Tripura assembly sees chaos; ‘Fake SC status’ of ruling Left MLA
September 21st, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 21 (IANS) The Tripura state legislative assembly Friday witnessed bedlam after the speaker rejected an opposition-sponsored adjournment motion which sought discussion on the alleged fake Scheduled Caste-status of ... Read more...
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Virbhadra Singh: BJP got kickbacks in NRHM project in Himachal
September 10th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 10 (IANS) Former union minister Virbhadra Singh Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Himachal Pradesh of receiving kickbacks in purchasing ambulances under the National ... Read more...
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Punjab bans gutka, pan masala
August 27th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 27 (IANS) Punjab Monday ordered a complete ban on the sale, storage, manufacture and distribution of tobacco-based products, gutka (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) and pan masala in the ... Read more...
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Two helplines to assist northeast people in Bangalore
August 23rd, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 23 (IANS) About 50 civil society organisations joined hands to form a Peace and Solidarity Forum and set up two helplines for assisting people from the northeast living ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh to simplify caste certification process
August 22nd, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 22 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has decided to set up a high-powered committee to suggest ways to simplify the caste certification procedure, administration sources said Wednesday.According to sources, ... Read more...
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Palanquin bearers to ferry patients in Himachal
August 16th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 16 (IANS) Once the mode of transport for royalty and women in purdah nearly a century ago, the palanquin will be resurrected to ferry patients from remote ... Read more...
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Tripura legislator accused of faking caste certificate
August 9th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 9 (IANS) The opposition Congress in Tripura Thursday demanded arrest and removal from the membership of the state assembly of ruling Left Front legislator Partha Das who, they ... Read more...
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Tripura lawmaker nailed for false Scheduled Caste tag
August 7th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 7 (IANS) An administrative committee in Tripura has found that a ruling Left Front legislator, Partha Das, had falsely claimed he belonged to the Scheduled Castes category, officials ... Read more...
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Mentally challenged girl electrocuted in Rajasthan
July 20th, 2012 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 19 (IANS) A 20-year-old mentally challenged girl was electrocuted when she came in contact with a faulty air cooler at the government-run rehabilitation center here Thursday, police said.The ... Read more...
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Panel to check banned pesticides set up, court told
March 21st, 2012 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The union agriculture ministry Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that a committee has been constituted for framing a policy for periodic checks to detect ... Read more...
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Jarawa abuse fallout: Andamans restricts tourist movements
March 13th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Following the recent expose of Jarawa women being made to dance for tourists, the Andaman and Nicobar administration has restricted movement of tourists on the ... Read more...
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Mamata says her Park Street rape statement distorted
February 27th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Amid severe criticism from all sections of society for calling the Park Street rape "a cooked-up case", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday ... Read more...
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Fresh raids by CBI in UP’s multi-billion NRHM scam (Lead)
February 26th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 25 (IANS) Close on the heels of Friday's simultaneous raids at 30 different locations across Uttar Pradesh in connection with the multi-billion-rupee rural health scam, the Central Bureau ... Read more...
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UP health scam: CBI launches massive search operation
February 24th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 24 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday conducted searches at some 30 locations across five cities in Uttar Pradesh in a fresh crackdown on the multi-crore-rupee ... Read more...
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Falak case: Court wants guidelines for media (Second Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the government to constitute a committee on a plea that sought guidelines to regulate media reporting and disclosure of ... Read more...
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Reaching out to Bihar’s poorest, via radio
February 1st, 2012 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 1 (IANS) Come July, special radio programmes will be aired in Bihar for Mahadalits, the poorest of the poor in the state, to educate them about the importance ... Read more...
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Disinfection in Meghalaya bird flu-hit area completed
January 22nd, 2012 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 22 (IANS) Authorities in Meghalaya have completed disinfection operations in a bird flu-hit area of East Garo Hills district, an official said Sunday."We have completed the entire process ... Read more...
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NRHM scam: CBI raids senior IAS officer
January 19th, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 19 (IANS) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths Thursday raided the residences of senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pradeep Shukla in connection with the Rs.8,000 crore ... Read more...
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Properties of Madhya Pradesh officials raided
January 17th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 17 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta Tuesday raided the premises of a sub-engineer of the Public Health Engineering Department and an inspector in the labour welfare department and ... Read more...
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Rajasthan announces special package for Bhanwari Devi’s kids
January 15th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 15 (IANS) The Rajasthan government Sunday announced a special package to help the three children of nurse Bhanwari Devi, who was killed after being kidnapped, an official said."On ... Read more...
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Culling continues in avian flu-hit district of Meghalaya
January 13th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 13 (IANS) Authorities have begun mopping up and sanitisation operations in bird flu-hit Williamnagar in western Meghalaya as they continued culling domesticated fowls there, an official said Friday."We ... Read more...
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Poultry culling begins in Meghalaya
January 12th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 12 (IANS) A 13-member rapid response team Thursday began culling poultry birds at a farm in East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya after the birds tested positive for ... Read more...
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Compensation for Muslim youths tortured in blast case
January 6th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 6 (IANS) In an unprecedented move, the Andhra Pradesh government Friday paid compensation to Muslim youths wrongly arrested and tortured by police in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast ... Read more...
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Former Tripura extremists to block national highway
December 7th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 7 (IANS) Hundreds of former tribal guerrillas will Thursday launch blockade of a national highway, demanding implementation of rehabilitation packages and withdrawal of pending cases, a former militant ... Read more...
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Rs.7 million released for Muslim youths wrongly held
December 7th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 7 (IANS) Perhaps in the first instance of victims of police torture in a terror case being paid compensation in India, Andhra Pradesh has released Rs.7 million for ... Read more...
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Ex-Mayawati aide claims threat from minister
November 19th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 19 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, once considered close to Chief Minister Mayawati, Saturday accused a state minister and two bureaucrats of conspiring ... Read more...
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HLL Lifecare opens one-stop medical outlet in Kerala
September 30th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 30 (IANS) Central government owned HLL Lifecare Limited, one of the country's largest producers of condoms, Friday opened a one-stop specialty outlet for medical devices and essential drugs ... Read more...
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‘Serious fraud probe’ into ex-servicemen job scam
September 25th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The defence ministry Sunday handed over the probe into a job racket for ex-servicemen to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) in the corporate affairs ... Read more...
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Court reserves judgment on Uttar Pradesh rural health scam
September 16th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 16 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Friday reserved its judgment on a public interest litigation (PIL), seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe ... Read more...
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Salman cries, but no one takes him home
September 13th, 2011 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Barmer (Rajasthan), Sep 13 (IANS) He cries every day to be taken back to his mother, but eight-year-old Salman's pleas fall on deaf ears at the children's reform centre in ... Read more...
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Loans for poor to start from Badal’s village
July 26th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 26 (IANS) With elections to the Punjab assembly only months away, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Tuesday asked state-run banks to extend loans to poor people, and the ... Read more...
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Register murder case, demands Uttar Pradesh doctor’s wife (Lead)
June 24th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 24 (IANS) The wife of deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan Friday demanded that a case of murder be registered in the mysterious death ... Read more...
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Goa tribals disrupt rail-road traffic, withdraw stir (Second Lead)
May 25th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 25 (IANS) Rail and road traffic in Goa was affected for many hours Wednesday after a massive stir by thousands of tribals over their rights turned ... Read more...
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Goa tribal protests turn violent, rail track damaged (Lead)
May 25th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 25 (IANS) A massive stir by thousands of tribals over their rights in the southern parts of Goa turned violent Wednesday when a mob of protestors torched ... Read more...
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Tribals on rail and road blockade in Goa
May 25th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 25 (IANS) Nearly 10,000 tribals from Goa's southern regions Wednesday laid siege to the National Highway 17 for nearly three hours and blocked a New Delhi bound Rajdhani ... Read more...
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