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Security forces recover ammunition from J and K
1:16 Poonch,July 27 (ANI):Security forces have recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from a militant hideout in forest area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir,police said on Monday.A joint search operation was launched by the soldiers of Territorial Army and local police at Kenu village near the Line of Control. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 876
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Swine flu situation in Pune stabilized: Ashok Chavan
1:17 Pune/ Ahmedabad, August 17 (ANI): Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ashok Chavan on Sunday took stock of the swine flu situation in Pune, where the disease has taken its highest toll in the country claiming 12 lives, and said that the situation had “stabilized, but is yet to be under complete control”. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 876
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Maoists blow up railway station,abduct three employees
1:29 Sundergarh, August 26 (ANI): Maoists raided the railway station at Roxy in Sundergarh district of Orissa on Tuesday and abducted three railway employees.The rebels also set ablaze around 22 heavy vehicles in the course of the 48-hour shutdown call given by them.The Left extremists had entered the railway station late Monday night. Recent reports say that Maoists released the abducted railwaymen on Tuesday morning. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 876
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Senior officials of SAARC countries meet in New Delhi
0:49 New Delhi, India (ANI): Ahead of the eighth meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation or SAARC, Environment Ministers met in national capital New Delhi today. The Environment Ministers of the SAARC countries will meet today to consider the report of the Expert Group Meeting and the draft Agreement on the SAARC Natural Disaster Rapid Response Mechanism. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 876
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Reddy’s stick to their demand, Yeddyurappa still hopeful
1:12 Bangalore, November 4 (ANI): Dissidents of Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday continued to stick with their demand of change in leadership in Karnataka. The crisis in Karnataka within the state's ruling BJP precipitated as a section of the cabinet led by Tourism Minister G. Janardhana Reddy and Revenue Minister G. Karunakara Reddy questioned the leadership of state chief B. S. Yeddyurappa. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 876
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Railway exams now in regional languages
1:17 Mumbai, November 22 (ANI): Central Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, while flagging off new train services, including the country’s first 15-car rake service and another ladies special train in Mumbai on Saturday, announced that the Railway recruitment exams would now be conducted in regional languages. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 876
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Maoists kill CPI (M) leader in West Bengal
0:47 Dharampur, December 14 (ANI): Maoist rebels brutally killed a local leader of state's ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) at Dharampur in West Bengal. Villagers discovered the body on Sunday. The deceased Dinabandhu Soren was missing since last two days. Maoists have stepped up violence across eastern and central India. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 876
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Maoists burn a couple alive in Palamau district of Jharkhand
1:28 Palamau, December 28 (ANI): Maoists on Sunday burnt a couple alive inside a house in Palamau district of Jharkhand over a land dispute with a rebel commander. As per eyewitnesses, Divesh Singh and his wife, Devbrati Devi, were burnt alive at a Saraidih village. About 10-15 Maoist rebels raided the village, which is 180 kilometres from the state capital Ranchi on Saturday night and set the house on fire. The couple was sleeping while the house was on fire and later locals found a pamphlet on the spot terming the couple as 'police informers'. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 876
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Maoist proposal for a 72-day ceasefire gets mixed response
2:15 West Bengal/ Jharkhand, February 24 (ANI): The 72-day ceasefire call given by Maoists received a mixed response from the common public in Maoists hotbeds of West Bengal and Jharkhand. The Maoists on Monday offered a 72-day ceasefire if New Delhi calls off an offensive against them, but the government said it would wait for a formal offer before it responded. Expressing similar views, Ram Singh Manshi, a teacher at a school in Ranchi region of Jharkhand wondered whether the Maoists would keep up their words. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 876
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Grandmother files papers for Manjhi’s migration
1:46 Jaipur, October 14 (ANI): Emiko Yamada, 74-year-old Japanese grandmother filed papers for the migration of surrogate baby Manjhi in Jaipur. 'Manjhi', born from an Indian surrogate mother, was caught in a legal tussle as India's laws prohibit the child's divorced Japanese father from taking her custody, because soon after her conception, her parents got separated. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 875
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India responds to Pak's posers on Mumbai attack
2:15 New Delhi, March 13 (ANI): India's Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday submitted answered to Pakistan's questions on Mumbai attack investigations to the central Foreign Ministry for onward transmission. Pakistan had sought answers to about 30 questions from India to prepare a 'tenable' prosecution against the suspects but it was still awaiting Indian response. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 875
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Naveen Chawla takes over as new election commissioner
1:0 New Delhi, April 21 (ANI): Leaving behind the recent bitter acrimony between them, India's election chief N. Gopalaswami on Monday handed over the baton, in the midst of national polls, to Naveen Chawla. In January Gopalaswami had petitioned for the sacking of Chawla as an Election Commissioner from the three-member Election Commission of India. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 875
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Twenty20 World Cup trophy unveiled
1:41 Mumbai, May 12 (ANI): Former Indian cricket captain and ICC ambassador Dilip Vengsarkar on Monday unveiled the trophy of Twenty20 World Cup 2009 in Mumbai. The silver trophy, weighing 7-1/2 kilograms, would be handed to the captain of the victorious squad on June 21 at Lord. Impressed by the Indian team performance, Vengsarkar said that he was hopeful that India would defend its title successfully. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 875
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Students in Assam demand educational revamp
1:25 Guwahati, September 20 (ANI): Holding placards and banners the students belonging to the All Assam Student Union and All Bodo Student Union marched on the streets of Guwahati demanding restructuring of the state's education system. Assam in the northeast is one of India's poorest states with little education, no electricity, no safe drinking water and no decent healthcare in the state. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 875
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Vinod Kambli, Yograj Singh enter the pitch of electoral battles
1:36 Mumbai/Chandigarh, September 25 (ANI): The ensuing elections in mid-October to the state legislatures of Maharashtra and Haryana will witness two former Indian cricketers - Vinod Kambli and Yograj Singh, as they filed their nomination papers from their respective constituencies on Thursday. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 875
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New broadcasting and relay transmitters in remote Kashmir
1:13 Srinagar, October 14 (ANI): While addressing the 3-day All India Editors' Conference in Srinagar on Tuesday Ambika Soni, India's Information and Broadcasting Minister announced setting up of high power television transmitters (HPTs) in the border regions and also low power FM (frequency modulated) radio transmitters (LPTs) in areas which are not presently covered in Indian Kashmir. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 875
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WB to fortify police stations to combat Maoists: Ardhendu
1:45 Kolkata, October 26 (ANI): Ardhendu Sen, Home Secretary of West Bengal state said on Sunday that the state government will fortify police stations to combat Maoist insurgent in the region. Sen was addressing reporters on the sidelines of a top level meeting chaired by state chief, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to take cognizance of the Maoist menace in the state. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 875
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GJMM student wing calls for closure of schools in Darjeeling
1:29 Darjeeling, February 06 (ANI): The students' wing of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) has given a call for all educational institutions in the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal to close down from Friday. This ultimatum was issued as a mark of protest against the police baton charging student activists staging a hunger strike in the cause of Gorkhaland. The police baton charged activists of GJM when they were observing hunger strike on Thursday. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 875
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Congress is pro-commoners: Sonia
1:25 New Delhi, March 30 (ANI): Addressing the national meet of All India Congress Seva Dal, in New Delhi on Monday Sonia Gandhi, President of Congress party said that her organisation has always been for the well being of the commoners. Mahatma Gandhi initially mooted Seva Dal during the independence movement. These days, the objective of Seva Dal is to propagate the Gandhian ideals on behalf of the Congress party. Congress won the general polls last year riding on a plank of 'common man'. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 875
Environment Disaster Looms Large as Pakistan Melts Himalayan Glaciers
4:54 Gilgit, March 30: Faced with an acute shortage, Pakistani government is exploring the possibility of producing water from artificially melting snow. Residents of Gilgit Baltistan, where the tests on the glaciers are being conducted, say the undue exploitation of nature could spell disaster for the local population. Added: 15849 days ago Views: 875 |