Virbhadra graft case: Recording of evidence in November
September 21st, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 21 (IANS) Former union minister Virbhadra Singh may not succeed in coming out clean in the corruption case pending against him since 2009 before the Himachal Pradesh assembly ... Read more...
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‘KBC 6′ gets first crorepati in Kashmir’s Manoj Raina (With Images)
September 8th, 2012 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) A crore of rupees was a distant dream for Manoj Kumar Raina, who was uprooted from the Kashmir Valley when militancy broke out in ... Read more...
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Krishna to present proof on morphed images to Pakistan
August 20th, 2012 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) India is readying evidence on the alleged Pakistan-origin of morphed pictures of Assam violence which sparked an exodus of northeastern citizens from other states ... Read more...
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Northeast exodus: Pakistan asks India to provide evidence
August 20th, 2012 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad/New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Pakistan has assured India that it will "look into" its assertion that elements in Pakistan used social media to whip up panic that led ... Read more...
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Bhupathi-Bopanna dropped from Davis Cup team
August 18th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The All India Tennis Association (AITA) Saturday decided to drop Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna from the Davis Cup team that will take on ... Read more...
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Two accused sent to jail in medical admission racket
July 21st, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) A special court here Saturday sent to judicial custody two men allegedly involved in a bid to get a student admitted fraudulently into a dental ... Read more...
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Now, interact to book your dream holiday!
June 29th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 29 (IANS) Six youngsters from an IT firm at the Technopark campus here have developed an application that allows a prospective traveller to interact directly with a hotel ... Read more...
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Virbhadra faces graft charge; says will resign if asked to (Roundup)
June 26th, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Shimla/ New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) In a sign of trouble for him in an election year in Himachal Pradesh, a court in Shimla Monday framed corruption charges against ... Read more...
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Graft charges framed against Virbhadra, wife (Second Lead)
June 25th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 25 (IANS) Two days after union minister and former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh celebrated his birthday and 50 years in politics, a court here Monday framed ... Read more...
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Virbhadra graft case: Order on charge June 25
June 6th, 2012 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 6 (IANS) A court in Shimla Wednesday reserved till June 25 its order on the question whether corruption charges should be framed against union minister and former Himachal ... Read more...
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Virbhadra voice CD in a graft case played in court
May 31st, 2012 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 31 (IANS) An audio cassette purportedly containing Union minister and former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh's voice while referring to some monetary transactions from industrialists was played ... Read more...
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Iranian president calls up Manmohan Singh
May 18th, 2012 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Amidst pressure from the US on India to cut its oil imports from Teheran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has spoken to Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
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BCCI’s probe panel interrogates Shalabh Shrivastava
May 16th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Ravi Sawani, heading the inquiry committee set up by the Indian cricket board to probe the latest spot-fixing allegations in the sport, interrogated one of ... Read more...
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Kings XI’s Srivastava claims innocence in spot-fixing charges
May 15th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Kings XI Punjab pacer Shalabh Srivastava, who was shown demanding Rs.10 lakh to bowl a deliberate no-ball in a sting operation by a TV channel, ... Read more...
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Obama calls Karzai, reaffirms transition by 2014
March 17th, 2012 - 6:24 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 17 (IANS) US President Barack Obama called up his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai Friday to discuss the process of transition to Afghan-led security while reaffirming its timetable ... Read more...
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All help for facility but no SEZ, Bengal tells Infosys
February 25th, 2012 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS)The West Bengal government Friday assured IT major Infosys of all support to establish its first facility in the state but reiterated its stand of not ... Read more...
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Russia, Iran oppose foreign interference in Syria
February 23rd, 2012 - 6:03 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have spoken out against foreign interference in Syrian internal affairs.Medvedev and Ahmadinejad Wednesday discussed the ... Read more...
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Maldives president wants to meet Manmohan (Second Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) India has pledged support to new Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed who spoke with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on telephone Wednesday and sought a meeting ... Read more...
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Maldives president wants to meet (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) India has pledged support to new Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed who spoke with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on telephone Wednesday and sought a meeting ... Read more...
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2G: Raja aide shares information on Kalaignar TV (Lead)
December 21st, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) A former aide of jailed former communications minister A. Raja Wednesday told a special court hearing the 2G spectrum allocation case that he knows from ... Read more...
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60 second phone call that Pakistan is talking about
December 20th, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 20 (IANS) The barely minute long phone conversation on Dec 16 between Pakistan's powerful army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and President Asif Ali Zardari, who was ... Read more...
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Medvedev tells Obama about US criticism of Russian polls
December 18th, 2011 - 9:11 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a telephonic conversation with his US counterpart Barack Obama said that Washington's comments over Russia's allegedly rigged parliamentary polls ... Read more...
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Swiss president rings Gilani over abduction (Lead)
December 16th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 16 (IANS) Pakistan has assured Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey that it is doing all it can to trace a Swiss couple kidnapped in July in the restive ... Read more...
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Pakistani envoy in Germany to attend Bonn meet?
December 2nd, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 2 (IANS) The Pakistani ambassador in Germany is likely to attend an international conference on the future of Afghanistan to be held in Bonn Dec 5, ... Read more...
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Missing nurse case: CBI rushes team to Ajmer on CD’s trail
November 5th, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Nov 5 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has rushed a team to Rajasthan's Ajmer city following reports that missing nurse Bhanwari Devi had a bank locker there ... Read more...
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CBI to get missing nurse’s blackmail tape tested
November 4th, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Nov 4 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will get a forensic examination conducted on an audio tape in which missing nurse Bhanwari Devi talks about her efforts ... Read more...
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UN chief briefs UAE on Somalia crisis
July 29th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 28 (IANS/WAM) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has called United Arab Emirates (UAE) minister of foreign affairs, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to inform him on the ... Read more...
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Train derailment: Passengers’ kin unhappy with helpline
July 10th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) The relatives of passengers aboard the Kalka Mail which derailed in Uttar Pradesh Sunday said they could not obtain information about their loved ones from the ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi blames media for Maran’s exit
July 7th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 7 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Thursday came out in support of Dayanidhi Maran, who quit as the central textiles minister, and blamed the media for tarnishing ... Read more...
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Manmohan telephones Sheikh Hasina; Bangladesh hopes for historic September visit (Roundup)
July 5th, 2011 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Dhaka, July 4 (IANS) Moving beyond the row triggered by his reported remarks about Bangladesh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told his counterpart Sheikh Hasina over the phone that ... Read more...
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Two held for extorting money from businessman’s son
May 25th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Two people have been arrested for extorting money from a businessman's son after telling him they had taped his telephonic conversation with a young woman, ... Read more...
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Bipasha not in Amar tape: Celina
May 13th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Actress Bipasha Basu, currently in the midst of a controversy over her alleged conversation with former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, has found support ... Read more...
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India to keep engaging with Pakistan: Chidambaram
May 12th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday said India would keep talking to Pakistan even though New Delhi firmly believes that the perpetrators of the 2008 ... Read more...
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Rights group demands Arunachal governor’s recall
May 6th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Itanagar, May 6 (IANS) The Arunachal Citizens' Rights (ACR) group Friday urged the central government to recall Governor Gen (Retd) J.J. Singh for airing a wrong statement that the helicopter ... Read more...
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I don’t support smear campaign: Sonia Gandhi
April 20th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday reiterated her support to Gandhian Anna Hazare's demand for a strong Lokpal Bill and said she doesn't "support nor ... Read more...
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