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Soon, non-lethal weapons to tackle Kashmir rioters
( 22-Aug-2010 )
Srinagar: Police and paramilitary forces deployed in the Kashmir Valley are set to change from lethal to non-lethal weapons like Taser guns, pellets and pepper balls after 62 civilians lost their lives in the ongoing unrest. But their efficacy is still in question.
An Indian Air Force (IAF) plane b .... |
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50,000 displaced in Assam floods
( 21-Aug-2010 )
Guwahati: Heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods in Assam displacing at least 50,000 people in the state's Lakhimpur district, officials said. No casualties have been reported. A government spokesperson said floodwaters of Singora river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra river, entere .... |
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Kashmir hit by restrictions, shutdown again
( 21-Aug-2010 )
Srinagar: Curfew was imposed in Srinagar and a few other towns on Saturday, a day after security forces shot dead a man in Bijbehara. The separatists have called for a shutdown across the Kashmir Valley.
Curfew has been imposed in nine police station areas of Srinagar besides Anantnag and Bijbehera .... |
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Shatrughan favours Modi, Varun campaigning in Bihar
( 21-Aug-2010 )
Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Shatrughan Sinha has urged his party's central leadership to invite Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and firebrand youth leader Varun Gandhi for campaigning in the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar.
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Shoe hurled at Omar, attacker is suspended cop
( 15-Aug-2010 )
Srinagar: A suspended Jammu and Kashmir head constable Sunday hurled a shoe at Omar Abdullah during the Independence Day function here but an unfazed chief minister remarked it was better to throw shoes than stones.
Abdullah, who was taking salute from contingents of marching security personnel at .... |
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Goa university to have chair for diaspora studies
( 11-Aug-2010 )
Panaji: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has agreed to create a chair for diaspora studies at the Goa university, Goa non-resident Indian (NRI) commissioner Eduardo Faleiro said. He said at a press conference here that the university had been asked to draft a proposal for creating a diasp .... |
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Indian missions asked to give long-term visas to PIOs
( 11-Aug-2010 )
Panaji: Indian missions have been advised to issue long-term extendable visas, and not short duration tourist visas, to Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) who are keen on visiting India, Eduardo Faleiro, Goa's commissioner for NRI affairs, said here.
Addressing a press conference here, Faleiro als .... |
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Don't run after votes, win people's confidence: Varun Gandhi
( 11-Aug-2010 )
Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national secretary Varun Gandhi Wednesday called upon the party workers to set a target of winning over the confidence of people rather than making attempts to solicit their votes.
"We should not run after the votes... we should make serious effort to win .... |
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Thousands join Tamang's last journey, CID probe ordered
( 24-May-2010 )
Darjeeling: Braving rains, nearly 15,000 people took part in the last journey of slain Gorkha leader Madan Tamang raising slogans against the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) and tearing its banners and posters in West Bengal's Darjeeling town Monday.
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BJP withdraws support, Jharkhand government in minority
( 24-May-2010 )
Ranchi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew support to the five-month-old Shibu Soren-led government in Jharkhand, reducing it to a minority and plunging the state into political uncertainty yet again.
"We have withdrawn support from the Shibu Soren government as the political uncertaint .... |
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Mayawati's yes for special force for statues, memorials
( 24-May-2010 )
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is set to go ahead with her decision to form a special force to protect her multi-billion dream projects -- memorials and statues, officials said Monday.
"We will have the new outfit in place by next month. We commenced the recruitment exercise a .... |
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'Goa blast accused was an evangelist'
( 24-May-2010 )
Panaji: The main accused in last year's Diwali-eve bomb blast case in Goa was an evangelist and used to conduct "satsangs" (religious congregations) in Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka, according to the charge sheet filed in a local court by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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Third suspect held for Ajmer Dargah bombing
( 03-May-2010 )
Jaipur: A third man suspected to be involved in the 2007 bombing at the famed Ajmer Dargah Sharif that killed three people has been detained in Madhya Pradesh and brought to Rajasthan, police sources here said Sunday.
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Rajasthan Police held Vishnu Prasad late Sa .... |
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