10 held for gang-raping woman in Bengal
September 11th, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 11 (IANS) Ten people have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 32-year-old-woman and assaulting her husband in the industrial township of Durgapur in Burdwan district, police said Tuesday."We ... Read more...
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MCD employee arrested for forgery
May 30th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Two people, including a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) employee, were arrested in connection with selling forged birth certificates issued by the corporation here in ... Read more...
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Some recent road-rage incidents (To go with On Delhi roads, tempers rise with temperatures)
April 6th, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Some of the prominent road rage incidents in recent times in the capital were:March 23, 2012: In a shocking incident, Rajesh Kumar, a 40-year-old autorickshaw driver, was brutally beaten to ... Read more...
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Rajasthan cracks down on child marriages
March 31st, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 31 (IANS) In an effort to prevent child marriages, the administration of Bharatpur district in Rajasthan has made it mandatory for the date of birth of the groom ... Read more...
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Lokayukta cancels Kerala University appointments
December 29th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IANS) In a shocker to the previous Left government, the Kerala Lokayukta Thursday asked the Kerala University to cancel all the appointments made to the assistant grade ... Read more...
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Youth beaten to death in road rage incident
December 23rd, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) A 19-year-old youth was beaten to death by a father and son duo in a road rage incident Friday afternoon in Mangolpuri area of west ... Read more...
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Man strangles brother after quarrel
September 6th, 2011 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) A 32-year-old man strangled his younger brother to death here over a petty issue after getting drunk, police said Monday.Arshad and his 29-year-old brother ... Read more...
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Putin calls US ‘hooligans’ for printing excess money
July 11th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Monday accused the US of hooliganism over the American government's efforts to ease its financial problems by reportedly injecting billions ... Read more...
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Fire in Delhi factory
May 20th, 2011 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) A major fire broke out at a printing press-cum-plastic factory in east Delhi Thursday afternoon after a short-circuit in a generator, a fire official said. ... Read more...
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Over 50 tenders used to douse Agra fire
April 24th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, April 24 (IANS) A fire at a printing press here was only doused Sunday afternoon after more than 50 fire tenders battled the blaze for hours, police said. No ... Read more...
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Man found dead in mysterious circumstances
April 12th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A 24-year-old man was found dead in mysterious circumstances by his parents at the family's home here Tuesday morning, police said.Raju was discovered lying unconscious ... Read more...
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Businessman kidnapped in Noida
February 25th, 2011 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Feb 25 (IANS) A leading businessman was kidnapped from Noida, on the outskirts of Delhi, and the abductors want Rs.1 crore for his release, police said Friday.The incident came to light ... Read more...
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Printing of Guru Granth Sahib allowed abroad
September 22nd, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Amritsar, Sep 22 (IANS) Sikhs living in Western countries will no longer have to wait for the supply of the Guru Granth Sahib, as the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) ... Read more...
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Protest against police failure to trace stolen child
June 16th, 2010 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, June 16 (IANS) Residents of Ghaziabad's Vijaynagar area Tuesday held a sit-in to protest the deteriorating law and order situation and the worsening power supply scenario after police failed to trace ... Read more...
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Kashmir daily sealed for derogatory caption to Sonia picture
June 1st, 2010 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 1 (IANS) The authorities in Kashmir have sealed an Urdu daily for publishing a photograph of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the party's state unit chief Saifuddin Soz with ... Read more...
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Man held with fake currency notes
May 9th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 9 (IANS) A man has been arrested from Madhya Pradesh's Chhattarpur district with 74 fake currency notes of Rs.100 denomination, police said Sunday.
"Javed, who has a shop at Chhatarpur bus ... Read more...
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Three arrested with fake currency in Bhopal
May 5th, 2010 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 5 (IANS) Three people have been arrested and fake currency having face value of Rs.1.15 lakh has been recovered from them, police said here Wednesday.
"The crime branch Tuesday arrested Shahwar ... Read more...
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India has great media potential: FT chief
May 3rd, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Financial Times (FT), among the world's leading business newspapers, is looking for opportunities in the Indian market as the country holds a "great potential" for print ... Read more...
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Stability of Pak may fall prey to massive electricity deficit
April 27th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr.27 (ANI): Besides fighting the Taliban, which is threatening its very existence, and a sluggish economy, Pakistan finds itself mired in what appears to be its biggest crisis currently, ... Read more...
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Naming Khyber-Pukhtoonkhwa to cost Pakistan Rs.8 bn
April 9th, 2010 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 9 (IANS) Official documentation to rename Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would cost the provincial government more than Rs.5 billion and the federal government Rs.3 billion. ... Read more...
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Guided by ‘zakat’, a village funds its road and bridge
March 20th, 2010 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
By Asit Srivastava
Lucknow, March 20 (IANS) Guided by 'zakat' - charity as envisaged by the Quran - villagers of Muslim-dominated Shirajpur in Uttar Pradesh have repaired roads, dug wells, established schools and ... Read more...
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Curfew partially relaxed in Punjab town after Christ row
February 22nd, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Batala (Punjab), Feb 22 (IANS) Curfew was partially relaxed in this Punjab town Monday after violence broke out Saturday over the publication of a poster depicting Jesus Christ in an objectionable manner, ... Read more...
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Curfew for second day in Punjab town
February 21st, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Batala, Feb 21 (IANS) An indefinite curfew continued in this Punjab town for the second day, following incidents of violence after the publication of a poster depicting Jesus Christ in an objectionable ... Read more...
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New roll-on light-emitting material developed (Lead)
February 6th, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 6 (IANS) Soon you could plaster your walls and ceilings with light-emitting paper - thanks to a new super material that can be produced from liquid solutions.
The new material is ... Read more...
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Super material to make lighting cheaper, recyclable
February 6th, 2010 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 6 (IANS) Soon you could plaster your walls and ceilings with illuminated paper - thanks to a new super material that is helping researchers design a new type of low ... Read more...
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How Facebook gives rise to new words
November 28th, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): With the advent of new modes of communication, such as Facebook, language and social interaction have gone through a major change, says an expert.Recently, the New Oxford ... Read more...
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Stephen Fry says Twitter frees celebs from relying on media
November 18th, 2009 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 18 (ANI): Brit actor Stephen Fry has nothing but praise for microblogging site Twitter, saying that it frees celebrities from relying on the press to publicise their work.Fry, 52, ... Read more...
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Blood trade racket: Pathology lab raided in Uttar Pradesh
August 24th, 2009 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 24 (IANS) Lucknow Police Monday raided a private pathology lab in the state capital where the six men arrested Saturday normally supplied adulterated blood, officials said.Police Saturday arrested six people ... Read more...
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Many hospitals involved in Lucknow blood racket: police
August 23rd, 2009 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) Initial investigations by the police in the adulterated blood trading racket in Lucknow, busted Saturday, has revealed the involvement of many hospitals and blood banks, police said Sunday.
Police ... Read more...
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Murder convict commits suicide in Lucknow jail
July 17th, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) A murder convict serving life imprisonment in the Lucknow jail committed suicide by hanging himself in the prison premises Friday, police said.
Forty-five-year old Badri Prasad Tiwari was lodged ... Read more...
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Arnie to swap notebooks with online lessons in California
June 10th, 2009 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 10 (ANI): In a bid to save State money, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has stretched a new plan to replace textbooks with Internet lessons.The actor-turned-politician is facing a ... Read more...
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Two die, portion of religious press building crashes
April 15th, 2009 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, April 15 (IANS) At least two people were killed and two others were injured here when a portion of the printing press building where the Sikh holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, ... Read more...
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Himachal Pradesh official diary prints India’s map wrong
February 11th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 11 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government has been caught in an embarrassing position after its official diary for this year shows glaring omissions in India's map.The map, published on the ... Read more...
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Printing press owner gets bail in DDA housing scam
February 6th, 2009 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) A city court Friday granted bail to a man whose printing press was allegedly used to prepare forged documents for the fraudulent Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flat ... Read more...
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Key DDA scam financier remanded to police custody (Lead)
February 2nd, 2009 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Vijay Patanjali, an alleged key financier of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) scam, Monday surrendered before a city court that sent him to police custody.Additional Chief Metropolitan ... Read more...
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