2008 Delhi blasts: memories linger, lessons yet to be learnt
September 13th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Four years after a series of blasts targeted the national capital's busiest markets, the city has moved on with careless parking, erratic security drills and ... Read more...
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Sibal bats for Foreign Education Providers Bill
September 12th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 12 (IANS) Asserting that the passage of the Foreign Education Providers Bill will help Indian students to have a world class education, union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister ... Read more...
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Salman not returning any favours: Preity
September 7th, 2012 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) Actor Salman Khan, who shakes a leg with Preity Zinta in her debut production "Ishkq In Paris", is not returning any favours by performing the ... Read more...
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TV series to capture Yuvraj Singh’s journey, victory over cancer
September 5th, 2012 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) His highs, his lows, his struggles and his successful battle against cancer - cricketer Yuvraj Singh's journey has been captured in a three-part series "Zindagi Abhi ... Read more...
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Two dead in ‘honour killing’
August 26th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 26 (IANS) A man killed his sister and her minor daughter, chopped the bodies and threw them into the Ganges for marrying against the family's wishes, police Sunday ... Read more...
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Why a grieving Indira Gandhi joined Shastri’s cabinet
August 23rd, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) A grieving Indira Gandhi decided to join Lal Bahadur Shastri's cabinet after her father Jawaharlal Nehru's death when she realised he would otherwise invite ... Read more...
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Lawyers strike work in UP, demand security
August 21st, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 21 (IANS) Judicial work in Uttar Pradesh was crippled Tuesday as lawyers across the state struck work for a day on a call by the Uttar Pradesh Bar ... Read more...
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Andhra students intensify stir over cap on fee reimbursement
August 9th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 9 (IANS) Opposition parties and students' groups in Andhra Pradesh Thursday intensified their protest against the government's move to cap the reimbursement of tuition fee of engineering and ... Read more...
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Bihar Opposition demands CBI probe into gangrape of minor
August 3rd, 2012 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 3 (IANS) The Opposition in both houses of the state legislature Friday raised the issue of the alleged gangrape of a Class 11 student in Patna and demanded ... Read more...
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Shah Rukh showers praise on Farah
July 24th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Megastar Shah Rukh Khan Tuesday launched the music and third poster of choreographer-director Farah Khan's debut film as an actor "Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal ... Read more...
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Aarushi murder: Post-mortem doctor deposes in court
July 24th, 2012 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 24 (IANS) In the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, the CBI Tuesday presented a doctor, who conducted the post-mortem on the teen, as its fifth witness.Doctor Sunil Kumar Dohre ... Read more...
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Payal Kapoor to revive Benaras motifs at LFW (With Images)
July 20th, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) The rich culture and tradition of Benaras seems to have faded and designer Payal Kapoor plans to revive this with her collection - Notes from the ... Read more...
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Youth arrested for cheating ex-labour ministry employee
July 19th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) A 27-year-old youth was arrested here for cheating a retired labour ministry employee of Rs.92,000 on the pretext of providing him a bank loan, police ... Read more...
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Raj-Uddhav Thackeray ‘bonhomie’ fuels political speculation
July 16th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) As Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray Monday drove Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, activists of both parties here wondered whether he succeeded in ... Read more...
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Spooky tales from the hills
July 10th, 2012 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 10 (IANS) Ghosts from Shimla's past are back to haunt this picturesque hill town. Shimla-based writer Minakshi Chaudhry has come out with another set of 16 spooky ... Read more...
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Man held with ammunition outside Nitish meeting in Bihar
July 9th, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 9 (IANS) A man was arrested with six live cartridges Monday in a security check outside a public meeting of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here, police said.The ... Read more...
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Kunal hopes Saif’s Khan connect works for ‘Go Goa Gone’
July 7th, 2012 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) The Khan surname often works well at the Bollywood box office, and actor Kunal Kemmu, whose next film "Go Goa Gone" is being produced by Saif ... Read more...
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No direction plans for Suniel Shetty
July 2nd, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Actor Suniel Shetty, who plays a film director in his next release "Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai", says he has no plans to go ... Read more...
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Man convicted of attacking cop, walks free as term already served
June 24th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) A man who attacked a policeman with a blade in a court complex around four years ago has been handed a 27 month jail term ... Read more...
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Karnataka minister quits over land row, CM rejects (Lead)
June 23rd, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 23 (IANS) Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Saturday resigned following a controversy over allotment of a housing site in the city in alleged violation ... Read more...
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Two central government employees murdered in Lucknow
June 18th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 18 (IANS) An electrician and a peon, both employees of a central government enterprise, were found killed in their office here, Uttar Pradesh Police said Monday.The bodies of ... Read more...
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Police station chief arrested in Bihar for custodial death
June 16th, 2012 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 16 (IANS) A police station chief has been arrested in Bihar's capital following the custodial death of a man, police said here Saturday.Salman, 50, who was charged with ... Read more...
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‘No parking’ for Chandigarh freeloaders (Chandigarh Newsletter)
June 2nd, 2012 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 2 (IANS) Chandigarh's VIP freeloaders, who were unwilling to cough up a paltry sum of Rs.5 for parking their luxury cars in the city, have been grounded ... Read more...
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Sangwan putts junior golf title
June 1st, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 1 (IANS) Piyush Sangwan, the 13-year old from Gurgaon's DLF Golf and Country Club, clinched his maiden title of the year as he won the Toyota-IGU Southern India ... Read more...
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UP Police chief, home secretary to review law and order
June 1st, 2012 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 1 (IANS) Rattled by the opposition attack for failing law and order in Uttar Pradesh, Director General of Police (DGP) A.C. Sharma and Principal Home Secretary R.M. Srivastava ... Read more...
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Six school girls injured in Gurgaon
May 30th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 30 (IANS) At least six school girls were injured, some critically, when an autorickshaw in which they were travelling was hit by a bus on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway ... Read more...
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Woman arrested with fake stamps
May 29th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 29 (IANS) A woman was arrested here Tuesday with fake stamps valued at Rs.34 lakh, police said.Savita Singh was arrested from Exhibition Road, a day after police held ... Read more...
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UP assembly opens on stormy note
May 28th, 2012 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 28 (IANS) The first day of the maiden session of 16th Uttar Pradesh assembly began on a stormy note Monday with BSP legislators creating a ruckus.Legislators of ... Read more...
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Three to die for killing four-year-old
May 25th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 25 (IANS) A court in Bihar Friday awarded capital punishment to three men and life imprisonment to another for the abduction-cum-murder of a four-year-old boy.Additional District and Sessions ... Read more...
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Aman Raj in sole lead at Karnataka junior golf
May 24th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 24 (IANS) It was young Aman Raj's turn to take the lead at the Usha Karnataka Junior golf event here Thursday with the day's best card of five-under ... Read more...
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China no threat to India, says Pallam Raju
May 19th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 19 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju Saturday said India did not face a threat from China and that no country could take India ... Read more...
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Ravi Kishan signs Yash Raj’s next
May 19th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) It's good times for Bhojpuri superstar Ravi Kishan's Bollywood career. After working with directors like Shyam Benegal and Mani Ratnam, the actor has now ... Read more...
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Rawat, Jain in semis of SVS junior snooker
May 17th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 17 (IANS) Delhi's Laxman Rawat ended qualifier Mundir Sherazi's dream run with a 4-3 decision to enter the semi-finals of the SVS All-India invitational junior snooker tournament here ... Read more...
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Vidya wants to work with Hrithik, SRK
May 16th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) After giving solo blockbusters "The Dirty Picture" and "Kahaani", Vidya Balan has draw up a wish list of male co-stars. She wants to work with ... Read more...
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Madan shocks Renthlei in junior snooker
May 15th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 15 (IANS) Delhi's Nitesh Madan constructed a break of 41 in the deciding fifth frame to upset India No.3 Lalrina Renthlei of Mizoram 3-2 in the SVS All ... Read more...
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