40 dead as newspaper offices bombed in Nigeria (Second Lead)
April 26th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lagos, April 26 (IANS) At least 37 people were killed and 100 others injured Thursday when suicide bombers rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the office of This Day daily, a ... Read more...
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37 dead as newspaper offices bombed in Nigeria (Lead)
April 26th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lagos, April 26 (IANS) At least 37 people were killed and 100 others injured Thursday when a powerful explosion hit the office of Thisday daily, a leading Nigerian national newspaper, ... Read more...
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Bengal aims at 60 days work under rural jobs scheme
April 24th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lalgarh (West Bengal), April 24 (IANS) West Bengal aims to give 60 days of work to each household under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in ... Read more...
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Goodbye to gigantic Ganesh idols (With Images)
April 23rd, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Days of the Ganesh idols towering over the city at over 25 feet are over. Now, idols of the Hinduism's revered elephant god, the harbinger of ... Read more...
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Growing piracy close to India raises concern
April 21st, 2012 - 10:48 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 21 (IANS) As India and the United States work out a "shared strategy" to combat piracy, its expanding range beyond the western Indian Ocean close to India's western ... Read more...
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High security in Assam for PM’s visit, IED recovered
April 19th, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 19 (IANS) Authorities have stepped up security in Assam ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's one-day visit to the state Friday amid a 12-hour strike called by ... Read more...
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Apex court to hear plea on abducted Odisha legislator (Lead)
April 18th, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court will Thursday hear a plea seeking restraint on the Odisha government from freeing 29 imprisoned suspected Maoists and their sympathisers in exchange ... Read more...
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Afghan terror attack ends: 48 dead, 65 injured (Second Lead)
April 16th, 2012 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 16 (IANS) At least 48 people, including 36 terrorists, have been killed and 65 injured in what was a well-coordinated terror attack launched by heavily-armed Taliban militants ... Read more...
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UN observer mission is in Syrian interest: official
April 16th, 2012 - 4:59 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, April 16 (IANS) To have international observers on our territory is in Syrian interest, a top Syrian official said Sunday, adding that it is so because they can help ... 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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Odisha speeds up process to secure legislator’s release
April 13th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 13 (IANS) Odisha Friday said it is speeding up the process to secure the release of Biju Janata Dal legislator Jhina Hikaka who has been held hostage by ... Read more...
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Odisha hostage crisis: Maoist deadline ends Tuesday
April 10th, 2012 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 10 (IANS) As the Tuesday evening deadline set by Maoists for fulfilment of their demands neared, uncertainty continued over the fate of the Italian and the Odisha legislator ... Read more...
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Hostage crisis: Odisha yet to decide on fresh demands (Lead)
April 10th, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 9 (IANS) Odisha has yet to decide on the latest Maoist demands for the release of an Italian and a legislator being held captive by the rebels since ... Read more...
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Hostage crisis: Odisha yet to decide on fresh demands
April 9th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 9 (IANS) Odisha has yet to decide on the latest Maoist demands for the release of an Italian and a legislator being held captive by the rebels since ... Read more...
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Brazil actor seriously injured
April 8th, 2012 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, April 8 (IANS/EFE) A Brazilian actor almost hanged himself fatally while playing the part of Judas in a play and was taken to hospital in serious condition, ... Read more...
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3,000 cops deployed at Ajmer shrine
April 7th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 7 (IANS) For Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's visit Sunday to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, the Rajasthan government has deputed six superintendent of police ... Read more...
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Tight security in place in Delhi, Ajmer for Zardari visit
April 7th, 2012 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Ajmer/New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Security will be tight including deployment of special units atop high-rise buildings and along the route that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his ... Read more...
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Centre alerts Assam ahead of ULFA Raising Day
April 4th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Centre Wednesday alerted Assam and its neighbouring states ahead of the ULFA Raising Day April 7.An advisory issued by the home ministry here said ... Read more...
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Ajmer shrine authorities mum on Zardari visit
April 3rd, 2012 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 2 (IANS) Rajasthan government officials and authorities at the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti remained tightlipped Monday over preparations for the April 8 visit of ... Read more...
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Seven killed, 70 hurt in Thai bombings
March 31st, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, March 31 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and more than 70 injured Saturday in three serial bomb explosions in Thailand, officials said.The bombings took place around noon ... Read more...
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475 special police officers killed in Kashmir militancy
March 31st, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 31 (IANS) Since the eruption of militancy in the 1990s, over 475 Special Police Officers (SPOs), who are temporary recruits assisting regular police in anti-militancy operations in Jammu ... Read more...
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Kanpur cop dies after being shot inside police station (Lead)
March 30th, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, March 30 (IANS) An Uttar Pradesh Police officer who was shot at along with a constable inside a police station here by a drunken youth succumbed to his injuries ... Read more...
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35 militants killed in Pakistan
March 30th, 2012 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 30 (IANS) Security forces Friday gunned down 35 militants in northwest Pakistan's upper Orakzai areas while one troop was also killed, the Geo News reported.Security forces conducted clearance ... Read more...
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Youth shoots at cops inside Kanpur police station
March 30th, 2012 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
Kanpur, March 30 (IANS) A sub-inspector and a constable of Uttar Pradesh police were shot at and critically wounded inside a police station by a drunken youth here early Friday, ... Read more...
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Tight security across Punjab ahead of Rajoana hanging
March 28th, 2012 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 28 (IANS) Security was tightened across Punjab Wednesday following a shutdown call given by various Sikh organisations against the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Balwant Singh ... Read more...
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Akhilesh’s thanksgiving party, with family and party workers
March 25th, 2012 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 25 (IANS) The sprawling 5, Kalidas Marg residence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhikesh Yadav opened for his party loyalists Sunday morning as the 38-year-old Samajwadi Party (SP) ... Read more...
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Pakistan again violates LoC truce
March 22nd, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 22 (IANS) Pakistani troops resorted to "unprovoked firing" on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district late Wednesday night, which ... Read more...
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Odisha begins dialogue to secure release of Italians
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 22 (IANS) The Odisha government Thursday began a dialogue with two interlocutors named by Maoists to secure the safe release of two Italians who have been held hostage ... Read more...
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Italian hostages: India positive amid deadlock (Roundup)
March 21st, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneshwar/New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) India Wednesday stepped up efforts to secure the freedom of two Italians seized by Maoists even as differences persisted over the choice of mediators ... Read more...
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Maoists offer swap, no interlocutor for talks (Lead)
March 21st, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 21 (IANS) Uncertainty persisted Wednesday on the fate of the two Italians abducted by Maoists in Odisha, with talks likely to be delayed further as it was not ... Read more...
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Nitish Katara murder: Vishal to pay Rs.16 lakh for security
March 16th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Vishal Yadav, jailed in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder, was Friday told by the Delhi High Court to pay nearly Rs.16 lakh spent by the ... Read more...
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Fail fitness test, get pay cut: British cops told
March 16th, 2012 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 16 (IANS) Policemen in the British capital face a massive cut in their salaries if a fitness test finds them to be fat.Security personnel would be asked to ... Read more...
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Catfight between Osama wives: Third accuses first of betrayal
March 15th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 15 (IANS) The third and youngest wife of Osama bin Laden has accused his first spouse of betraying the Al Qaeda chief and revealing his location.The two wives ... Read more...
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Meghalaya CM confident of tackling GNLA
March 13th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 13 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Tuesday exuded confidence that his government will effectively tackle insurgency in the Garo Hills and ensure lasting peace in the state.The ... Read more...
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