Indian girls win silver at Spanish TT meet
May 11th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Indian girls had to settle for silver at the Spanish Junior and Cadet Open Table Tennis championships in Girona, Spain, after losing to Japan 0-3 ... Read more...
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Sangakkara tips Knight Riders to win IPL
May 10th, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Bottom-placed Deccan Chargers captain Kumar Sangakkara has predicted that Shahrukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders will win the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League ... Read more...
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Saharanpur DIG’s conduct unacceptable, says Akhilesh
May 10th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 10 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday said he was "amazed" that a senior officer like a deputy inspector general (DIG) could ask a father, whose ... Read more...
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Scarcity of songs spells doom for ‘Yeh Khula Aasmaan’ soundtrack (IANS Music Review)
May 10th, 2012 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Yeh Khula Aasmaan"; Music Director: Anand-Milind; Lyricist: Ravi Chopra; Singers: Kunal Ganjawalla, Gayatri Ganjawalla, Soham Chakraborty, Suresh Wadekar, Swapnil Bandodkar, Raghubir Yadav and Amey Date; Rating: ** 1/2There are times ... Read more...
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Parking rates in Delhi to rise
May 9th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The newly-trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) announced Wednesday that it was likely to increase the parking charges.In the first interaction with the media, commissioners ... Read more...
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Police officer shoots self, dies
May 9th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 9 (IANS) An assistant sub inspector with Haryana Police committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver, police said Wednesday.Subhash Yadav, 47, died Tuesday night as the ... Read more...
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Kill eloped daughter, suggests senior UP cop
May 9th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 9 (IANS) A senior Uttar Pradesh police officer was caught on camera telling an aged man in Saharanpur that he should either kill his daughter, who had eloped, ... Read more...
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Armed forces to improve defence land management
May 8th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, May 8 (IANS) After the controversy over the construction of a post-retirement home for President Pratibha Patil on defence land, an officer said Tuesday said effective steps would ... Read more...
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Conmen play cops in Goa, target tourists, women
May 8th, 2012 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 8 (IANS) When Ravikumar Prajapati, 48, from Karnataka was suddenly accosted by three authoritative sounding 'plainclothed' policemen in March this year and asked to accompany them to the ... Read more...
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Akhilesh opposes NCTC in present form
May 5th, 2012 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Saturday opposed the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) "in its present form" and asked the government to take a ... Read more...
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Jharkhand conman arrested in Lucknow
May 5th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) A conman who had cheated over 100 people of lakhs of rupees in Jharkhand was arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh here, ... Read more...
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Vasisht, Mihika annex under-14 tennis titles
May 4th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, May 4 (IANS) Top seeded Vasisht Cheruku defeated fellow-Indian and No.2 ranked Raghav Jaisinghani 6-3, 6-1 in the boys singles final of the PCLTA Cup Asian Under-14 tennis tournament ... Read more...
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Another project to decongest NH-24
May 4th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, May 4 (IANS) Three under passes and two foot overbridges will come up here to decongest the busy National Highway-24 (NH-24) that links Delhi with Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater ... Read more...
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Woman jumps from Metro station, dies (Second Lead)
May 3rd, 2012 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 3 (IANS) A 25-year-old woman who had accused her husband and in-laws of harassing her for dowry died after jumping from the terrace of a Metro station here ... Read more...
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Vasisht, Raghav in Asian under-14 tennis final
May 3rd, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, May 3 (IANS) Top seeded Vasisht Cheruku will take on Raghav Jaisinghani in the boys finals while Mihika Yadav will clash with Zeel Desai for the girls title at ... Read more...
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Caste prejudices hit Bihar’s anganwadi centres: Report
May 3rd, 2012 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 3 (IANS) Caste and religious prejudices in Bihar's villages are affecting the central government's education and health schemes - such as anganwadis - for impoverished families, says a ... Read more...
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69 convicted in fodder scam
May 3rd, 2012 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 3 (IANS) A CBI court Thursday convicted 69 people and acquitted 16 in the multi-crore fodder scam. Twenty-nine people have been sentenced to one to three years imprisonment ... Read more...
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Deepak Sawant set to work with Abhishek in Bhojpuri film
May 3rd, 2012 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Makeup man-turned-director Deepak Sawant, who teamed up with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan for his Bhojpuri films, says that he will cast Abhishek Bachchan in his ... Read more...
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Former UP minister booked for duping sportsmen
May 3rd, 2012 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh police has filed a complaint against former minister and Mayawati aide Lalji Verma after several sportsmen accused him of duping them on the ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha poll: BJP says Munda government safe
May 2nd, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 2 (IANS) Asserting that the Arjun Munda-led Jharkhand government was safe, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Ananth Kumar Wednesday said the party was sure of ... Read more...
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Youth hangs self at police station in UP; two suspended
May 1st, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 1 (IANS) Two policemen were suspended after a youth allegedly committed suicide Tuesday by hanging himself at a police station in Uttar Pradesh' Kannauj district.Sardana (25) was found ... Read more...
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Sushant Singh Rajput in movie version of ‘3 Mistakes Of My Life’?
April 30th, 2012 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) Director Abhishek Kapoor is shooting "Ka Po Che", a movie adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's bestseller "The 3 Mistakes Of My Life", reportedly with TV actors ... Read more...
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Good job Ayushmann, says Mini Mathur (Movie snippets)
April 29th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Veejay-turned-actor Ayushmann Khurrana' s film "Vicky Donor" has received a thumbs up from the industry and actress Mini Mathur praised him, saying he is quite believable ... Read more...
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Beam at Delhi flyover causes male nurse’s death
April 29th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) A male nurse riding a motorcycle was killed when an iron beam fell on him after it was hit by a speeding truck on west ... Read more...
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Akhilesh’s laptop, tablet poll sop to materialise soon
April 28th, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 28 (IANS) Taking a step towards providing free laptops and tablets to students who have passed class X and XII, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has formed ... Read more...
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Railway job racket busted, 5 arrested
April 27th, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Five people, including a former air force corporal, were arrested for duping several youngsters on pretext of providing them job in Indian Railways, police said ... Read more...
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Two labourers run over by train
April 26th, 2012 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, April 26 (IANS) Two labourers were run over and dragged 50 metres by a train in Ghaziabad Thursday morning on the Delhi-Moradabad railway track, police said.The SP City S.S. ... Read more...
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Bihar’s hydel project gets Central Water Commission’s nod
April 26th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 26 (IANS) Power-starved Bihar's 126 MW capacity Dagmara hydro power project in Supaul district has got clearance from the Central Water Commission (CWC), and the state government is ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad authority approves Rs.200 crore for Delhi Metro extension
April 26th, 2012 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, April 25 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) board Wednesday allocated Rs.200 crore to the Delhi Metro for extending its network, besides clearing 12 other proects.GDA Chairman Santosh Kumar ... Read more...
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Composer duo Anand-Milind back
April 25th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) Anand-Milind, who composed music for hits like "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak", "Anjaam" and "Dil", are making a comeback to Bollywood after six years with "Yeh Khula ... Read more...
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Sonam faster, better than me on roads: Anil (Movie Snippets)
April 25th, 2012 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Anil Kapoor believes his eldest daughter, Sonam Kapoor, leaves him far behind when it comes to speeding in cars."She's faster and better than me. I ... Read more...
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Akhilesh assures all help for NIA hub in UP
April 24th, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday assured National Investigation Agency chief S.C. Sinha all help in setting up a hub in the state capital.Noting the ... Read more...
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Six more killed in cracker shop blast in Uttar Pradesh
April 24th, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) Barely 24 hours after five people were killed in two explosions of stockpiled crackers at two places in Uttar Pradesh, six more people were killed Tuesday ... Read more...
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Plea for release of damaged Israeli embassy car opposed
April 23rd, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Delhi Police Monday opposed in a city court a plea seeking the release for inspection an Israeli embassy vehicle that was damaged in a ... Read more...
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5 killed in Uttar Pradesh cracker blasts
April 23rd, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) Five people, including three women and two children, were killed Monday in explosions of stockpiled crackers at two places in Uttar Pradesh, police said.Two women and ... Read more...
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