President flags-in Indian Army’s Everest team
July 3rd, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Tuesday flagged in a mixed Indian Army team that scaled Mount Everest, creating history by putting 17 climbers on the world's ... Read more...
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Bachendri Pal’s brother, 2 others scale Mt. Everest (With Images)
May 26th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Three people, including a woman, from Jharkhand scaled the world's highest peak Mount Everest early Saturday, the company sponsoring the expedition said here. Among the three ... Read more...
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8 Indian-Americans get medal for community service
May 17th, 2012 - 10:38 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 17 (IANS) Eight Indian-Americans are among the recipients of this year's Ellis Island Medal of Honour presented to more than 100 immigrants for their community service.The eight, ... Read more...
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Jailed legislators helped Congress: BJP
May 3rd, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 3 (IANS) Jharkhand's ruling BJP, which lost the Rajya Sabha polls from the state Thursday, has accused the Congress of winning by securing the support of independents and ... Read more...
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Minor raped at BSP MP’s house in Uttar Pradesh
April 30th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 30 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped at gun point by the caretaker of a house owned by the Bahujan Samaj Party's member of parliament from ... Read more...
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Act quickly to restore glory of Ganga: PM
April 17th, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said there is need to "act quickly" to restore the glory of the Ganga river, which provides water to ... Read more...
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NGRBA officials’ resignation not accepted: Narayanasamy
March 23rd, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The resignation of the three National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) officials has not been accepted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who chairs the ... Read more...
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Anna writes to PM on fasting green activist, saving the Ganga
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Anna Hazare Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged him to immediately call a meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority ... Read more...
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80-year-old green activist continues indefinite fast from AIIMS (Lead)
March 19th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Noted environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, who -- despite his advancing years -- has been on a fast-unto-death since Jan 15 to save the Ganga river, ... Read more...
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Environmentalist on indefinite fast to be hospitalised
March 19th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Noted environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, who has been on a fast-unto-death since Jan 15 to save the Ganga river, is being shifted to the All India ... Read more...
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TV actor Raja Choudhary arrested for drunken brawl, released (Lead)
February 3rd, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 3 (IANS) Small screen actor Raja Choudhary was Friday arrested for getting into a brawl under the influence of alcohol with the security guards of a private hospital ... Read more...
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TV actor Raja Choudhary arrested for drunken brawl
February 3rd, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 3 (IANS) Rajasthan police Friday arrested small screen actor Raja Choudhary for getting into a brawl with the security guards of a private hospital under the influence of ... Read more...
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40 illegal firearms seized, three held
November 10th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 9 (IANS) over 40 firearms were recovered from an illegal manufacturing unit unearthed in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district Wednesday following the arrest of three youths who used to ... Read more...
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IAC meets Saturday as demand for new core group crops up
October 28th, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Several prominent members of India Against Corruption (IAC), including N. Santosh Hegde, Medha Patkar and Anna Hazare himself, will be absent from the forum's ... Read more...
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Don’t understand why Team Anna members quit: Medha Patkar
October 18th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Activist Medha Patkar Tuesday said she did not understand why Team Anna members P.B. Rajagopal and Rajendra Singh distanced themselves from the anti-graft campaign."They had ... Read more...
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Two top Team Anna members quit
October 18th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Two prominent members of Team Anna, Magsaysay award winner Rajendra Singh and Gandhian activist P.B. Rajagopal, Tuesday resigned from the movement, citing Arvind Kejriwal's ... Read more...
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Explosives seized in Madhya Pradesh, no terror link
October 16th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 16 (IANS) The police in Madhya Pradesh Sunday dramatically seized a huge quantity of explosives, including gelatine sticks, detonators and detonation cords, from a house and a ... Read more...
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Congress asks JMM to ditch BJP in Jharkhand
October 11th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 11 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday promised to support the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) if it formed its government in the state by severing its alliance with the ... Read more...
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Khanduri again becomes Uttarkahand chief minister
September 11th, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, Sep 11 (IANS) B.C. Khanduri was Sunday sworn in for the second time as the chief minister of the poll-bound Uttarakhand.
Khanduri, 76, a former union minister and ... Read more...
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Shammi Kapoor’s death shocks Kannada film industry
August 14th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 14 (IANS) Dancing King Shammi Kapoor's death early Sunday morning has shocked many Kannada film personalities who were close to the flamboyant star who changed the ... Read more...
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Four Rajasthan cops accused of staged gunfight surrender
July 26th, 2011 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 25 (IANS) Four policemen accused of killing criminal Dara Singh in a staged shoot-out in Rajasthan surrendered before a court here Monday.The accused policemen had been declared ... Read more...
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Indian gangster behind new murder attempt in Nepal
June 26th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 26 (IANS) Three months after an Indian shooter was arrested for trying to kill inside Nepal's most tightly guarded prison a former Nepali minister's son involved in ... Read more...
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Minor girl blinded with knife in UP
June 19th, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 19 (IANS) A minor girl in an Uttar Pradesh village was blinded with a knife by two boys when she resisted their rape attempt, police said Sunday. ... Read more...
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Bridge on Hindon river a disaster, say activists
June 1st, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, June 1 (IANS) Calling the proposed third bridge over Hindon river here an "environmental disaster", activists have pointed out that the artificial embankment erected for it could be damaged ... Read more...
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Greens fume over bridge across river Hindon
May 24th, 2011 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, May 24 (IANS) Environmentalists are up in arms against the proposed third bridge over Hindon river in Ghaziabad, saying it will cause floods and endanger biodiversity. Filling up the ... Read more...
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Student shoots himself after parents’ scolding
March 28th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh), March 28 (IANS) A 17-year-old Class 12 student shot himself dead here Monday after he was scolded by his parents for not paying attention to his ... Read more...
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Engineers’ confederation threatens to go on strike
March 23rd, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 23 (IANS) Demanding arrest of Ayodhya-Faizabad Development Authority (AFDA)'s former vice-chairman, who is accused of harassing an engineer and driving him to suicide, an engineers' confederation here Wednesday ... Read more...
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Food Security: Inconceivable without agricultural growth
March 18th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
By Rajendra SinghLucknow, Mar 18 (ANI): The Budget season is in full swing and allocations for various sectors being hotly debated upon both by policy makers and the public at ... Read more...
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List of the Padma awardees
January 25th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The following is the list of 128 Padma awardees approved by President Pratibha Patil on the eve of the Republic Day Tuesday.
Padma Vibhushan
01.Kapila VatsyayanArt-Administration and Promotion
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Brajesh Mishra, Azim Premji, Montek in list of 128 Padma awardees (Intro Roundup)
January 25th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Former national security advisor Brajesh Mishra, Wipro chief Azim Premji, Planning Commission head Montek Singh Ahluwalia, culture czarina Kapila Vatsyayan and nonagenarian photographer Homai Vyarawalla head ... Read more...
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Gujjar agitation worries Rajasthan tourism industry
December 29th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Anil Sharma
Jaipur, Dec 29 (IANS) Rajasthan's tourism industry is worried about the ongoing Gujjar agitation that has affected the influx of visitors to the desert state in this peak tourist season.Gujjars, ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama urges younger generation to take responsibility for creating new world
December 8th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 8 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has appealed to the younger generation to take responsibility for creating a more peaceful and compassionate world."Out of many people, each ... Read more...
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Maoists set two campaign vehicles ablaze in Bihar
November 11th, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 11 (IANS) Suspected Maoists Thursday torched two campaign vehicles in Bihar's Gaya district, police said.According to the police, Maoists set afire the campaign vehicle of Anil Kumar, a Janata Dal-United ... Read more...
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Man gets death sentence for raping, killing child
October 27th, 2010 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) A court in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district Wednesday sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a minor girl, police said.Additional Sessions Judge Rajendra Singh ... Read more...
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Magsaysay award winner Rajendra Singh kicks off tour for Ganga conservation
October 1st, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi/Varanasi,Oct. 1 (ANI): Magsaysay award winner and environmentalist Rajendra Singh began a three-month tour on Friday to constitute `Ganga Panchayats' in towns and villages along the river Ganga.The tour has been ... Read more...
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