Himachal hotel gets heritage status
August 23rd, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 23 (IANS) The Castle Naggar, Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation's prime hotel in the the picturesque Kullu valley, has been given heritage status, an official said Thursday.The union ... Read more...
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Australian found guilty of killing three Indian siblings
July 3rd, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, July 3 (IANS) A 42-year-old Australian faces up to 45 years in jail after a jury Tuesday found him guilty of murdering three siblings of an Indian-origin family in ... Read more...
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Government’s intentions on Lokpal dishonest: Hazare (Lead)
December 21st, 2011 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Ralegan Sidhi (Maharashtra), Dec 20 (IANS) Anna Hazare Tuesday accused the government of being "dishonest" on the Lokpal bill, saying its intentions were not clear and declared he would ... Read more...
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Government’s intentions on Lokpal dishonest: Hazare
December 20th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan Sidhi (Maharashtra), Dec 20 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare Tuesday accused the government of being "dishonest" on the Lokpal bill, saying its intentions were not clear and declared ... Read more...
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Kejriwal siphoned funds for private trust: Agnivesh
October 22nd, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal had siphoned Rs.70-80 lakh belonging to India Against Corruption (IAC), headed by Anna Hazare, and diverted the money ... Read more...
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Anna’s village men vow to return if needed
August 28th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) They travelled hundreds of kilometres and braved rains and heat to come to support Anna Hazare in his fight for a strong anti-graft bill. ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh’s three-day mourning for Arjun Singh (Lead)
March 5th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 5 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has cancelled his 52nd birthday celebrations Saturday as part of the state mourning for former chief minister Arjun ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh’s three-day mourning for Arjun Singh
March 5th, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 5 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has cancelled his 52nd birthday celebrations Saturday as part of the state mourning for former chief minister Arjun ... Read more...
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CWC condoles Arjun Singh’s demise, describes him a symbol of secular values
March 5th, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): The newly constituted Congress Working Committee, which met here on Saturday to condole the demise of veteran Congress leader Arjun Singh passed a resolution describing the ... Read more...
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Bawa maintains lead in desert car rally
February 26th, 2011 - 2:36 am ICT by IANS
Bikaner, Feb 26 (IANS) Overnight leader Harpreet Singh Bawa maintained his top position in the Xtreme category as the Maruti Suzuki 9th Desert Storm Rally entered its home stretch here.Bawa (with co-driver ... Read more...
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New insight into Indian origin woman Neelma Singh’s murder in Brisbane
September 21st, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Sept 21 (ANI): The probe into the death of an Indian origin woman, Neelma Singh and her siblings has taken a new turn after the Brisbane Magistrates Court heard that an ... Read more...
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Maoists have sneaked into Madhya Pradesh: Police chief
May 18th, 2010 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 18 (IANS) An alert has been sounded in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat and Sidhi districts where 30 to 40 Maoists are believed to have sneaked in from neighbouring Chhattisgarh, a ... Read more...
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12 peacocks die due to heat wave
April 28th, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 28 (IANS) The severe heat wave has claimed the lives of about a dozen peacocks in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, forest officials said Wednesday."The carcasses of peacocks were found Tuesday ... Read more...
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Alert in Madhya Pradesh after water row kills girl (Lead)
April 1st, 2010 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 1 (IANS) An alert has been sounded in Madhya Pradesh after a man stabbed an 18-year-old girl to death following a row over potable water in Indore, officials said Thursday.
Punam ... Read more...
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Alert sounded in Madhya Pradesh after girl killed over water
April 1st, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 1 (IANS) An alert has been sounded and police superintendents in Madhya Pradesh have been asked to be vigilant and deploy adequate force in sensitive areas during water supply timings ... Read more...
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Three people held, eight teachers suspended for mass cheating (Lead)
March 5th, 2010 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 4 (IANS) Three people were arrested and eight teachers suspended after an inspection of an examination centre in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district Thursday exposed mass copying on the first day ... Read more...
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Eight teachers suspended for allowing mass cheating
March 5th, 2010 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 4 (IANS) Eight teachers were suspended Thursday after an inspection of an examination centre in Morena district where mass copying was taking place on the first day of Class X ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh presents ‘grim’ picture of public health
February 23rd, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanjay Sharma
Bhopal, Feb 23 (IANS) Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lauded the "compassionate" governance of its Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at its Indore meeting last week, ... Read more...
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‘Killer’ bear gunned down in Madhya Pradesh
October 29th, 2009 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 29 (IANS) A bear, which killed four villagers in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district, was shot dead by police Thursday, forest officials said.
Four people, including three brothers, were killed ... Read more...
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Murdered Indian Australian woman’s boyfriend wanted a family threesome
August 27th, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Aug.27 (ANI): Accused killer Max Sica wanted a threesome with his then Indian Australian girlfriend Neelma Singh and another member of her family, the dead girl's older sister has told a ... Read more...
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Murdered Indian Australian woman’s father had an affair with his niece
August 21st, 2009 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane (Australia), Aug.21 (ANI): A Brisbane magistrate's court was told today that the father of an Indian Australian woman, who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend in 2003, had an affair with ... Read more...
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Brisbane court told murdered Indian Australian woman’s father was a violent man
August 20th, 2009 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Aug.20 (ANI): The father of three siblings found murdered in their home was a violent man who repeatedly bashed his wife and daughters, a court has been told.Giving evidence in ... Read more...
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`Shiva’s Trishul’ used to kill Indian Australian woman, siblings!
August 18th, 2009 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane (Australia), Aug.18 (ANI): Prosecutors in Brisbane have accused Max Sica of using a pitchfork resembling "Shiva's Trishul" to murder Indian Australian women Neelma Singh and her siblings Kunal and Sidhi in ... Read more...
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Dead Indian Australian woman ‘hid relationship’ with her eventual murderer, claims father
August 17th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Aug.17 (ANI): An Indian Australian woman, who was found dead in her Brisbane home, is said to have lied repeatedly to her family about her ongoing relationship with her alleged murderer, ... Read more...
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Murder accused faked brain tumour in Australia
August 14th, 2009 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 14 (IANS) An Australian man accused of killing three of a family in 2003 had faked a brain tumour and claimed he had only six months to live, in an ... Read more...
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Longest 21st century solar eclipse seen at various places in India
July 22nd, 2009 - 11:58 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 22 (ANI): The longest duration solar eclipse of 21st century was seen in various places of India.According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the eclipse began at 5.28 a.m. ... Read more...
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Blood flows as water dries up in Madhya Pradesh
June 6th, 2009 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
By Sanjay Sharma
Bhopal, June 6 (IANS) Blood is being spilled over water in Madhya Pradesh.The state is in the grip of acute water shortage, with some areas getting supply only once ... Read more...
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Arjun Singh ’shocked’ at denial of party ticket to children
April 20th, 2009 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh Monday vented his deep disappointment over his son and daughter being denied the party ticket, saying he ... Read more...
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199 candidates for first phase of polls in Madhya Pradesh
April 9th, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 9 (IANS) A total of 199 candidates will slug it out in the first round of elections to 13 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh April 23, poll officials said ... Read more...
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Arjun Singh’s daughter to contest as independent (Lead)
April 4th, 2009 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Denied a Congress ticket for the Lok Sabha elections, central minister Arjun Singh's daughter Veena Singh Saturday filed her nomination papers from Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi constituency as ... Read more...
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Arjun Singh’s daughter to contest as an Independent
April 4th, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by ANI
Sidhi (MP), Apr. 4 (ANI): Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh's daughter, Veena Singh, has filed her nomination papers as an Independent candidate for the forthcoming elections.Veena, accompanied by her ... Read more...
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Arjun Singh’s daughter to contest as independent
April 4th, 2009 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 4 (IANS) Denied a Congress ticket, central minister Arjun Singh's daughter Veena Singh Saturday filed her nomination papers from the Sidhi Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh as an independent ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh BJP to conduct campaign for justice
March 18th, 2009 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 18 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as part of its election strategy, will hold "a campaign for justice" in all constituencies to highlight what it calls ... Read more...
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Six killed in Madhya Pradesh accident
February 11th, 2009 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 11 (IANS) At least six people were killed and 25 injured when the bus they were travelling in fell into a ditch in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, the police said ... Read more...
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64 per cent turnout in Madhya Pradesh polls
November 27th, 2008 - 10:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 27 (ANI): Sixty-four per cent voter turnout was witnessed in Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections today.Deputy Election Commissioner R. Balakrishnan said while briefing the media in New Delhi today ... Read more...
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