35pc candidates with criminal cases in UP fourth phase
February 11th, 2012 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Nearly 35 percent of the major candidates in the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh polls scheduled Feb 19 have criminal background, a report from ... Read more...
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Invest India inks deal with Mauritian board
February 8th, 2012 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Invest India, a joint venture of the government and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Wednesday signed an agreement with the ... Read more...
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Maruti plans to roll out SUVs and MPVs
February 3rd, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Maruti Suzuki has ramped up production of the diesel versions of its passenger cars and plans to roll out SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles) and MPVs (Multi-purpose ... Read more...
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GSI to increase hiring
January 31st, 2012 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) The union cabinet has cleared the proposal of the ministry of mines to increase the highly-skilled manpower of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) for exploration ... Read more...
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485 ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ kids set world record
January 29th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) Kolkata Sunday got a new entry into the Guinness World Records, with 485 children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi turning up for a peace walk, making it ... Read more...
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Three arrested for kidnapping child
January 18th, 2012 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) A 37-year-old woman was nabbed for kidnapping a three-year-old boy and passing on the child to her niece who was childless, police said Tuesday. The ... Read more...
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Arrested excise official’s health improving, court told
January 18th, 2012 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Central Excise Commissioner A.K. Srivastava's health has improved and he can be discharged in a few days from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ... Read more...
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Excise official, middleman sent to day’s CBI custody
January 16th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Monday sent a central excise official and a middleman, arrested in a corruption case, to ... Read more...
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Excise official’s anticipatory bail plea dismissed
January 13th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail application of Central Excise Commissioner A.K. Srivastava, who had allegedly demanded a ... Read more...
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CBI oppose bail plea of excise commissioner (Lead)
January 12th, 2012 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday opposed the anticipatory bail application of Central Excise Commissioner A.K. Srivastava for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs.60 ... Read more...
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Bribe case: Excise official sent to judicial custody
January 10th, 2012 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A court here Tuesday sought the CBI's reply on the anticipatory bail plea of central excise commissioner A.K. Srivastava in a corruption case and sent ... Read more...
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Bribe case: CBI custody of excise official extended till Jan 10
January 7th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody of a central excise official and an alleged middleman were Saturday extended till Jan 10 by a special ... Read more...
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Cousin held for siblings’ murder (Lead)
January 4th, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A cousin of a young woman and her brother, both found murdered in their house in central Delhi, has been arrested for the killings, ... Read more...
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Bribe case: Excise official, middleman sent to CBI custody (Lead)
January 3rd, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A central excise official and an alleged middleman were Tuesday remanded to four days' custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by a ... Read more...
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Excise official sent to police custody
January 3rd, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Tuesday remanded to four days judicial custody a superintendent of Central Excise along with a middleman for ... Read more...
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IPTA resolves to wage war against ‘obscurantist values’
December 30th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Dec 30 (IANS) The Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) has resolved to wage a relentless struggle against "obscurantist forces" which, it said, were hell-bent on destroying India's secular, socio-cultural ... Read more...
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Doordarshan journalist robbed
December 26th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 26 (IANS) A journalist working with a state-owned Doordarshan news channel was kidnapped, robbed and later let off by attackers who escaped with his car in Ghaziabad, police ... Read more...
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Bhopal victims stripped, thrashed by police, say kin
December 22nd, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Dec 22 (IANS) Bhopal gas victims and their family members Thursday alleged that police beat up, stripped and illegally detained those arrested for rail blockade here earlier this month. ... Read more...
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Bhopal survivors block rail tracks, call off stir (Lead)
December 3rd, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Dec 3 (IANS) At least half a dozen people were injured in stone-pelting by Bhopal gas tragedy survivors who blockaded rail tracks here Saturday to mark the 27th ... Read more...
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Bhopal survivors beaten back from rail blockade
December 3rd, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Dec 3 (IANS) Bhopal gas tragedy survivors who blockaded rail tracks here Saturday to mark the 27th anniversary of the industrial disaster were evicted from the protest site ... Read more...
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Kamat’s constituency gets Rs.15 crore to build cinema halls
November 25th, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 25 (IANS) The union information and broadcasting ministry has allotted Rs.15 crore to Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat's Margao constituency for constructing two cinema halls, which will also ... Read more...
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Jharkhand train fire: Police disagree with sabotage theory
November 23rd, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Giridih (Jharkhand), Nov 23 (IANS) Contradicting the sabotage theory, police here Wednesday ruled out any foul play in the Howrah-Dehradun Express train fire after visiting the two burnt airconditioned coaches ... Read more...
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Tags to Raj Kapoor lounge - sponsors chip in at IFFI
November 18th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 18 (IANS) Special check-in baggage tags, dedicated baggage handlers to sipping beer at the Raj Kapoor lounge, organisers of the 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) ... Read more...
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Double century by Niraj Patel; tons by Tanmay, Mukund, Rayudu
November 11th, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Young Test opener Abhinav Mukund hammered a century for Tamil Nadu against Haryana, Rohit Sharma continued his great form with an unbeaten 55 off 59 ... Read more...
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Lata to receive K.L. Saigal award
November 7th, 2011 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar will be honoured with the K.L. Saigal award by Savitri Vikas Samiti here on Nov 17.According to Anita Srivastava, from Savitri ... Read more...
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Verma downs Ackermann in ITF Futures tennis; Yuki, Vishnu pull out
November 5th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 5 (IANS) UM Gugan Verma of India ousted Michael Ackermann of Germany 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the TNTA ITF Mens' Futures tennis championships sponsored by ... Read more...
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Huge support for Jan Lokpal bill in Sonia’s constituency
November 5th, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 5 (IANS) Activists of India Against Corruption (IAC), headed by Anna Hazare, Saturday claimed "massive support" for the Jan Lokpal bill in Congress president Sonia Gandhi's parliamentary ... Read more...
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Khurshid stresses on health insurance
November 2nd, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Public private partnerships and wider health insurance coverage will be the key for making healthcare widely available in India, union Law Minister Salman Khurshid said ... Read more...
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‘Infiltration from Bangladesh impacting demography’
October 21st, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Oct 21 (IANS) Infiltration from Bangladesh is posing a demographic threat due to vast stretches of the India-Bangladesh border being unfenced, a top police officer said Friday."Infiltration is still ... Read more...
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Smart cane guiding blind in Himachal
October 15th, 2011 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 15 (IANS) "It's the cane that meets more than the eye," said 18-year-old blind student Bhupesh. He has been using the battery-operated IIT-Delhi developed smart cane for the ... Read more...
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India gives list of terror camps to Bangladesh
September 30th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 30 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has given a list of terrorist camps operational in Bangladesh to its counterpart, the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB), asking them to ... Read more...
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Bansal is named new BSF chief
September 29th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) U.K. Bansal, at present secretary (internal security) in the home ministry, was Thursday appointed the new director general of the Border Security Force.Bansal, a ... Read more...
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Media-police ties key for better policing: Expert
September 28th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Sep 28 (IANS) Close media-police relations are vital for better policing, a communications expert said here Wednesday."Media today cannot be 'managed' and that is why it has become even ... Read more...
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Three get life term for 2006 kidnapping of Adobe CEO’s son
September 26th, 2011 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Sep 26 (IANS) A Noida court Monday awarded life imprisonment to three people for the 2006 kidnapping of Anant Gupta, the son of Adobe CEO Naresh Chand Gupta.
Special Judge ... Read more...
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Cracker blast at Gorakhnath temple raises security concerns
September 26th, 2011 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 26 (IANS) An explosion Sunday night on the premises of the ancient Gorakhnath temple in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district has raised security concerns.According to the police, a ... Read more...
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