Lukewarm response to Team Anna fast on Day Four
July 28th, 2012 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Day Four of Team Anna's indefinite fast against corruption at Jantar Mantar here got off to a slow start Saturday with thin crowds and ... Read more...
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Men in khaki leave UP government red-faced
July 14th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 14 (IANS) Voted to power on promises of bringing Uttar Pradesh's crime graph under control, the Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP) government now has a new headache ... Read more...
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Jailed legislator embarrasses Akhilesh government again
July 11th, 2012 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 11 (IANS) Embarrassments for the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) from its own cadres and legislators show no signs of abating.A few days after its legislator from ... Read more...
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Anger, sorrow as Mahi dies in Haryana borewell (Roundup)
June 24th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Manesar (Haryana), June 24 (IANS) About 90 hours of anxiety and hope turned to despair and disgust Sunday as rescuers who had furiously dug a parallel tunnel to save a ... Read more...
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Terror attack foiled in Russia
March 14th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian security forces Wednesday prevented a terror attack by defusing nine bombs at an illegal laboratory in Nalchik city.According to the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, the ... Read more...
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Nepal government loses Pashupatinath battle
July 31st, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 31 (IANS) Nepal's beleaguered communist government, facing an imminent threat of dissolution, received a fresh blow Sunday with the Supreme Court preventing it from tangling with the trust ... Read more...
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Fresh legal battles erupt over Nepal’s Pashupatinath temple
July 29th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 29 (IANS) The 17th century Pashupatinath temple that is also a Unesco-declared World Heritage Site is now tangled in fresh legal disputes with seven officials of the trust ... Read more...
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Fresh legal battles over Nepal’s Pashupatinath shrine
July 29th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 29 (IANS) Nepal's oldest Hindu shrine, the 17th century temple of Pashupatinath that is also a Unesco-declared World Heritage Site, is now tangled in fresh legal disputes with ... Read more...
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Mirwaiz Farooq hints own men killed J-K cleric
April 23rd, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Apr 23 (ANI): Expressing concern over the recent killing of Jamiat-i-Ahl-e-Hadith chief Maulana Showkat Shah, Moderate Hurriyat chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq indicated that people within "their own ranks" were responsible for ... Read more...
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Stallone to launch men’s lifestyle brand
March 25th, 2011 - 6:54 am ICT by IANS
London, March 25 (IANS) Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone is to design his own men's lifestyle brand, Sly Inc., which will be launched next year.The 64-year-old actor famed for his ... Read more...
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‘Egyptian prison guards killed inmates during uprising leading to Mubarak’s resignation’
February 19th, 2011 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Feb 19 (ANI): Egyptian prison guards had reportedly killed scores of prisoners in an apparent attempt to stop them from fleeing as law and order collapsed during the days of political ... Read more...
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Aseemanand confesses to his involvement in Samjhauta, Ajmer blasts
January 7th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Arrested Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Swami Aseemanand has confessed before a magistrate that he along with other Hindu activists was involved in the Malegaon, Samjhauta ... Read more...
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Bring back money stashed in Swiss banks, demands BJP
December 25th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Saturday condemned the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for delaying to bring back the illegal money hoarded in Swiss banks. The BJP said ... Read more...
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Ajmer blast mastermind killed by RSS men, say police
December 18th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Dec 18 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh police have claimed that Ajmer blast mastermind, Sunil Joshi, was murdered by some Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) men as they were angry with his daily bullying ... Read more...
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8 die as bullets settle militants’ argument over widow
August 30th, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS/AKI) The argument over an Arab militant's widow last weekend became so heated that gunfire broke out among insurgent factions, leaving eight people dead, militant sources told AKI ... Read more...
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BJP’s upper-caste leaders oppose Bihar deputy CM
August 5th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 5 (IANS) Bihar's ruling ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faces an in-house revolt with several of its upper-caste leaders accusing Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, an icon of ... Read more...
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Man, young women in jail over fake ‘friendship club’
May 7th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 7 (IANS) With help from two young women, he promised men a great time if they joined his 'friendship club'. It led to easy money. His luck ran out when ... Read more...
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60pc Brit women blame “softie” Becks for making men less macho!
October 21st, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 21 (ANI): Majority of British women blame "softie" David Beckham for making their own men less macho, a study has found.According to the study, Brit women, who think Becks ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah resumes office as Kashmir Chief Minister
July 31st, 2009 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, July 31 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah resumed office on Friday after state Governor N N Vohra dismissed PDP's allegation that he was involved in the 2006 sex ... Read more...
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Orissa gangster killed by his own men, say police
July 30th, 2009 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 30 (IANS) A criminal, allegedly involved in many serious crimes including murder, extortion, robbery and tender-fixing in the coastal districts of Orissa, was shot dead Thursday. Police claimed he had ... Read more...
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Omar questions PDP chief over sex scandal, Guv rejects his resignation
July 30th, 2009 - 7:45 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, July 30 (ANI): While pandemonium continued in the Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly even on the third day over 'sex scandal' issue, it was Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's turn on Thursday ... Read more...
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Militants slaughtered 18 of their own wounded men: Pakistani army
July 1st, 2009 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 1 (IANS) Militants killed 18 of their own wounded men whom they could not take along while retreating from an area in the restive Swat valley, the Pakistani army ... Read more...
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Shoojit Sircar’s next film on Sri Lanka
April 2nd, 2009 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) Shoojit Sircar, who went to Kashmir to film his love story "Yahaan", is geared up to can his next movie "Jaffna" in war-hit Sri ... Read more...
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BJP contesting all West Bengal seats to help Left: Mamata
March 28th, 2009 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Friday charged her former ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with having put up candidates in all the 42 Lok Sabha seats in ... Read more...
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Musharraf vows to counter Zardaris allegations
August 11th, 2008 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Aug 11 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said that he would prove the allegations of PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari false before the nation.He made these remarks in ... Read more...
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Nepal royalist party axes chief after mission failure
May 26th, 2008 - 5:32 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 26 (IANS) Kamal Thapa, described as the "bravest man in Nepal" for fighting the election in support of King Gyanendra at a time the nation rooted for a ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad police book three of own men for robbery
April 25th, 2008 - 11:13 pm ICT by admin
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) April 25 (IANS) The Ghaziabad police Thursday registered a case of robbery against three of its own personnel, including a sub-inspector, on the orders of a local court here. ... Read more...
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Dismissed IB sleuth wins back job, honour
March 26th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by admin
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Almost 25 years after he was slapped with charges of smuggling and subsequently dismissed, an Intelligence Bureau (IB) official is to be reinstated with full ... Read more...
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