2014

Chandigarh :  Rains today continued to lash parts of Punjab and Haryana, with mercury dropping a few notches below the normal level in the region. While vast swathes of the states including Chandigarh received heavy downpour yesterday,…
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Srinagar :  At least nine Army personnel, including an officer, were today trapped in strong water currents of Jhelum River as their boat capsized during a rescue operation in flood-affected Pulwama district of Kashmir, an Army official…
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Sulaiman Bek (Iraq)  :  Iraqi Kurdish forces and Shiite militiamen discovered mass graves containing 35 bodies after retaking the town of Sulaiman Bek from jihadists, an officer and a doctor said today. It was not clear when the shooting…
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Batala :  Eight members of a family were killed and one was seriously injured after the roof of their house collapsed due to rains at Dhalla village near here, police said today. The incident occurred late last night when the roof…
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New Delhi : Indian Mujahideen terrorist Ejaz Sheikh, wanted in several cases including a terror strike in Jama Masjid here, was arrested last night from Saharanpur area of western Uttar Pradesh by the Special Cell of Delhi Police. "IM…
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 Minister to survey flood-hit J-K aerially today JAMMU: With as many as 68 persons killed on Friday , the death toll in the worst floods in Jammu and Kashmir in nearly six decades has reached 88. To review the situation, Union Home…
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Ballia : A couple has been sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in a 2004 dowry murder case by a Sessions Court. Dolly Pathak was killed by her father-in-law Daddan and his wife Sharda for dowry in Maniyar area in May, 2004,…
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Chennai :  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today sacked Milk and Dairy Development Minister V Moorthy and appointed B V Ramanaa in his place. Ramanaa, who was sacked as Revenue Minister on May 19, is staging a comeback in the…
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Leeds :  Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has blamed his batsmen for poor strokes as the visitors lost the fifth and final One-day International versus England here by 41 runs. At the same time, the Men in Blue did win the five-match…
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Jaipur : Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Kalraj Mishra today said the government would soon introduce a new policy for MSME sector for which his ministry is working and holding discussions with MSME related associations.…
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