Shutdown paralyses life in Assam
September 20th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 20 (IANS) A shutdown sponsored by the opposition parties Thursday against hiked diesel prices and FDI in multi-brand retail trade drew a near-total response in Assam and affected ... Read more...
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Brazilian court suspends massive Amazon dam construction
August 15th, 2012 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15 (IANS) A Brazilian court has ordered to suspend the construction of the world's third largest dam until affected indigenous communities get a hearing in Congress.The ... Read more...
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Election Commission to monitor ‘paid news’
December 28th, 2011 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 28 (IANS) The Election Commission has decided to maintain a strict vigil on 'paid news' by deploying special surveillance teams ahead of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh assembly elections ... Read more...
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30 percent sourcing from Indian SMEs, says government
November 28th, 2011 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Ahead of the official notification allowing up to 51 percent FDI in multi-brand retail, the government Monday clarified that 30 percent mandatory procurement ... Read more...
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Ramachandran is Meghalaya police chief
September 27th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Sep 27 (IANS) The Meghalaya government has named N. Ramachandran the new director general of police and Prem Singh as director general of civil defence and home guards.The official ... Read more...
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Meghalaya college teachers strike work, 50,000 students affected
September 23rd, 2011 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Sep 23 (IANS) More than 50,000 students across Meghalaya have been affected by the eight-day strike called by college teachers Friday to protest the state government's failure to fulfil ... Read more...
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Meghalaya’s married job seekers need to give wedlock proof
August 8th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 8 (IANS) Married people in Meghalaya now have to present wedlock certificates to apply for jobs and driving licences, an official said Monday."It is now mandatory for people ... Read more...
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Rohinton Nariman is Solicitor General of India
July 23rd, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Senior Supreme Court lawyer Rohinton Nariman was Saturday appointed the Solicitor General of India, the second topmost government lawyer.According to an official notification issued ... Read more...
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India opposes umpire decision review in England Tests
June 10th, 2011 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 10 (IANS) The Indian cricket board has reportedly sent an official notification to the England and Wales Cricket Board, opposing the use of the Umpire Decision ... Read more...
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Central Government issues official notification for committee to redraft Ombudsman bill
April 9th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): The Central Government has issued an official notification for the formation of a committee to redraft the Ombudsman Bill.Social activist Swami Agnivesh collected the copy of ... Read more...
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Probable breakthrough in government-civil society stalemate (Lead)
April 8th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) An agreement may have been reached between the government and civil society leaders on formation of a joint committee to draft a stronger anti-graft Lokpal ... Read more...
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Let’s work together, Congress appeals to Anna Hazare
April 8th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) After a series of meetings with civil society activists over the anti-graft Lokpal Bill, the Congress Friday maintained that "all substantial and real issues have ... Read more...
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Anna Hazare wins Rabindranath Tagore peace award
April 8th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 8(ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare, who is on a fast-unto-death for a stronger anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, has been announced as the winner of the 2011 Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize ... Read more...
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Congress terms Hazare’s agitation rigid
April 8th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 8 (ANI): As the stalemate over the Jan Lokpal Bill continues for the fourth day, the Congress Party on Friday termed social activist Anna Hazare's fast for a stronger ... Read more...
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Hopeful of an honourable agreement: Swami Agnivesh
April 8th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Civil society leader Swami Agnivesh said Friday he was hopeful of an honourable agreement to break the four-day-old fast-unto-death by Gandhian leader Anna ... Read more...
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Lokpal Bill stalemate: Pranab appeals to Hazare to discontinue his fast
April 8th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 8 (ANI): After a meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to end the deadlock on the Jan Lokpal Bill issue, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee made an ... Read more...
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Pranab appeals to Anna Hazare to end fast
April 8th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the senior-most cabinet minister in the United Progressive Alliance government, Friday appealed to social activist Anna Hazare to end his ... Read more...
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Lokpal Bill row: Sonia Gandhi meets PM
April 8th, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 8 (ANI): With veteran social activist Anna Hazare continuing his fast-unto-death for a fourth day on Friday to push the government into introducing a tough new law to ... Read more...
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Government rejects Hazare’s proposals on anti-graft bill
April 8th, 2011 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Attempts to break the impasse with anti-corruption crusaders failed again Friday with the government rejecting two of their major demands - having a former Supreme ... Read more...
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Hazare calls for ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ from April 12
April 8th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 8 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare, whose fast-unto-death entered its fourth day on Friday, called for a mass courting of arrest by citizens across the country on April ... Read more...
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Talks to end Hazare’s fast inconclusive (Lead)
April 7th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Talks between the Indian government and civil society leaders remained inconclusive Thursday due to differences over the procedure for setting up a committee to ... Read more...
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Madonna hits back at reports of probe into Kabbalah or Raising Malawi
April 6th, 2011 - 7:01 pm ICT by ANI
New York, April 6 (ANI): Queen of Pop Madonna has dismissed reports that the Kabbalah Centre and her charity, Raising Malawi, were being probed by authorities."In recent days a number ... Read more...
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Clooney, Ronaldo may testify for Berlusconi in ‘bunga bunga’ sex trial
March 30th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 30 (ANI): It has emerged that Hollywood star George Clooney and footballer Cristiano Ronaldo may be called to testify as defence witnesses for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the ... Read more...
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Pakistani group protests restriction on India tour
March 2nd, 2011 - 1:43 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) A Pakistani media group Tuesday said it will oppose the government's new rule that requires a no-objection certificate (NOC) and visa clearance for journalists and artists going ... Read more...
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PM asks Kerala to make better use of central schemes
February 11th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 (IANS) Ahead of upcoming assembly elections in Kerala, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday launched an attack on the state's ruling Left Democratic Front, saying it was not using ... Read more...
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55 IAS, 99 IPS officers transferred in Bihar
February 11th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 10 (IANS) In a major administrative reshuffle, the Bihar government Thursday night transferred 55 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, including 22 district magistrates, and 99 Indian Police Service officers, ahead ... Read more...
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Boney M lead singer Farrell dies aged 61
December 30th, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
St. Petersburg, Dec 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Bobby Farrell, the only male member of the disco group Boney M, died here aged 61, an official said Thursday."A probe (into his death) is underway," ... Read more...
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Deaths, births not allowed - Tripura marks Ker Puja (With Image)
August 2nd, 2010 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala, Aug 2 (IANS) A centuries-old tribal custom in Tripura called Ker Puja permits no deaths, births or even recreation within a notified area. No outsiders are allowed to enter ... Read more...
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US crackdown on Haqqani network to make Karzai’s reconciliation task tougher
July 23rd, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 23 (ANI): Taking a step closer towards declaring the dreaded Haqqani network a 'foreign terrorist organisation, the US Treasury Department has frozen the assets of one of its representative ... Read more...
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Volunteer creates Guinness World Record for most hours
June 9th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 9 (ANI): Don Moss, a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center volunteer has created a new Guinness World Record for most volunteer hours worked-he has over 47,000 hours to his ... Read more...
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Badal wants women officers in paramilitary forces
June 2nd, 2010 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 2 (IANS) Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw an official notification barring the recruitment of women officers in paramilitary forces.
Badal wrote ... Read more...
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Younis wants PCB to hasten decision on appeal against indefinite ban
April 27th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Apr.27 (ANI): Former Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan wants the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to decide on his appeal against the indefinite ban imposed on him by the board as soon ... Read more...
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Sale of C-17 transports to India: US Congress notified
April 26th, 2010 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of the possible sale of 10 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III strategic-lift aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF) ... Read more...
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Younis wants a quick decision on his appeal against ban
April 26th, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, April 26 (IANS) Banned Pakistani batsman Younis Khan is pushing for a quick decision on his appeal against an indefinite ban imposed on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the ... Read more...
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Lapang appointed Meghalaya chief adviser
April 24th, 2010 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, April 23 (IANS) Former Meghalaya chief minister D.D. Lapang was Friday appointed chief adviser of the five-party coalition government. He will enjoy the rank and status of a chief minister but ... Read more...
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