Over 350 booked after Haryana farmers-cops clash
July 17th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 17 (IANS) More than 350 people were booked Tuesday after villagers clashed with police and vandalised government offices in Haryana's Rewari district, 55 km from here, a day ... Read more...
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Haryana Police to monitor ‘crime-prone’ villages
July 3rd, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), July 3 (IANS) Police will monitor over five dozen villages in southern Haryana for "being too crime-prone".Police recently identified nearly 65 crime-prone villages in the four districts of ... Read more...
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Marching on: Rahul takes on Mayawati on land acquisition (Roundup)
July 6th, 2011 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh/Lucknow July 6 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday completed the second day of his 'padyatra' (march) against land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh, attacking the Mayawati government, even as ... Read more...
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Hopes of harmony unite Ghaziabad villages
May 4th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, May 4 (IANS) For the villages in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, where local body elections are usually followed by long periods of violence between opposing groups, the idea of ... Read more...
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Peace meet held to mend troubled relations between Assam, Nagaland
March 26th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Mar 26 (ANI): In a bid to end the conflict that has erupted as a result of boundary disputes between Assam and Nagaland, representatives of both sides recently organized a peace ... Read more...
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Militancy related problems not yet over in Manipur
March 5th, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Mar 5 (ANI): A recent incident where cadres of banned Kuki National Front (KNF-P) forced people of three villages to leave their homes, leaves us with the impression that militancy isn't ... Read more...
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Indian killed in accident in Libya, 2 injured (Lead)
February 22nd, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chennai, Feb 22 (IANS) An Indian was killed and two others were injured in Libya in a road accident last week, the Indian embassy in Tripoli said Tuesday, while stressing that ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu worker killed in Libya, another injured
February 22nd, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 22 (IANS) A man from Tamil Nadu's Tirunelvelli district, working as a contract worker in South Korean Hyundai's project in Libya, was killed and another injured in the clashes between ... Read more...
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73 Mathura villages join battle against Yamuna pollution
January 10th, 2011 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Rajpura (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 10 (IANS) Animal carcasses are not to be dumped into the river, washermen should not use chemicals to wash dirty clothes, the river bank is not ... Read more...
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Pak politician diverted floodwaters to Christian village to save his property?
October 10th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct 10 (ANI): The Punjab government has called an inquiry report over a news story published in an Italian newspaper alleging that a Pakistani politician had ordered the diversion of floodwaters ... Read more...
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Women village leaders want quota within quota
March 19th, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Around 60 women village leaders Friday hailed the passing of the women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha but demanded a quota for Dalits and other backward ... Read more...
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Mehbooba Mufti and her ‘green’ love (Capital Buzz)
January 17th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) It certainly seemed like a mutual admiration society when Jammu and Kashmir's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti and Pakistani lawyer-activist Aitzaz Ahsan lavished ... Read more...
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66 farmers missing, say mourning Ghori Bachhera villagers
August 14th, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, Aug 14 (IANS) Ghori Bachhera village of Greater Noida sunk into mourning and anger Thursday, a day after at least four agitating farmers were killed in clashes with police, as ... Read more...
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Netherlands works the ‘Dutch touch’ in Afghan conflict
July 2nd, 2008 - 8:54 am ICT by IANS
By Nick Allen
Tarin Kowt (Afghanistan), July 2 (DPA) A Dutch soldier snaps a photo of an Afghan elder for his security clearance at the local army base and tells a seated ring ... Read more...
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People in Jharkhand want to be left in peace
April 24th, 2008 - 6:55 pm ICT by admin
April 24 (ANI): Home Minister Shivraj Patil recently stated in the Parliament that the government has taken a multi-pronged approach to counter the spread of Naxalism in the country.
Along with ... Read more...
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Haryana village bodies ban paying of power bills
April 9th, 2008 - 12:54 am ICT by admin
Ambala (Haryana), April 8 (IANS) Upset with the state government's failure to supply regular electricity, at least 25 panchayats or village bodies in Haryana's Ambala district have issued an order to villagers ... Read more...
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