Malda’s infant horror continues; nine dead in 36 hours Friday, May 24, 2013,09:10:49 AM
At least nine infants have died in Malda Medical College & Hospital in West Bengal’s Malda district in the last 36 hours. Primary investigation revealed birth asphyxia as the main reason behind the deaths.....
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India can be net provider of security in region: PMFriday, May 24, 2013,09:10:49 AM
Noting that India faces multiple security challenges as it is in a difficult neighbourhood, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the country's deterrent capabilities have increased and it is in a position to be a net provider of security in the Indian Ocean Region. ....
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Three die after taking drug from quack; 56 clinics sealedFriday, May 24, 2013,09:10:49 AM
An alleged quack has been arrested after three members of a family died after consuming a drug prescribed by him in Bhot Bakkal area here, police said. After the incident, 56 centres being run by alleged quacks in six towns of the district have also been sealed. ....
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Shayan Munshi to be tried for ‘acting’Thursday, May 23, 2013,09:36:11 AM
Bollywood actor Shayan Munshi and another witness in the Jessica Lal murder case will be tried on charges of perjury (lying under oath) for turning hostile during their deposition, the Delhi High Court ordered on Wednesday.....
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Rai gives up office; Sharma to be new CAG, take oath of secrecyThursday, May 23, 2013,09:35:49 AM
Shashi Kant Sharma will take over as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Thursday, succeeding Vinod Rai who demitted office on Wednesday after an eventful five-anda- half years during which the audit body was locked in confrontations with the government.....
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Lucknow OlympicsThursday, May 23, 2013,09:35:49 AM
It was like a bout of fencing outside Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow, on Wednesday. Two policemen attacked each other with their lathis while on duty at an event attended by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. ....
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Actor helps locals reclaim Versova plot from ‘villains’Thursday, May 23, 2013,09:35:49 AM
Veteran actor Ramesh Deo, who played an agent of social change in many Hindi and Marathi movies, has helped Versova residents reclaim a plot in the area that had been taken over by goons. ....
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Former volleyball player Arunima scales Everest with a prosthetic legWednesday, May 22, 2013,09:32:39 AM
Arunima Sinha, a former national-level volleyball player who had lost her left leg after being thrown off a moving train for resisting a robbery attempt, created history on Tuesday by becoming the first Indian amputee to conquer Mount ....
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Youth conned of dream job as ‘male escort’Wednesday, May 22, 2013,09:21:04 AM
The scintillating promise of a job involving the deadliest combination — sex and money — lured a 23-year-old man into shelling out Rs 5,000 and falling victim to a con. The incident came to light when Jignesh (name ....
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Modi begins PR drive with BJP top-brass in DelhiWednesday, May 22, 2013,09:21:04 AM
Two months after he was brought into the BJP Parliamentary Board, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Delhi for the first time to participate in the party's decision- making collegium.....
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Pappu pass hua!Wednesday, May 22, 2013,09:21:04 AM
Former RJD MP Pappu Yadav, who was accused in CPI-M leader Ajit Sarkar's murder case, is offered sweets by his wife Ranjita Ranjan after he was released from Beur Jail in Patna on Tuesday. Yadav was released following the Patna High Court's order....
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Sacked TRS leader lodges complaint with CBI against party presidentWednesday, May 22, 2013,09:21:04 AM
In a blow to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), an expelled leader on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the CBI seeking a probe into the ‘forcible’ monetary collections by party president K Chandrasekhara Rao from industrialists, businessmen and educationalists in Telangana....
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India, China once again bhai-bhaiTuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:48 AM
India and China will study new ways to ease tensions along their ill-defined border, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday in his first foreign trip since taking office, which comes just weeks after a military stand-off between the Asian giants in the Himalayas. ....
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Woman sets kids, one of them a baby, self on fireTuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:30 AM
Upset over not being allowed by her husband to attend a relative’s wedding, a woman allegedly set herself and her two daughters on fire. Neelam (30) and her eightmonth- old baby Sakshi died of their injuries while the other daughter, Meenakshi (4), is battling ....
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Bellary gets back to miningTuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:30 AM
Once a byword for iron orefuelled prosperity, the Bellary-Hospet region had gone into a tailspin after the Supreme Court’s blanket ban on mining in Karnataka in July 2011. But things are beginning to look up again with the first of the mines indicted for violations restarting operations on Friday. Those....
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A dummies guide to vulgarity by BMCTuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:30 AM
Garment stores should not be allowed to display mannequins in lingerie or skimpy clothes outside their shops, the civic authority’s top policy body has ruled in a debate on vulgarity. At a meeting last week, the BMC’s General Body approved a resolution barring stores across the city from placing....
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‘93 blast-accused surrenderTuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:30 AM
Zebunisa Kazi, whose conviction in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case was upheld by the Supreme Court, surrendered, along with another convict Sharif Parkar, before the special TADA court on Monday. Zebunisa, 75, a cancer patient, came to court on a wheel-chair. She was slated ....
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Memorial scam: Mayawati aides siphoned off Rs 1,400cr, says LokayuktaTuesday, May 21, 2013,09:50:30 AM
The Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta on Monday indicted 199 people, including two ex-BSP ministers, for financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 1,400 crore in the construction of memorials and parks during the previous Mayawati regime. Those indicted also include two former MLAs, a sitting MLA, five mining officers, 57 engineers ....
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US-based outsourcing firmiGate's head of investor relations, Araceli Roiz — who has accused the company’s former CEO Phaneesh Murthy of sexual harassment — alleged that Murthy had pressured her into ....
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