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Chhat Puja festival begins in Bihar

November 3rd, 2008 - 8:45 pm ICT by ANI -
By Ajay Kumar Patna, Nov.3 (ANI): Chhat, the thanksgiving festival dedicated to the Sun God for bestowing the bounties of life in earth and fulfilling everyones wishes, started here today with Kharna ...

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Obama, McCain images created on Orissa beach

Obama, McCain images created on Orissa beach

November 2nd, 2008 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS -
Puri, Nov 2 (IANS) Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik Sunday created the images of US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain on a Orissa beach.Patnaik also created five feet long sand image ...

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Two young Swedish women marry in Agra

November 2nd, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Agra, Nov 2 (IANS) Two young Swedish women, who were living together in New Delhi for the past one year, married in traditional Hindu style at a temple here, a priest said.According ...

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Tata Motors moves equipment out of Singur factory

September 26th, 2008 - 11:46 am ICT by ANI -
Singur/Dehradun, Sept 26 (ANI): Tata Motors has begun moving equipment out from its factory in Singur due to the prolonged disruption of work. "We were asked to remove machineries as the ...

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Aged people worst sufferers in flood-hit Orissa

September 25th, 2008 - 9:11 pm ICT by ANI -
Bhubhaneswar/ Kendrapara/Puri, Sept 25 (ANI): Aged people are the worst sufferers as unprecedented floods continue to ravage Orissa. Marooned in floodwaters and having lost their shelters, the old and infirm have nobody ...

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Orissa’s flood hit attack officials as misery deepens

September 24th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 (IANS) Desperate for relief after days of being marooned without food and shelter, Orissa's flood hit blocked roads and attacked officials in several places as the government admitted Wednesday ...

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Man suffering from AIDS commits suicide

August 28th, 2008 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) A 30-year-old man afflicted with AIDS committed suicide by hanging himself in his home in Seema Puri in northeast Delhi, police said Thursday.According to the police, “The ...

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Youth stabbed to death outside cinema hall in Delhi

August 27th, 2008 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death late Tuesday outside a cinema hall in west Delhi by a man whom he had stopped from meeting a ...

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Truck crushes young woman to death in Delhi

August 26th, 2008 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) A 20-year-old woman was crushed to death by a speeding truck in northwest Delhi Tuesday, police said.The incident took place at around 2.30 p.m. near Madhuban Chowk. ...

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Man claims car-jacking at gunpoint, police doubt him

August 13th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) A man claims that he was robbed off his car at gunpoint in central Delhi, the police said Wednesday but added that they would verify the authenticity ...

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Sudarsan Patnaik sculpts sand rifle to congratulate Bindra

Sudarsan Patnaik sculpts sand rifle to congratulate Bindra

August 11th, 2008 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, Aug 11 (IANS) Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik Monday created an image of a rifle out of sand in Bangalore to congratulate shooter Abhinav Bindra who made history by winning the country's ...

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India sends senior diplomats to sceptics in NSG

August 9th, 2008 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) India has dispatched Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and external affairs ministry secretary (economic relations) Hardeep Singh Puri to Switzerland and New Zealand respectively to lobby with the ...

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Noida, Ghaziabad asked to switch to power saving mode

July 23rd, 2008 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS -
Noida/Ghaziabad, July 23 (IANS) Concerned over rising demand leading to power cuts, authorities have urged Noida residents to switch over to energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and minimize the use of incandescent ...

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Mamata to stall any move to shift Coal India headquarters

Mamata to stall any move to shift Coal India headquarters

July 20th, 2008 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) Strongly opposing the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM) reported demand to shift the Coal India headquarters from here to Ranchi, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday vowed to stall ...

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Man electrocuted to death

July 12th, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) A 35-year-old man was electrocuted to death in the capital Friday night, police said Saturday. The incident took place Friday midnight when Sanjay Sharma, a resident of ...

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Road accident kills four pilgrims in Orissa

July 12th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, July 12 (IANS) At least four pilgrims died on the spot and two were wounded as the vehicle in which they were travelling hit a truck in Orissa's Deogarh district early ...

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Poor crowd management blamed for stampede that killed 6

July 4th, 2008 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, July 4 (IANS) The stampede during the rathyatra in Orissa's Puri city Friday that killed six people and injured ten others has shocked hundreds of devotees and many feel it happened ...

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Drunken road rage leaves six injured in Delhi

July 3rd, 2008 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Six people were injured as two groups clashed in a case of drunken road rage here in the early hours of Thursday, the police said. The incident ...

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Orissa actress seeks divorce from husband

June 24th, 2008 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, June 24 (IANS) Upcoming Orissa film actress Sonali Mohapatra is seeking divorce from her trader-husband Asim Amitabh Patnaik, her lawyer said Tuesday. Mohapatra made her debut in Oriya film "Satyameva Jayate" ...

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Preparations in full swing for Lord Jagannath festival

June 23rd, 2008 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI -
By Sarda Lahangir Puri, June 23 (ANI): Preparations are in full swing to put together the famous wooden chariots of Lord Jagannath in Puri for the annual festival, which is scheduled to ...

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Prakash is India’s new ambassador to Brazil

June 14th, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) B.S. Prakash, consul-general of the India in San Francisco, has been appointed India's next ambassador to Brazil, the external affairs ministry has said in a statement. Prakash ...

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Moser Baer to invest Rs.20 bn in Tamil Nadu

June 9th, 2008 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, June 9 (IANS) Optical storage device major Moser Baer India Ltd Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu government to set up a photo voltaic and nano ...

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Artisans make enchanting artefacts from waste paper in Puri

May 27th, 2008 - 12:11 pm ICT by admin -
Puri, May 27 (ANI): Artisans of Puri in Orissa have mastered the art of turning waste into wealth as is evident from the papers that they transform into enchanting and eye ...

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Orissa heat wave death toll rises to 28

May 12th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by admin -
Bhubaneswar, May 12 (IANS) At least 28 people have died so far in a heat wave sweeping Orissa with temperatures remaining above 40 degrees Celsius in western parts of the state, officials ...

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Mother demands probe into funds raised for Budhia

May 6th, 2008 - 12:04 pm ICT by admin -
Bhubaneswar, May 6 (IANS) Sukanti Singh, mother of marathon kid Budhia, has demanded a probe into the funds raised by different trusts for the welfare of her son. She also asserts that ...

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Orissa heat wave toll reaches 19, mercury touches 45 degree

May 5th, 2008 - 9:56 pm ICT by admin -
Bhubaneswar, May 5 (IANS) A heat wave sweeping Orissa has killed at least 19 people and hospitalised over 100 as temperatures soared over 45 degree Celsius, an official said Monday. "The death ...

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Orissa tribals atone for sins while living

April 19th, 2008 - 3:16 pm ICT by admin -
By Sarda Lahangir Puri, Apr 18 (ANI): Tribals in Puri have observed a unique atonement ritual, wherein, they observe a bizarre tradition of piercing iron hooks in their bodies while paying obeisance ...

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Patil addresses empty chairs in Brazil’s Senate

Patil addresses empty chairs in Brazil’s Senate

April 16th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by admin -
By Liz Mathew Brasilia, April 16 (IANS) Indian President Pratibha Patil found herself addressing a near empty Brazil Senate with only 20 of the 81-member house in attendance, leaving the president's office fuming ...

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Buddhia’s coach to be cremated today

April 14th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by admin -
Bhubaneswar, Apr 14 (ANI): Marathon kid Buddhia Singh's former coach, Biranchi Das, who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Sunday evening, will be cremated here today. Forty-year-old, Das is survived ...

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Large crowd greets President Patil on arrival in Brazil

Large crowd greets President Patil on arrival in Brazil

April 14th, 2008 - 11:49 am ICT by admin -
(President's Tour Diary) By Liz Mathew Sao Paulo, April 14 (IANS) Although the Indian community in Sao Paulo, the commercial capital of Brazil, is not very large, an unprecedented crowd had gathered to welcome ...

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