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Sikkim an example of ideal border state: Pawan Chamling

Gangtok, Feb 23 (IANS) Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan K. Chamling said Saturday the state has changed the conventional perception about a strategic border state with nearly 19 years of peaceful progress and by not entering into any conflict with its three key neighbours – China, Bhutan and Nepal. ‘The general idea has always been that [...]

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Elderly realtor murdered in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) An elderly property consultant was smothered to death at his rented house here Saturday, police said. A missing domestic help is among the suspects. Vijay Sareen, 72, was found dead in his house in Lajpat Nagar in south Delhi around 11.30 a.m. by his Nepali maid, police said. “Sareen’s maid, [...]

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Neighbouring country responsible for Hyderabad blasts: Advani

Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Saturday indirectly charged Pakistan of involvement in the Hyderabad blasts, saying the “neighbouring country” is solely responsible. Advani said that the Hyderabad blasts should not be viewed as an isolated incident and that they are a part of a string of militant attacks [...]

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Aspiring Delhi model murdered

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A 21-year-old aspiring model, abducted two days ago, was found murdered in a friend’s house here Saturday evening, police said. The body was stuffed in a large plastic bag. Sumit Tiwari’s body was found in his friend and a scriptwriter Shanti Verma’s rented house in Mandawli in east Delhi, police [...]

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PM to visit Hyderabad

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to visit Hyderabad Sunday in the wake of the blasts in the city that killed 16 people, informed sources said. The sources said the prime minister will visit the hospital where the injured are being treated and would be briefed about the situation by Andhra [...]

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‘Kandhamal riots could have been prevented’

Bhubaneswar, Feb 23 (IANS) The communal violence in Odisha’s Kandhamal district in 2008 that claimed 38 lives could have been avoided had the state government acted promptly, a Christian leader told a probe commission Saturday. Kandhamal, about 200 km from here, witnessed widespread violence after the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda [...]

February 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Patiala mayor, son booked for daughter-in-law’s murder

Patiala, Feb 23 (IANS) The mayor of Punjab’s Patiala city and his son were Saturday booked for the mysterious death of his daughter-in-law, police said. Mayor Jaspal Singh Pradhan, of Shiromani Akali Dal, and his son Harpreet Singh were booked after Parampreet Kaur was founded murdered in her house. Police sources alleged that the mayor [...]

February 23, 2013No CommentRead More

Solidarity vigil for Hyderabad blast victims in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Holding a solidarity vigil for victims of the Hyderabad bombings, members of 12 youth organisations lit candles at the Dilli Haat here Saturday evening. “Is is an inhuman act by some cowards. Today, we are gathered here to show them that we are unaffected by their cowardly acts to spread [...]

February 23, 2013No CommentRead More

83 percent voter turnout at Bengal by-polls

Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) A high average voter turnout of about 83 percent was witnessed in the by-elections in three assembly constituencies in West Bengal Saturday, poll officials said. The by-polls at Nalhati in Birbhum district, Rejinagar in Murshidabad district and English Bazar in Malda district were “absolutely peaceful’, the state Election Commission said. “At [...]

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Photography at bathing ghats banned at Kumbh

Allahabad, Feb 23 (IANS) The Kumbh Mela administration Saturday banned photography at all bathing ghats at the religious congregation, officials said. Vide a letter ST/SSP/C-14/2013 dated Feb 21, the senior superintendent of police (Kumbh) has directed all policemen and other security personnel on duty in the mela premises to ensure that no one was allowed [...]

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