry in the ... Read more...
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