Over 20 injured in Bengal clash over INTUC leader’s killing
August 15th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) Over 20 people, including 16 policemen, were injured in West Bengal's Hooghly district after supporters of a murdered Congress leader clashed with the police, officials said ... Read more...
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Munda offers job to acid attack victim
August 10th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 10 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has promised a job and security to Dhanbad acid attack victim Sonali Mukherjee, an official said Friday.Sonali, 27, met Munda ... Read more...
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Rail official killed in Bihar
August 8th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 8 (IANS) A railway official was beaten to death on a train in Bihar by a group of people who thought he was a thief, police said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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‘Risk of nuclear accident rises in Jaitapur’
July 19th, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) A national alliance of political parties and groups warned Thursday that the location of six reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra "raises the risk of ... Read more...
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A beautiful life melted away in an acid attack (With Images)
July 13th, 2012 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) "Main bahut himmatwali thi (I had lots of guts)", she says looking at you with eyes reduced to unseeing opaque white mottled orbs and her ... Read more...
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In encephalitis-hit Bihar, parents pray to god to save their kids
June 29th, 2012 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
Muzaffarpur(Bihar), June 29 (IANS) The disease has already claimed the lives of more than 200 children and affected nearly 600 in Bihar. Distraught parents are now praying to god to ... Read more...
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Police station chief arrested in Bihar for custodial death
June 16th, 2012 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 16 (IANS) A police station chief has been arrested in Bihar's capital following the custodial death of a man, police said here Saturday.Salman, 50, who was charged with ... Read more...
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‘Congress MP offered me Rs.25 lakh bribe’
April 23rd, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, April 23 (IANS) Amid the CBI investigating the March 30 countermanded Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand, a Congress legislator alleged Monday that his own party's upper house MP Dheeraj ... Read more...
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CBI again searches Jharkhand Congress lawmaker’s home
April 22nd, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, April 22 (IANS) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths Sunday searched the house of Congress legislator K.N. Tripathi here for the second consecutive day following horse-trading charges that ... Read more...
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Jharkhand Rajya Sabha poll: CBI searches lawmakers’ homes
April 21st, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday searched homes of some legislators and an industrialist in Jharkhand following horse-trading charges that marred the now-countermanded ... Read more...
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Imran, Deepika win worst actors Golden Kela
April 1st, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Imran Khan was named the worst actor and Deepika Padukone the worst actress at the fourth annual Golden Kela Awards Sunday, a spin-off of ... Read more...
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Two cops suspended for slapping legislator
March 30th, 2012 - 1:45 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, March 30 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda announced suspension of two policemen accused of slapping a BJP legislator Thursday.Uma Shankar Akela of BJP and Janardan Paswan a legislator ... Read more...
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PM’s all-party meet fails to break Lokpal jam (Lead)
March 23rd, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) An all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Friday to end the stalemate on the anti-graft Lokpal bill ended inconclusively but decided ... Read more...
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Two pedestrians killed in east Delhi
February 20th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Two pedestrians were killed in two separate accidents in east Delhi, police said Monday.Mahender Paswan, 27, was killed after being run over by a speeding ... Read more...
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One killed, three injured by DTC bus
January 21st, 2012 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) A 17-year-old boy was killed and three people, including a woman, were injured after being hit by a Delhi Transport Corporation bus in the national ... Read more...
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Poll panel makes huge seizure of unaccounted cash in Uttar Pradesh
January 14th, 2012 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 13 (IANS) Seizure of about Rs.40 lakh from two places in poll bound Uttar Pradesh Friday took the recovery of unaccounted money in the state to Rs.27 crore ... Read more...
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Five killed in Jharkhand train collision, six suspended (Second Lead)
January 11th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 11 (IANS) Five people were killed and 14 injured when the New Delhi-bound Brahmaputra Mail hit a stationary goods train at Karanpurato station of Jharkhand's Sahebganj district on ... Read more...
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Jharkhand train accident: Six railway staff suspended
January 11th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The railways Wednesday suspended six staff for dereliction of duty after five people were killed and 14 injured when the New Delhi-bound Brahmaputra Mail hit ... Read more...
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Lokpal is still a long haul, but Anna damages his cause (Comment)
December 24th, 2011 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Considering that Anna Hazare is dissatisfied with the Lokpal bill presented to parliament, it is obvious that a quick resolution of the confrontation between him and the government is not ... Read more...
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Sonam, Ajay nominated for Golden Kela Award
December 22nd, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Sonam Kapoor and Ajay Devgn have been nominated in the worst actor category in the 4th Annual Golden Kela Awards, a spin-off of Hollywood's ... Read more...
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No consensus on Lokpal bill at all-party meeting (Intro Roundup)
December 15th, 2011 - 1:59 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) An all-party meeting called late Wednesday to evolve a consensus on the Lokpal bill ended inconclusively, as Team Anna warned it might resume its ... Read more...
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No consensus at all-party meet on Lokpal bill (Roundup)
December 15th, 2011 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) An all-party meeting called late Wednesday to evolve a consensus on the Lokpal bill ended inconclusively, as Team Anna warned it might resume its ... Read more...
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No hurried decision on Lokpal, parties told government at meet
December 15th, 2011 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ramvilas Paswan said Wednesday that members of different political parties at the all-party meeting on the Lokpal bill had ... Read more...
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BJP legislator’s son named in murder
December 9th, 2011 - 1:46 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 9 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator's son and two others have been named accused in the murder of coal king and Congress leader Suresh Singh.Suresh ... Read more...
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AFSPA issue to be raised in parliament: Left
November 17th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Left parties supported by the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) Thursday asked the government to withdraw the controversial ... Read more...
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A Chirag is found in predictable ‘Milay Naa..’ (IANS Hindi Film Review)
November 5th, 2011 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Film: "Miley Naa Miley Hum"; Starring: Chirag Paswan, Kangna Ranaut, Neeru Bajwa and Sagarika Ghosh, Kabir Bedi, Poonam Dhillon; Directed by: Tanveer Khan; Rating: ** 1/2There are some ... Read more...
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CPI-M and more to battle Jaitapur nuclear project
October 23rd, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) A 15-member "National Committee" has been formed to demand a halt to the construction of the nuclear project in Jaitapur in Maharashtra, the Communist Party ... Read more...
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Japanese encephalitis kills 68 kids in Gaya
October 17th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 17 (IANS) With six more deaths, Japanese encephalitis, a brain infection, has killed 68 children in Bihar's Gaya district in the last 50 days, an official said Monday.Six ... Read more...
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Man burns wife, children alive
September 3rd, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 3 (IANS) In a gruesome incident, a man burnt his wife and two children alive in Jharkhand?s Palamau district after a quarrel over his illicit relations, police said ... Read more...
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LJP legislator denies joining Bihar’s ruling JD-U
August 13th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 13 (IANS) A legislator of Ramvilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Saturday denied the speaker's claims that the party had merged with the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) ... Read more...
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Parties war with one another over parliamentary disruptions
August 10th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The repeated crippling of parliament has sparked a war involving the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left. The BJP is furious with ... Read more...
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Maoist held in Uttar Pradesh
August 3rd, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 3 (IANS) A Maoist wanted in connection with at least 15 criminal cases was arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district, police said Wednesday.Shivdas Paswan, 36, a native of ... Read more...
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Under attack, Nitish to probe Bihar land bonanza (Second Lead)
July 19th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 19 (IANS) Under attack, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday ordered a probe into the allotment of land to family members of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) ... Read more...
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Man, two sons held for killing daughter’s lover
May 8th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) A man and his two sons were arrested in south Delhi for killing a 20-year-old man who was allegedly having an affair with his daughter, ... Read more...
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Three policemen killed by Maoists in Jharkhand
March 1st, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Chatra (Jharkhand), Mar 1 (ANI): Three policemen were killed as the Maoists ambushed a police party late on Monday night in Jharkhand's Chatra District.The Maoists opened fire on a jeep carrying seven ... Read more...
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