Was UP behind Tuesday power mess? Officials say a firm no
July 31st, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 31 (IANS) Was Uttar Pradesh at the heart of the power crisis that plunged 600 million people across the country into darkness Tuesday? Even as the central ... Read more...
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UP comes to a grinding halt due to power failure
July 31st, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 31 (IANS) Life came to a standstill in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday as the Northen Grid tripped again around 1:30 p.m.,leading to a power blackout in most towns and ... Read more...
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Hydropower generation resumes in Himachal
July 30th, 2012 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 30 (IANS) Hydro-power generation in Himachal Pradesh resumed Monday morning more than seven hours after the Northern Grid collapsed and stopped electricity production, an official of the state ... Read more...
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Is Mike Wallace going to sign a contract with Pittsburg Steelers?
July 27th, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, July 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Speculation is rife on whether the famous and popular wide receiver Mike Wallace will sign a contract with Pittsburg Steelers or not. The speculations have reached ... Read more...
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Alert pilots save 48 passengers aboard Air India plane (Second Lead)
June 10th, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati/New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The presence of mind of the two pilots, one of them a woman, saved the lives of 48 passengers and crew aboard a Guwahati-bound Air ... Read more...
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Alert women pilots save over 48 lives aboard Air India plane (Lead)
June 10th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 10 (IANS) The presence of mind of two women pilots saved the lives of 48 passengers and the crew aboard a Guwahati-bound Air India plane Sunday after it ... Read more...
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Delhi lives through another blistering day (Lead)
May 31st, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Delhi's heated summer days continued Thursday with the maximum temperature settling at 45.4 degrees Celsius-the highest in this season as of now withfive notches above ... Read more...
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Munda, wife discharged from hospital
May 17th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 17 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda and his wife Meera Munda, who were injured when their helicopter crash-landed here May 9, were Thursday discharged from a city ... Read more...
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8 killed, 18 injured in two Rajasthan accidents
May 11th, 2012 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 10 (IANS) Eight people were killed and at least 18 others were seriously wounded in two separate accidents in Rajasthan's Jaipur and Bikaner districts Thursday, police said.According to ... Read more...
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Snag grounds Jetlite flight
May 2nd, 2012 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 2 (IANS) A Mumbai-bound Jetlite flight was grounded after the aircraft developed a major technical problem while trying to take off from here Wednesday, leading to a delay ... Read more...
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Use more modern ground covers, Banerjee tells CAB
April 6th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) Unhappy over the plastic covers used on the Eden Gardens ground, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday advised the Cricket Association of Bengal to ... Read more...
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Signal snag hits thousands of Metro commuters (Lead)
March 29th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) On a day when restrictions were imposed on several roads in Delhi due to the BRICS summit, thousands of Metro commuters in the national capital ... Read more...
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Communal literature at PM’s rally in Goa?
March 2nd, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 2 (IANS) Controversies surrounding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's election rally in Goa two days ago simply refuse to die.Election officials said they have asked police and other ... Read more...
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Another Kolkata man dies near burnt laptop
February 5th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) Three months after a laptop snag killed an MNC employee, another man in Kolkata was found dead close to his burnt laptop in his bedroom, police ... Read more...
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Five killed in Jharkhand train collision, six suspended (Second Lead)
January 11th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 11 (IANS) Five people were killed and 14 injured when the New Delhi-bound Brahmaputra Mail hit a stationary goods train at Karanpurato station of Jharkhand's Sahebganj district on ... Read more...
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Five killed in Jharkhand train accident (Lead)
January 11th, 2012 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 11 (IANS) Five people were killed and 14 injured when the New Delhi-bound Brahmaputra Mail hit a stationary goods train at Karanpurato station of Jharkhand's Sahibganj district Wednesday ... Read more...
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Four killed in Jharkhand train accident
January 11th, 2012 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 11 (IANS) Four people were killed and 14 injured when the Brahmaputra Mail
hit a stationary goods train at Karanpurato station of Jharkhand's Sahibganj district Wednesday morning."Four people have ... Read more...
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Dhruv choppers grounded after crash
October 20th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 20 (IANS) The Dhruv helicopters, used by para military forces, have been grounded after a Border Security Force (BSF) chopper crashed on the outskirts of Ranchi Wednesday, Central ... Read more...
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Your walk can give you away
October 9th, 2011 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 9 (IANS) The way you walk could give you away as accurately as fingerprints - but only if you walk without your shoes.Researchers have developed a method that ... Read more...
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Server failure hits SBI services
October 1st, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 1 (IANS) Services in the country's largest lender State Bank of India were crippled Saturday due to an internet snag, severely inconveniencing thousands of customers ahead of ... Read more...
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Osama probe panel retraces US choppers’ route
September 14th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 14 (IANS) The Pakistani commission probing the American commando raid in Abbottabad to take out Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has flown over the likely route taken ... Read more...
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Commuters stranded as snag hits Delhi Metro
August 18th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Passengers were left stranded as a technical fault hit Delhi Metro's Gurgaon-Jehangirpuri line Thursday, resulting in overcrowding at stations.According to an official, a track circuit ... Read more...
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Jharkhand assembly speaker gets Rs.1.69 lakh mobile bill
August 13th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 13 (IANS) Jharkhand assembly Speaker C.P. Singh has sought a CBI probe to find out how his post-paid mobile bill swelled to Rs.1.69 lakh in just four days. ... Read more...
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Leona Lewis taken to court over new single ‘Collide’
August 5th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
The planned release of Leona Lewis’ new single “Collide” has hit a snag because of a lawsuit brought against the singer and her record label. The high court suit was filed ... Read more...
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Another ship stuck at Mumbai’s Juhu beach
July 31st, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) In the second such incident in six weeks, a huge ship Sunday drifted to and ran aground at Juhu beach here, officials said.The ship, named MV ... Read more...
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Jetlite plane makes emergency landing in Mumbai
July 4th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) A Bangalore-bound Jetlite aircraft made an emergency landing Monday afternoon at the Mumbai airport after a suspected engine snag, sources said here.Flight S2-112 took off at ... Read more...
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Gilani learnt about Osama raid at 2 a.m.
May 11th, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Pakistani Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani told Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani about the US operation against Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at ... Read more...
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Jersey Shore’s shooting gets delayed in Italy
May 9th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Venice, May 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The filming of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” in Itay hit a snag when the show’s permit was revoked in Florence. Reports say the show’s executives informed the cast ... Read more...
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Pakistan detected US planes near border before Osama raid
May 9th, 2011 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) The Pakistan Air Force radars had detected six US aicraft flying close to the Afghanistan border before the US helicopters carrying commandos sneaked into the country ... Read more...
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Bastar votes in by-poll amid Maoist firing (Lead)
May 8th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 8 (IANS) Polling booths in the urban and forested areas of Bastar in Chhattisgarh presented a study in contrast Sunday, as about 20-22 percent of 11.94 lakh ... Read more...
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Pakistan PM’s aircraft develops mid-air snag
May 6th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 6 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's special aircraft had to return to Paris after it developed a snag mid-air, it was reported here.The aircraft had ... Read more...
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Study on AIDS prevention pill paused
April 19th, 2011 - 1:24 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, April 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists seem to have hit the snag with regards to their attempt to test an AIDS prevention pill. The scientists say it is becoming increasingly difficult ... Read more...
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Two killed in Orissa plant blast (Lead)
April 9th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 9 (IANS) At least two people were killed and two others were injured Saturday when oxygen cylinders exploded in a plant near Orissa's Rourkela city, police said.The accident ... Read more...
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US-Pak ‘preparatory’ talks in Washington to pave way for strategic dialogue
March 26th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 26(ANI): Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir is expected to visit Washington in a few days for talks aimed at ironing out the differences that have adversely affected the US-Pakistan relationship.The ... Read more...
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Croc on menu for Wills’ Oz visit
March 19th, 2011 - 12:59 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, March 19 (ANI): Prince William, who has arrived in Australia for a three-day tour of flood and cyclone damaged regions, will be offered crocodile as part of an afternoon meal.Despite ... Read more...
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