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National News
Indian juniors brighten up a disappointing day
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Indian men's junior recurve team were the saving grace on day one of the 11th Youth World Archery Championship at Ogden, Utah (US), according to informatio... More
Trooper kills wife, baby, himself
Agartala, July 14 (IANS) A trooper of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) strangled his wife and 46-day-old daughter to death and then committed suicide, police said Tuesday.
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Pradeep Kumar is new defence secretary
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Pradeep Kumar, presently secretary of defence production, was Tuesday named the new secretary in the defence ministry to succeed Vijay Singh.
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Cooking fires weakening Indian monsoon, says expert
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Soot from the wood-based cooking fires used by 70 percent of Indians is forming a cloud of pollutants that is impeding the monsoon winds, according to a ... More
To prevent accidents, Andhra to ban heavy vehicles
Hyderabad, July 14 (IANS) Alarmed over the rising number of road accidents before sunrise due to 'sleepy drivers', Andhra Pradesh is planning to ban movement of buses and other he... More
World Newspaper Congress to be held in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, July 14 (IANS) Over 2,000 newspaper publishers, CEOs, chief editors and other senior newspaper executives are expected to gather here from Nov 30 to Dec 3 as India host... More
Expressway authority to be set up: Kamal Nath
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) A separate authority will be constituted soon for expediting development of expressways, Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath said here Tuesda... More
Two lynched in Bihar over theft, molestation charges
Patna, July 14 (IANS) Two men -- one accused of molesting a girl and the other a suspected thief -- were lynched by mobs in Bihar's Gopalganj and Aurangabad districts, police said... More
Bihar lawyers to abstain from work, threaten strike
Patna, July 14 (IANS) Hundreds of lawyers of the Bihar High Court decided to abstain from work from July 15 in solidarity with colleagues in the Ara civil court where a lawyer was... More
CRPF trooper kills colleague, shoots himself
Srinagar, July 14 (IANS) A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper shot dead his colleague before shooting himself, police here said.
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Kamat sets store by Goa's glamour quotient
Panaji, July 14 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat's belief in his state being an attractive destination is unshakeable. While announcing the names of Bollywood stars Aamir ... More
Amethi tense following protests over poor power supply
Lucknow, July 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh's Amethi town, the parliamentary constituency of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, remained tense Tuesday following violent protests b... More
Dirty air, lack of water threaten Ladakh (Feature)
Leh, July 14 (IANS) Ladakh is no longer pristine. Rising temperatures are drying up glaciers in this trans-Himalayan cold desert and generator smoke from the power-strapped towns ... More
Heavy rains disrupt life in Mumbai
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) For the third time in ten days, heavy rains Tuesday disrupted normal life in the country's commercial capital.
Waterlogging was re... More
86-year-old undergraduate sits for her final exams
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Gokul Chattopadhyay got married at a very young age and could not continue her education after passing out from school. But now, at the age of 86, her drea... More |
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