Light drizzle in Delhi, thunderstorm likely
April 10th, 2012 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) An overcast sky and light drizzle greeted Delhiites Tuesday morning. The met office predicted dust and thunderstorm in some parts of the city during the ... Read more...
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Top rally drivers to take part in Dakshin Dare
April 8th, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, April 8 (IANS) Some of country's best-known rally drivers, including national champion Gaurav Gill, Lohitt Urs and Bangalore's "Gypsy King" Sanjay Agarwal, headline a strong field of contenders in ... Read more...
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Britain shivers in Artic cold
April 4th, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 4 (IANS) A mild March has given way to Arctic April in Britain after a freeze descended on the country, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday.Snow fell from Devon ... Read more...
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Conciliation meeting between Ford India union and management Tuesday
April 3rd, 2012 - 1:29 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 2 (IANS) A conciliation meeting is to be held Tuesday between Ford India Employees Union (FIEU) and the management of car maker Ford India Pvt Ltd before the ... Read more...
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Karachi is calm after violence (Lead)
March 28th, 2012 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 28 (IANS) Pakistan's port city Karachi was calm Wednesday, a day after it witnessed large-scale violence over the killing of a political activist.Educational institutes and markets opened Wednesday, ... Read more...
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Case registered in Pakistani activist’s murder
March 28th, 2012 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 28 (IANS) A day after widespread protests and violence in Karachi over the killing of a Pakistani political activist and his brother, police Wednesday registered a case.A case ... Read more...
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The other side of Sibal: Minister recites poetry
March 27th, 2012 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Humour, love, education, relations, secularism and politics - Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal touched on all this through his poetry at Delhi's Jamia Millia ... Read more...
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Warm, cloudy Tuesday morning in Delhi
March 27th, 2012 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy and warm morning in the capital Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling a notch above average at 19.2 degrees Celsius. ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned over new poverty line norm
March 21st, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for an hour Tuesday morning after opposition members created a ruckus over the government's new concept of people living ... Read more...
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BJP faces revolt against Jharkhand Rajya Sabha nomination
March 20th, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The conflict within the Bharatiya Janata Party on the Rajya Sabha nominations came out in the open Tuesday as senior leader Yashwant Sinha slammed ... Read more...
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Mukul Roy sworn in as cabinet minister (Lead)
March 20th, 2012 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy was Tuesday sworn in as a cabinet minister. He is expected to take over as the new railway minister ... Read more...
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BJP’s hard choice on Karnataka leadership: Split or sack (Roundup)
March 19th, 2012 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday was in a fix on how to tackle its burgeoning Karnataka crisis: should it chuck its present chief minister ... Read more...
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PM regrets Trivedi’s going; Mukul Roy to be sworn in Tuesday (Roundup)
March 19th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday praised outgoing Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi and regretted that he had to leave, but Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee ... Read more...
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Roy to be new railway minister; swearing in Tuesday
March 19th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Trinamool Congress's Mukul Roy will be sworn-in Tuesday as cabinet minister to replace his party colleague Dinesh Trivedi who has resigned as railway minister, ... Read more...
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BJP may chuck Gowda to save Karnataka government (Lead)
March 19th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be left with little option but to chuck its Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda to prevent a ... Read more...
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Comedian Jagathy Sreekumar to undergo surgery
March 13th, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode (Kerala) March 13 (IANS) Malayalam comic actor Jagathy Sreekumar, who is currently on ventilator, will undergo surgery to correct the broken bones on his thighs and hands, doctors treating ... Read more...
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IPS official commits suicide
March 12th, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 12 (IANS) An Indian Police Service (IPS) official, Rahul Sharma, Monday afternoon committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver.Sharma, an IPS official of 2002 batch, was ... Read more...
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Warm Monday in Delhi, rain likely Tuesday
March 12th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) A pleasant Monday morning was followed by a warmer day in Delhi.The maximum temperature settled at 30.2 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature was recorded ... Read more...
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Man hospitalized after being headbutted by giraffe
March 6th, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Pretoria, South Africa, Mar 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 32-year-old man has been hospitalized after he was headbutted by a giraffe. Paramedics say the man was trying to draw a blood from the ... Read more...
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Italian marines unhappy in prison, likely to be moved out
March 6th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 (IANS) The two Italian marines who are being held in the Thiruvananthapuram Central Prison on the charge of killing two Indian fishermen are reportedly unhappy and likely ... Read more...
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Abducted Assam officials released
March 6th, 2012 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 6 (IANS) Suspected Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers (KPLT) militants have released the two forest officials they abducted in central Assam's Karbi Anglong distict Tuesday morning.Chief Conservator of Forests ... Read more...
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Ohio high school shooting claims third victim
February 29th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by BNO News
CHARDON, Ohio (BNO NEWS) -- A 16-year-old student died on Tuesday after a shooting rampage at his Ohio high school on Monday morning, hospital officials said, raising the death toll to three. ... Read more...
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German deported, anti-Kudankulam activist cries foul (Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai/New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) A German national was deported from India Tuesday on grounds of raising funds for protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, prompting an anti-nuclear ... Read more...
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German deported, anti-Kudankulam activist cries foul
February 28th, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 28 (IANS) A German national was deported from India Tuesday on grounds of raising funds for protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, prompting an anti-nuclear activist ... Read more...
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Peaceful start to general strike in Maharashtra
February 28th, 2012 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Employees of banks, insurance companies, central government and local bodies as well as workers in several private industries joined a 24-hour all India strike of various ... Read more...
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Shooting row: Italian foreign minister to push for release of Marines
February 27th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Italy's foreign minister Giulio Maria Terzi di Sant' Agata begins a two-day visit to India Tuesday to push for a deal to resolve the diplomatic ... Read more...
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Roerich Trust ex-official summoned in visa case
February 27th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 27 (IANS) A foreign national associated with Russian painter and philosopher Nicholas Roerich's multi-crore estate near Kullu town in Himachal Pradesh has been summoned to answer charges of ... Read more...
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Sunny morning in Agra lights up residents, tourists
February 21st, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 21 (IANS) The residents of Agra city and tourists alike were delighted Tuesday morning when the sun shone brightly over the city for the first time in several ... Read more...
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Metro trains ran at restricted speed
February 21st, 2012 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Thousands of commuters in the national capital were affected and became edgy Tuesday morning as trains on the city's Metro network ran at slower than ... Read more...
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Pleasant Tuesday morning in Delhi
February 21st, 2012 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) It was a sunny and pleasant morning in the capital Tuesday as the minimum temperature settled at 11.1 degrees Celsius, average for this time ... Read more...
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Delhi’s killer roads: Recalling some major accidents
February 20th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) With two more men crushed in the capital Tuesday morning by a speeding car, a day after a ghastly Lamborghini crash claimed the life of ... Read more...
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Chinese vice-president meets US president
February 15th, 2012 - 7:30 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 15 (IANS) Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping called on US President Barack Obama at the White House Tuesday and delivered a letter from Chinese President Hu Jintao.Xi is ... Read more...
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Two people could be involved in magnetic bomb blast
February 14th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Two people could have been involved in executing the blast on the Israeli embassy car, one to plant the bomb and the other to trigger ... Read more...
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V-day brings heavy security for Chandigarh
February 14th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 14 (IANS) Over 900 police personnel spread out over Chandigarh Tuesday - the reason? Security for the Valentine's Day.Police say they intend to stop any hooliganism that ... Read more...
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Mercury dips again in Punjab and Haryana
February 14th, 2012 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 14 (IANS) After a rise Monday morning, temperatures have dipped again in Punjab and Haryana.Patiala in Punjab and Karnal in Haryana had thick fog, reducing the visibility to 350 ... Read more...
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