Exodus reversed: Special train to Bangalore leaves Guwahati
September 1st, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 1 (IANS) A special train to Bangalore left a railway station here Saturday afternoon to help people from the northeast return to their places of study or work ... Read more...
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Golf: Sharmila ahead by two strokes
August 22nd, 2012 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 22 (IANS) Sharmila Nicollet shot a one-under 71 Wednesday in her first tournament in India in more than six months and the only sub-par card of the day ... Read more...
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Consumer court pulls up Lufthansa, orders fine
August 22nd, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Non-disclosure of terms for promotional air tickets amounts to an "anti-consumer" practice, India's top consumer court has warned while penalising Lufthansa for harassing an elderly ... Read more...
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Robert Scott’s ship found after 70 years
August 18th, 2012 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (IANS) The SS Terra Nova, the ship that carried Captain Robert Scott in 1910 with the aim of becoming the first expedition to reach the South Pole, ... Read more...
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Indian sportspersons stranded in Sweden returning home
June 30th, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 30 (IANS) Ninety-two veteran Indian sportspersons stranded in Sweden are returning home after the Indian embassy came to their rescue and asked their travel agency to arrange for ... Read more...
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Lakhs witness Rath Yatra in Puri (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 21 (IANS) More than five lakh devotees witnessed the annual Rath Yatra (chariot festival) of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra in Odisha's temple town of ... Read more...
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Mamata inaugurates Ratha Yatra
June 21st, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tugged the rope of the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra to throw open the annual Rath Yatra ... Read more...
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Lakhs converge on Puri for Rath Yatra
June 21st, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 21 (IANS) Lakhs of devotees thronged Odisha's temple town of Puri Thursday for the annual Rath Yatra (chariot festival) of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra, ... Read more...
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Security beefed up ahead of Puri chariot festival
June 20th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) Security has been beefed up in Odisha's Puri town ahead of the annual nine-day chariot festival of Lord Jagannath beginning Thursday, police said.Around 8,000 policemen have ... Read more...
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62 special trains for Puri Rath Yatra
June 20th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 19 (IANS) Indian Railways Tuesday announced it would run 62 special trains for the famous Rath Yatra (chariot festival) of Lord Jagannath, beginning at Odisha's Puri town June ... Read more...
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Puri Ratha Yatra preparations gain momentum in Odisha
June 11th, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 11 (IANS) Preparations for the annual Rath Yatra of Odisha's Jagannath temple in Puri have gained momentum with carpenters working overtime on the three gigantic wooden chariots ... Read more...
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36 Sri Lankans deported, reach Colombo (Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 1 (IANS) Thirty-six Sri Lankans, including 28 Tamils, reached Sri Lanka Friday after being deported from Britain, media reports said.The deportation took place after the British government rejected ... Read more...
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Remove Haj subsidy in 10 years, SC tells government (Third Lead)
May 8th, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday favoured doing away with the Haj subsidy and directed the government to eliminate the financial sops extended to pilgrims in ... Read more...
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Aditi in lead in Usha Delhi Ladies golf
April 17th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, April 17 (IANS) Teenaged Aditi Ashok played a steady round to card an even par 72 on the opening day of the Delhi Ladies and junior girls golf Championships ... Read more...
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Single largest gathering of women at Kerala festival
March 7th, 2012 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) It's been an all-women's affair in this Kerala capital since the wee hours of Wednesday for the "Attukal Pongala" festival when boiled rice in earthern pots ... Read more...
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Migratory birds are flying back home from Odisha
February 17th, 2012 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (IANS) More than a million migratory birds that thronged various lakes and marshlands of Odisha, flying in from as far places as Siberia and Iraq, have started ... Read more...
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Kasab, aides planned to return to Karachi, SC told (Lead)
February 16th, 2012 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court was Thursday told that the 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and his nine associates had planned to ... Read more...
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Kasab, aides planned to return to Karachi, SC told
February 16th, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court was Thursday told that the 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and his nine associates had planned ... Read more...
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IAF sorties between Srinagar and Jammu begin (Lead)
January 21st, 2012 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 21 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) began flying sorties between Srinagar and Jammu with two flights leaving Srinagar airport Saturday afternoon carrying passengers stranded here due to ... Read more...
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Arabic pamphlet in Britain-Goa flight triggers alarm
December 7th, 2011 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 6 (IANS) A pamphlet published in Arabic found Tuesday in a chartered plane which flew from Manchester airport in Britain to Goa has triggered a security alarm here.
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HAL director Baldev Singh’s body found hanging from tree
October 11th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 11 (IANS) The body of Squadron Leader (Retd.) Baldev Singh, director of corporate planning and marketing of the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), was found hanging from a ... Read more...
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Another working birthday abroad for Manmohan
September 25th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a famously reluctant birthday boy, will turn 79 Monday either in the high skies or in Frankfurt on his return ... Read more...
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Why does return journey seem ending quickly?
September 1st, 2011 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 1 (IANS) Ever thought why at times the back journey from any place seems shorter than previously felt, despite both the distances being same?A research has shown it ... Read more...
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Mumbai dabbawalas to back Hazare’s fast
August 5th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Mumbai's famed dabbawalas (tiffin-box carriers) have again decided to support anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare in his second fast for the Lokpal bill Aug 16, an ... Read more...
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Haryana to tax Gurgaon-Alwar road users more
July 27th, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 27 (IANS) Motorists avoiding the National Highway No.8 (NH-8) to evade toll tax on the Gurgaon-Jaipur route are in for some bad news: The toll on the alternative ... Read more...
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Sea of pilgrims at Puri for annual chariot festival
July 3rd, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 3 (IANS) Lakhs of devotees and tourists flocked to Orissa's Jagannath Temple in Puri as the annual Rath Yatra or chariot festival began Sunday.
The ceremonial procession of the ... Read more...
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Annual chariot festival begins in Kolkata
July 3rd, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Amid chanting of "Hare Krishna", thousands of devotees Sunday pulled the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra during the annual Rath Yatra (chariot festival) organised ... Read more...
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Timeline of the Purulia arms drop case
June 30th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Danish High Court in Copenhagen Thursday rejected a plea for the extradition of Niels Holck alias Kim Davy to India in the 1995 Purulia ... Read more...
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Special train from Howrah to Ajmer train for Urs
May 28th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) The Eastern Railway will run a pair of special trains between Howrah in West Bengal and Ajmer in Rajasthan to clear the extra rush of passengers ... Read more...
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All World Cup Pakistan cricket fans return home
April 13th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinWagah, Apr 13 (ANI): With the return of Karachi resident Ali Jamil, all the Pakistan cricket fans, who had entered into India to watch the 2011 World Cup cricket ... Read more...
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Italian envoy summoned over turban row (Lead)
March 23rd, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) A day after golfer Jeev Milkha Singh's coach was forced to remove his turban a second time at the Milan airport during a security ... Read more...
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Insult of Sikhs is insult to nation: Krishna
March 23rd, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) A day after golfer Jeev Milkha Singh's coach Amritinder Singh was forced to remove his turban a second time at the Milan airport during ... Read more...
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Signals from a ruddy shelduck in Pong wetlands
March 23rd, 2011 - 9:47 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 23 (IANS) It's a very special ruddy shelduck. In the Pong wetlands, it is chirping, flapping its wings and sending out crucial information on its whereabouts to scientists ... Read more...
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Two-thirds of Indians rescued from Libya
March 6th, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Around 12,000 of the 18,000 Indians in Libya would be evacuated by Sunday evening with the latest batch of over 2,300 nationals being picked up ... Read more...
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Kerala’s Attukala Pongala festival sees 3.5 mn women
February 19th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 19 (IANS) Over 3.5 million women, dressed in brand new clothes and carrying cooking implements, Saturday assembled at this Kerala capital to prepare the offering as part of the famed ... Read more...
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