Army chief loses court battle on age row (Roundup)
February 10th, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh suffered a blow Friday in the Supreme Court, forcing him to withdraw his plea demanding that his birth date ... Read more...
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Munni is Falak’s mother, say police; two more arrested (Roundup)
February 7th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Police Tuesday confirmed that Munni is two-year-old battered baby Falak's biological mother and said they had traced Munni's elder daughter in Bihar and reunited her ... Read more...
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BCCI to clear issues with Sahara through dialogue (Roundup)
February 6th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appeared to climb down Monday and talked of reconciliation rather than confrontation with its estranged chief ... Read more...
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Norway intervenes to protect Telenor’s $3 bn India investment (Roundup)
February 6th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) With the Supreme Court ordering the cancellation of 122 telecom licences awarded in 2008, Norway started a diplomatic exercise here Monday to protect the ... Read more...
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Concerned India backs democracy transition in Syria (Intro Roundup)
February 5th, 2012 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) India has voted for an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution denouncing the violent crackdown in Syria and calling for a democratic transition, but Russia ... Read more...
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Government rapped over army chief’s age row (Roundup)
February 3rd, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday rapped the government over the way it has handled army chief General V.K. Singh's age row, saying the entire process ... Read more...
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Falak continues to battle for life, three arrested in case (Roundup)
February 2nd, 2012 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Battered baby Falak Wednesday continued to battle for life with doctors diagnosing blood infection apart from her existing chest and brain infections while police claimed ... Read more...
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Battered baby remains critical, police hunt for parents (Roundup)
January 27th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Doctors Friday did not hold out much hope of recovery of a two-year-old abandoned and battered baby girl who was admitted to a hospital ... Read more...
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Rushdie shut out of Jaipur, even via videolink (Roundup)
January 24th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Twenty-four years after his book "The Satanic Verses" was banned, India-born Salman Rushdie was again under attack Tuesday and forced to cancel his address via videolink ... Read more...
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Government set to take on army chief on age row (Roundup)
January 17th, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Preparing itself for a legal battle with Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh, the government Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to hear its version ... Read more...
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India suffer 7th consecutive overseas defeat at Perth (Roundup)
January 15th, 2012 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Jan 15 (IANS) India stretched their away Test losing streak to seven as they lost the third cricket Test against Australia by an innings and 37 runs shortly after ... Read more...
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Pakistan commission orders visa, security for Ijaz (Roundup)
January 9th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 9 (IANS) Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz Monday agreed to appear before the Supreme Court-appointed memo commission after the attorney general was directed to ensure that he gets ... Read more...
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Food inflation dips to -3.36 percent; RBI may cut rates (Roundup)
January 5th, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) India's annual food inflation slipped into the negative for the first time in at least six years, official data showed Thursday as prices of ... Read more...
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Bhanwari Devi case: More arrests, place where body dumped identified (Roundup)
January 4th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 4 (IANS) Four months after she went missing and with several arrested in the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday identified the location where Rajasthan nurse ... Read more...
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Quraishi reacts strongly to Badal’s remarks on jurisdiction (Roundup)
January 3rd, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/chandigarh, Jan 3 (IANS) In a strong tit-for-tat reaction, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi Tuesday wrote to Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, saying the commission was "aware" of ... Read more...
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Sensex slumps 24 percent in 2011 (Roundup)
December 30th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) Key indices of Indian equities markets lost nearly a quarter of their value in 2011 as slower growth and high inflation, coupled with a perception ... Read more...
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Anna ends fast, vows to rally against Congress (Roundup)
December 28th, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) A day after the Lok Sabha passed a Lokpal bill he had trashed, an ailing Anna Hazare Wednesday called off his three-day fast a day ... Read more...
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Tendulkar, Dravid hit half-centuries to lift India (Roundup)
December 27th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Dec 27 (IANS) The fond hopes of Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international century were rudely cut short minutes before close of play on the second day of the first ... Read more...
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After court tick-off, Team Anna gets Mumbai ground for agitation (Roundup)
December 23rd, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) Anna Hazare flayed the demand for concession as "improper", but his activist supporters nevertheless managed to get the MMRDA ground here at low rates from ... Read more...
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Rupee recovers from record low but outlook gloomy
December 13th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 13 (IANS) The Indian rupee, which Tuesday slipped to a new low of 53.50 to a US dollar intra-day, recovered a bit, but weakness in the currency persisted ... Read more...
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With no agreement, Durban climate talks spill over a day (Roundup)
December 9th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Durban, Dec 9 (IANS) With differences among countries on some contentious issues yet to be bridged, the UN climate talks in Durban will continue on Saturday - though Friday was ... Read more...
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Government blames domestic economic woes on global uncertainties (Roundup)
December 9th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The government Friday blamed slowing domestic growth on the global economic turmoil and officially downgraded the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate to ... Read more...
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Netizens tweet foul as India targets ‘objectionable’ content
December 6th, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) In a move netizens fear is tantamount to censorship, the Indian government has directed social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to filter out ... Read more...
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Sukna land scam: Lt.Gen. Avadesh Prakash sacked by court martial (Roundup)
December 3rd, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 3 (IANS) Indian Army's former military secretary, Lt. Gen. (retd) Avadesh Prakash was Saturday dismissed from service by an army court martial for his involvement in a land ... Read more...
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India’s quarterly growth retards to two-year low (Roundup)
November 30th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) In line with fears voiced by India Inc, the country's economic growth retarded to the slowest pace in two years, at 6.9 percent for ... Read more...
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Leverkusen shock Chelsea; Arsenal, Valencia win (Roundup)
November 24th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 24 (IANS) Leverkusen came from a goal down to shock Chelsea at home while Valencia and Arsenal registered impressive wins in Champions LeagueThe German team showed great ... Read more...
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BSP passes state split resolution, triggers opposition protest (Roundup)
November 21st, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 21 (IANS) In a political sleight of hand, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday managed to get a resolution for division of Uttar Pradesh - the country's ... Read more...
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Maken, cricket authorities differ on Kambli’s charge (Roundup)
November 19th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Sports Minister Ajay Maken and the cricket authorities were on different wavelengths on former cricketer Vinod Kambli's charge that the 1996 World Cup semi-final ... Read more...
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Sonia hits out at Team Anna, commits Lokpal (Roundup)
November 9th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chamoli (Uttarakhand)/New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday hit out at Team Anna and said the party and the UPA government were committed to a strong ... Read more...
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Bhushan’s Kashmir statement under Anna scanner (Roundup)
October 14th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan-Siddhi/New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Even as Anna Hazare Friday termed lawyer Prashant Bhushan's statement on plebiscite in Kashmir as "wrong" and hinted "it could lead to his removal ... Read more...
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PM assures Anna, Digvijay attacks him (Intro Roundup)
October 11th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Ahead of the Hisar parliamentary bypoll Oct 13, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday assured Anna Hazare on the proposed anti-graft Lokpal bill even as ... Read more...
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Your supporters misleading you, Digvijay tells Anna (Roundup)
October 11th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Hisar, Oct 11 (IANS) Taking on Anna Hazare ahead of the Hisar parliamentary by-poll, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Tuesday asked the activist to ponder over his association ... Read more...
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Flurry of email claims confound Delhi blast case
September 10th, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) A string of emails claiming responsibility for the Delhi High Court blast has left investigators confused as the terror attack in the heart of ... Read more...
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Chidambaram-Jaitley slanging match over bomb blast (Roundup)
September 9th, 2011 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The horrific Delhi High Court bombing became the ground for a political slanging match with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday blasting the ... Read more...
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Indian economy grows slowest in six quarters (Roundup)
August 30th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Despite a relatively higher growth of 3.9 percent in farm output, the Indian economy expanded only at 7.7 percent in the April-June quarter of ... Read more...
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