52 militants surrender in Manipur
March 27th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, March 27 (IANS) Fifty-two militants belonging to Manipur-based outfit United Tribal Liberation Army (UTLA) surrendered at an official function in Imphal Tuesday.The cadres of the outfit laid down their ... Read more...
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Akhilesh transfers 112 cops
March 27th, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 27 (IANS) In what amounts to a virtual change of guard in Uttar Pradesh's top police establishment, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday reshuffled 112 officers, including four ... Read more...
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BJP has nearly all of Congress’s sins - and a few of its own (Comment)
March 24th, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
There does not appear to be much hope for the BJP to emerge as a major challenger to the Congress in 2014, although the latter is now much weaker than ... Read more...
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Three Punjab DGPs transferred
March 16th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) Effecting a major reshuffle in the Punjab police top brass Thursday a day after coming to office, the Punjab government ordered the transfer of three officers ... Read more...
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Kerala CPI-M legislator resigns
March 9th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 9 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader R. Selvaraj Friday resigned as legislator, taking the party top brass by surprise and fuelling speculation that he was hand ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh BJP chief offers to quit
March 8th, 2012 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 8 (IANS) Taking responsibility for the dismal performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, state unit chief Surya Pratap Shahi has ... Read more...
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Bahrain GP organisers say F1 race on
February 20th, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Manama (Bahrain), Feb 20 (IANS) Bahrain Grand Prix organisers have officially confirmed they will be hosting the Formula One race April 22.Top brass at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) headed ... Read more...
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Hazare village headman withdraws from election race
January 30th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Jan 30 (IANS) In an abrupt move, Jaisingh Mapare, the sarpanch (headman) of Anna Hazare's village, Monday withdrew his nomination as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate ... Read more...
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Mumbai police claim cracking 13/7 blasts; centre baffled (Second Lead)
January 24th, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Hours after the Mumbai police claimed to have arrested two key suspects in the July 13, 2011 serial blasts that killed 27 people, the union ... Read more...
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Congress, NCP set to seal Goa poll deal
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 23 (IANS) The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) top brass will meet in New Delhi Tuesday to decide on seat-sharing and candidates for the forthcoming ... Read more...
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BJP blocked strong Lokpal: Rahul Gandhi
December 28th, 2011 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lakhimpur-Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 28 (IANS) The anti-graft Lokpal ombudsman failed to get constitutional status due to the "betrayal" of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ... Read more...
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Benazir killing probe almost complete: Gilani
December 28th, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) The investigation into the December 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was almost complete, said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.Gilani said Tuesday at ... Read more...
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What’s the truth behind Benazir’s killing, asks daily
December 27th, 2011 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 27 (IANS) Why are Pakistan's current rulers, given their affinity to Benazir Bhutto, "quite so reluctant to uncover the truth" about her assassination, asked a Pakistani daily, ... Read more...
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DMK’s top brass face land grab charge
December 2nd, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 2 (IANS) After arresting many DMK leaders and former ministers on charges of illegally appropriating prime property, Tamil Nadu Police are now zeroing in on party president M. ... Read more...
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Cops slept while dacoits struck, suspended
November 30th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Thane (Maharashtra), Nov 30 (IANS) Maharashtra Police Wednesday suspended six policemen who were found sleeping on duty when dacoits struck in two places in this district last week.Thane Police Commissioner ... Read more...
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Anti-nuclear stand is not anti-national: Activist
November 17th, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 17 (IANS) "Being anti-nuclear power does not mean one is anti-national," an anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) activist said Thursday referring to police cases slapped on protesters and ... Read more...
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Indian Army chief to visit Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
November 15th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Looking to further India's military relations, Army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh will go on a six-day visit to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan beginning Wednesday, an ... Read more...
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Maharashtra to review action against Lavasa
November 9th, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) With the environment ministry granting conditional clearance to the Lavasa hill-city project Wednesday, the Maharashtra government said it will "review" the criminal proceedings initiated against the ... Read more...
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Congress top brass discuss Telangana, electoral reforms
October 29th, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) backing statehood for Telangana, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday discussed the festering political ... Read more...
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Anil Kaushik is new Punjab top cop
September 30th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 30 (IANS) Anil Kaushik, a 1975-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Friday took over as the Director General of Police (DGP) in Punjab.Kaushik replaces Paramjit Singh Gill who ... Read more...
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Four-year-old scandal comes back to haunt NTRO
September 21st, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) India's hi-tech spy agency National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) finds itself battling revelations that one of its staffers illegally snooped on his seniors using a ... 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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Vaghela ends fast, says Modi government betrayed trust
September 20th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Sep 20 (IANS) Congress leaders led by former union minister Shankersinh Vaghela ended their 74-hour fast Tuesday, saying it had highlighted how the Narendra Modi government had betrayed ... Read more...
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NATO blames Pakistani Taliban for Kabul attack
September 15th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The top brass of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has blamed the Pakistani Taliban for staging the 20-hour siege in Kabul that ... Read more...
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After politicians, officials to plant trees in Bihar
September 12th, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 12 (IANS) After politicians, Bihar's 400,000 officials have been asked to plant one sapling each to increase the state's green cover to 15 percent in the next five ... Read more...
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Army chief visiting Mongolia
September 6th, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Seeking to expand India's defence ties with Mongolia, army chief General V.K. Singh Tuesday left for Ulan Bator on a three-day visit, during which he ... Read more...
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US military to ‘colonise alien worlds’
August 22nd, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 22 (IANS) The US military plans to launch a Star Trek-style mission to "colonise alien worlds", a media report said Monday.But the top brass believe they would need ... Read more...
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British military officials using choppers as taxis
August 21st, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 21 (IANS) Senior military officials in Britain have been accused of using helicopters like taxis after running up bills for tens of thousands of pounds on short-haul flights.According ... Read more...
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Bank of Baroda to open more branches in Africa
August 11th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) State-run Bank of Baroda is aiming to open 15 more branches in East African countries Kenya and Uganda and several other nations in Asia and Asia-Oceania ... Read more...
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Woman to run warship for first time in Britain
August 8th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS) A woman will command a warship for the first time in Britain's 500-year-old naval history, a media report said Monday.Thirty-nine-year-old Lieutenant Commander Sarah West will take ... Read more...
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Congress-NC fissures surface again
July 29th, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 29 (IANS) The top brass of Jammu and Kashmir's ruling National Conference (NC) and Congress says there are no differences but resentment simmers under the surface. Over ... Read more...
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Pulok Chatterjee to be back in PMO soon
July 26th, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmhohan Singh is likely to effect a reshuffle in his office by appointing Pulok Chatterjee as his principal secretary and retaining the ... Read more...
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Changes in IAF top brass in the offing
July 22nd, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) With Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik retiring this month-end, other changes are in the offing in the upper echelons with ... Read more...
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Indian Army chief will retire in 2012, rules Antony
July 21st, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) In a major setback for Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh, Defence Minister A.K. Antony has ruled that his year of birth will be fixed ... Read more...
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Reliance Life exploring strategic equity partner among banks
July 20th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, July 20 (IANS) Reliance Life Insurance Company, India's largest in terms of policies sold, intends to sell strategic equity to a commercial bank and hopes to soon ... Read more...
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