Greek column capital stolen at Ancient Olympia; official suspended pending investigationSeptember 6th, 2009 Greek column capital stolen at Ancient OlympiaATHENS, Greece — Greece's Culture Ministry says a column capital has been stolen from the archaeological site of Ancient Olympia, one of the country's most important. The ministry says the capital, part of a 6th century Byzantine church on the grounds of the guarded site, was found to be missing just before midnight Saturday.
Raje misses her meeting with Naidu, sends son DushyantAugust 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje failed to meet senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Venkaiah Naidu citing health grounds and sent her son Dushyant in her place as representative. Raje had arrived on Sunday to meet senior BJP leaders in the wake of growing demand for her resignation from the post of leader of opposition in Rajasthan State assembly.
Raje arrives in New Delhi to meet senior BJP leadersAugust 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje arrived in New Delhi on Sunday evening to meet senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. Raje is to meet M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday.
Three held with ancient silver coins in Uttar PradeshAugust 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Nearly 68 kg of ancient silver coins dating back to 1861 and 1892 were recovered from three men who were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, police said Thursday. Rajesh Singh, Aditya Sharan and Mukesh Mishra were nabbed Wednesday night from Chetganj locality of Varanasi, about 250 km from here.
Criminal wanted in over 40 cases arrestedAugust 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A criminal wanted in over 40 cases in three states was arrested Saturday along with one of his accomplices, police said. According to police, Kamaljeet Chopra alias Bitto, 36, and his accomplish Shakeel, 30, were arrested in south Delhi after a shoot out.
17 million rupees worth heroin seizedJune 17th, 2009 New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): The crime branch of the Delhi Police on Tuesday seized heroin worth 17 million rupees from possession of a man who was "wanted" the narcotics branch. "1700 grams of heroin has been seized from the man.
Italy police recover looted 2nd century marble bas-relief depicting ancient godJune 16th, 2009 Italy police recover looted relief of Roman godROME — Italian police say they have recovered an illegally excavated marble bas-relief depicting one ancient Rome's most popular gods, worshipped mainly by the empire's soldiers. Police said Tuesday the relief was recovered in March at a private country house near Rome.
C.P. Joshi: a quiet performer in Rajasthan politicsMay 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - C.P. Joshi, a professor of psychology who turned to politics and swung the December 2008 Rajasthan assembly election result in the favour of the Congress, gets a central cabinet berth Friday.
IAF aircraft crashes in Rajasthan, pilot safeMay 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter aircraft crashed near Jodhpur in Rajasthan Friday but the pilot ejected safely, an official here said. The MiG 27 combat jet on a routine sortie crashed at about 8.10 a.m.
Bainsla gets BJP ticket from RajasthanApril 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday named Kirori Singh Bainsla, who spearheaded Gujjar community's violent campaign for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) status, as it's candidate from Sawai Madhopur-Tonk Lok Sabha constituency in Rajasthan. The party also nominated Ramkishore Meena (Dausa), Rao Rajender Singh (Jaipur Rural) and Dashrath Singh Shekhawat (Jhunjhunu), a BJP statement said.
Quake rocks western Rajasthan, 3 injuredApril 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Western Rajasthan was jolted by a medium intensity earthquake early Thursday morning, a meteorological department official said. The earthquake, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, was experienced in Jaisalmer and Barmer districts in western Rajasthan.
President condoles passing away of Puducherry Lt. GovernorApril 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil has condoled the passing away of Puducherry Lt. Governor Govind Singh Gurjar.
Asian heritage under Christie's hammerFebruary 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Global auction house Christie's will host seven sales for the Spring Asian art week March 17-20. The highlight of the sale will be on March 20 when Christie's will offer a private single-owner collection of 21 artefacts from India and Indonesia, followed by a combined sale of Indian and Southeast Asian art.
Asian heritage under Christie's hammerFebruary 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Global auction house Christie's will host seven sales for the Spring Asian art week March 17-20. The highlight of the sale will be on March 20 when Christie's will offer a private single-owner collection of 21 artefacts from India and Indonesia, followed by a combined sale of Indian and Southeast Asian art.
Asian heritage under Christie's hammerFebruary 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Global auction house Christie's will host seven sales for the Spring Asian art week March 17-20. The highlight of the sale will be on March 20 when Christie's will offer a private single-owner collection of 21 artefacts from India and Indonesia, followed by a combined sale of Indian and Southeast Asian art.
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