Ramdev to announce new strategy Sunday (Second Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Baba Ramdev will announce his future strategy Sunday morning when his three-day fast ends, said sources close to him, even as the yoga guru ... Read more...
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Olympic wrestling: Rezaei wins gold for Iran
August 8th, 2012 - 5:21 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran's Ghasem Gholamreza Rezaei grappled to Olympic wrestling gold in the men's 96kg division Tuesday, defeating Russia's Rustam Totrov on points in the final.Rezaei, 26, ... Read more...
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Policeman killed in Russia bombing
August 2nd, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A police officer was killed Thursday in a bomb blast in Russia's volatile southwest Dagestan region, the interior ministry said.The explosion took place in Buynaksk ... Read more...
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Dara Singh’s funeral scheduled for late noon
July 12th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 12 (IANS) Wrestler-actor Dara Singh died here early Thursday morning. His last rites will be conducted around 3 p.m. at a cemetery in Juhu.The former wrestling ... Read more...
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B-wood mourns Dara Singh’s death
July 12th, 2012 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 12 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan remembers Dara Singh as a great Indian and the finest human being. Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt calls him his childhood hero. Veteran actor ... Read more...
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Three held for murdering jeweller
May 19th, 2011 - 2:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Three people were arrested for allegedly murdering the owner of a jewellery shop in east Delhi, police said Wednesday, adding they were also involved in ... Read more...
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Bangladesh fans ecstatic on eve of World Cup opening
February 16th, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Sirshendu Panth
Dhaka, Feb 16 (IANS) Thousands of people are milling around the refurbished stadium creating stampede like situations, taking snaps of the facilities and raising slogans eulogising the home team, as ... Read more...
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Asian Games chess: Harika gets bronze, Sasikaran disappoints (Lead)
November 16th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 16 (IANS) India's Harika Dronavalli defeated Iran's Sukandar Irine Kharisma in the final and ninth round to win bronze in the women's individual chess at the Asian Games here Tuesday. ... Read more...
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Kashmir has many aspects other than militancy: Abhay Sopori
October 18th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Santoor maestro Abhay Rustam Sopori says he is tired of Kashmir being projected only as a militancy-infested region and insists his state has lots to offer in ... Read more...
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‘Pakistani wrestlers to take part in Kashmir competition’
October 13th, 2010 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 12 (IANS) A team of 10 Pakistani grapplers will take part in a wrestling competition in Katra town of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday, an organiser said.The contest has been ... Read more...
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Indian men lifters fail in 62kg category, women in 53kg
October 6th, 2010 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) In a disappointing day for the Indian weightlifters, Swati Singh failed to win a medal in the 53 kg category women while Rustam Sarang and ... Read more...
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President, PM condole Homi Sethna’s death (Second Lead)
September 7th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Tuesday said India had lost "a true patriot" while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described Homi Sethna as the "pillar of India's nuclear energy ... Read more...
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PM condoles Homi Sethna’s death
September 7th, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday mourned the death of renowned nuclear scientist Homi Sethna and described him as the "pillar of India's nuclear energy programme".
"It ... Read more...
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President, Prime Minister condole passing away of Dr. Homi Sethna
September 7th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep.7 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh led the nation on Tuesday in paying their tributes to Dr. Homi Nusserwanji Sethna, who passed away on ... Read more...
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38 injured as 6.7-magnitude quake hits Indonesia
November 9th, 2009 - 9:05 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Nov 9 (IANS) At least 38 people have been wounded and scores of houses, school buildings and a health clinic have collapsed after a quake of 6.7-magnitude on the Richter scale ... Read more...
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Indian ocean tsunami alert lifted now
October 1st, 2009 - 1:17 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Jakarta, Sep 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A massive earthquake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 7.9, and struck 30 miles (50 kilometers) off the coast of Sumatra. The quake was along the same ... Read more...
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Liem continues as leader in Kolkata Open Chess
September 9th, 2009 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 9 (IANS) Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam won his top board encounter against Uzbek GM Anton Filippov to sit pretty on top of the heap after the penultimate round ... Read more...
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Kolkata chess: Chanda’s wining run ends, but still leads
September 5th, 2009 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Indian Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda continued in the pole position but his all-win record was broken as he drew with Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem in the fifth round ... Read more...
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India’s Chanda among five in the lead in Kolkata Open
September 3rd, 2009 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) Local Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda shot into the lead alongside four other Grandmasters with three points after the third round of the 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess tournament here ... Read more...
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Settled Canada ready to take control
August 13th, 2009 - 4:31 pm ICT by IBNS
Dubai, Aug 13 (IBNS) Having been thwarted by a combination of rain and some resilient Netherlands batting, the Canada team feels it is time to put the record straight and register its ... Read more...
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Two Indians in semifinals of Russian boxing event
July 9th, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Indian boxers Amandeep Singh and Manpreet Singh outpunched their Russian rivals to move into the semi-finals of the Magomed Salam Umakhanov Memorial boxing Championships at Makhachkala, Russia.
In ... Read more...
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Swat refugees selling Pak Government rations to survive
June 29th, 2009 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, June 29 (ANI): Pakistani people diaplaced due to ongoing offensive of the Army against the Taliban in the Swat Valley are selling relief goods to pay for their routine expenses.Each ... Read more...
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A massive earthquake in Indonesia and near Philippines
February 12th, 2009 - 10:49 am ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
On early Thursday morning, a massive quake occurred the tip of Indonesia , the island of Sulawesi near the Philippines, injuring 17 people and damaging dozens of homes, officials said. Indonesia's meteorology ... Read more...
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Seven Al Qaeda men arrested in Pakistan
January 22nd, 2009 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 22 (IANS) Seven suspected Al Qaeda militants, including one who was reportedly involved in the 2005 bombings of the London transport system, were arrested in Bara Qadeem area of the ... Read more...
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Delhi teenager dies attempting stunt on motorbike
November 12th, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) A teenager was killed Wednesday when he attempted stunts on his motor bike on an overpass in the national capital, the police said. The victim, Kartik, ... Read more...
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Indonesia sandslide buries 25 miners
October 31st, 2008 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Oct 31 (Xinhua) At least 25 sand miners were buried in a sandslide in the country's eastern Sulawesi Island, the health ministry said Friday.The head of crisis centre Rustam Pakaya said ... Read more...
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Pak analysts believe dialogue is the only way to stem militancy in tribal areas
October 27th, 2008 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar , Oct 27 (ANI): Analysts and intellectuals in Pakistan have said that dialogue was the only way to stem militancy in the Tribal Areas, provided those responsible for the unrest ... Read more...
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India, Pak wrestling competition from Aug 15-26
August 7th, 2008 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore , Aug 7 (ANI): Wrestlers from Pakistan and India will fight out 24 bouts in four cities of Pakistan Lahore , Multan , Bahawalpur and GUjranwala - from Aug 15 ... Read more...
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Court summons 13 Delhi cops in staged shootout case
August 6th, 2008 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) A city court Wednesday issued summons to 13 Delhi Police officials for their role in an alleged staged shootout here in 2002 in which a man wanted ... Read more...
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Shed a tear for Varanasi’s famed handloom weavers (Feature)
June 22nd, 2008 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Darshan Desai
Varanasi, June 20 (IANS) At the age of two, Shaheena looks just a few months old and weighs an apologetic three kilogram. She lives in a dark, cave-like room in ... Read more...
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Six years later, dead end in staged shootout case
March 27th, 2008 - 11:19 am ICT by admin
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Thirteen policemen shot dead Rupinder Singh, a wanted man, in a staged shootout in 2002. The initial probe suggested foul play. But the fight for ... Read more...
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