Delhi Shutdown: Markets closed, but life largely unaffected (Lead)
September 20th, 2012 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The daylong countrywide bandh called to protest the government's economic measures evoked mixed response in the national capital Thursday with most markets remaining shut, but ... Read more...
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Unions denounce fuel price hike
September 14th, 2012 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) All central trade unions Friday condemned the fuel price hike and said this would further push up prices of food, making the life of "ordinary ... Read more...
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Posters warn women of acid attack for wearing jeans
August 7th, 2012 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 7 (IANS) Posters put by an outfit in the Jharkhand capital have threatened acid attacks on girls and women who wear jeans or do not wear a dupatta. ... Read more...
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Auto, taxi fare charges likely to increase in Delhi
July 25th, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) People may have to shell out more to travel by autos and taxis as the government may allow increase in the fares in the ... Read more...
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Delhi’s autos, taxis to go on strike from Aug 3
July 20th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Auto-rickshaws and taxis in Delhi will go on strike from Aug 3 to protest the rise in prices of compressed natural gas (CNG) without any ... Read more...
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Scandals to protests, Hooda gets busy this summer (Haryana Newsletter)
July 6th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 6 (IANS) First, the scandal of sexual abuse and tormenting of inmates at a shelter home in Rohtak, and now statewide protests over power and water shortage - ... Read more...
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Shelter home exploitation: cop held for destroying evidence
July 6th, 2012 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), July 6 (IANS) The Haryana police officer heading the probe into the sexual exploitation and physical and mental torture of inmates at the Apna Ghar shelter home here ... Read more...
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Warden booked for sodomising mentally disabled in Haryana
July 2nd, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), July 2 (IANS) Close on the heels of the revelation of sexual abuse, mental and physical torture of inmates at Apna Ghar shelter home here, Haryana Police have ... Read more...
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RTI activist alleges sabotage in Mantralaya fire
June 22nd, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) A prominent Right to Information activist, alleging negligence and non-implementation of norms, Friday urged the Mumbai police to investigate a sabotage angle to Thursday's Mantralaya fire ... Read more...
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Maoists scale down demand for Hikaka’s release (Lead)
April 15th, 2012 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 15 (IANS) While setting a Wednesday deadline, Maoists Sunday let go of the demand to free a key rebel in exchange for the release of Odisha's Biju Janata ... Read more...
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Maoists set Wednesday deadline for Hikaka’s release
April 15th, 2012 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 15 (IANS) Maoists in Odisha have set a Wednesday deadline for the government to meet their demands in exchange for the release of ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ... Read more...
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Anna fever returns to Delhi
March 25th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Anna fever gripped Delhi once again Sunday with thousands filling the capital's dharna hotspot at Jantar Mantar to join the social activist in his ... Read more...
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Paying minimum wages in rural job scheme: Apex court
January 23rd, 2012 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday reminded the central government that the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was a socially beneficial legislation and the government ... Read more...
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Bhopal gas tragedy survivors sit-in to move to Delhi
January 20th, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 20 (IANS) The survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy Friday suspended their 18-day sit-in here to protest inadequate compensation and announced they would soon shift it to ... Read more...
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NDA MPs to give ‘no black money’ declaration next week
November 23rd, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) MPs will next week give a declaration that they don't have any black money stashed away in banks abroad."The NDA ... Read more...
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Autorickshaw users expect smooth ride after court order
November 12th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Commuters in Delhi are hoping that the Supreme Court's nod for issuing 100,000 fresh autorickshaw permits would mean greater competition and an end to their ... Read more...
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Strike hits Coal India mines in Orissa
October 10th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 10 (IANS) The operations of state-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) in Orissa were hit Monday by a one-day strike called by its major workers' unions, an official ... Read more...
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Nepal Muslim leader shot dead
September 26th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 26 (IANS) A top official of a prominent Muslim organisation in Nepal was shot dead in broad daylight in capital city Kathmandu while returning home after praying in ... Read more...
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Government lacks will to fight threats: Bhagwat
September 25th, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 25 (IANS) The central government "lacks the will to fight external and internal threats" and has not been able to end the "tampering" with the border by India's ... Read more...
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Coal India terms workers’ strike for bonus illegal
September 24th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) Describing as "illegal" the country-wide shutdown on Oct 10 called by all major workers' unions of Coal India Limited (CIL) over their demands for bonus and ... Read more...
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RJD to protest attacks on backward castes
September 10th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 10 (IANS) Bihar's opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)will stage a state-wide protest after a backward caste woman was assaulted and scalded for refusing to trim the nails ... Read more...
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Jharkhand’s Bhojpuri, Maithili speakers feel denied
September 1st, 2011 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 1 (IANS) Bhojpuri and Maithili-speaking people in Jharkhand have sharply reacted for their languages not being accorded second language status in the state.The Jharkhand cabinet accorded this ... Read more...
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Feeding hungry stomachs as Hazare fasts
August 22nd, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Spicing up proceedings for the thousands gathered at Ramlila Maidan in support of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption fast is an 'Anna Ki Rasoi', a kitchen that ... Read more...
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ABVP activists baton-charged
August 9th, 2011 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) were baton-charged in Lucknow Tuesday after they turned violent and clashed with police while protesting against the Congress-led ... Read more...
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Congress accuses BJP of collective corruption
July 25th, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Branding the BJP as the "Kaveri of corruption", the Congress party Monday accused Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and the BJP central leadership of ... Read more...
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Gujarat cop’s Facebook posts figure in riots panel hearing
June 27th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, June 27 (IANS) Social networking site Facebook Monday figured in the proceedings of a commission probing the 2002 Gujarat communal riots. The panel, however, decided to put in ... Read more...
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Journalist’s murder: Scribes on relay hunger strike
June 15th, 2011 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 15 (IANS) Over 50 Mumbai mediapersons Wednesday launched a one-day relay hunger strike protesting the Maharashtra government's refusal to hand over the probe into the murder of journalist ... Read more...
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Dalit activists protest anti-Brahmin remarks by author
June 13th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, June 13 (IANS) A few Dalit activists in Maharashtra have demanded action against a Pune-based author for his anti-Brahmin comments in a book while Brahmin groups are yet to ... Read more...
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Congress slams Ramdev, BJP, Anna
June 8th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Hitting out at Baba Ramdev and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress said Wednesday that the agitation of the yoga guru against corruption ... Read more...
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Ramdev slams government’s ‘betrayal’, fast to continue (Lead)
June 4th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Baba Ramdev Saturday accused the government of betrayal, after a minister revealed a letter claiming an agreement with the yoga guru to call off ... Read more...
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I am not agent of any party: Ramdev
June 4th, 2011 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who began an indefinite fast against graft and black money Saturday, asserted he was not an agent of any political ... Read more...
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Indefinite auto strike in Delhi from Wednesday
May 17th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Protesting against the installation of Global Positioning System (GPS) in the auto-rickshaws, some of the auto unions in the capital are set to launch indefinite strike ... Read more...
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Folk art shows how women fought for their rights
March 25th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mau (Uttar Pradesh), March 25 (IANS) A large number of rural women used folk art to show how they had fought for National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), public distribution ... Read more...
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Rural women of Uttar Pradesh assert themselves
March 25th, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mau (Uttar Pradesh), March 25 (IANS) From taking on corrupt officials to striving for greater rights for themselves, a women's convention in this Uttar Pradesh town unfolded bold narrations of ... Read more...
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PM assures farmers that their interests will be protected
March 8th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 8 (ANI): Reiterating the government's deep concern for farmers' welfare, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, who met a Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) delegation here today assured them ... Read more...
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