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Floods fuel vegetable price rise in Andhra Pradesh
1:29 Andhra Pradesh, October 07 (ANI): Apart from wreaking large-scale havoc and rendering thousands homeless,in Andhra Pradesh,floods have also shown sharp impact on the prices of fruits and vegetables.The vegetable sellers cite shortage of vegetables due to the floods and so have found a valid reason for hiking the prices,upsetting the people's budgets badly. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 922
Consuming alcohol at public place to cost Rs 50k, jail
1:16 New Delhi, October 06 (ANI): While the Delhi government last week came out with a liberal excise policy by allowing liquor stores in malls among other steps, it seeks to clamp down on drunk driving and drinking in public places by proposing stricter punishment under the New Delhi Excise Bill. Addressing reporters in New Delhi, Ashok Kumar Walia, Delhi's Finance and Excise Minister said that the offenders would be fined rupees 50,000 and jailed for six months. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1001
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SC slams Mayawati govt. for its statues
1:21 New Delhi, October 06 (ANI): India's apex judicial body, the Supreme Court snubbed Mayawati, the chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The court took a serious note of the Uttar Pradesh government for not respecting the court's directive to halt erection Mayawati's statues at various parks in the state. She was rebuked for flouting the Supreme Court's order by continuing construction work at the Ambedkar Park in the state. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 887
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World Bank to fund for Ganga cleaning project
2:5 New Delhi, October 06 (ANI): India's central minister of environment and forest Jairam Ramesh on Monday said that New Delhi is likely to get 3 billion dollars very soon from the World Bank for preparing projects to clean the Ganga River. It will be provided under the project preparation facility of the Bank. India has constituted National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) to streamline steps to clean up the river. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 2139
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Khursheed clarifies his stand on high CEO salaries
1:58 New Delhi, October 06(ANI): While addressing media persons in New Delhi, on Monday India's central Minister of Corporate Affairs, Salman Khursheed spoke his mind on companies against paying huge salaries to top company executives and managers and said that the government welcomes the top company brass to lead an austere life-style. Khursheed said that display of wealth and opulence is unacceptable in the present scenario. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1017
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Jermaine Jackson sets the ramp on fire in Mumbai
1:15 Mumbai, October 06(ANI): Michael Jackson’s elder brother, American singer Jermaine Jackson, who is in India to record an international album with singer-music composer Adnan Sami, walked the ramp for Indian fashion designer Rajesh Aiya in Mumbai on Monday. Clad in a black outfit, Jermaine seemed quite excited at the do.Besides Jermaine Jackson, the show also stood apart as models walked the ramp blindfolded. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 907
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S M Krishna advises Indian students to be cautious in Oz
2:0 Bangalore, October 06(ANI): Reacting to reports that Indian spectators attacked a group of youths on Sunday after they were racially abused in Australia, India’s foreign minister S M Krishna on Monday said that students should not take law in their hands. Meanwhile, denying any tensions at India-China border, Krishna said that it was the most tranquil and peaceful border. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 786
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Shiv Sena proposes Uddhav Thackeray as Maharashtra chief
1:30 Aurangabad/Nanded, October 06(ANI): Addressing a press conference in Aurangabad Manohar Joshi, senior leader of India's Hindu radical Shiv Sena said on Monday that he would request party patron Balasaheb Thackeray to declare Uddhav Thackeray as the chief ministerial candidate. Joshi also expressed confidence that Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a breakaway faction of the Shiv Sena led Raj Thackeray, will not cause damages to them like in the April-May general elections. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 1090
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NCW to probe on molestation of Air India airhostess
1:31 New Delhi, October 06(ANI): The National Commission for Women or NCW has assured to institute an investigative committee to look into the charges of molestation leveled by an air hostess against two pilots in an Air India flight on its way from Sharjah to Lucknow last week. Consequently, the NCW has sought a report from Air India and has decided to constitute a committee to look into the complaint. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 872
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World Snooker Championship 2009 logo unveiled
1:3 New Delhi, October 06(ANI): World Snooker Championship2009 logo was unveiled in New Delhi on Monday. Reigning snooker world champion Pankaj Advani and veteran Geet Sethi graced the occasion. World champion Pankaj Advani said that the event would play a crucial role in making snooker popular. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 976
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Seminar on Afghanistan's peace and stability begins
1:45 New Delhi,October 06(ANI): A two-day International seminar on Peace and stability in Afghanistan,The way ahead began in New Delhi on Tuesday.Organized by United Service Institution of India,it includes speakers included Ashley Tellis,Senior Associate,The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and S K Lambah, special envoy of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 924
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PM calls for policy on food processing
1:53 New Delhi, October 06(ANI): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday called for rationalising and simplifying the tax structure in the processed food industry.However, complimenting the stakeholders in the industry for ensuring a healthy 14.7p persent growth for the sector during the financial year 2008-09, Singh said, there was a need for a National Food Processing Policy for the rapid growth of the sector. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 895
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Flood situation worsens in Andhra Pradesh
0:57 Andhra Pradesh,October 06(ANI):The threat of more areas coming under floodwaters looms large over Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh as the outflow of water from the Srisailam dam increases to 9 lakh cusecs.At present,the inflow of water into the dam from Tugabhadra and Joorala rivers is 4.5 lakh cusecs of water. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 843
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Maoists behead cop after govt.refuses to free Ghandy
2:30 Jharkhand,October 06 (ANI): The body of beheaded Jharkhand police inspector Francis Induwar was found on the Jharkhand-Ranchi Highway on Tuesday morning, nearly a week after he was kidnapped. Maoists have claimed responsibility for his killing, saying that the act would not have been carried out if the government had released their three arrested leaders,including ideologue Kobad Ghandy. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 972
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SC sends notice to UP Chief Secy in Dalit statue case
1:30 New Delhi / Lucknow, October 06 (ANI): India's apex judicial body, the Supreme Court ordered contempt proceedings against the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary on Tuesday.The contempt of court action was issued over continuance of construction work of UP's chief Mayawati at Ambedkar Park in the state despite the court's earlier orders to suspend all construction activity within the parameters of the park. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 915
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Women take up night patrolling to keep miscreants at bay
1:21 West Bengal, October 05(ANI): With incidences of robbery on rise and little help from the police, women in Anandapara village in West Bengal state have entrusted themselves as night guards and have formed a Resistance Group.The women guards believe that it has made them not only self-dependent but also set an example for others to follow. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 749
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Mayawati launches BSP poll campaign for Maharashtra
1:11 Pune, October 5 (ANI): Kick-starting her poll campaign in Maharashtra,chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh state and president Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati addressed a public rally in Pune on Sunday.BSP is contesting 282 of 288 seats in Maharashtra,the highest number of seats by any party though it did not win any of the 272 seats the party contested in the 2004 elections, securing 3.88 percent of vote share. The state will go assembly elections on October 13. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 803
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BJP targets Congress-NCP coalition on farmers suicides
1:20 Mumbai,October 5 (ANI): Addressing a public meeting in Mumbai, Senior leader of India's main opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party Sushma Swaraj on Sunday targeted the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party ruling coalition of Maharashtra state on farmers suicides in the province.Swaraj said despite NCP chief and federal farm minister Sharad Pawar hailing from the state, farmers of the province were committing suicide. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 677
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Railway Minister emphases on the development of Siliguri
0:56 Siliguri, October 05(ANI): Announcing a number of rail projects for Siliguri and adjacent areas India's Railway Minister and chief of regional Trinamool Congress party, Mamata Banerjee, on Sunday underlined the need for development of Siliguri district. Mamta also laid the foundation for a multifunctional complex at Siliguri junction station. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 924
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Delhi gets 160 new low-floor buses
1:20 New Delhi,October 05 (ANI): Delhi Chief Sheila Dikshit flagged off 160 low-floor buses, including 30 air-conditioned ones, in the capital on Sunday.With these,the total number of low-floor buses plying on the roads of the capital has gone up to 763. Decorated with flowers, the buses were lined up near India Gate where Sheila Dikshit flagged them off and took a ride in one of them. Added: 15847 days ago Views: 804
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