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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Three convicted for 2006 kidnapping of Adobe CEO’s son
September 25th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Noida, Sep 24 (IANS) A Noida court Saturday convicted three people for kidnapping Anant Gupta, the son of Adobe CEO Naresh Chand Gupta, in 2006 while acquitting four others. Sentences ... Read more...
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Villagers kill crocodile in Uttar Pradesh
September 18th, 2011 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 17 (IANS) Villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district killed a crocodile, officials said Saturday, adding that around 15 accused have been booked for clubbing to death the reptile ... Read more...
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NALCO chief’s bail plea dismissed
September 11th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Remarking that when corruption "flows from top to bottom" it is likely to pollute the entire institution, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court ... Read more...
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Advancing application cut-off date justified: 2G accused (Lead)
September 7th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told Wednesday by an accused in the 2G case that advancing the cut-off date for the receipt of applications for licences ... Read more...
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High alert in Uttar Pradesh
September 7th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 7 (IANS) A high alert was sounded across Uttar Pradesh Wednesday after a bomb blast in the national capital killed nine people.Uttar Pradesh Police spokesman D.P. Srivastava said ... Read more...
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CBI to ‘recreate’ RTI activist’s murder scene
September 5th, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Sep 5 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday began probing the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood and said it would first "recreate" the sequence of ... Read more...
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BJP legislator might be quizzed in RTI activist murder
August 26th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Aug 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party's Bhopal legislator Dhruv Narayan Singh and Indore Inspector General Pawan Srivastava might be quizzed by the Madhya Pradesh Police in connection with ... Read more...
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Now, an Anna Chalisa!
August 25th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 25 (IANS) Inspired by Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign, a budding music director has come up with an "Anna Chalisa".Sankalp Srivastava, 21, has composed and sung the five-minute "Anna ... Read more...
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Curfew lifted from Uttar Pradesh city
August 21st, 2011 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 21 (IANS) Curfew was lifted from Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad city Sunday, over 10 days after it was imposed in parts of the city following a communal clash that ... Read more...
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No curfew for 18 hours in Moradabad now
August 18th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 18 (IANS) With the situation turning normal in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad city following a communal clash that left 12 people, including two policemen, injured, authorities Thursday ... Read more...
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Anti-corruption crusader killed in Bhopal
August 16th, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Aug 16 (IANS) Shehla Masood, an anti-corruption crusader and Right to Information activist, was Tuesday shot dead outside her residence here, police said.
Masood was in her car in the ... Read more...
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Moradabad curfew to be relaxed for 16 hours
August 16th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 16 (IANS) With normalcy returning fast to the trouble-torn areas in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad city days after a communal clash left 13 people injured, the authorities Tuesday decided ... Read more...
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Curfew relaxed for nine hours in Moradabad
August 13th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Moradabad, Aug 13 (IANS) Curfew in various parts of Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad city was Saturday relaxed for nine hours for the first time since it was clamped Aug 9 following ... Read more...
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Curfew further relaxed in Moradabad
August 12th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 12 (IANS) The authorities Friday further relaxed the curfew in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad city with normalcy returning to trouble-torn areas where a communal clash left around 13 people ... Read more...
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Curfew relaxed in Moradabad (Lead)
August 11th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 11 (IANS) Curfew enforced in parts of Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad city following a communal clash that left 13 people injured was relaxed for a few hours Thursday, police ... Read more...
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50 held for Uttar Pradesh communal clash
August 10th, 2011 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 10 (IANS) Around 50 people have been arrested in connection with a communal clash in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad city, involving Kanwariya pilgrims and locals that left 13 people ... Read more...
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2G scam: Sanjay Chandra denies CBI allegations
August 6th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra, who is an accused in the 2G spectrum scam, Saturday denied the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) allegations against him saying ... Read more...
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Rights group slams Food Security Bill draft in letter to PM
August 2nd, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Activists of the Right to Food campaign Tuesday wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh slamming the government's draft of the Food ... Read more...
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BSF told to open fire oly in self defence: Chidambaram
July 30th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 30 (IANS) India's Border Security Force (BSF) has been instructed not to fire at people trying to cross over, but they may open fire to protect themselves ... Read more...
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CBI raising unnecessary hue and cry over Tata: Behura
July 28th, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura, in jail for his alleged connection to the 2G spectrum scam, Thursday accused the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ... Read more...
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