Jailed Bihar politician to be awarded Ph.D
July 7th, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 7 (IANS) Another jailed Bihar politician Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a minister, is set to be awarded a PhD. for ... Read more...
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Eight washed away in Himachal
July 7th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 7 (IANS) Eight people were washed away in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district while crossing a flooded rivulet, police said.One body was recovered 15 km downstream in neighbouring Haryana's ... Read more...
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Six of family killed in Himachal accident
April 1st, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 1 (IANS) Six members of a family, including two women, were killed when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a 200-metre deep gorge in Himachal ... Read more...
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31 percent of UP third-phase candidates have criminal cases
February 14th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 14 (IANS) Nearly 31 percent of the candidates fielded by political parties for Wednesday's third phase poll of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh state assembly election have criminal ... Read more...
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Dead man alive: Apex court asks Jhansi court to probe
December 9th, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Two step brothers had similar names and one of them was allegedly murdered 11 years ago. The three men convicted for the crime have told ... 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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‘Killers’ of man, who turns out to be alive, set free
November 4th, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday released, on bail, four members of a family who were sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a person who later surfaced ... Read more...
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India to tighten security along Myanmar border
October 11th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Oct 11 (IANS) India will intensify security along the border with Myanmar to check the movement of militants and diverse border crimes, an officer of the Assam Rifles said ... Read more...
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Fresh Congress list of 62 has a Mayawati too
October 6th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 6 (IANS) A list of 62 candidates released by the Congress for the 2012 state assembly elections includes a 'Mayawati' too.Once a Bahujan Samajwadi Party member, she is ... Read more...
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Assam Rifles chief suprised over financial impropriety charges
September 28th, 2011 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Sep 28 (IANS) The Assam Rifles chief, Lt. Gen. Rameshwar Roy, Wednesday expressed "surprise" over the charges of financial impropriety against him."I have no comment on the issue and ... Read more...
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Assam Rifles chief may face action for misusing funds
September 27th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The Indian Army has sought the government's permission to initiate a formal probe against Assam Rifles Director General Lt. Gen Rameshwar Roy on charges of ... Read more...
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Class 9 student shoots at schoolmate
September 15th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 15 (IANS) A Class 9 student shot at his schoolmate over a trivial dispute in a Uttar Pradesh town, police said Thursday. The victim is battling for life ... Read more...
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Court orders case against Rajasthan minister
September 10th, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 10 (IANS) A court here Saturday ordered police to register a case against Rajasthan's Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies Babulal Nagar and some policemen, including ... Read more...
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No ‘classical’ insurgency in northeast: Assam Rifles chief
August 26th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Nongkrem (Meghalaya), Aug 26 (IANS) The insurgency in India's northeastern states can no longer be viewed as "classical" guerilla warfare as it lost the support of the people, the head ... Read more...
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Rosaiah new governor of Tamil Nadu
August 26th, 2011 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Friday appointed former Andhra Pradesh chief minister K. Rosaiah as the new governor of Tamil Nadu in place of Surjit Singh ... Read more...
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Assam Rifles to continue to guard Myanmar border
August 4th, 2011 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Nongkrem (Meghalaya), Aug 4 (IANS) Troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) will not replace the Assam Rifles to guard the unfenced India-Myanmar border, Assam Rifles chief Lt. Gen. Rameshwar ... Read more...
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Protect interests of tribals, panel tells Himachal
July 15th, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 15 (IANS) The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Friday took a serious view of acquisition of private lands of people settled in tribal areas for upcoming projects and ... Read more...
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Two killed in two Noida accidents
July 13th, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Noida, July 12 (IANS) Two people were killed in two separate accidents in Noida Tuesday, police said.An export house employee was killed when a speeding chartered bus hit his motor-cycle ... Read more...
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Fake degree racket busted, two held
June 24th, 2011 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Two people were arrested for selling fake degrees in higher education courses of various universities here, police said Friday."K.K. Praveen was arrested from Mayur Vihar ... Read more...
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Monsoon brings hope for Bihar’s drought-hit farmers
June 24th, 2011 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Patna/Raghunathpur/Hajipur, June 24 (IANS) Mahesh Sharma is a happy man. A farmer in Naubatpur near Patna, he was pushed into near destitution after facing two consecutive years of drought. But ... Read more...
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Five of family killed in Maharashtra accident
June 20th, 2011 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Hingoli (Maharashtra), June 20 (IANS) Five members of a family, including three brothers and their sister, were killed when a truck rammed into their vehicle in this Maharashtra district, police ... Read more...
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Father held for killing teenaged daughter
June 14th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hisar (Haryana), June 14 (IANS) In yet another case of honour killing, a middle-aged man here murdered his 18-year-old daughter as he opposed her relationship with a boy of the ... Read more...
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Two killed in separate accidents
May 13th, 2011 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Two people were killed in separate accidents in west Delhi, police said Thursday.Both the accidents took place in Punjabi Bagh Wednesday.In the first incident, a ... Read more...
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New Nepal government mired in parliament crises
April 2nd, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 2 (IANS) Less than two months after he became the new prime minister of Nepal, courtesy a controversial deal with the former Maoist guerrillas, communist chief Jhala Nath ... Read more...
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Last rites of India’s oldest-surviving Ashok Chakra recipient held
February 15th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 15 (IANS) India's oldest surviving recipient of Ashok Chakra, the highest peace-time gallantry award, Lt.Col. Man Bahadur Rai was Tuesday accorded full military honours at his funeral in Assam's ... Read more...
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Chouhan cancels fast after PM’s positive response on aid
February 13th, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 13 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Sunday cancelled his indefinite fast to protest against the centre's "injustice to the people" of the state after receiving a ... Read more...
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Lt. Gen. Rameshwar Roy is new Assam Rifles chief
December 8th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 8 (IANS) Lt. Gen. Rameshwar Roy Wednesday took over as the director general of the Assam Rifles, India's oldest paramilitary force. He succeeds Lt. Gen. Karan Singh Yadava, who ... Read more...
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Gas survivors protest in Bhopal
November 10th, 2010 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 10 (IANS) Thousands of survivors of the Bhopal Gas disaster took to the streets here Wednesday to denounce what they said was "injustice" done to them by the central and ... Read more...
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New strategy in Kashmir to foil terrorists’ plans: Army
October 12th, 2010 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 12 (IANS) The Indian Army has drawn up a new strategy to counter the increased infiltration bids of terrorists from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir ... Read more...
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Over 500 militants ready to infiltrate from Pirpanjal range: Lt. General Rameshwar Rai
October 8th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by ANI
Doda (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct 8 (ANI): Lieutenant General Rameshwar Rai, General Officer Commanding, 16 Corps, on Friday said that over five hundred militants are ready to infiltrate from Pirpanjal range from ... Read more...
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Silence and boom of guns alternate in Kashmir gunfight
July 17th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Binoo Joshi
Jammu, July 17 (IANS) There is silence during the nights and the mornings erupt with the boom of guns in Beri Rakh forests in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district where ... Read more...
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Major, two soldiers hurt in Jammu and Kashmir gun battle
July 16th, 2010 - 10:48 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 16 (IANS) A major and two soldiers of the Indian Army were injured in a gun battle between security forces and a group of terrorists that entered its fourth day ... Read more...
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Vajpayee’s kin resigns from Madhya Pradesh cabinet
July 2nd, 2010 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, July 2 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Health Minister Anoop Mishra, who is a nephew of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, resigned Friday amid accusations that his family members were involved in ... Read more...
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Terror attack feared during Amarnath Yatra
June 26th, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 26 (IANS) Security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir fear a possible terror strike during the Amarnath pilgrimage commencing July 1.
The concern was voiced at a meeting of the core group ... Read more...
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Omar Abdullah reviews security ahead of PM’s visit
June 6th, 2010 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 6 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday reviewed the security scenario and law and order situation in the state ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit ... Read more...
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