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  • President Bush will make a statement on the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai at 12.30 pm ET, White House sources tell @BreakingNewsOn.
  • 26 foreigners were killed. From USA, Israel, Australia, Germany, UK, Thailand, Japan, Canada, Italy, France, Singapore and Mauritius.
  • Death toll from the Mumbai attacks has been revised to 183. +300 were wounded. More than 600 were rescued in hotels and the Jewish Centre.
  • The gunmen who attacked Mumbai killing at least 195 people wanted to go down in history for an Indian 9/11 -- media reports.
  • Reuters: Suspected U.S. drone fires missile in Pakistan's North Waziristan, 2 dead - security officials
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Iran to use force against pirates if talks fail

November 24th, 2008 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS -
Tehran, Nov 24 (IANS) Iran Monday said it might consider taking military action to free its cargo vessel which was hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast last week if the talks ...

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Government to raise production of ships: T. R. Baalu

October 7th, 2008 - 10:22 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 7 (ANI): Union Shipping and Road Transport Minister T. R. Baalu today said 400 more ships will be introduced in the next five years to augment the existing ...

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Uttar Pradesh minister’s nephew drugged, looted

September 28th, 2008 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 28 (IANS) Nephew of Uttar Pradesh transport minister Ram Achal Rajbhar was drugged and looted in a roadways bus while he was on his way to Lucknow from Ambedkar Nagar, ...

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Uttar Pradesh to import buses from China

September 8th, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to import buses from China to augment the state road transport corporation's fleet, it said here Monday.State Transport Minister Ramachal Rajbhar said ...

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Eye camp blindings: Victims to get Rs.500,000 each(Lead)

August 25th, 2008 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS -
Perambalur (Tamil Nadu), Aug 25 (IANS) The 20 people who lost their vision after a private hospital's free eye camp here would be paid Rs.500,000 each as solatium, according ...

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Free eye camp blindings: Minister promises action

August 25th, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS -
Perambalur (Tamil Nadu), Aug 25 (IANS) State health minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam and transport minister K.N. Nehru told reporters Monday that those guilty of blinding the poor here will "certainly be punished".The ministers ...

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Madhya Pradesh hikes bus fare by 10 percent

August 21st, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, Aug 21 (IANS) Bowing to a demand of private bus operators, the Madhya Pradesh government has hiked bus fares by ten percent, official sources here said Thursday. The hike has been ...

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Identification of plane crash victims’ bodies difficult: Red Cross

August 21st, 2008 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS -
Madrid, Aug 21 (DPA) The identification of bodies of victims in Wednesday's plane crash in the Spanish capital will take time, a Red Cross spokeswoman said Thursday.More bodies were recovered from the ...

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Computerised test for learner’s driving licence in Delhi

August 19th, 2008 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) To end the menace of touts, the learner's driving license test here will now be taken on computers, an official said Tuesday. The new system has ...

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Delhi regularises 1,700 daily wage bus conductors

August 19th, 2008 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 18(IANS) The Delhi government has decided to regularise the services of 1,700 daily wage bus conductors with immediate effect. ”The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is the backbone of ...

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Apex court threatens Karunanidhi, Baalu with arrest

August 4th, 2008 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday warned Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and central Transport Minister T.R. Baalu and two others that they would be arrested and dragged ...

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Haryana resumes Volvo buses on Chandigarh-Delhi-Gurgaon route

August 1st, 2008 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, Aug 1 (IANS) Travel on the Chandigarh-Delhi-Gurgaon route just got better with Haryana resuming its air-conditioned Saarthi Volvo bus service Friday, almost three years after it was discontinued. Of the newly-acquired ...

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Congress fails to cause split in CPI(M) over Speaker issue

Congress fails to cause split in CPI(M) over Speaker issue

July 26th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI -
By Gautam Ghosh Kolkata, July 26 (ANI): The Congress high command has apparently failed to create a rift in Bengal CPI(M) over Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjees role in connection with the ...

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Uttar Pradesh, Haryana sign interstate bus service pact

July 23rd, 2008 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, July 23(IANS) The Uttar Pradesh and Haryana governments have signed a pact to start interstate roadways bus services on nearly 300 routes, officials said. Uttar Pradesh Transport Minister Ram Achal Rajbhar ...

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Former Kerala minister acquitted of misbehaviour with woman official charge

Former Kerala minister acquitted of misbehaviour with woman official charge

July 22nd, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, July 22 (IANS) Former Kerala transport minister A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar was Tuesday acquitted by a fast track court here of charges of sexually harassing a senior woman official in 1999. Nadar ...

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Panipat elevated highway inaugurated by Baalu

Panipat elevated highway inaugurated by Baalu

July 16th, 2008 - 10:18 pm ICT by ANI -
Panipat (Haryana), July 16 (ANI): Union Minister of Shipping Road Transport and Highways Thiru T. R. Baalu, along with Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana today inaugurated the ten kilometre ...

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Haryana Roadways to add 1,000 more buses to its fleet

July 11th, 2008 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, July 11 (IANS) The Haryana government will add 1,000 new buses to the fleet of the Haryana Roadways during the 11th Five Year Plan to meet the growing needs of public ...

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Kerala assembly passes non-official resolution against n-deal

July 11th, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, July 11 (IANS) The Kerala assembly Friday passed a non-official resolution asking the central government to refrain from signing the civilian nuclear deal with the US. The assembly witnessed chaotic scenes ...

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Kerala Government hikes bus fares to meet petro costs

July 10th, 2008 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI -
Thiruvananthapuram, July 10 (ANI): The Government of Kerala today decided to increase fares of ordinary and fast passenger buses by Rs one and fixed the minimum charges in these categories at ...

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Kerala bus fares to rise

July 10th, 2008 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS -
Thiruvananthapuram, July 10 (IANS) Bus fares are to go up in Kerala, Transport Minister Mathew T. Thomas announced Thursday. He told the state assembly that the new fares would come into effect ...

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West Bengal bus operators withdarw strike call

July 8th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The bus owners associations of West Bengal Tuesday decided to withdraw their call for a strike Thursday after Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty assured them the fare rates would ...

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Flood of gifts, flowers for Jyoti Basu on 95th birthday

July 8th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Former West Bengal chief minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu celebrated his 95th birthday Tuesday with hundreds of supporters carrying flowers and gifts gathering ...

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Bus owners in Kolkata to go on strike

July 7th, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) The bus owners' associations of West Bengal have decided to go on a strike July 10 to protest the rate of increase in bus fares. "If we are ...

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Kaul Singh is Himachal Pradesh Congress chief

July 7th, 2008 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS -
Shimla, July 7 (IANS) Kaul Singh Thakur, a former speaker of the Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly, was Monday appointed the president of the Himachal Pradesh unit of the Congress, replacing Viplove Thakur. ...

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Tripura government hikes public transport fares

Tripura government hikes public transport fares

July 3rd, 2008 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS -
Agartala, July 3 (IANS) The Tripura government Thursday hiked fares for public transport in view of the rise in prices of petrol and diesel. "The fare hike would be 7 to 8.5 ...

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Day Two: Truckers’ strike affects goods transportation

July 3rd, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The truckers' strike to protest rising taxes and fuel price hike entered the second day Thursday affecting the transportation of goods across the country. The talks between ...

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Trucks off roads, government assures early solution (Lead)

July 2nd, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) As millions of truckers went on an all-India strike early Wednesday, the government said all their grievances would be addressed and the issues would be resolved soon. ...

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Madhya Pradesh bus strike called off

July 1st, 2008 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, July 1 (IANS) Transporters in Madhya Pradesh Tuesday called off their two-day-old strike following Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's assurance that the government would look into their demands sympathetically. "The strike ...

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Sindh legislators want more perks, privileges, pay, passports !

July 1st, 2008 - 7:46 pm ICT by ANI -
Karachi , July 1 (ANI): It seems Pakistan legislators primary job is to first introduce legislations and then get them passed on the floor of the House, raising perks and privileges ...

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Madhya Pradesh bus strike enters second day

June 30th, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, June 30 (IANS) Thousands in Madhya Pradesh had a harrowing time Monday as an indefinite strike by private bus operators entered the second day in support of a 50 percent hike ...

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