Street theatre presses for child rights
February 5th, 2012 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) It was a riot of creativity and laughter at the Dilli Haat here Sunday evening, but underneath all the gaiety, the street plays being performed ... Read more...
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Cold wave to hit China
February 5th, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 5 (IANS) A cold wave will sweep China nationwide from Sunday evening to Tuesday, bringing gale winds and plunging temperatures in most parts of the country, the meteorological ... Read more...
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Choppers bring EVMs from remote districts to Imphal
January 29th, 2012 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Jan 29 (IANS) Election officials in in Manipur on Sunday used helicopters to collect electronic voting machines (EVMs) from 63 polling booths in the remote Ukhrul and Chandel districts ... Read more...
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New Year fireworks foul Beijing’s air
January 24th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 24 (IANS) China's New Year fireworks not just left thousands of tonnes of scrap in capital Beijing but also pushed the city's air pollution to hazardous level. The ... Read more...
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Chinese mobile users sent 10 bn SMS in one day
January 24th, 2012 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 24 (IANS) Chinese mobile phone users may have sent more than 10 billion greeting messages Sunday, an expert said.Kuang Jie, senior partner of ProKing Management Consulting, made the ... Read more...
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Meghalaya governor’s aide accused of molestation, denies charge (Lead)
January 24th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 23 (IANS) An aide of Meghalaya Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary has been accused of molesting a teenage dancer inside his official residence, police said Monday. The aide has ... Read more...
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Meghalaya governor’s aide accused of molestation
January 23rd, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 23 (IANS) An aide of Meghalaya Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary has been accused of molesting a teenage dancer inside his official residence, police said Monday.The aide allegedly molested ... Read more...
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Poverty forces man to dump wife’s body
January 23rd, 2012 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 23 (IANS) Police are looking for a man who left the body of his wife at their rented house and disappeared as he did not have money to ... Read more...
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Outgoing Yemen president heads to US for medical treatment
January 23rd, 2012 - 6:02 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, Jan 23 (IANS) Yemen's outgoing president Ali Abdullah Saleh has left the country for medical treatment in the US, the president's press secretary said.Saleh left the Sana'a international airport ... Read more...
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Anupam Kher’s lessons from life at Lit Fest
January 22nd, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 22 (IANS) Bollywood actor Anupam Kher donned a new hat of a self-help guru with the launch of his inspirational book "The Best Thing About You is...You" ... Read more...
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Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode’s health worsens
January 22nd, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), Jan 22 (IANS) Malayalam writer and orator Sukumar Azhikode's health has deteriorated and he continues to be unconscious, according to a medical bulletin issued Sunday evening by a ... Read more...
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Situation still tense at south Delhi’s Jor Bagh area
January 17th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Traffic was thrown out of gear while the situation remained tense in south Delhi's Jor Bagh for the second consecutive day Monday as Shia Muslims ... Read more...
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Bigelow to direct film on Osama death?
January 16th, 2012 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 16 (IANS) Along with Australian actor Joel Edgerton, American film director Kathryn Bigelow is working on a film on Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's death, says ... Read more...
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Violence in south Delhi area as police, locals clash (Lead)
January 16th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Violence erupted on Sunday evening in a south Delhi neighbourhood as local residents clashed with police on the issue of closing the gate of a ... Read more...
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Drone strike didn’t kill top leader: Pakistani Taliban
January 16th, 2012 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 15 (IANS) The Pakistani Taliban Sunday denied reports about the killing of its top commander Hakimullah Mehsud in an US drone strike in the country's northwest.Pakistan's Dawn ... Read more...
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Violence in south Delhi area after police, locals clash
January 15th, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Violence erupted on Sunday evening in a south Delhi neighbourhood after locals clashed with police on the issue of closing the gate of a religious ... Read more...
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Pleasant day in Delhi, rains expected (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) It was a bright, sunny day for Delhiites Saturday, though the minimum temperature settled a notch below average at 6.7 degrees Celsius. The city may ... Read more...
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Power supply nearly restored in Kashmir Valley
January 9th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 9 (IANS) The Kashmir Valley, which had plunged into darkness Friday evening after two transmission lines bringing electricity from the northern power grid snapped, was in for some ... Read more...
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Power supply to return to normal Monday: Omar
January 9th, 2012 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday said that efforts are on to restore the snapped power transmission lines and the situation would return to ... Read more...
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Mercury rises in Delhi, foggy day ahead (Lead)
January 2nd, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) It was a cloudy and pleasant Monday morning in the capital with the minimum temperature rising to 11.6 degrees Celsius, five degrees above normal.The weather ... Read more...
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Government spreading lies about Anna: Kejriwal
December 25th, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 25 (IANS) Dismissing reports of Anna Hazare's links with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said the government was spreading "rumours" about ... Read more...
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Vijaya Bank offers concession in home loans’ processing fee
December 25th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) The government-run Vijaya Bank is offering a 50 percent concession in the processing fee on home loans.Under the new scheme called "Home Utsav 2011" launched ... Read more...
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Indian cricket team to watch ‘Don 2′ in Melbourne
December 24th, 2011 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) The Indian cricket team is biting its nails in Melbourne over the Boxing Day cricket Test match, which starts Monday. Nothing like a Bollywood film ... Read more...
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51-kg ladoo for Ajit Singh’s entry into union cabinet
December 18th, 2011 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 18 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) here Sunday evening celebrated the induction of its president Ajit Singh into the union cabinet as ... Read more...
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Cabinet to take up food bill
December 18th, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The union cabinet will Sunday evening take up the contentious National Food Security Bill that seeks to provide rice at Rs.3, wheat at Rs.2 ... Read more...
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Cabinet meet likely Sunday on Lokpal, food security bills
December 17th, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The union cabinet is expected to meet here Sunday evening to discuss the Lokpal and the food security bills, said official sources.The cabinet meeting, ... Read more...
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BJP legislators demand Omar’s resignation
December 13th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) Bhartiya Janta Party legislators Tuesday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his failure to prevent terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and also ... Read more...
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Four-year-old raped by elderly man
December 12th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) A four-year-old girl was raped by an elderly man who lived in the same building in west Delhi's Mongolpuri area, police said Monday.According to Deputy ... Read more...
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US Muslim body seeks probe on attack on Sikh
December 6th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has sought an FBI investigation of a possible bias motive for the stabbing of a Sikh man at Fresno Yosemite ... Read more...
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Red alert in Hyderabad for Babri anniversary
December 5th, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 5 (IANS) Police in Hyderabad have sounded a high alert ahead of Dec 6, the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid which is coinciding this year ... Read more...
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Heavy fog disrupts life in Beijing
December 5th, 2011 - 7:25 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 5 (IANS) Over 100 flights in China's capital city were disrupted due to dense fog which shrouded Beijing Sunday evening and also closed down various expressways.Airport was forced ... Read more...
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Woman disappears from near metro station
November 28th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) A 36-year-old woman went missing from a crowded lane near a metro station here, police said Monday.Jaswinder Kaur, a resident of Karnal in Haryana, went ... Read more...
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15 people injured in Rajasthan communal clash
November 28th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Nov 28 (IANS) At least 15 people were seriously injured in a communal clash in Rajasthan's Alwar district Monday, sparked off after some people issued an order to cut ... Read more...
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Rs.2 lakh relief for kin of those killed in Delhi blaze (Lead)
November 21st, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday visited the hospital where victims of the east Delhi blaze the night before were being treated and announced a ... Read more...
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Protesters dispersed from Cairo’s Tahrir Square
November 21st, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Nov 20 (IANS) Joint forces of the Egyptian police and military Sunday evening started to evict protesters from central Cairo's Tahrir Square, Xinhua reported, citing Egyptian Nile TV.The military ... Read more...
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