Official assaults employee for not opening railway gates 17 March 2010, 17-1 Hrs
A government official in Uttar Pradesh allegedly roughed up a railway employee for refusing to open the level crossing gates closed before a train was to arrive in Pratapgarh district, officials said Wednesday.
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Denial of award to Vaid irks literary fraternity 17 March 2010, 17-1 Hrs
New Delhi, March 17 The literary fraternity here is irked because veteran US-based Hindi author Krishna Baldev Vaid, who was nominated for the prestigious Shalaka Samman award, has been denied the honour because of alleged obscenity in his novels.
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Three held for attacking Asian food outlet in Italy 17 March 2010, 17-1 Hrs
Rome, March 17 (IANS/AKI) Three youths who allegedly attacked Bangladeshi immigrants at their takeaway food outlet in Rome have been arrested.
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Indian American Vinod Gupta to pay $7.4 mn penalty for fraud 16 March 2010, 16-2 Hrs
Washington, March 16 InfoGroup Inc's Indian-American founder Vinod Gupta, without admitting or denying wrongdoing, has agreed to pay $7.4 million in penalties and a ban from positions of authority in publicly traded companies in a case of alleged fraud.
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BJP alleges cover-up in Goa police-drug mafia nexus probe 16 March 2010, 16-1 Hrs
Panaji, March 16 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday alleged a massive cover-up in the investigations by the Crime Branch (CB) in the police-narcotics mafia nexus in Goa.
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Rights group questions Goa housing project 16 March 2010, 16-1 Hrs
Panaji, March 16 A leading civic rights group Tuesday alleged irregularities in granting permissions to a mega housing project promoted by Delhi-based infrastructure firm DLF and has called the role of Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat in the deal as 'extremely suspicious'.
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Tampering of law student's marks rocks Kerala assembly 16 March 2010, 16-1 Hrs
Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 The Kerala assembly Tuesday witnessed uproarious scenes and a walkout by the opposition over the alleged tampering of marks of law students, details of which are said to have been leaked by a Kerala University official who is the wife of the deputy leader of opposition.
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Tampering of marks of law student rocks Kerala assembly 16 March 2010, 16-1 Hrs
Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 The Kerala assembly Tuesday witnessed uproarious scenes and a walkout by the opposition over an alleged tampering of marks of law degree students, which incident was said to have been leaked to media by Kerala University Controller of Exam who is also the wife of the deputy leader of opposition.
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High court dismisses plea for de-sealing SIMI office 16 March 2010, 16-1 Hrs
New Delhi, March 16 The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) to de-seal a south Delhi property which housed its office when the central governmnt banned the outfit in 2001 for alleged involvement in terrorist activities.
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SP legislator booked for vehicle thefts 16 March 2010, 16-1 Hrs
Lucknow, March 16 A Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator from Uttar Pradesh is being sought by police for allegedly heading a gang of vehicle thieves.
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