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...Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur, may have gone ahead and taken a bold step, but at the end, it may find itself fighting a lonely battle. IIT Kanpur, unhappy with the ministry of human resource development's move on holding one common engineering...
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Rediff
http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-career-iit-kanpurs-move-unsustainable/20120611.htm
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...of revolt against the proposed Common Entrance Test (CET), mooted by the union Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry, IIT-Kanpur professors has now sought "direct and immediate intervention" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to settle the issue. Informed...
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India Today
http://indiatoday.feedsportal.com/c/33614/f/589699/s/2039d53b/l/0Lindiatoday0Bintoday0Bin0Cstory0Ciit0Ekanpur0Eseeks0Epm0Eintervention0C10C20A0A1420Bhtml/story01.htm
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...the prime minister to order cancellation of the proposed CET format that the HRD ministry is likely to implement. The IIT-Kanpur Friday last virtually revolted against the HRD ministry's move for a common entrance test and announced that it would hold its...
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Zee News
http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/now-iit-kanpur-seeks-pm-s-help-on-cet_781103.html
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...of revolt against the proposed Common Entrance Test (CET), mooted by the union human resource development (HRD) ministry, IIT-Kanpur professors has now sought "direct and immediate intervention" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to settle the issue. Informed...
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20120611/2002136.html
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...Soon after Kanpur raised the banner of revolt, IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay also dropped enough hints that they too would go the Kanpur way. There is a growing sentiment against the CET proposal, many in the IIT faculty feel. The IIT-Kanpur is upset with the ministry's...
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Firstpost
http://www.firstpost.com/india/iit-kanpur-seeks-pms-intervention-on-common-test-338860.html
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...of revolt against the proposed Common Entrance Test (CET), mooted by the union human resource development (HRD) ministry, IIT-Kanpur professors has now sought "direct and immediate intervention" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to settle the issue. Informed...
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Deccan Herald
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/256117/now-iit-kanpur-seeks-pms.html
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...the prime minister to order cancellation of the proposed CET format that the HRD ministry is likely to implement. The IIT-Kanpur Friday last virtually revolted against the HRD ministry’s move for a common entrance test and announced that it would hold its...
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TDNpost.com
http://tdnpost.com/lifestyle/education/now-iit-kanpur-seeks-pms-intervention-on-common-test-46426.html
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...Rejecting Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal's 'one nation, one test' proposal, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, has decided to conduct its own entrance test for undergraduate programmes from next year. IIT Delhi is also likely...
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NDTV
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...The fast-track court (V) of Kanpur nagar convicted a man and his three sons for committing murder and sentenced them to life imprisonment, besides slapping a fine of Rs 5,000 on each. The persons convicted were Mahendra Kumar Gupta and his three sons - Punnu...
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Times of India
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...Kanpur police has lodged a complaint based on information that it had received from the social networking site 'Facebook', police said today. Kohna police station became the first of its kind to lodged a complaint through the 'Facebook' profile. A Facebook...
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Times of India
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...In an attempt to make themselves easily accessible to the public, police in this Uttar Pradesh district have opened an account on popular social networking site Facebook. "The main objective behind opening the account is to generate a direct medium of communication...
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Silicon India
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...of a CBI inquiry, he added. Pointing out that Rahul often visited Uttar Pradesh, he said: Even if he is unable to come to Kanpur, Divyas family and the local traders are willing to meet him at Amethi or any other district. The name(s) and e-mail address(es)...
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Indian Express
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...helping people relocate easily from one place to another. Now people can smoothly and safely relocate within Kanpur and from Kanpur. They provide their valuable services to help people relocate in any part of the country from Kanpur. Some of them also look...
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Buzzle
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/kanpur-relocation-agencies-dedicated-to-make-relocation-safe.html
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KANPUR: Kanpur zoo has now to its
credit five lawns, all of which have been given names which will surely gain
attention. Tila Lawn, Monkey Lawn, Aviary Lawn, Leopard Lawn and Saras Lawn are
now ready to welcome the visitors. The zoo 'guests' will
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Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Kanpur-zoo-has-five-new-lawns-to-lure-visitors/articleshow/5227950.cms
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The T-10 Gully Cricket, Ab Har Koi Khelega-Season 2, matches were organised amongst four local Kanpur Gully Cricket Teams in Kanpur on Monday.
In order to select the best 14 players who will represent Kanpur Gullies during Season 2 matches, Kanpur
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Indian Express
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/kanpur-gully-teams-compete-in-t10-matches/530866/
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Kanpur: Many countries, including Ethiopia, Vietnam and Brazil, sought cooperation in the field of science and technology from IIT Kanpur during a function organised here to mark the Golden Jubilee of the premier institute.
Ethiopian Ambassador to
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Expressindia.com
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/IIT-Kanpur-celebrates-50-years/505654/
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...College and Juhari Degree College — have barred their students from wearing jeans. All these colleges are affiliated to the Kanpur University. "We propose to work out a dress code for students in all degree colleges. We may even introduce uniform at the college...
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Asian Age
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...were touring India. They were on their way to Delhi from Guwahati, when Tomar tried to molest her as the train approached Kanpur Central railway station. The tourist said, "we were in an AC coach, Tomar was also present there. When I was on way to the wash...
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OneIndia
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...and more students looking forward to a career in this sector. The Arena Animation centre would definitely empower the students of Kanpur to be a part of this booming industry." “Arena Animation offers industry-relevant and industry-validated comprehensive...
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India eNews
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...Sanjay Prasad said. Mukhtar was brought to Kanpur by train amidst tight security early on Thursday morning and has been lodged in Kanpur jail, DIG of Kanpur range Hariram Sharma said. In view of threat to his life, he has been kept alone in a special cell...
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NDTV
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...said. Mukhtar was brought here by train amidst tight security early this morning and has been lodged in Kanpur jail, DIG of Kanpur range Hariram Sharma said. In view of threat to his life, he has been kept alone in a special cell and tight security arrangements...
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Times of India
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Kanpur: Two persons, one of them an advocate, were injured in a shootout witnessed outside Kanpur District Court late on Wednesday afternoon.
The injured, Advocate Prashant Bajpai and Umesh Chandra a photocopy shop owner were allegedly shot by
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Indian Express
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/shooting-outside-kanpur-court-2-hurt/439186/
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...was made by the BJP members, said Mishra. Mahana on the other hand termed this case as a politically motivated act. Was Kanpur police sleeping when BSP candidate Sukhdha Mishra took out a procession on March 7, said Mahana. The BJP candidate said that...
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Indian Express
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...a major hydroelectric dam in the Himalayas. Professor AD Agarwal, 77, former dean of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi at Kanpur, has been on hunger strike for 38 days in protest against a project that would dam the waters of a Ganges tributary. "The...
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Treehugger
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/scientist-hunger-strike-halts-himalayas-dam.php
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...of a tributary of the sacred river Ganges. Professor AD Agarwal, 77, former dean of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi at Kanpur, last week called off his second fast in a year against Himalayan dam projects, after the Indian government agreed to speed...
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Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/13/himalaya-dams
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...Objection to high decibel music played by neighbours claimed two lives in Kanpur on late Thursday night. Neeta Singh and her cousin Tilak were allegedly shot by their neighbour Sonu Saxena and his friends in the Rudra Vatika apartment in Ratan Lal Nagar. While...
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Indian Express
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/told-to-lower-music-volume-man-shoots-neighbours-dead/432046/
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...the last two terms. Jaiswal is also minister of state for home in the Union government and is likely to be Congress candidate from Kanpur again in the coming Lok Sabha elections. BSP, which only got four per cent votes in Kanpur in 2004, hopes to improve...
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Times of India
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...the last two terms. Jaiswal is also minister of state for home in the Union government and is likely to be Congress candidate from Kanpur again in the coming Lok Sabha elections. BSP, which only got four per cent votes in Kanpur in 2004, hopes to improve...
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Times of India
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...a final stamp of approval is put on it. According to sources in the power sector, Torrent Power emerged the highest bidder for Kanpur at Rs 2.17 per unit as levelised rate for a period of 20 years, followed by the Tata group company Jamshedpur Utility and...
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Expressindia.com
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Torrent-frontrunner-for-Kanpur-power-distribution-deal/425792/
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...and if the buzz is to be believed, he has apparently been approached by two political parties. Born in a middle class family in Kanpur, Raju used to imitate his teachers as a kid Says a source, "Going by his popularity among the masses, he has been offered...
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DNA India
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1232501
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...KANPUR: IIT Kanpur, which is also accommodating the students of IIT Rajasthan, is lacking the required infrastructure to handle the extra burden, sources said. According to Registrar of IIT Kanpur Sanjay Kashalkar, in July 2008, 111 students were selected...
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Times of India
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...KANPUR: IIT Kanpur, which is also accommodating the students of IIT Rajasthan, is lacking the required infrastructure to handle the extra burden, sources said. According to Registrar of IIT Kanpur Sanjay Kashalkar, in July 2008, 111 students were selected...
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Times of India
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...a number of textile mills, leather industries and fertiliser units flourished but they got shut down one after another leaving Kanpur as an 'industrial relic' of the past. The time has taken full circle and now is the time to celeberate as many of these mills...
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...Three years after it was closed due to changes brought in Centres policy vis-ŕ-vis fertiliser production and shortage of working capital, the Union Government has now decided to re-open the fertiliser division of Duncan Industries Limited (DIL), situated in...
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Indian Express
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/kanpurs-closed-fertiliser-unit-gets-new-life/422969/
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...will extend all possible help in increasing the social and educational awareness among the rural masses." He added, "IIT-Kanpur will be taking keen interest in promoting the certificate course. The theory and the practical classes will be conducted by the...
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AsiaMedia
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=104103
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...KANPUR: The death of a person in Kanpur has led to conflicting claims from the administration and villagers. Villagers claimed that Rajaram Kuril, 55, a resident of Bhithur area, died due to poverty and hunger. However, the district administration has claimed...
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Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Conflict_over_Kanpur_mans_death/rssarticleshow/3981888.cms
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...no major casualty was reported. "Only the engine driver of the incoming train suffered serious wounds. He was hospitalised in Kanpur," divisional railway manager Deepak Dave told IANS. "The guard had a close shave as he managed to jump off his cabin seconds...
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New Kerala
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...(Uttar Pradesh): At first sight, there’s nothing to set apart this small yet bustling town on the Ganga, located near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The chaotic medley of traffic—cycles, scooters, auto-rickshaws, cars, buses and tractors—bouncing along potholed...
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livemint.com
http://www.livemint.com/2009/01/04234209/Inside-UP8217s-illegal-arms.html
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...Mayawati's birthday bash next month. Sources said electronic surveillance reports indicated Tiwari was present at the minister's Kanpur residence barely 30 minutes before his arrest - though officially he was arrested from Rania, a semi-urban pocket on the...
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New Kerala
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-67040.html
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...12(IANS) Unable to arrange money for the treatment of their only daughter, her parents fled after admitting her to a hospital in Kanpur district, officials said Friday. According to reports, two-year-old Divya Thursday morning fell down from the roof of her...
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Newstrack India
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/48630
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...Dhoni and Gary Kirsten have won all three Tests they have combined in so far, against top-class opposition - South Africa in Kanpur this April, and Australia over the last two months, in Mohali and Nagpur. They have not done too badly in the one-day game either,...
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Cricinfo.com
http://content.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/381571.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
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...people, many of them women and children, were killed on Tuesday when the bus they were traveling in caught fire on the Firozabad-Kanpur road, about 60 km from here, police said. The cause of the fire was not immediately known but a senior police officer said...
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Hindustan Times
http://www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=31c8f8af-54e9-4df3-b361-aaf0b2b6bbe8&SectionName=RSSFeed
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More than 40 people, many of them women and children, were killed on Tuesday when the bus they were traveling in caught fire on the Firozabad-Kanpur road, about 60 km from here, police said.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known but a senior
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Hindustan Times
http://www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=31c8f8af-54e9-4df3-b361-aaf0b2b6bbe8
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...Yuvraj Singh's last Test was the victory over South Africa at Kanpur in April this year Batsman Yuvraj Singh and slow left-armer Pragyan Ojha have been named in the India squad for the rescheduled two-Test series against England. Yuvraj, who hit centuries...
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DreamCricket.com
http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/england/england-in-india-2008/singh-earns-india-recall,303414,EN.html
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...Sharma (name changed) — a third-year MCA student of a reputed engineering college in Kanpur — was taken aback to know that representatives of some IT firms on campus for summer placements were asking students to pay a sum of Rs 50,000 to secure a job with...
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Business Standard
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-All/~3/471614146/storypage_c.php
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...in Kanpur district courts remained affected on the second day today as lawyers continued their protests demanding proper security in court premises. The lawyers staged demonstration and raised slogans before the district judge court. General secretary of...
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Webindia123
http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20081128/1116141.html
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...last seven one-day international innings. The most likely change will be to reinstate fast bowler Steve Harmison, dropped in Kanpur in favour of off-spinner Graeme Swann, as a replacement for James Anderson. Lancashire seamer Anderson has taken only one wicket...
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Press and Journal
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/951883
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...got a hundred yet. Hopefully in the next four games we can try and get four,'' he added. However, despite yesterday's loss at Kanpur, Pietersen was confident that his team would play to its potential in the remaining four matches of the series. ''I think...
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New Kerala
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...captain Kevin Pietersen was frustrated at seeing his side lose out to India by 16 runs on the Duckworth Lewis method in Kanpur yesterday. With the light fading, the umpires took the teams off 40 overs into India’s attempt to reach England’s 240. England are...
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Wales Online
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/cricket-news/2008/11/21/cricket-england-frustrated-after-bad-light-ruling-hands-victory-to-india-91466-22307244/
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...at the end of the third one-day international between India and England in Kanpur, India on Thursday. I. Bell c Dhoni b Munaf 46 R. Bopara st Dhoni b Yuvraj 60 K. Pietersen c Zaheer b Harbhajan 13 P. Collingwood st Dhoni b Harbhajan 1 A. Flintoff lbw b Yusuf...
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