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Chief Of Indias Eastern State Urges Court To Grant Death Penalty For Rape Accused
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Drizzle in Delhi more rain expected
Delhiites woke up to a pleasant weather Tuesday morning with overcast skies and light drizzle. The weatherman has forecast rain in parts of the city. The minimum temperature settled at 23.5 degrees Celsius, five notches below the season's average. "The skies will remain cloudy with the possibility of rain and thundershowers," an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. The maximum ...
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Bihar ex-top cop to be Jharkhand governors advisor
Former Bihar police chief Aanand Shankar will replace Vijay Kumar as Jharkhand governor's advisor, said an official Tuesday. "The union home ministry Monday issued a notification regarding appointment of Shankar as advisor of the governor," said an official Tuesday. Vijay Kumar, a former director general of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), was appointed as advisor of Jharkhand Governor ...
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Suraj Pancholi coping well with jail
Locked away with hardened criminals, Suraj Pancholi seems to be coping well with his condition, according to his sister who met him at the Arthur Road Jail here. Suraj's sister Sana visited Suraj in prison Saturday. To the family's relief the boy seemed to be in a good mental and physical health. "Sana went with a lot of dread and despair in her heart. She came away hopeful, and confident ...
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Preventive oncology important part of healthcare says Bengal governor
With the introduction of sophisticated techniques in cancer detection and therapy like PET-CT scan, preventive oncology has become a critical part of modern healthcare, said West Bengal Governor M.K.Narayanan here Monday. "Preventive oncology has become important part. With passage of time, more sophisticated technologies have come forward. PET-CT scans are a quantum leap forward in ...
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Womans body found in train in Rajasthan
The body of a young woman was found stuffed in an unattended box in a train compartment at a railway station in Rajasthan's Bikaner district Monday, police said. A police officer told IANS that the victim seems to be about 25 years old and had burn injuries on her face. The body was spotted at Lalgarh junction in the district, 500 km from Jaipur. "Some passengers in the Awadh-Assam Express ...
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Man found dead in Delhi train
The body of an unidentified man, appearing to be in his mid-30s and bearing multiple wounds, was found in a local train here, police said Monday. "Several injury marks from a sharp-edged weapon, were found on the body parts of the deceased. The body was spotted by a passenger in a train at Shakur Basti railway station in west Delhi Monday early morning," said a police officer. A murder case ...
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Seven pilgrims killed in UP road accident
Seven people were killed and five injured when a bus carrying pilgrims rammed into a stationary truck in Muzaffarnagar, police said Monday. A mini bus carrying pilgrims was headed to Haridwar from Hathras when the driver lost control at the Mansuri-Delhi-Haridwar highway and rammed into a truck parked by the roadside. Police rushed the injured to hospital where the condition of three is ...
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Timex plans to grab more market share from 2014
Watchmaker Timex Group India, which currently enjoys eight to nine percent market share in organised watch sector, Monday said it is aiming to grab one to two percent market share in every year from 2014. "Our company currently has 8-9 percent share in the Rs.5,000 crore organised watch market of the country. Due to the difficult economic conditions, the market share is likely to remain ...
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Gunfight after rebels attack Meghalaya Police
A gun battle ensued in Meghalaya's restive West Garo Hills district Monday after Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels tossed a faulty grenade at a police team. No casualty was reported, police said. The gun battle, which lasted for 10 to 15 minutes, began when GNLA rebels lobbed a grenade at towards a police team in Rangdapara area. The rebels were on the way to a market to collect ...
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Britain offers same day visa in Chennai
Britain's deputy high commission in Chennai will issue visas on the day of application from Tuesday to Indians in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu,, an official said Monday. "The new visa service will facilitate urgent travel to Britain and compliments our fast track service with online payment options," UK Visas and Immigration regional director Thomas Greig said in a statement ...
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Facility to test bird hits on aircraft in Bangalore
The state-run Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) have jointly set up a research facility here to test bird strikes on aircraft using air guns, the institute said Monday. "The integrated impact and crashworthiness research facility is equipped with capability for bird strike testing using one of the largest air guns in the world," ...
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Youth killed by neighbours in Delhi
A 19-year-old was stabbed to death by four of his neighbours here over an enmity, police said Monday. Shobin was attacked with sharp-edged weapons and sticks near his house in south Delhi's Ambedkar Nagar area Sunday late evening. "All the accused have been identified and will be arrested soon," said a police officer. He added that a few days ago, the victim and the accused had a heated ...
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Trinamool Mahila Congress rally demands impartial poll panel
In a bid to increase pressure on the West Bengal State Election Commission, hundreds of activists of the Trinamool Mahila Congress Monday took out a rally in the heart of the city demanding it carry out its duties for the coming panchayat polls "impartially". Carrying banners demanding "impartiality" on the part of the SEC, the activists marched from the Birla Planetarium till they were stopped ...
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Durbar Hall was stately setting for cabinet expansion
The stately charm of Rashtrapati Bhavan's Durbar Hall was an appropriate setting for the cabinet expansion of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government Monday as eight ministers took oath in its hallowed precincts that has seen history being made. Durbar Hall has great historical significance as the first government of free India was sworn in its precincts, Rashtrapati Bhavan officials ...
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Worker killed in scuffle in Delhi
A 30-year-old factory worker was killed by his colleague during a scuffle over allegation of theft, police said Monday. Mohammad Kalam's throat was slit by another factory worker, Qaiser Saturday evening in east Delhi's New Usmanpur area. Qaiser had blamed Kalam for stealing his money, which led a heated argument and the murder. Kalam, who denied the allegation, was rushed to hospital where he ...
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Left Front asks governor for fair panchayat polls
Accusing the ruling Trinamool Congress of mobilising criminals to attack opposition party activists ahead of the panchayat polls, the Left Front Monday sought West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan's intervention for deployment of security forces. In a memorandum, the Left Front drew Narayanan's attention to the law and order situation and claimed that dacoity, theft, extortion, murder and other ...
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Andhras representation goes up further in union ministry
The induction of two Congress leaders from Andhra Pradesh in the union ministry Monday has increased the southern state's representation to an all-time high. The inclusion of Kavuri Sambasiva Rao and J. D. Seelam has taken to 12 the number of ministers from the southern state, an electorally significant state for Congress. It is the highest representation for any state. Both Rao and Seelam ...
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Google offers new format to advertise Indian products
Global search engine Google is offering a new format in India to advertise products and brands for users, the company's Indian subsidiary said Monday. "The new format on Google.co.in under 'product listing ads' menu will help users to find and compare products and prices with their images and links," the company said in a statement here. The facility will appear on the right side of the search ...
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E.M.S.Natchiappan A Congress loyalist who once bested Chidambaram
A veteran Congress loyalist, E.M.Sudarsana Natchiappan, the new union minister of state for commerce and industry, had once humbled present Finance Minister P. Chidambaram at the hustings. The 65-year-old, curly-haired Natchiappan had defeated Chidambaram at the Sivaganga constituency in 1999 Lok Sabha polls when the latter had floated his own party. He will be now the second person in the ...
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Indian actuaries body expels former IRDA member for misconduct
The Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) has decided to expel R. Kannan, a former member of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, for financial misconduct, said a member. "IAI's top governing council met Saturday in Mumbai and decided to expel Kannan from the institute's membership for life and also levy a fine of Rs.500,000," council members told IANS preferring anonymity. The ...
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Deposit Rs.10000 to meet dying mother court orders terror accused
A special court here ordered an accused in the July 2006 Mumbai serial train blasts case to deposit Rs.10,000 if he wanted to visit his ailing mother with an escort, his lawyer said Monday. The accused, Mohammed Sajid M. Ansari, who is booked under the dreaded Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), had filed a plea seeking four weeks' interim bail to visit and care for his dying ...
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Mamata asks why another union cabinet reshuffle
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday questioned "yet another" cabinet reshuffle of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre. "I am surprised to know that UPA-II has made yet another cabinet reshuffle today. So how many times, in the last four years, UPA-II Government has reshuffled the cabinet," said Banerjee. "After Trinamool, how many times has the minister ...
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Flood prone areas being evacuated in Delhi
The Delhi government Monday began evacuating people from low-lying areas along the banks of the Yamuna river after 8.06 lac cusecs of water was released from Hathnikund barrage in Haryana. At a meeting chaired by Delhi Chief Secretary D.M. Spolia to review the preparedness to tackle floods, the revenue department was asked to complete the evacuation of all families in low-lying areas by Tuesday ...
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New Odisha cops to handle crimes against women
Odisha created 537 posts of police sub-inspectors Monday to deal with crimes against women and children in the state, officials said. The police officers will be recruited by the state-run Odisha Staff Selection Commission and one each will be posted in the state's 537 police stations, an official of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's office told IANS. The state has already set up a women and ...
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Tensions raised over translocation plans for Asiatic lions
In the tranquil wilderness of the Gir forest sanctuary one would never think a political storm was raging over a proposal to move some of the endangered lions that inhabit the reserve.
As the sun sets over the lush, sprawling forest in Gujarat where India’s only Asiatic lions live, they wander majestically through the wild, unaware of the conflict they are creating between Gujarat, the central government and other states that want to share in some of their success. Read more
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