 | Sham Lal, one of India's most eminent journalists and acclaimed essayists, passed away here Friday at the age of 94. His death was mourned by generations of readers as well as by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who called him a "media icon of my... More |
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 | The burial process of unidentified victims of the twin blasts on the India-Pakistan peace train started here Friday. Six victims, including five Pakistani nationals, were buried at Mehrana village near here.
The burial started after the Panipat... More |
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 | Andhra Pradesh state women's commission Friday demanded action against a man for publicly slapping and kicking his daughter who refused to marry a man at a mass wedding.
The incident took place at Rajhamundry town in East Godavari district... More |
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 | Forget conspiracy theories, it was just a technical glitch. So said India Friday as it cleared the air about the "mysterious" delay in the takeoff of the Pakistani aircraft Thursday night carrying back the seven injured people in the train blasts,... More |
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The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway, closed for the third straight day Friday after a stretch of road in Jammu division's Panthal area gave in, would remain closed to traffic for another three days to come.
Kashmir Divisional... More |
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 | Two victims of alleged "fake encounters" in Jammu and Kashmir were commoners - one a carpenter and the other an Imam of a local mosque - and not foreign guerrillas as claimed, said results Thursday of the DNA tests done on the exhumed... More |
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 | In a bid to ensure the welfare of the elderly, the cabinet Thursday approved of the introduction of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Bill 2006.
The proposed Bill aims at providing effective care and protection to senior... More |
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 | A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft had to wait for about five hours Thursday at the Delhi international airport before taking off with seven injured Pakistani nationals because of differences between India and Pakistan over questioning the injured... More |
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 | Seven people were detained for questioning, including a couple from Bikaner in Rajasthan, over Sunday night's bombing of the India-Pakistan peace train that left 68 people dead, police officials said Thursday.
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 | The Delhi High Court Thursday acquitted underworld don Om Prakash Srivastava alias Babloo Srivastava in a case of hatching a criminal conspiracy to murder Delhi businessman Lalit Suneja 15 years back.
A division bench of Justice R.S. Sodhi and... More |
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