Six injured while preparing Ramdev’s podium
July 31st, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) At least six labourers were injured when an iron structure, being prepared to make a dais for yoga guru Baba Ramdev's scheduled protest Aug 9 ... Read more...
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Delhi woman poisoned for giving birth to girl dies
April 21st, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman, who was allegedly poisoned by her husband as she had given birth to a girl child, died here early Saturday morning, police ... Read more...
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Delhi woman poisoned by husband for giving birth to girl
April 20th, 2012 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman in the capital was allegedly poisoned by her husband as she had given birth to a girl child, police said Friday.Ishak Parveen, ... Read more...
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Bihar panchayats to act as power supply franchisees
February 14th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 14 (IANS) Gram panchayats (village councils) in power-starved Bihar will be appointed franchisees for distribution of power in villages, an official here said Tuesday.Bihar State Electricity Board ... Read more...
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India ranks high in corruption-hit nations: Court
February 12th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) India ranks prominently high in the list of countries plagued by corruption, a Delhi court has said while handing down one year imprisonment to ... Read more...
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Advani reaches Madhya Pradesh on yatra’s third day
October 13th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 13 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani crossed over into Madhya Pradesh on the third day of his Jan Chetna yatra, after addressing rallies in ... Read more...
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‘Taking all Delhi blast victims to one hospital irrational’
September 29th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Rushing all the injured in the Sep 7 blast at the Delhi High Court to Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital was not rational, doctors here ... Read more...
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Headmaster held for molesting girls
September 26th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 26 (IANS) The headmaster of a government school in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district was arrested Monday on charges of forcing girl students to remove their uniforms on the ... Read more...
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Nitish to flag off Advani’s ‘rath yatra’
September 23rd, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 23 (IANS) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday said he will flag off Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's anti-corruption 'rath yatra' from Sitabdiara village in Bihar ... Read more...
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Delhi hospitals lacking in emergency protocols
September 14th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Last week's Delhi High Court blast, which left 13 dead and around 90 injured, once again exposed one of the most glaring shortcomings of the ... Read more...
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Anna arrested, sent to Tihar (Lead)
August 16th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare was sent to seven days judicial custody in Tihar Jail, hours after he was detained Friday ahead of his fast-unto-death for ... Read more...
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Security beefed up at Anna’s fast venue
August 14th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) All five gates of the Jai Prakash Narayan Park in central Delhi were blocked and manned by Delhi Police Sunday, the eve of the Independence ... Read more...
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Kalmadi to undergo detailed check up at AIIMS (Lead)
August 1st, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Jailed former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was Monday admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for a detailed physical ... Read more...
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30 injured in police crackdown to end Ramdev’s protest
June 5th, 2011 - 8:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Some 30 people were injured in a pre-dawn police crackdown to end yoga guru Baba Ramdev's anti-corruption hunger strike at Ramlila Ground in the capital, ... Read more...
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Modi terms Hazare’s fast against corruption similar to 1975 emergency
April 7th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by ANI
Golakgang (Assam), Apr 7 (ANI): Stating that Anna Hazare's fast against corruption was being supported by people from all walks of life, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said Prime ... Read more...
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Veteran journalist Ajit Bhattacharjea dead
April 5th, 2011 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Veteran journalist Ajit Bhattacharjea, who was part of the Right to Information movement, died at his home here Monday after a long illness. He was ... Read more...
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Two attempt self-immolation, 78-year-old dead
March 10th, 2011 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) In two separate cases of attempted suicide in the capital, a 78-year-old woman was burnt to death after she set herself afire while a class ... Read more...
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Death toll rises to 67 in New Delhi building collapse
November 16th, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- The death toll has risen to 67 with at least 130 people being injured after a four-story building collapsed in New Delhi, India on Monday, officials ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi meets East Delhi building collapse victims
November 16th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 15 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday met survivors and relatives of those killed in the four-storey building that collapsed in East Delhi's Lakshminagar area last night.Gandhi ... Read more...
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Govt. will punish guilty for East Delhi building collapse: Dikshit, Khanna
November 16th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 16 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who visited the site of the four-storey building that collapsed in East Delhi, said on Tuesday ... Read more...
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Toll in Delhi building collapse rises to 64, rescue work still on
November 16th, 2010 - 12:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 16 (ANI): The toll in the East Delhi house collapse mounted to 64 this morning even as scores of rescue workers were working to pull out people still trapped ... Read more...
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Congress contemplating disciplinary action against spokesman Mohan Prakash
October 22nd, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
By Sitesh DwivediNew Delhi, Oct. 22 (ANI): The Congress party is reportedly planning to take disciplinary action against one of its spokesman, Mohan Prakash, after he equated party general secretary Rahul ... Read more...
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Hospitals report high dengue cases, civic body says otherwise
August 21st, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Despite the civic body's claims of doing everything to curb the spread of dengue, the mosquito-borne disease is fast spreading in the capital. Figures from the city's ... Read more...
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Medical student held for mowing down four labourers (Lead)
July 27th, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A 25-year-old medical student who allegedly mowed down four men in south Delhi early Monday was arrested from Delhi airport while trying to leave the country, police ... Read more...
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Strike evokes a near total response in Bihar (Second Lead)
July 10th, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 10 (IANS) A strike called by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) to protest against the fuel price hike hit train and road services ... Read more...
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Train, road services hit during Bihar strike (Lead)
July 10th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 10 (IANS) A strike called by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) to protest against the hike fuel prices hit train and road services in ... Read more...
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Veteran social activist Nanaji Deshmukh passes away
February 27th, 2010 - 11:52 pm ICT by ANI
Chitrakoot, Feb 27 (ANI): Renowned social activist and former Member of Parliament Nanaji Deshmukh died on Saturday evening at Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district.He was 97. Deshmukh was suffering from age ... Read more...
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Heritage conservation to get a boost in 2009-2010
July 9th, 2009 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Conservation of heritage sites will get a boost in 2009-2010, Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V. Narayanaswamy, who holds the ad hoc charge of ... Read more...
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Delhi sets up 10 teams to deal with swine flu
June 9th, 2009 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia Tuesday said that 10 multi-disciplinary teams of experts had been set up to probe and confirm the outbreak of influenza A(H1N1) infection ... Read more...
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Two railway policemen stabbed to death in Delhi
May 16th, 2009 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Two railway policemen were stabbed to death by a goon in central Delhi, police said Saturday.
Two Railway Police Force (RPF) personnel E. Pandu Raj, 22, and ... Read more...
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Five days on, little progress in probing schoolgirl’s death
April 21st, 2009 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Five days after the death of 11-year-old Shano Khan, there was hardly any progress in the investigations as Delhi Police Tuesday said they were awaiting the post-mortem ... Read more...
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Police to quiz classmates of corporal punishment victim
April 20th, 2009 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Delhi Police Monday said they will record the statements of the classmates of 11-year-old Shano Khan, who died last week after being allegedly subjected to corporal punishment ... Read more...
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Delhi teacher missing after girl student’s death
April 19th, 2009 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Delhi Police were Sunday clueless about the woman teacher and waited for the autopsy report of the an 11-year-old student who died allegedly due to corporal punishment ... Read more...
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Tortured schoolgirl’s body handed over to parents; no arrest yet (Second Lead)
April 18th, 2009 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The body of 11-year-old Shano Khan, who died Friday after being subjected to corporal punishment by her teacher for not knowing the English alphabet, was handed over ... Read more...
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Tortured schoolgirl’s body handed over to parents; no arrest yet (Lead)
April 18th, 2009 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The body of 11-year-old Shano Khan, who died Friday after being subjected to corporal punishment by her teacher for not knowing the English alphabet, was handed over ... Read more...
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