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Jamnagar sets up quick reponse team to deal with terror

December 2nd, 2008 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS -
Jamnagar (Gujarat), Dec 2 (IANS) Gujarat's coastal Jamnagar police have formed a Quick Response Team equipped with AK47 rifles, bullet-proof jackets and other anti-terror gear to check public places and avert any ...

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Polling gets underway in Delhi amid tight security

November 29th, 2008 - 11:32 am ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov.29 (ANI): Polling has begun in national capital Delhi amidst tight security for electing representatives to the new assembly. Elections are being held in 69 of the 70 Assembly seats. ...

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NHRC expresses anguish over Mumbai terror strikes

November 27th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov.27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today expressed its deep sense of pain and anguish at the tragic events which have taken place in Mumbai. NHRC Chairperson ...

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Kerala panel defines OBC creamy layer with Rs.450,000 a year tag

November 23rd, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 23 (IANS) The Justice Rajendra Babu Commission has recommended Rs.450,000 a year as the income limit defining the creamy layer among other backward castes (OBC), Kerala Chief Minister V.S.Achuthanandan said ...

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Sprinkling holy Ganga water on roads to attract voters!

November 16th, 2008 - 8:05 pm ICT by ANI -
By Lokendra Singh Sanganer, Nov.16 (ANI): A maverick political candidate here has adopted a quite unusual method to draw voters'' attention. He sprinkles Gangajal or the holy water of River Ganges all ...

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All arrangements for first phase of polls in J-K put in place: Chief Electoral Officer

November 15th, 2008 - 10:12 pm ICT by ANI -
By Tahir Nadeem Khan Jammu, Nov 15 (ANI): The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Jammu and Kashmir, B. R. Sharma, on Saturday said that all arrangements for conducting the first phase of ...

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Six children die of food poisoning in Ranchi

November 14th, 2008 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI -
Ranchi/Bareli, Nov 14 (ANI): At least six children have died and over hundred have taken ill of suspected food poisoning in Ranchi. Students of the Jharkhand Tribal Residential School in Baridih, which ...

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NIIT congratulates MindChampion Anand on retaining title

October 30th, 2008 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Viswanathan Anand, who won his first world chess title in the championship sponsored by NIIT back in New Delhi and Teheran in 2000 received his first congratulatory ...

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Media should focus on social issues: NHRC

October 19th, 2008 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman, Justice S Rajendra Babu has advised media to pay more attention on social issues rather than on cases relating ...

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Two carrying crackers dead in explosion near Lucknow (Lead)

October 17th, 2008 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) A man and his wife carrying firecrackers on a motorcycle were killed in an explosion when their vehicle skidded on the outskirts of the Uttar Pradesh capital Friday, ...

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One dead, several injured in explosion near Lucknow

October 17th, 2008 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) A man carrying firecrackers was killed and several injured in an explosion on the outskirts of the Uttar Pradesh capital Friday, police said.The blast occurred near the Mallhaur ...

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US IT firm to hire 2,000 employees in India in six months

October 15th, 2008 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) At a time when many companies go for downsizing their workforce due to the financial crisis, the US-based IT services provider Computer Science Corp (CSC) Wednesday said ...

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Kamal Nath promises India support to Nepal industries

September 17th, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 17 (ANI): Expressing full support of the Indian Government in rapid economic development of Nepal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath has said that manufacturing industry ...

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India gears up to host Pracahanda, new pacts unlikely (Lead)

India gears up to host Pracahanda, new pacts unlikely (Lead)

September 12th, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi/Kathmandu, Sep 12 (IANS) India Friday announced the first official visit of Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda, who comes here on Sunday on a five-day ...

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66 farmers missing, say mourning Ghori Bachhera villagers

August 14th, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Greater Noida, Aug 14 (IANS) Ghori Bachhera village of Greater Noida sunk into mourning and anger Thursday, a day after at least four agitating farmers were killed in clashes with police, as ...

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Martyrs” decaying memorial at Kakori cries for attention

August 10th, 2008 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI -
Kakori, Aug 10 (ANI): A monument constructed to commemorate the martyrs who laid down their lives during the Kakori Conspiracy against the then British colonial rulers is crying for attention, even ...

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‘Bombaat’ fails despite top stars (Kannada Film Review)

August 9th, 2008 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS -
By V.S. Rajapur Film: "Bombaat"; Cast: Ganesh, Ramya, Avinash, Mukesh Rishi, Rahul Roy, Gurudatt, Aadi Lokesh and Vinaya Prakash; Director: D. Rajendra Babu; Music: Mano Murthy; Rating: ** Two top Kannada actors, Ganesh ...

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Land row: Curfew in two more towns of Jammu

Land row: Curfew in two more towns of Jammu

August 3rd, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Jammu, Aug 3 (IANS) Curfew was imposed in two more towns of the Jammu region Sunday after authorities feared a flare up in communal tension as more than a month-long agitation for ...

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Communal clash in Rajouri brought under control

Communal clash in Rajouri brought under control

August 3rd, 2008 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS -
Jammu, Aug 2 (IANS) Amid tension over the Amarnath land row, groups from two communities clashed in the border town of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir late Saturday evening but police soon ...

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Stormy start to Bihar assembly session

July 24th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS -
Patna, July 24 (IANS) A week-long monsoon session of the Bihar assembly began Thursday on a stormy note over the unprecedented waterlogging in the state capital for nearly two weeks. The opposition ...

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CBI submits charge sheet against Atiq Ahmed

CBI submits charge sheet against Atiq Ahmed

July 17th, 2008 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation Wednesday filed in the CBI court here a charge sheet against Atiq Ahmed, a member of parliament, officials said Thursday. Expelled from the ...

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Patna struggles with life under water

July 16th, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS -
Patna, July 16 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had promised in the last two monsoon seasons that waterlogging in the state capital would be history. But the continuing spell of heavy ...

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Insurance firm asked to pay Rs.1.6 mn to daughter of accident victim

July 15th, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) A city court Tuesday directed an insurance firm that does not provide life insurance cover to pay Rs.1.6 million to the daughter of an accident victim. United ...

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Bureaucrat convicted in fodder scam complains of chest pain

July 15th, 2008 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS -
Ranchi, July 15 (IANS) Jharkhand transport secretary Sajjal Chakravarty, a 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer convicted in a multi-million fodder scam, complained of chest pain in the court Tuesday when ...

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Seven militants arrested in Jammu and Kashmir

July 11th, 2008 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS -
Jammu, July 11 (IANS) Seven Harkat-ul-Jihad-Islami (HuJI) militants were arrested by the police for a terror attack in Kishtwar district in which four personnel of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), including commanding ...

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Former Jharkhand minister killed by Naxalites

July 9th, 2008 - 6:54 pm ICT by ANI -
Ranchi, July 9 (ANI): Former Jharkhand minister and sitting Janata Dal (United) MLA Ramesh Singh Munda was allegedly shot dead by Naxalites on Wednesday. Two of his bodyguards, a party colleague and ...

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Birlas, Mittals join fight against polio

July 6th, 2008 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS -
By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Concerned about the renewed polio threat in the country, leading Indian industrialist families like the Birlas and Mittals have stepped forth with generous financial ...

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MP Ateeq Ahmad produced in CBI court

MP Ateeq Ahmad produced in CBI court

July 5th, 2008 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, July 5 (IANS) Expelled Samajwadi Party Lok Sabha MP Ateeq Ahmad, who has over 150 criminal cases lodged against him, was produced before a court here Saturday for his alleged involvement ...

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Madhesi demands to be included in constitution

July 1st, 2008 - 11:40 pm ICT by ANI -
Kathmandu, July 1 (ANI): The major three parties of Nepal on Tuesday agreed to introduce a supplementary amendment bill along with the Fifth Amendment bill to the interim constitution to address ...

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Landmine kills three policemen in Jharkhand

June 30th, 2008 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Ranchi, June 30 (IANS) At least three policemen were killed and four injured Monday when Maoist guerrillas exploded a land mine in a jungle in Jharkhand, the police said. Pramod Kumar Singh, ...

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