Subhash Ghai’s Haryana plot cancelled (Lead)
September 11th, 2012 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 11 (IANS) Bollywood film-maker Subhash Ghai suffered another jolt Tuesday when the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed the allotment of a plot allotted to him by the ... Read more...
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Court quashes Haryana plot given to Subhash Ghai
September 11th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 11 (IANS) Bollywood film-maker Subhash Ghai suffered another jolt Tuesday when the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed the allotment of a plot allotted to him by the ... Read more...
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Seven officials jailed for fraudulent land allocation
September 3rd, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IANS) A special court Monday sentenced a former registrar of cooperative societies and six other government officials to one year jail in a Rs.4,000 crore ... Read more...
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Ex-registrar convicted in housing scam
August 29th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A special court Wednesday convicted 11 people, including a former registrar of cooperative societies, in a Rs.4,000 crore scam here, on charges of fraudulently ... Read more...
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Sons, daughters-in-law arrested for parading widowed mother half naked
August 24th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 24 (IANS) Police arrested five people, including two sons and daughters-in-law of a middle-aged Dalit widow who was publicly beaten and paraded half naked in a village in Bihar's ... Read more...
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Robbery bid: Girl falls off moving vehicle, one held
July 30th, 2012 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) A 10-year-old girl was injured Sunday when she fell from a moving autorickshaw here during a scuffle between her father and four robbers travelling in ... Read more...
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Court asks police to produce illegally confined girl
June 22nd, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday directed the city police to produce a girl before it on a plea of her husband seeking her release ... Read more...
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Accountant, wife booked for fraud
June 16th, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 16 (IANS) Police Saturday registered a case against a former chief accounts officer and his wife for duping Rajasthan government's agency RIICO of lakhs of rupees, an official ... Read more...
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IFS officer to be tried for human trafficking
June 9th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday framed charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and three others in a 2005 human ... Read more...
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Delhi radiation case: Court grants bail to five
June 2nd, 2012 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday granted bail to five accused in the 2010 radiation case here in which one person died and eight others were affected.Metropolitan ... Read more...
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Arrest warrants issued against Nirmal Baba
May 19th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 19 (IANS) A Bihar court Saturday issued arrest warrants against self-styled godman Nirmal Baba in connection with a case of cheating and fraud filed by one of his ... Read more...
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Court summons six Delhi varsity dons in radiation case
February 27th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday issued summons to six people accused of involvement in the Mayapuri radiation case of 2010 and endangering lives. The court earlier ... Read more...
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Indians Diptayan and Akshya in joint lead in World Youth
November 23rd, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Caldas Novas (Brazil), Nov 23 (IANS) India's Diptayan Ghosh (under-14 Open) and Bommini Akshya (girls under-8) are joint leaders after fifth round matches in the ongoing World Youth Chess ... Read more...
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India’s Nandhidhaa in sole lead in World Youth Chess
November 21st, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Caldas Novas (Brazil), Nov 21 (IANS) India's Nandhidhaa P.V. took the sole lead with a perfect score after the fourth round matches in the under-16 girls category of the ongoing ... Read more...
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Mixed day for India in World Youth Chess
November 20th, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Caldas Novas (Brazil), Nov 20 (IANS) It was a mixed day for India on the second day of the World Youth Chess Championships being held at the resort city of ... Read more...
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Stop showing tobacco on screen, Bollywood urged
September 28th, 2011 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Stating that on screen representation of smoking glamorizes tobacco, civil society members Wednesday urged the film industry and censor board to avoid depicting such scenes ... Read more...
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Government backs decision on minority status to Jamia
September 20th, 2011 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The central government Monday backed the grant of minority status to the Jamia Millia Islamia by the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) - ... Read more...
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Two drug peddlers held in Uttar Pradesh
September 9th, 2011 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) Two drug peddlers working for a Nepal-based racket involved in supplying narcotics to various Indian states have been arrested with cannabis worth around Rs.20 lakh ... Read more...
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Four killed in road accidents
September 4th, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Four people, including a policeman, were killed in separate road accidents here Sunday, police said.In the first accident, Head Constable Rakesh Kumar, 38, was found ... Read more...
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Six professors charged in Mayapuri radiation case
September 2nd, 2011 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Delhi Police Friday filed a charge sheet against six Delhi University teachers in the Mayapuri radiation leak incident that killed one and affected eight last ... Read more...
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Flight makes emergency landing after passenger’s suicide bid
June 23rd, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 23 (IANS) A Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight made an emergency landing at Chaudhary Charan Singh airport here Thursday after a passenger allegedly consumed poison on board, police said.Sumit Rajak, ... Read more...
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Rishikesh, Ladakh - the new getaway for adventure seekers (With Images)
June 23rd, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Not so long ago Rishikesh, set in the foothills of the lower Himalayas and a site which witnesses the entry of the holy Ganga into ... Read more...
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Murder witness found dead in Haryana (Lead)
June 15th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Karnal (Haryana), June 15 (IANS) A middle-aged man, who was made witness in a murder case involving two senior Congress leaders, was found dead in Haryana's Karnal district Wednesday, police ... Read more...
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Murder witness found dead in Haryana
June 15th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Karnal (Haryana), June 15 (IANS) A middle-aged man, who was made witness in a murder case involving two senior Congress leaders, was found dead in Karnal district of Haryana Wednesday, ... Read more...
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Punjab trader arrested for duping man of Rs.10 mn
June 15th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 15 (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Chandigarh police has arrested a Punjab-based businessman for duping a city resident of Rs.10 million (Rs.1 crore), police said Wednesday.According ... Read more...
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Six agitating farmers injured in clash with police
March 27th, 2011 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, March 26 (IANS) Agitating farmers went on a rampage in Greater Noida Saturday after six protesters were injured in a clash with police. While the farmers alleged that ... Read more...
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Simarjeet takes one-shot lead at NCR golf
February 16th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Seasoned Simarjeet Singh took a one-shot lead into the second half of the NCR Cup, one of the premier events on the IGU Amateur circuit Wednesday. Simarjeet, ... Read more...
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Man strangulates son to implicate friends
February 15th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Unable to return a loan of Rs.1.5 lakh to his friends, a man strangulated his four-year-old son in the capital to implicate the creditors in the murder, ... Read more...
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Sub-par round wins Arshad Ali Haryana Open golf title
February 11th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Feb 11 (IANS) Arshad Ali brought home the first and only sub-par round of the tournament to sneak ahead of the early leaders to win the Haryana Open at the Golden ... Read more...
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BSF trooper sets himself on fire, dies
December 6th, 2010 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 6 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper posted in Haryana burnt himself to death in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, police said Monday.Rakesh Kumar, who was around 40 years old, ... Read more...
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Poacher held with tiger skins
November 17th, 2010 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 16 (IANS) A poacher was arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district with skins of tigers and a leopard, police said Tuesday."Rakesh Kumar, 28, a native of Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, ... Read more...
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Pappu Yadav’s bail plea rejected by apex court
October 7th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday rejected a petition filed by former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Pappu Yadav, serving a life term for murder, seeking provisional bail to ... Read more...
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India name 27-member cycling squad for CWG
September 3rd, 2010 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Cycle Federation of India (CFI) Friday announced a 27-member squad for the Commonwealth Games even as the cyclists are yet to receive their cycles for the ... Read more...
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Four vehicle thieves held in Haryana
August 24th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) Four members of an inter-state gang of auto thieves were arrested and 12 stolen vehicles recovered from them in Haryana Tuesday, police said.
The four men were arrested in ... Read more...
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Man kills wife, sons, mother-in-law
August 2nd, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 2 (IANS) A 38-year-old man killed his wife, two sons and mother-in-law before attempting suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, police said Monday.
Gurcharan Singh attacked Mamta, 35, sons Lavi, 8, ... Read more...
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