Man throws girl out of train after failed rape attempt
February 6th, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 6 (IANS) Police in Chhattisgarh's Korba district launched a search Monday for a man who threw out a minor girl from a running train after a failed rape ... Read more...
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Railways plan to modernise stations with SPV
February 1st, 2012 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) In order to pursue its four year old ambitious plan to create world class stations, the Indian Railways Wednesday announced the creation of a dedicated ... Read more...
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Maps now tell Britons how safe their area is
January 31st, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) The British home office has now launched a new series of maps that would inform people about the safety of their neighbourhood and how many crimes ... Read more...
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227 guns seized at Russian airports in 2011
January 24th, 2012 - 3:04 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A total of 227 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and several kilograms of explosives were seized at airports across Russia last year, a police ... Read more...
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Delhi put on high alert ahead of Republic Day
January 21st, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The capital will be under hawk-eye vigil in the run-up to the Republic Day, Jan 26, with 25,000 personnel being deployed for a massive ... Read more...
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Thick fog in Delhi hits flights, trains services (Lead)
January 18th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Thick fog enveloped the capital Wednesday morning and commuters struggled to travel in reduced visibility with slow vehicular movement. Thirtyfive trains and eight flights were ... Read more...
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North India reels under cold onslaught (Roundup)
January 18th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) A dense veil of fog in Delhi and Agra, frozen taps in Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh and renewed chill in Punjab and Haryana -- train, ... Read more...
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Terror threat to Bihar railway station
January 9th, 2012 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 8 (IANS) Security has been tightened at Bihar's Raxaul railway station and an alert sounded Sunday following a terrorist threat to blast the station premises and target long-distance ... Read more...
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Hooch sellers want financial package from Mamata
December 22nd, 2011 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IANS) A week after one of India's worst hooch tragedies unfolded in West Bengal that claimed the lives of at least 171 people, hooch sellers in ... Read more...
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Rubbish to say Kishanji died in fake gunbattle: Mamata
December 15th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IANS) Rebutting allegations that top Maoist leader Kishanji was killed in a "fake encounter", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the security forces took ... Read more...
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Name Bengal township after Ambedkar: NGO
December 9th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Claiming that thousands of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes were evicted to create New Town Rajarhat -- a fast-growing residential-cum-industrial hub, an NGO Friday demanded ... Read more...
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Farmers block rail, road traffic in Punjab
December 8th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 8 (IANS) Road and railway traffic was affected in various parts of Punjab Thursday as hundreds of farmers blocked railway tracks and highways to press their demands, ... Read more...
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Maoists again blow up rail track in Jharkhand
December 5th, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 5 (IANS) For the second time in less than 24 hours, Maoists blew up railway tracks in Jharkand while enforcing a two-day shutdown to protest the killing of ... Read more...
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Bhopal survivors block rail tracks, call off stir (Lead)
December 3rd, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Dec 3 (IANS) At least half a dozen people were injured in stone-pelting by Bhopal gas tragedy survivors who blockaded rail tracks here Saturday to mark the 27th ... Read more...
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Bhopal survivors beaten back from rail blockade
December 3rd, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Dec 3 (IANS) Bhopal gas tragedy survivors who blockaded rail tracks here Saturday to mark the 27th anniversary of the industrial disaster were evicted from the protest site ... Read more...
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Seven die as train catches fire in Jharkhand
November 22nd, 2011 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 22 (IANS) Seventy-two passengers were asleep early Tuesday in an air-conditioned coach of the Howrah-Dehradun Express when leaping flames suddenly engulfed it. The tragedy in Jharkhand left ... Read more...
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Man killed while trying to board moving train
November 17th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) A middle aged man died a horrific death after suffering multiple injuries when he tried to board a moving train here, police said Thursday. Fellow ... Read more...
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Well-off children also becoming solvent addicts: NGO
November 14th, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) The menace of solvent addiction - which was once termed as the addiction of children living on platforms and pavements - is slowly creeping into ... Read more...
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Railways to set up new body to improve stations
November 11th, 2011 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Indian Railways said Friday it will set up a separate Railway Stations Development Corporation to improve passenger facilities."A need was being felt to have a ... Read more...
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Over a lakh fill jails in Tripura seeking minimum wages
November 8th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 8 (IANS) Over 1.22 lakh working people were arrested in Left-ruled Tripura Tuesday in a 'jail bharo' (fill the jail) agitation by 11 trade unions in support ... Read more...
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Bitter row over Agra’s trademark sweet
November 2nd, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Nov 2 (IANS) No trip to Agra is complete without two essentials -- a glimpse of the Taj Mahal and a sampling of the famous 'Agra ka petha'. But ... Read more...
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Rail traffic disrupted as goods train derails
October 4th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, Oct 4 (IANS) Rail traffic along the busy Delhi-Howrah route was Tuesday disrupted following derailment of a goods train in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said. No casualty was ... Read more...
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New security system for 38 Mumbai railway stations: Kamat
September 28th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 28 (IANS) To further strengthen surveillance at sensitive and vulnerable railway stations in Mumbai, 38 suburban stations have been selected for an integrated security system programme, local MP ... Read more...
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Rail blockade ends in Telangana, road transport still paralysed
September 25th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 25 (IANS) The two-day rail blockade and strike by auto rickshaws in in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh ended Sunday evening but the buses of state-owned Road ... Read more...
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India approves new railway link with Bangladesh
September 21st, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 21 (IANS) The Indian government has sanctioned a new railway link to Bangladesh for easing surface communication in the mountainous northeastern states, a Tripura government official said ... Read more...
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Poll panel to keep eye on cash flow in Hisar
September 19th, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 19 (IANS) With the Oct 13 by-election to the Hisar Lok Sabha seat in Haryana being a high stake one, the Election Commission of India has directed ... Read more...
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Keralites hapless, angry over yet another shutdown
September 19th, 2011 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 19 (IANS) Monday saw yet another statewide shutdown in Kerala, India's most literate state, and as usual educational institutions, offices, shops were all closed, leading to widespread ... Read more...
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Rs.500 crore surveillance system for Bangalore soon
September 17th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 17 (IANS) Closed circuit TVs and high resolution night cameras would be installed at important locations and general crowded area of Bangalore as part of stepped up security ... Read more...
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Man held for around 50 robberies
September 17th, 2011 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A 23-year-old kingpin of a gang, involved in at least 50 cases of robbing patients admitted in hospitals and passengers at railway stations and bus ... Read more...
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Jharkhand protesters block train movements
September 11th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 11 (IANS) Railway services were affected Sunday in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur region as the protestes blocked the tracks to demand the resumption of night trains that were stopped following ... Read more...
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Security to be beefed up at Karnataka High Court
September 8th, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 8 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court in the city centre would be fortified from Friday with entry for the public regulated to ensure safety and security in the ... Read more...
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Delhi blast: Suspects’ sketches released
September 7th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Delhi Police Wednesday released sketches of two men suspected to have placed the suitcase bomb at the Delhi High Court that claimed the lives of ... Read more...
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Delhi on high alert after blast
September 7th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Indian capital is in a state of high alert with security beefed up across the city and additional personnel pressed into action after ... Read more...
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High alert in Uttar Pradesh
September 7th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 7 (IANS) A high alert was sounded across Uttar Pradesh Wednesday after a bomb blast in the national capital killed nine people.Uttar Pradesh Police spokesman D.P. Srivastava said ... Read more...
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9,211 railway touts caught
September 2nd, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Railways conducted 207,104 checks and prosecuted 9,211 touts in railway stations and near reservation offices from April 2008 to July this year, parliament was told ... Read more...
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