Kuwait football coach out of coma
September 6th, 2012 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Belgrade (Serbia), Sep 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The coach of the Kuwait national football team has come out of a coma after being shot last month.Goran Tufegdzic is awake, in a ... Read more...
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Kuwait football coach shot, in critical condition
August 26th, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Belgrade, Aug 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Serbian coach of the Kuwait national football team has been shot by his neighbour and is in critical condition in hospital, Serbian newspaper Vecernje ... Read more...
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Kids rescued from Russian Muslim sect’s bunker
August 9th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Dozens of children have been rescued from an underground bunker of a Russian Islamist sect where they were living without daylight for a decade, Sky News ... Read more...
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Delhi Police urged to act against land mafia
July 13th, 2012 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar has been urged by a former chief secretary of Delhi to prevent the land mafia from grabbing a plot of land ... Read more...
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Maharashtra corporator’s killer nabbed in Lucknow
June 2nd, 2012 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 1 (IANS) A contract killer who along with his associates killed a Congress corporator in Maharashtra in 2010 was arrested here Friday, police said.Rajesh Singh, a resident of ... Read more...
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Chandy launches logo for biodiversity clubs in colleges
April 27th, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 27 (IANS) As a first step in setting up biodiversity clubs in all educational institutions in Kerala, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Friday released the club logo.This new initiative ... Read more...
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‘Builders destroying Himachal’s ecology’
April 22nd, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 22 (IANS) Forests are vanishing, rock blasts are traumatising wild animals and debris is filling up riverbeds with builders having a field day in Himachal Pradesh, says a ... Read more...
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State owns Adarsh Society land, says judicial panel
April 17th, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) In a major relief to three former chief ministers, a judicial panel probing Adarsh Society scam Tuesday said that the land on which the controversial highrise ... Read more...
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Adarsh Society probe interim report likely Friday
April 12th, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) The interim report of the two-member commission probing the Adarsh Society scam, related to the housing society originally meant for war heroes and Kargil widows, is ... Read more...
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Julio Iglesias pays $15.2 mn for Miami mansion
April 10th, 2012 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 10 (IANS/EFE) Spanish singer Julio Iglesias has just bought a $15.2 million mansion on an exclusive island in north Miami's Intracoastal Waterway, The Miami Herald reported.The 68-year-old singer ... Read more...
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Vilasrao should resign: Maharashtra opposition
April 5th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Opposition parties in Maharashtra Thursday sought the resignation of Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh after the Supreme Court pulled him up over land allocation ... Read more...
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Scams that rocked defence ministry since 2007 [To go with 'Bribe offer shocked me out of wits: Army chief (Lead)']
March 26th, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Army chief General V.K. Singh Monday dropped a bombshell by revealing that a retired lieutenant general had offered him a bribe of Rs.14 crore (Rs.140 ... Read more...
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Kerala health firm’s vaccine project mentioned in budget
March 16th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 (IANS) The much-awaited Rs.594 crore Integrated Vaccine Complex (IVC) being implemented by Thiruvananthapuram-headquartered HLL Life Care Ltd got a shot in the arm Friday with Finance ... Read more...
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‘Assam chief minister should pay house rent to Meghalaya’
March 12th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 12 (IANS) A senior Meghalaya legislator Monday said Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi should be asked to vacate his official residence, situated in a "disputed area", or else ... Read more...
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Adarsh scam interim probe report soon
February 24th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Nearly 13 months after it was set up to probe the Adarsh Society scam, the two-member inquiry commission is likely to submit its interim report to ... Read more...
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Land return: Subhash Ghai to appeal in Supreme Court
February 9th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Bollywood director Subhash Ghai will challenge in the Supreme Court the Bombay High Court order Thursday asking him to return a plot of land allotted to ... Read more...
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Court asks Subhash Ghai to return land given for film institute
February 9th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Thursday directed filmmaker Subhash Ghai to return a plot of land allotted to his Whistling Woods International film institute.Ghai is running the ... Read more...
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CBI raids houses, offices of former defence officials, builder
January 31st, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Pune, Jan 31 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation Tuesday conducted searches at the Pune residences and offices of two former army and defence officials and a builder in a ... Read more...
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Mayawati’s low-key birthday not without glitter
January 15th, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) Even as her 56th birthday celebrations here Sunday remained a low-key affair with the usual fanfare missing, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati did not shy ... Read more...
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CBI begins preliminary probe in defence land scam
January 13th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a preliminary enquiry relating to the alleged misconduct by army officials in transferring a plot of land in ... Read more...
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Ex-Chinese land official gets death penalty
December 30th, 2011 - 5:23 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 30 (IANS) A former Chinese land official was sentenced to death for taking bribe in a real-estate case.Zhong Xinming, 48, former deputy head of Longgang district, was Thursday ... Read more...
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Putin has $180,000 in bank savings
December 23rd, 2011 - 4:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a total of $179,612 in the bank, Russia's Central Electoral Commission has said.Putin has earned just over half a ... Read more...
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RPI ransack mill, demand land for Ambedkar memorial
December 15th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 15 (IANS) Intensifying their agitation to press for their demand for 12.5 acres of land for the proposed Dr Ambedkar memorial, over 500 Republican Party of India ... Read more...
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Bali to have a hospital for tourists
December 15th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Dec 15 (IANS) Indonesia's Bali island, which attracts a huge number of foreign holidaymakers every year, has now come up with the idea of setting up a hospital exclusive ... Read more...
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AI aircraft maintenance facility to be commissioned Friday
December 14th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 14 (IANS) Air India's aircraft maintenance unit, which has been set up to the new international terminal building of Thiruvananthapuram airport, will be inaugurated on Friday, the ... Read more...
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Karnataka assembly rocked over BJP attack on governor
December 7th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 7 (IANS) The Karnataka assembly Wednesday witnessed noisy scenes over ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) attack on Governor H.R. Bhardwaj for his refusal to appoint the government's ... Read more...
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Avadesh Prakesh senior-most officer to be dismissed from Army (To go with ‘Sukna scam: Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash dismissed from service’)
December 3rd, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Former military secretary Lt. Gen. Avadesh Prakash, found guilty by an Indian Army court martial Saturday, is the senior-most Lt. Gen. of the army to be dismissed from service, though after ... Read more...
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Snake-charmer uses reptiles to remind officials of assured land
December 1st, 2011 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 30 (IANS) A snake-charmer let loose a number of snakes in a government office of a small Uttar Pradesh town to shake up government officials who would not ... Read more...
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After house, corrupt Bihar official’s land seized
November 21st, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 21 (IANS) Two days after confiscating the house of a suspended treasury clerk who is being prosecuted in a corruption case, the Bihar government also seized his ... Read more...
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Three held for stealing money from IIT accounts
November 15th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Three men who used forged cheques to withdraw around Rs.34 lakh from the bank accounts of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi have been arrested, police ... Read more...
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Massive preparations in Assam for Bhupen Hazarika’s final journey
November 6th, 2011 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 6 (IANS) Massive arrangements are being made in Assam's main city of Guwahati for the funeral rites of music maestro Bhupen Hazarika who passed away in a Mumbai ... Read more...
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Probe demanded into Goa land scam with Margaret Alva links
October 15th, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 15 (IANS) The Goa Small Industries Association (GSIA) has demanded a high level probe into a massive industrial plot allotment scandal by a state government-run industrial corporation, in ... Read more...
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Day after clash, tension in Bharatpur continues
September 15th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 15 (IANS) Tension persisted in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district Thursday, a day after clashes between two communities over a plot of land claimed at least four lives and left ... Read more...
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Two killed as CPI-M, Trinamool clash in Bengal
September 4th, 2011 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IANS) Two people were killed in a clash Sunday between Trinamool Congress and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists over sowing of paddy on a plot of ... Read more...
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29-year wait for justice; Judge promises speedy verdicts
August 14th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) "Justice delayed is Justice denied" - with this observation a Delhi court ruled to give back to two brothers their plot of land in Karol ... Read more...
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