Private firm directors in CBI net over coal blocks
September 18th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sent summons to Manoj Jayaswal Tuesday in connection with coal block allocations and questioned his brother Arvind Jayaswal for ... Read more...
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Six Airports Authority of India officials suspended
September 17th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The government Monday suspended six senior Airports Authority of India officials who have been found to be involved in irregularities in awarding ground handling services ... Read more...
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Chinese building mocked as giant long johns
September 4th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 4 (IANS) It's supposed to resemble the Arc de Triomphe with an oriental twist, but many Chinese netizens think it resembles a pair of long underwears.The developer of ... Read more...
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NHAI, Gurgaon expressway operator get time for talks
August 30th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday granted more time to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway's concessionaire to settle their differences ... Read more...
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Two killed in Delhi car crash
August 15th, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Two property dealers were killed after their car hit a scooter rider and then rammed into a pile of bricks on the roadside here early ... Read more...
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Considering out-of-court solution on expressway: NHAI
August 6th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Monday informed the Delhi High Court that its board would consider the proposals for out-of-court settlement with the ... Read more...
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Bolivia cancels mining concession
August 3rd, 2012 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, Aug 3 (IANS/EFE) Bolivia's government issued a decree Thursday formally revoking a mining concession held by the private firm Compania Minera Malku Khota and rejected claims for compensation ... Read more...
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SC favours early hearing on detenu’s plea
July 28th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said it was the constitutional right of a person held in preventive detention to make a representation questioning his detention and ... Read more...
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Private firm manager shot dead in Delhi
July 25th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A 52-year-old administrative manager working with a private firm was shot dead by three bike-borne assailants here Tuesday morning, police said.Nirmal Jain, a resident 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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Brazilian oil giant makes new deep-water find
July 13th, 2012 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 13 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras said that it has discovered a new deep-water crude deposit.In a regulatory filing Wednesday, Petrobras said the find was ... Read more...
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NHAI, private firm settle Gurgaon toll plaza issue
July 5th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Ltd's (DGSCL), which operates the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, Thursday told the Delhi High Court that ... Read more...
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78 Indian workers left high and dry in Saudi Arabia
July 4th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Seventy-eight Indians, working for a private firm in Saudi Arabia, have been left stranded without food and water after their employer reneged on paying their ... Read more...
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Couple arrested for torturing domestic help
June 14th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 14 (IANS) A couple was arrested here Thursday for brutally torturing their under-age domestic help, police said.The rescued boy has been handed over to a shelter for children. ... Read more...
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Probe into ‘violation’ of court curbs on Uttar Pradesh park
June 11th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 11 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police Monday sent a team to Rajasthan to verify a contractor's claim that he supplied stones for a Dalit park in Lucknow ... Read more...
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Seven abducted from power plant in Assam
June 10th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 10 (IANS) Seven people were abducted Sunday by suspected Karbi Peoples' Liberation Tigers (KPLT) militants from an under-construction power project in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, police said.The incident ... Read more...
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Ex-company law board chief to face graft trial
June 6th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Former acting chairperson of Company Law Board (CLB) R. Vasudevan and four others will face trial in a graft case after a CBI special court ... Read more...
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Court imposes Rs.5 crore penalty for cheating
June 5th, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) A special CBI court here has slapped a penalty of Rs.5 crore on a private firm and awarded two years rigorous imprisonment to its director ... Read more...
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British MPs spend 27,000 pounds ruing dirty loos
June 1st, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 1 (IANS) An expensive study has found British parliamentarians complaining the most about their dirty marble-lined toilets in the Commons.The state of the Palace of Westminster's toilets was ... Read more...
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Firm fined Rs.100 crore in Himachal, files review petition
June 1st, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 1 (IANS) Just about a month after the Himachal Pradesh High Court directed a private firm to dismantle a thermal power plant in Solan district over green concerns, ... Read more...
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Court stays Subhash Ghai’s Haryana land deal
May 29th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 29 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday stayed Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts from performing any activity on a 20-acre plot purchased from a gram ... Read more...
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Blame game over Himachal power plant ordered to be razed
May 20th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 20 (IANS) A Himachal Pradesh High Court direction to dismantle a private firm's thermal power plant in Solan district over green concerns appears to have given political ... Read more...
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US private firm aborts launch to space station
May 19th, 2012 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 19 (IANS) Private American spaceflight company SpaceX Saturday aborted the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical problems.A ... Read more...
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Two cases of suicide in Gurgaon
May 2nd, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 2 (IANS) In two separate incidents of suicide here, a senior official with a private firm jumped from the fourth floor of a building while an executive with ... Read more...
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Court refuses to stay Delhi vehicle number plate drive (Lead)
May 1st, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday declined to stay a Delhi government decision to award a contract to a private firm for implementing a scheme to ... Read more...
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Court refuses to stay Delhi vehicle number plate drive
May 1st, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday declined to stay a Delhi government's decision to award a contract to a private firm for implementing a scheme to ... Read more...
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Woman falls to death in Noida, husband detained
April 14th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, April 14 (IANS) A 29-year-old woman died after falling from the third floor of a residential building in Noida Saturday, police said. Her husband was detained on suspicion that ... Read more...
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Operations at IGI airport normal after aerobridge operators’ strike (Lead)
April 13th, 2012 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Operations at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here, hit after a late Thursday night strike by a section of contracted aerobridge operators, returned to ... Read more...
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Operations at IGI airport normal after aerobridge operators’ strike
April 13th, 2012 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Operations at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here, hit after a late Thursday night strike by a section of contracted aerobridge operators, returned to ... Read more...
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‘Accidents rise on Delhi-Gurgaon expressway’
April 13th, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Thursday told the Delhi High Court that there has been marked increased in the number of accidents on ... Read more...
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CBI files second chargesheet in Uttar Pradesh health scam
April 4th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The CBI Wednesday named four people in its second charge heet filed in a Ghaziabad court in connection with alleged irregularities in the National ... Read more...
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Court refuses relief to Uttar Pradesh scam accused
April 4th, 2012 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) A CBI special court here has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a private firm owner who fears being arrested for his suspected involvement in ... Read more...
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Youth arrested for raping minor
March 24th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) A 24-year-old youth was arrested Saturday for kidnapping and raping a minor in east Delhi, police said, adding that a court has sent him ... Read more...
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Subhash Ghai gets relief in Haryana land case
March 16th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, March 16 (IANS) Filmmaker Subhash Ghai has got a breather in the Haryana land case after a court dismissed a public suit filed by people of Badhsa ... Read more...
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CWG street-lighting scam: Charges framed against seven
March 12th, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday framed charges against four Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials, two others and a private company in the Commonwealth Games street-lighting ... Read more...
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