Lajong held at home by Pune FC in I-League
January 28th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 28 (IANS) Pune FC came from behind to hold Shillong Lajong 1-1 in a round 17 match of the I-League football at Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex here Sturday.Tuboi ... Read more...
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Elections ahead, Congress, BJP reach out to mining lobby (Goa Newsletter)
January 28th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 28 (IANS) And suddenly illegal mining no longer seems to be a major poll issue in Goa!The mega illegal mining scam, which had rocked the state for ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa gets anticipatory bail in land scam case
January 17th, 2012 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 17 (IANS) Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday secured anticipatory bail in a land scam case, taking to four the number of cases in which the ... Read more...
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Triple crown for Haria in National Billiards and Snooker
January 17th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 17 (IANS) Teen-aged sensation Dhvaj Haria achieved a rare treble when he annexed the sub-junior snooker and the junior billiards crowns Tuesday in addition to sub-junior billiards ... Read more...
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Goa Congress denies illegal mining charges
January 17th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 17 (IANS) The ruling Congress in Goa Tuesday shrugged off allegations of proximity to the multi-crore illegal mining lobby, even as it welcomed a politician arrested a ... Read more...
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Goa Congress-NCP poll alliance to be unveiled this week
January 9th, 2012 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 9 (IANS) The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are likely to announce their alliance for the upcoming Goa assembly polls by the end of this ... Read more...
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Anuj’s parents plead for justice, to return with body Saturday
January 6th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 6 (IANS) The distraught parents of murdered Indian student Anuj Bidve have met with the authorities here and pleaded for justice for their son who was shot dead ... Read more...
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Delhi road may be named after Tendulkar
January 4th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A road in Delhi may be named after cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Delhi Mayor Rajni Abbi said Tuesday.The Municipal Corporation of Delhi may consider a ... Read more...
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British cops meet slain Indian student’s kin
January 2nd, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 2 (IANS) British police officers Monday evening visited the grief-stricken family of 23-year-old Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was shot dead in Manchester a day after Christmas, his ... Read more...
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British teen held over Indian student’s killing
December 27th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 27 (IANS) A British teenager has been arrested over the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Indian student Anuj Bidve in Manchester Monday, a media report said Tuesday.Bidve was ... Read more...
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Naval woman kills self at Metro station
December 14th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) A 45-year-old woman in the Indian Navy died after jumping before an approaching Metro train here Wednesday, police said.Maninder Kaur, a resident of west Delhi's ... Read more...
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Stampede kills 16 pilgrims, injures more than 50 in northern India
November 8th, 2011 - 10:50 pm ICT by BNO News
HARIDWAR, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- At least sixteen Hindu pilgrims were killed on late Tuesday morning in a stampede during a religious ceremony in northern India, officials said. More than 50 others ... Read more...
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Pakistani kid gets liver transplant in India
November 4th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Karachi resident Shehary Ali Sayyed had just sat down to study Sep 26 when he collapsed and was admitted to a local hospital in a ... Read more...
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I-League: Pune FC beat Chirag United 3-1
November 2nd, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Pune, Nov 1 (IANS) Pune FC beat Chirag United Kerala 3-1 for their first win in the season in the the third round of the I-League football championship match at ... Read more...
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Rethinking donations from mining firms: BJP
October 15th, 2011 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has launched a political campaign against illegal mining in Goa, has said that henceforth it would accept donations from ... Read more...
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Kamat to present facts on mining scam to Goa Congress
October 14th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 14 (IANS) The heat generated by Goa illegal mining scandal has Congress leaders at middle and lower rungs flushed and agitated.Members of the newly re-constituted Pradesh Congress Committee ... Read more...
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Man commits suicide over family disputes
October 8th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Upset over disputes among family members, a 32-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself in north Delhi, police said Saturday.Subhash was found hanging from a ... Read more...
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Irregular, illegal mining same: Goa PAC
October 5th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 5 (IANS) Irregular and illegal mining are one and the same, according to the Public Accounts Committee's (PAC) report on illegal mining submitted Wednesday to the speaker of ... Read more...
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No difference between irregular, illegal mining: Hegde
September 25th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 25 (IANS) A day after the Congress's Goa unit sought to draw a distinction between "irregular" and "illegal" mining, former Karnataka Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde Sunday stressed there ... Read more...
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Goa mining scam: Ruling NCP demands thorough probe
September 24th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 24 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), a ruling alliance partner of the Digambar Kamat-led government in Goa, has demanded a thorough probe against officials allegedly involved ... Read more...
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‘Congress ministers, legislators involved in legal mining’
September 23rd, 2011 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 23 (IANS) Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Subhash Shirodkar Friday said there were several Congress legislators and ministers involved in the mining business, but ruled out that ... Read more...
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Will Congress do a Yeddyurappa with Goa’s Kamat? (Letter from Goa)
September 21st, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 21 (IANS) Like B.S. Yeddyurappa in Karnataka, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat is now facing criticism from within his own party, the Congress, for illegal mining in ... Read more...
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Hazare’s ‘right to recall’ idea impractical: Experts
September 18th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Terming it "impractical" and "not feasible" in the current Indian political context, constitutional experts reject activist Anna Hazare's idea of the right to recall ... Read more...
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Home Guard burnt to death
September 9th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 9 (IANS) A man employed with the Home Guard was burnt to death by unidentified men in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, police said Friday. The motive of the ... Read more...
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Soumitra Sen accepts Lok Sabha’s stand
September 6th, 2011 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Soumitra Sen, who resigned as a judge of the Calcutta High Court, has accepted the stand of the Lok Sabha that he will not be ... Read more...
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Patil forwards Sen’s resignation for notification
September 3rd, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Saturday sent the resignation of Calcutta High Court's Justice Soumitra Sen to the department of justice for issuance of a notification ... Read more...
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Making sense of the house
August 28th, 2011 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The sense-of-the-house message that Saturday appeased Anna Hazare's supporters enough to say that the social activist will break his fast at 10 a.m. Sunday ... Read more...
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Can’t I expect little respect, asks Katrina
August 12th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Actress Katrina Kaif is upset with a report that she cancelled the shoot for Yash Raj Films' "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan" because her favourite make-up ... Read more...
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Kathmandu Valley paralysed over girl’s murder
August 12th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 12 (IANS) Protesters paralysed the temple town of Lalitpur in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley Friday demanding stringent punishment for the murder of a college girl who was gunned down ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama’s envoy arrested in Nepal (Lead)
August 5th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 5 (IANS) Minutes after he held his maiden press conference in Kathmandu, Thiley Lama, exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama's envoy in Nepal, was arrested by police Friday along ... Read more...
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Agarwal, Ahmed advance in national snooker
August 2nd, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 2 (IANS) Arun Agarwal, the younger member of the famous cue-sport family from Mumbai, along with fellow-veteran Shakeel Ahmed (Kolkata) advanced to the third round of the qualifying ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena demands Rane’s sack for Adarsh scam
August 2nd, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Tuesday demanded the dismissal of Maharashtra Industry Minister Narayan Rane after his name cropped up in the ongoing probe hearing in the ... Read more...
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Man attempts suicide over mouse menace
July 25th, 2011 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Ajmer (Rajasthan), July 25 (IANS) A man here tried to immolate himself after being repeatedly bitten by rodents in his house, which thrived due to the alleged negligence of authorities, ... Read more...
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Two held for harassing women on train
July 3rd, 2011 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 2 (IANS) Two men who boarded a women's compartment of the Faizabad Express at Pilkhuwa and harassed women passengers were arrested at Hapur, the Government Railway Police ... Read more...
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Congress wants CBI probe in Goa tribal deaths
July 1st, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 1 (IANS) The state unit of Goa's ruling Congress Friday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of two tribals in May, who were ... Read more...
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