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Minister held for misbehaving with poll official gets bail

Minister held for misbehaving with poll official gets bail

November 13th, 2008 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, Nov 12 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Tourism Minister Tukoji Rao Puar and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate were granted bail Wednesday, a day after they were arrested for allegedly misbehaving with ...

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Angry supporters of Congress leader vandalize party’s Delhi office

November 11th, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Angry supporters of a Congress party leader vandalized the Delhi office late Monday night after she was denied a ticket for the Delhi assembly elections.Supporters of former ...

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Arrest docs if they donot join work: Chief Minister Nabin Pattanaik

November 7th, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by lambodar07 -
Bhubaneswar,6/11(Lambodar Prasad Dash):To cop with the strike of government doctors state government made his stand stiff. Chief Minister Nabin Pattanik to day ordered all the district magistrates and collectors to take stringent ...

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Star One gets rap over snide remarks targeting SCs/STs

October 23rd, 2008 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The information and broadcasting ministry Thursday threatened to take Star One off the air even as it issued an advisory over derogatory remarks against “untouchables” in a ...

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Political parties welcome arrest of MNS chief

Political parties welcome arrest of MNS chief

October 21st, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Political parties across the spectrum Tuesday welcomed the arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray following the attacks on north Indians by his party cadre ...

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Judicial probe demanded into Madhya Pradesh religious riots

October 11th, 2008 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, Oct 11 (IANS) The state Congress Saturday demanded a judicial probe into the communal violence in a Madhya Pradesh town that has claimed eight lives, saying the riots were was pre-planned. ...

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22 arrested in Tamil Nadu for desecrating Christian institutions

October 10th, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Oct 10 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu police Friday detained 22 people for desecrating Christian institutions, even as there were reports of further attacks against select targets.While two Bibles embedded in the ...

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Government to act sternly against private film fest organisers

October 10th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Oct 10 (IANS) The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has decided to take strict action against those who show movies at private film festivals and on TV channels without obtaining the prior ...

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Four held in Tamil Nadu for attacking Christian institutions

October 9th, 2008 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Oct 9 (IANS) Four suspected activists of a Hindu right-wing group were arrested Thursday for attacking minority institutions in Tamil Nadu, police sources said."Those arrested belonged to the Hindu Munnani (Front)," ...

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Indian Diaspora facing flak of Christians over violence in India

Indian Diaspora facing flak of Christians over violence in India

October 2nd, 2008 - 7:36 pm ICT by ANI -
By Ravinder Singh Robin Milan (Italy), Oct 2 (ANI): The recent attacks on Christians in Orissa and Karnataka are tarnishing the secular image of India in Europe. Christians are questioning the effectiveness ...

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No settlement issues with stock exchanges: SEBI chief

September 30th, 2008 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 30 (ANI): SEBI Chairman C.B. Bhave today said that SEBI is closely monitoring markets and has verified with stock exchanges that there are no settlement issues. "Yesterday''s settlement went ...

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Protest in Delhi over violence against Christians

September 26th, 2008 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) A collage of faces - young students, leaders of religious minorities, Christian priests, nuns and others - gathered at the Jantar Mantar in the heart of the ...

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Minority panel wants paramilitary forces in Karnataka

September 26th, 2008 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has demanded immediate deployment of paramilitary forces in sensitive areas of Karnataka and sought stringent action against Bajrang Dal activists ...

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Centre asks Orissa Govt. to initiate strict measures to ensure law and order

September 25th, 2008 - 10:28 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , Sept 25 (ANI): Keeping in view the continuing incidents of violence against the members of a minority community in Kandhamal District of Orissa, the Central Government has asked ...

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Fresh incidents of attack on churches in Bangalore

September 21st, 2008 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI -
Bangalore, Sept 21 (ANI): Three churches were reportedly attacked in Bangalore this morning. According to reports, some unidentified persons attacked the churches in Mariyannapalya, Banasawadi and Rajarajeswara Nagar here at around 4:30 ...

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Yeddyurappa instructs Karnataka police to increase vigil in State

September 20th, 2008 - 11:38 pm ICT by ANI -
Bangalore, Sept 20 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has instructed the District Collectors and Superintendents of Police of all Districts of the State to increase the vigil and patrolling ...

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‘Fatwa’ against Salman Khan, family for celebrating Ganeshotsav

September 13th, 2008 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood scriptwriter Salim Khan, the father of actor Salman Khan, Friday questioned a fatwa, religious edict, against him by some Muslim organizations for celebrating Ganeshotsav at their ...

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Bomb alarms, hoax calls scare people in Kerala

July 28th, 2008 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS -
Kozhikode, July 28 (IANS) Kerala reported a number of bomb scares Monday as police increased vigil following the back-to-back serial bombings in Bangalore and Ahmedabad. In Areekode in Malappuram district, about 50 ...

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Lankan navy again opens fire at Indian fishermen

Lankan navy again opens fire at Indian fishermen

July 13th, 2008 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, July 13 (IANS) For the second consecutive day, the Sri Lankan Navy allegedly opened unprovoked firing on Indian fishermen off the Nagappattinam coast, official sources said Sunday. No lives were lost ...

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States asked to do more for overseas Indians

July 10th, 2008 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) has asked the state governments to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate legal emigration and take stringent action ...

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States not doing enough to check crooked recruiters: Ravi

July 8th, 2008 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The state governments were not doing enough to prosecute unscrupulous recruiting agents who exploit Indian workers trying to go abroad, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said ...

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Two mn litres of fuel to be available in Tamil Nadu (Lead)

July 1st, 2008 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, July 1 (IANS) Two million litres of fuel will be supplied across Tamil Nadu to overcome the acute shortage of petrol and diesel in the state, a government official said Tuesday. ...

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Chennai fuel shortage will end soon, says official

July 1st, 2008 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, July 1 (IANS) The acute shortage of petrol and diesel in the city would ease and become normal by Tuesday evening as oil tankers would be arriving at the port shortly, ...

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Left rejects Congress plea to reschedule strike day

June 25th, 2008 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS -
By Liz Mathew New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The current strain in ties between the Congress and its Communist allies is showing. The Left has rejected the ruling party's plea to defer a ...

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Uttar Pradesh to take action against spurious soft drink makers

June 23rd, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, June 23 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has directed state-wide raids to check manufacturing and supply of spurious soft drinks as three children died and several fell ill after consuming such ...

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Renuka blames parents for cases of under-age driving

June 17th, 2008 - 6:43 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, June 17(ANI): Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhary on Tuesday said that parents of the underage boys were to blame for their involvement in road accidents. Speaking at the ...

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Parents too guilty for underage children’s crimes: Minister

June 17th, 2008 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Parents of underage children who break the law - by driving vehicles, for example - will be punished too, if Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury ...

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Farmers protest fertilizer shortage in Andhra Pradesh

June 13th, 2008 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS -
Hyderabad, June 13 (IANS) Farmers in different parts of Andhra Pradesh took to the streets Friday to protest the shortage of fertilizers and seeds, but the government maintained that there was no ...

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Uttar Pradesh students charged with assault on professor

June 12th, 2008 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS -
Allahabad, June 11 (IANS) The Allahabad University (AU) has recommended filing of criminal cases against student leaders for assaulting a varsity professor, the police said Wednesday. A group of students Tuesday manhandled ...

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CPI-M to support Aug 20 workers strike

May 30th, 2008 - 10:41 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday said it would extend its support to the one-day general strike called by the central trade unions Aug 20. Seven ...

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