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Rahul Gandhi shown black flags in Allahabad
India | Aug 05, 2013, 05:29 PM ISTAllahabad, Aug 5: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today inaugurated a hospital here named after his great grandmother, Kamala Nehru, wife of the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.Gandhi, who is on a day-long visit
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Rahul Gandhi shown black flags in Allahabad
National | Aug 05, 2013, 05:37 PM ISTAllahabad, Aug 5: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today inaugurated a hospital here named after his great grandmother, Kamala Nehru, wife of the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.Gandhi, who is on a day-long visit
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VVIPs? What VVIPs, Allahabad high court asks UP govt on power supply
National | Jul 11, 2013, 10:30 AM ISTAgra, July 11: Power should be supplied to all consumers in Uttar Pradesh without discrimination irrespective of the place of residence, the Allahabad High Court ordered on Wednesday.The court gave the ruling after asking the
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Ghaziabad, Allahabad most polluted in UP, says survey
India | Jul 03, 2013, 09:35 AM ISTLucknow, July 3: Ghaziabad and Allahabad have emerged as the two most air polluted cities in Uttar Pradesh in a recent survey by a research and advocacy organisation.The survey conducted by Delhi-based Centre for Science
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Live CCTV footage of man in Allahabad slashing paramedic girl's neck with a knife, then stabs himself
India | Jun 06, 2013, 06:07 PM ISTAllahabad, Jun 6 : A lovelorn young man stabbed a paramedic girl's neck with a knife in Naini, adjoining Allahabad, and then stabbed himself. The girl works as a para-medic intern in a private hospital
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Ten undertrials escape on way to court in UP
India | Apr 08, 2013, 03:54 PM ISTLucknow, Apr 8: Ten undertrials escaped when they were being taken for a court hearing from the high security Naini Jail in Allahabad Monday afternoon.An initial probe has revealed that the rear door of the
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SP MLA gheraos police station in Allahabad
India | Mar 31, 2013, 01:08 PM ISTAllahabad, March 31: Local Samajwadi Party MLA Parvez Ahmed alongwith his supporters on Saturday created a ruckus at a local police station after his party councillor was detained by police for protesting against rampant gambling.
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Lakhs take holy dip on Mahashivratri, 2 die in stampede at UP temple
India | Mar 10, 2013, 12:24 PM ISTNew Delhi, March 10: Lakhs of devotees turned up to take a holy dip on the occasion of Mahashivratri in Varanasi, Haridwar, Ujjain, Allahabad and other major cities. Ganga Aarti was performed at the Sangam
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Modi to interact with DU students on Feb 6, silent on Kumbh
National | Feb 04, 2013, 10:25 AM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 4: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will interact with Delhi University students at Shri Ram College of Commerce on February 6, billed as his first step into national politics. Modi is expected
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Dalai Lama's visit to Kumbh cancelled due to security reasons
India | Feb 03, 2013, 02:39 PM ISTAllahabad, Feb 3: The proposed visit of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to the Maha Kumbh congregation here has been cancelled due to security reasons, a senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader said today."The Dalai
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Kumbh Mela: Pick and drop facility for elderly in Allahabad
India | Feb 03, 2013, 11:45 AM ISTAllahabad, Feb 3: Elderly persons in the city wishing to take a holy dip in the Sangam during the Kumbh Mela can now get a pick and drop facility besides assistance in bathing and offering
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Lakhs take holy dip at Maha Kumbh on Paush Poornima
India | Jan 27, 2013, 09:08 AM ISTAllahabad, Jan 27: Several lakhs of devotees took a holy dip early this morning at the Sangam, confluence of rivers Ganga and Yamuna, on the occasion of Paush Poornima at the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela
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Naga sadhus lead Kumbh festivities, lakhs take holy dip
India | Jan 14, 2013, 02:33 PM ISTAllahabad, Jan 14: The world's largest gathering of people, the 55-day Kumbh congregation, began in this north India town Monday with tens of thousands of devotees, led by ash-smeared Naga ascetics, taking a dip at
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Catherine Zeta-Jones to visit Kumbh Mela
Hollywood | Jan 07, 2013, 02:54 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 7: Hollywood beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones is keen to visit India again to see the Kumbh Mela, and is confident she can fit into a Bollywood movie owing to her Oscar-winning turn in
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Allahabad court admits obscenity petition against Sunny Leone
Bollywood | Sep 05, 2012, 11:25 AM ISTAllahabad, Sep 5 : An advocate on Tuesday filed a complaint under Sec 156(3) of Criminal Procedure Code against Bollywood actor and Canadian porn star Sunny Leone. The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate has taken
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Allahabad physicist Ashoke Sen wins prize, becomes crorepati overnight
India | Aug 01, 2012, 01:16 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 1: Theoretical physicist Ashoke Sen of Allahabad's Harish Chandra Research Institute, has become a crorepati overnight.On Tuesday, Prof Sen became one of the nine winners of the first Yuri Milner Fundamental Physics
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Five children killed in blast in Allahabad
India | May 23, 2012, 09:16 PM ISTAllahabad, May 23: Five children were killed and six others seriously injured in a crude bomb explosion that ripped through a congested slum in the city today. Union Home Ministry sources have ruled out a
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Allahabad HC Quashes Land Allotment To Jaypee Group
India | Apr 13, 2012, 06:58 PM ISTAllahabad, Apr 13: Allahabad High Court today quashed the allotment of 816 hectares of farmers land to Jaypee group for setting up a power plant near Karchhana adjoining Allahabad.Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Sunita Agrawal
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Allahabad HC Issues Notice To Rajesh Talwar In Aarushi Case
India | Apr 03, 2012, 01:59 PM ISTAllahabad, Apr 3: The Allahabad High Court today issued notice to dentist Rajesh Talwar, facing trial in the murder of his daughter Aarushi, on an application filed by the CBI challenging the trial court's decision
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Facebook Offers Rs 1.34 Cr Package To Allahabad Engg Student
Mar 29, 2012, 05:14 PM ISTAllahabad, Mar 29: Social networking giant Facebook has hired an engineering student here for a fat annual pay package of Rs 1.34 crore, one of the biggest offers made to alumnus of any technical institution