Top cop who took on Gurgaon toll plaza transferred
September 18th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Sep 18 (IANS) Police officer Bharti Arora, whose initiative led to the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway becoming toll free for a fortnight, was transferred ahead of a crucial hearing in the ... Read more...
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Great expectations and changing India-Pakistan equations
September 10th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore (Pakistan), Sep 10 (IANS) If the reporting in the Pakistani media on Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's visit is any indication, a lot of expectations, rightly or ... Read more...
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Two BSF men injured in training accident
August 7th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 7 (IANS) Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were seriously wounded Tuesday after a hand grenade exploded at a firing range in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district during training, police ... Read more...
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Mamata’s historic blunder (Comment)
June 16th, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Even as Pranab Mukherjee basks in the sunshine of an almost certain victory in the presidential election, there are inevitably a number of losers, such as P.A. Sangma, who banked ... Read more...
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Silence is golden: PM on army chief’s rows
May 30th, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
On Board Air India One, May 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday refrained from the rows over army chief Gen. V.K. Singh, saying: "Sometimes silence is golden."He was ... Read more...
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Parliament panel slams media report on troop movement
April 30th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Dismissing a media report that the Indian Army moved troops unauthorisedly towards the national capital on Jan 16/17 night, a parliamentary panel Monday expressed "regret" ... Read more...
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Court bans reports on army movement episode near Delhi (Lead)
April 11th, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 10 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court Tuesday restrained the electronic and print media from publishing and broadcasting any news reports on the movement of two army units towards ... Read more...
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Pyongyang protests US-South Korea military drill
March 4th, 2012 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, March 4 (IANS) Pyongyang Sunday protested against the ongoing joint US-South Korean military exercise in South Korea.South Korea and the US launched a two-month joint military exercise, code-named Foal ... Read more...
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Indian Mujahideen hand in bomb attack being probed (Lead)
February 14th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Two people could have executed the bomb attack on the Israeli embassy car, one who planted the device and the other who triggered it, ... Read more...
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Army chief witnesses exercise in Ladakh
April 20th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh Wednesday visited Leh in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir to witness an ongoing military exercise along the China ... Read more...
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IT notice to Gujarat Govt.: BJP says ploy by Centre
March 16th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 16 (ANI): Commenting on the uproar inside the Rajya Sabha over Income Tax (I-T) Department's notice to the Gujarat Government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Tarun Vijay today ... Read more...
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Family involvement in exercise therapy benefits stroke patients
March 5th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): A new study has suggested that your family's involvement in your exercise therapy could significantly improve your function and recovery after stroke.Researchers found that adding family-assisted exercise therapy ... Read more...
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27 killed as `schoolboy’ bomber attacks Pakistan Army centre (Third Lead)
February 10th, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Peshawar, Feb 10 (IANS) At least 27 cadets were killed and 40 were injured Thursday in a suicide blast carried out by a teenager disguised as a schoolboy at a military ... Read more...
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No specific intel about Varanasi blast: Uttar Pradesh (Lead)
December 8th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 8 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday vehemently refuted Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's claim that the state had been forewarned against a possible terrorist strike on the ghats ... Read more...
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House-to-house surveys before CWG
September 21st, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
By Praveen Kumar
New Delhi/Gurgaon, Sep 21 (IANS) Policemen are conducting house-to-house surveys across the capital and in its satellite towns of Gurgaon and Noida, especially near the Commonwealth Games venues and major ... Read more...
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One killed in blast during Indonesian army exercise
September 18th, 2010 - 5:31 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Sep 18 (IANS) A 350-gram bomb exploded accidentally during an exercise by the Indonesian army, killing one soldier and injuring seven.
The accident happened at around 2.00 p.m. (0600 GMT) Friday when ... Read more...
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More Bhakra dam water released, no flood threat in Punjab
August 22nd, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 22 (IANS) The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) Sunday released more water from the Bhakra Dam into the Satluj river, but officials said there was no threat of floods in ... Read more...
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Ahmedabad airport security beefed up after terror alert
June 11th, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, June 11 (ANI): Security at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport here was beefed up following a terror alert on Friday.The Union Home Ministry alerted the Gujarat Government about intelligence ... Read more...
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Income tax officials visit Kings XI Punjab office
April 23rd, 2010 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mohali, April 23 (IANS) A team of income tax officials Friday visited the warehouse-cum-office of Kings XI Punjab, a franchisee team of the Indian Premier League (IPL), here.
According to officials, a two-member ... Read more...
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Modi-Tharoor IPL row snowballs, BJP wants Tharoor sacked (Roundup)
April 13th, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor Tuesday angrily rejected charges of impropriety as his row with Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit K. Modi ... Read more...
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BJP demands CBI probe into Tharoor’s role in IPL auction
April 13th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 13 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's role in ... Read more...
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Tharoor denies pressurising Modi over Kochi IPL franchisee
April 13th, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 13 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor and IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi spat escalated further with Tharoor denying the allegation made by Modi.Modi in his ... Read more...
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Modi using ‘unethical efforts’ to thwart Kochi IPL: Tharoor (Lead)
April 13th, 2010 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs Minister Shashi Tharoor Tuesday denied that he called up Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi requesting him not to ... Read more...
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Policeman mowed down in Noida
February 19th, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 19 (ANI): Noida Police has arrested the six persons, who knocked off a police sub-inspector and crushed him under the wheels of their Maruti car in a barbaric ... Read more...
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RAJ THACKERAY IS ONLY FOLLOWING THE BEATEN PATH
November 11th, 2009 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
By I Ramamohan Rao
New Delhi (ANI): The four members of Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) created headlines this week when they slapped Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi for taking his ... Read more...
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Chinese Army exercises north of Arunachal
November 4th, 2009 - 8:18 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Nov. 4 (ANI): The Chinese Army is conducting exercises in areas adjoining Arunachal Pradesh. This was disclosed by Major General S.S. Jog, General Officer Commanding the Red Horn Division, during a ... Read more...
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Abducted police official quizzed
October 26th, 2009 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 26 (IANS) Police officer Atindranath Dutta, held hostage and later freed in a swap for 14 women cadres by Maoist rebels, was Monday summoned to the state police's Criminal investigation ... Read more...
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Dhaka, Yangon play down troop build-up at border
October 22nd, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 22 (IANS) Bangladesh and Myanmar have sought to play down the tensions along the border in the past three weeks and have calling their troop movements "routine".
Myanmar's border guard ... Read more...
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Eight Sea Harrier planes grounded for four days
August 26th, 2009 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 26 (IANS) Eight Sea harrier fighter jets of the Indian navy have been grounded here following last Friday's crash of a plane in the sea off Goa, which resulted in ... Read more...
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After Azharuddin, Rubina’s home torn down
May 21st, 2009 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 21 (ANI): After Slumdog Millionaire child actor Azharuddin Ismail, Rubina Ali's house was demolished on Wednesday.The Western Railway officials demolished some 40 illegal structures near the railway land at ... Read more...
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This Congress loyalist tries, tries, tries again to contest
March 13th, 2009 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Panaji, March 13 (IANS) Sniggered at in Goa Congress circles and the butt of jokes among the local media fraternity, Arsenio D'Silva has been trying unsuccessfully for over 30 years ... Read more...
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Prime Minister to undergo pre-discharge tests today
January 31st, 2009 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will undergo pre-discharge tests at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) today, a week after undergoing coronary heart surgery.
Dr. D''Silva, ... Read more...
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IAF conducts precision bombing practice runs
December 24th, 2008 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) With the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) flying sorties over two important cities in the wake of heightened sub-continental tensions after the Mumbai carnage, the Indian Air Force ... Read more...
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Panic in Islamabad, Lahore over low flying fighter
December 23rd, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec.23 (ANI): Low flying fighter jets over major Pakistan cities created panic among people raising fears of war.
Residents in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore were in panic on seeing Pakistan ... Read more...
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PCB making arrangements for India series despite chill
December 6th, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Dec 6 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is going ahead with arrangements for hosting the much-awaited series against India even though it remains in serious doubt because of the strained ... Read more...
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