Lalu Prasad hospitalised
March 22nd, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here Thursday ... Read more...
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6.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea
March 22nd, 2012 - 5:32 am ICT by BNO News
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck the island of New Guinea in Papua New Guinea on early Thursday morning, seismologists said.The 6.7-magnitude earthquake at 8:15 a.m. ... Read more...
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Mishra withdraws RS nomination amid rift in BJP (Second Lead)
March 21st, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) With the old guard of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) upping the pressure, NRI businessman Anshuman Mishra Wednesday decided to withdraw his nomination for ... Read more...
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Mumbai slips behind a curtain of dust
March 21st, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) Mumbai slipped behind a thick blanket of dust Wednesday as the city's weather suddenly changed. Weather officials said it is owing to the ongoing dust storm ... Read more...
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Will quit if PM or Mamata ask me to: Trivedi (Lead)
March 15th, 2012 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kolkata, March 15 (IANS) Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi said Thursday that he would stay "at the border outpost" till he was replaced or asked to leave by his ... Read more...
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Asia Cup: Eranga replaces Matthews in Sri Lanka squad
March 14th, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mirpur (Dhaka), March 14 (IANS) Sri Lanka suffered a major setback Wednesday after star all-rounder Angelo Mathews Wednesday ruled out of the ongoing Asia Cup with a calf injury. He ... Read more...
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Tiger kills 19 year old
March 9th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 9 (IANS) A tiger mauled to death a 19-year old youth in Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district, police said Friday.The body of the deceased was ... Read more...
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Mild snowfall in Shimla, Manali
March 8th, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 8 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's popular tourist destinations of Shimla and Manali received mild snow Thursday evening, surprising the merrymakers who had celebrated Holi, the festival of colours, earlier ... Read more...
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Uneasy calm in Haryana’s Hisar district
March 8th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Hisar (Haryana), March 8 (IANS) An uneasy calm prevailed Thursday morning in Haryana's Hisar district, which saw violence during a Jat community agitation over the past two days leaving one ... Read more...
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‘Parkash Singh Badal to be chief minister’
March 8th, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal Thursday said that his father, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, will continue in the top job after the ... Read more...
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Clear skies on Holi
March 8th, 2012 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) It was the perfect setting for splashing each other with colored water as sun shone clear in the capital Thursday, with the minimum temperature settling ... Read more...
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Man on board M.V.Prabhu Daya missing
March 4th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) A man on board the cargo ship M.V.Prabhu Daya which hit an Indian fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea off the Kerala coast March 1 has ... Read more...
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Missing RTI activist traced (Lead)
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) A 38-year-old RTI activist who went missing two days ago from here was brought back from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday.Shiv Kumar Tiwari, ... Read more...
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Probe ordered in Kerala marine hit-and-run accident
March 1st, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) Thursday ordered an inquiry into the hit-and-run incident off Kerala's Quilon in which a fishing vessel was sunk, leaving two ... Read more...
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Di Resta eighth fastest after ‘intense’ day of testing
February 24th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Barcelona, Feb 24 (IANS) Sahara Force India's Paul di Resta lost track time in the morning session on the third day of pre-season testing here before completing 83 laps and ... Read more...
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New-born girl’s body found in west Delhi dump
February 24th, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) In what appears to be a case of female infanticide, the body of a new-born girl was recovered from a dump in the national capital ... Read more...
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Italians’ police custody extended, Rome offers cooperation (Intro Roundup)
February 23rd, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi/New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A Kerala court Thursday extended by one week the police custody of two Italian Marines arrested for the killing of two Indian fishermen. Italy offered ... Read more...
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BSF kills Pakistani, finds heroin
February 23rd, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) claimed to have gunned down a Pakistani and seized 13 kg of heroin, fake currency and some weapons along Punjab's border ... Read more...
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Fog covers parts of Punjab, Haryana
February 23rd, 2012 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) Despite fog in some parts of Punjab and Haryana, the weather was mostly dry, a Met official said Thursday.In Punjab, Amritsar was the coldest at 4.8 ... Read more...
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Woman delivers stillborn baby at Chennai airport
February 16th, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 16 (IANS) A woman from Andhra Pradesh gave birth to a stillborn baby at the Chennai airport Thursday morning after she was denied permission to board a flight ... Read more...
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Islamabad hosts trilateral summit
February 16th, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 16 (IANS) The presidents of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran will meet here Thursday for a trilateral summit that focuses on regional cooperation and seeks peace and stability.President Mahmoud ... Read more...
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Woman dumps new-born girl from moving vehicle
February 9th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Dungarpur (Rajasthan), Feb 9 (IANS) Upset over the birth of a girl, a woman flung the baby out of an ambulance in Rajasthan when she was being taken to her ... Read more...
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Garo rebel killed, camp busted
February 9th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 9 (IANS) Security forces Thursday busted a hideout of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) in Meghalaya, killing a rebel and wounding another, an official said.Meghalaya's Special Weapons ... Read more...
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Jeweller found murdered
February 9th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 9 (IANS) A noted jewellery merchant from Visakhapatnam, reported missing in Bengaluru two days ago, was Thursday found murdered in Karnataka's Hassan district, an official said.According to police, ... Read more...
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Shimla, Manali shiver
February 9th, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 9 (IANS) Popular tourist destinations Shimla and Manali saw the season's lowest temperatures Thursday at minus 3.8 degrees Celsius and minus 7.4 degrees respectively.Shimla recorded 5.4 cm of ... Read more...
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Cold day in Delhi (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The capital witnessed a relatively chilly day Wednesday, with the minimum temperature at 8.5 degrees Celsius. Thursday morning will be misty, with a fall in ... Read more...
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Bhanwari case: CBI gets notice for quizzing suspect’s mother
February 6th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Feb 6 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court Monday issued show-cause notices to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director and other officials involved in missing nurse Bhanwari Devi's case for ... Read more...
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Two double murders leave Ludhiana shocked
February 3rd, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Ludhiana, Feb 3 (IANS) Two double murders, all within a span of 36 hours, have left residents of this industrial and commercial hub of Punjab shocked.The recovery of the body ... Read more...
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Driver of retired army officer found murdered
February 3rd, 2012 - 1:20 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 2 (IANS) The driver of a retired army officer was found murdered in Ghaziabad Thursday, police said.The body of Makhhan, 25, was found lying in a park Thursday ... Read more...
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Temperature rises, sunny day in Delhi
February 2nd, 2012 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The minimum temperature in Delhi Thursday morning rose to 8.4 degrees Celsius. A warm and sunny day is expected ahead."The day is likely to be ... Read more...
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Punjab police officer’s body found at farmhouse
February 2nd, 2012 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Ludhiana, Feb 2 (IANS) The body of a Punjab police officer was found at a farmhouse near here Thursday morning.The dead officer was identified as Balraj Singh who was a ... Read more...
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Fighter jet crashes in southern Iran, killing 2
January 27th, 2012 - 6:11 pm ICT by BNO News
BUSHEHR, IRAN (BNO NEWS) -- Two people were killed on early Thursday morning when a fighter jet crashed in the southern region of Iran, state-run media reported on Friday. There were no ... Read more...
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Modi, governor lead R-Day celebrations in Gujarat
January 26th, 2012 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bhavnagar (Gujarat), Jan 26 (IANS) The 63rd Republic Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm across Gujarat Thursday morning.
Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal and Chief Minister Narendra Modi led the ... Read more...
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More snow in Manali, Kalpa and higher reaches of Himachal
January 26th, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 26 (IANS) More snowfall in the picturesque tourist resorts of Manali and Kalpa and the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh in the past 24 hours kept the temperatures ... Read more...
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Intruder killed on India-Pakistan border
January 26th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 26 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead an intruder from Pakistan who entered Indian territory in Akhnoor sector of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday morning, a BSF ... Read more...
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