Agartala marathon for unity
May 13th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 13 (IANS) Around 1,500 athletes and sports lovers, some of them from other parts of the country, Sunday participated in the 6th ONGC Agartala Marathon aimed at propagating ... Read more...
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Uproar cuts short Tripura governor’s address
February 24th, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 24 (IANS) Slogan-shouting opposition members forced Tripura Governor D.Y. Patil to leave the assembly Friday without completing his customary address on the opening day of the four-week long ... Read more...
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Tripura Left Front ministry to be expanded Sunday
February 10th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 10 (IANS) The Left Front ministry in Tripura will be expanded Sunday with the re-induction of former minister Sahid Chowdhury, an official said here Friday."Tripura Governor D.Y. Patil ... Read more...
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Former minister likely to be reinducted in Tripura cabinet
July 26th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 26 (IANS) Former Tripura food and minority affairs minister Sahid Chowdhury, who resigned in April 2008 following a controversy over his alleged links with a Bangladeshi arms dealer, is likely ... Read more...
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Paswan, Rudy make it to Rajya Sabha from Bihar (Second Lead)
June 17th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 17 (IANS) Five candidates from the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the opposition, led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), were elected to ... Read more...
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Cross voting in Bihar Rajya Sabha polls (Lead)
June 17th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 17 (IANS) Cross voting by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and three Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislators in favour of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar's Rajya Sabha ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi man gets 10 years in jail in India
May 24th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 24 (IANS) A court in Tripura Monday sentenced a Bangladeshi arms dealer, arrested for his suspected links with terrorists in March 2008, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for forging ... Read more...
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Manipur man arrested with heroin worth Rs.4 crore
March 11th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 11 (IANS) A 24-year-old drug peddler from Manipur has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district with heroin worth Rs.4 crore, supplied from Pakistan, police said Thursday.
Sahid Rafizuddin was arrested ... Read more...
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Surat gang rape case: Three accused awarded life imprisonment
February 19th, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
Surat, Feb 19 (ANI): A local court here on Friday awarded life sentence to the three accused in the infamous July 2009 Surat gang rape case that had rocked the city.A Principal ... Read more...
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Leaders pay homage to Basu at huge memorial meeting (Lead)
January 24th, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) Leaders cutting across the political spectrum Sunday paid homage to Marxist icon Jyoti Basu at a mammoth memorial meeting here, with the Left parties urging people to ... Read more...
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GP Koirala’s health improving
November 11th, 2009 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Nov 11 (ANI): The health of former Nepal Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala who has been kept under medical observation, is gradually improving, doctors said today.Koirala was ... Read more...
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Girls outshine boys in Bihar madrassa exams
September 8th, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 8 (IANS) Girls have outperformed boys in both the Class 10 and Class 12 level examinations conducted by the madrassas (Islamic seminaries) in Bihar, officials said Tuesday.
"Like the Central Board ... Read more...
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Court awards Rs.11.5 mn to NRI family for road accident
July 31st, 2008 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) A city court Thursday awarded a compensation of Rs.11.5 million to the family of a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) who was killed in an accident when his car ... Read more...
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This slum school gives hope to less privileged children
July 16th, 2008 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
By Nityanand Shukla
Ranchi, July 16 (IANS) A group of five people, including two illiterates, are running a school in a Muslim-dominated area here and transforming the lives of slum children by giving ... Read more...
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Mamun Mia gets ten-day police remand in Tripura
June 20th, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
Agartala, June 20 (ANI): Tripura Chief Judicial Magistrate court has ordered a ten-day police remand to a suspected Bangladeshi militant Mamun Mia, alias Suman Majumdar to probe into the matter of ... Read more...
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Tripura minister resigns over links with arms dealer
April 17th, 2008 - 10:20 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)Agartala, April 17 (IANS) Tripura Food and Minority Affairs Minister Sahid Chowdhury resigned Thursday from the state cabinet following a controversy over his alleged links with a Bangladeshi arms dealer, who was ... Read more...
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Tripura minister resigns
April 17th, 2008 - 9:06 pm ICT by admin
Agartala, April 17 (IANS) Tripura's Food and Civil Supplies Minister Sahid Chaudhuri resigned Thursday from the state cabinet over his alleged links with a Bangladeshi arms dealer. Read more...
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Nitish drops 10 ministers, inducts 19 new faces
April 13th, 2008 - 11:13 pm ICT by admin
Patna, April 13 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday effected the first reshuffle of his cabinet since coming to power in November 2005, dropping 10 ministers and inducting 19 new faces ... Read more...
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Tripura minister’s links with arms dealer being probed
April 11th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by admin
Agartala, April 11 (IANS) The Tripura police have ordered an inquiry into alleged links between state Food and Civil Supplies Minister Sahid Chowdhury and a Bangladeshi arms dealer, officials said here Friday. ... Read more...
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Gujarat government shuffles 41 IAS officers
March 26th, 2008 - 12:22 am ICT by admin
Gandhinagar (Gujarat), March 25 (IANS) The Gujarat government Tuesday transferred 41 IAS officers, including 11 district collectors and two municipal commissioners, besides promoting five to IAS cadre and appointing them as district ... Read more...
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“No Smoking”, “Jab We Met” open to mixed response
November 14th, 2007 - 2:54 am ICT by admin
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