Over 60 percent turnout in UP second phase poll (Third Lead)
February 11th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 11 (IANS) Keeping up with the first phase, ballotting in 59 constituencies in the second phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections Saturday touched 60 percent and seemed ... Read more...
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External force trying to take away Balochistan: Rehman Malik
February 11th, 2012 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 11 (IANS) Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that some "external powers" were conspiring to detach the Balochistan province from Pakistan by creating a volatile situation there.Malik ... Read more...
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Shutdown on JKLF founder’s death anniversary
February 11th, 2012 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) Life across Srinagar and other parts of the Valley was affected Saturday by a shutdown called by separatists to mark the death anniversary of Jammu Kashmir ... Read more...
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Man dumps 1 kg gold bar in charity box
February 11th, 2012 - 8:12 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, Feb 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A gold bar weighing one kilogram was dropped into a charity collection box in the Belarussian city of Brest, a media report said Friday.The gold ... Read more...
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70,000 faithful throng Hazratbal shrine (With Images)
February 10th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 10 (IANS) More than 70,000 people offered congregational prayers at the Hazratbal Shrine here on the last Friday of the 10-day long Milad-e-Nabi festivities.Files of devotees who gathered ... Read more...
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Maoists blow up BSF vehicle in Odisha, four killed
February 10th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 10 (IANS) Maoists Friday blew up a vehicle of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said. Four security personnel, including a BSF commandant, were ... Read more...
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Munda unhappy over leaking of Chidamabaram’s letter
February 9th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 9 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda Thursday expressed unhappiness over the leaking of a letter by union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to him over the Maoist ... Read more...
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Sangma asks Garo rebels to surrender arms
February 8th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 8 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Wednesday asked the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) -- a terrorist outfit operating in western parts of the state -- to ... Read more...
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Amnesty favours trial of rights violators in Kashmir
February 8th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Security personnel involved in rape and murder cases in Jammu and Kashmir should stand trial instead of seeking immunity under the often criticised armed forces' ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh set to vote amid hung house forecast (Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Lucknow, Feb 7 (IANS) The mother of all elections since the 2009 parliamentary battle starts in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, with the outcome bound to cast a long shadow ... Read more...
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BSF man held at airport with bullets
February 4th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 4 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was Saturday detained by security personnel at the Agartala airport following the recovery of some bullets from his baggage, police ... Read more...
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Additional security for Manipur re-poll
February 3rd, 2012 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Feb 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India will take additional security measures to ensure free and fair balloting in five hill districts of Manipur where re-polling is scheduled ... Read more...
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Pakistani youth wanted to meet president, arrested
February 3rd, 2012 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) A 19-year-old Pakistani national was arrested from near Parliament House here for attempting to enter the Rashtrapati Bhawan Wednesday night, police said.The youth has been ... Read more...
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Garo rebel group GNLA declared terrorist outfit
February 1st, 2012 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 31 (IANS) The Indian government Tuesday declared the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), a rebel outfit operating in western part of Meghalaya, a terrorist outfit under the Unlawful ... Read more...
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Prosecute security forces for torture: Human Rights Watch
January 31st, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 31 (IANS) The Indian government should prosecute security personnel for torture to make it clear that torture will not be tolerated, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.Border Security ... Read more...
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Punjab, Uttarakhand register record polling (Roundup)
January 31st, 2012 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/Dehradun, New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Punjab and Uttarakhand witnessed record voter turn out at 77 percent and 70 percent respectively Monday with one death in the country's grain ... Read more...
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Over 77 percent voting in Punjab, one killed in violence (Roundup)
January 30th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Over 77 percent of Punjab's 1.76 crore voters cast their ballots Monday to pick a new state assembly. Election Commission (EC) officials said the final ... Read more...
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Stopping by the polling booth on wedding day (Punjab poll diary)
January 30th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Dressed in full wedding finery, a groom in Punjab's Patiala town went the extra mile -- literally -- to exercise his franchise Monday.The groom took a ... Read more...
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65 per cent voting in Punjab (Evening Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Around 65 percent of Punjab's 1.76 crore voters had cast their ballots by 5 p.m. Monday to pick a new state assembly, while thousands ... Read more...
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Nearly 40 percent vote in Punjab polls (Afternoon Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) With a bright and sunny day at most places, thousands of people queued up outside polling booths across Punjab to elect a new assembly Monday ... Read more...
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Bright and sunny as polling picks up in Punjab (Second Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Thousands of people queued up outside polling booths across Punjab to elect a new assembly Monday with over 15 percent of 1.76 crore voters casting ... Read more...
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Polling begins in Punjab
January 30th, 2012 - 9:35 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 30 (IANS) Voting started across 19,841 polling stations in Punjab's 117 assembly seats at 8 a.m. Monday, Election Commission (EC) officials said here.Despite the winter chill, some polling ... Read more...
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Surrendered Garo rebel’s house torched, mother missing
January 29th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 29 (IANS) Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels torched the house of one of its surrendered members in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, police said Sunday, adding the ... Read more...
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Rs 33.66 crore, 697,000 liquor bottles seized
January 29th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) With Punjab set to vote Monday, the Election Commission said Sunday Rs.33.66 crore of unaccounted cash and 697,000 bottles of country liquor have been seized in ... Read more...
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Punjab, Uttarakhand set to elect new assemblies (Lead)
January 29th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Punjab and Uttarakhand go to polls Monday to elect new assemblies with the Congress hoping to oust the Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine ... Read more...
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Manipur sees over 80 percent turnout, seven killed (Night Lead)
January 28th, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 28 (IANS) Manipur recorded over 80 percent turnout in the assembly election Saturday but the figure could go up as voting was still on in some remote parts ... Read more...
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Six killed in Manipur, poll turnout over 70 percent (Fourth Lead)
January 28th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 28 (IANS) At least six people, including a suspected Naga militant and a paramilitary trooper, were killed in violence during elections to the Manipur assembly Saturday. The state ... Read more...
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Manipur polls witness violence, five killed (Third Lead)
January 28th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 28 (IANS) At least five people, including a suspected Naga militant, were killed in violence during the Manipur assembly polls Saturday that started on a peaceful note. The ... Read more...
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Manipur poll violence: One killed in militant attack on booth
January 28th, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 28 (IANS) In another incident of election violence in Manipur, a group of armed militants attacked a polling booth Saturday, killing a CRPF trooper and injuring four others, ... Read more...
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Fierce gunfight between Garo rebels, commandos
January 28th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 27 (IANS) A fierce gunfight lasting an hour broke out between Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) commandos in the jungles of ... Read more...
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Julia Gillard’s shoe held for ransom by protestors
January 27th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sydney, Jan 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been given a week’s ultimatum to collect her shoes or it will be sold on eBay. The Aborigine tribe in Australia ... Read more...
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GNLA commander escapes arrest
January 27th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 27 (IANS) The Meghalaya Police came close to nabbing Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) commander-in-chief Sohan D' Shira but he managed to escape, police said Friday."We had a ... Read more...
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Himachal braves cold, marks Republic Day
January 26th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 26 (IANS) Braving bone-biting cold, people Thursday celebrated Republic Day across Himachal Pradesh, where temperatures dipped to minus in many places.Governor Urmila Singh unfurled the national flag at ... Read more...
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Five Pakistani paramilitary men killed
January 26th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Suspected gunmen from the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi outfit attacked a checkpost in Pakistan's Balochistan province and gunned down five paramilitary troopers, officials said Thursday.The pre-dawn attack was launched ... Read more...
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Tears as Navdeep Singh gets posthumous Ashok Chakra (Lead)
January 26th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) A mother wept, a greatful nation acknowledged one of its heroes. Lt Navdeep Singh, a young army commando who died battling terrorists in Jammu ... Read more...
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