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June 20, 2010 1:59 PM

Naga students end economic blockade of Manipur highways

The 68-day-long blockade along the two national highways of Manipur by Naga students has been lifted. This follows a marathon meeting of various Naga organisations at Kohima on Friday.<br/><br/>Our Imphal correspondent reports that even after the suspension of economic blockade, ...

June 20, 2010 12:27 PM

Conference of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies

<br/>Conference of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies is discussing the growing tendency to disrupt the Question Hour and the need to check it and significance of the Committee System in Parliament and the need to strengthen it. <br/><br/>Lok Sabha Speaker Meira K...

June 20, 2010 9:28 AM

PM asks farmers to double agricultural output to ensure food security

<br/>The Prime Minister has asked farmers to double the agricultural output to ensure food security. In his convocation address at the G B Pant Agriculture University at Pantnagar, Uttarakhand yesterday, Dr.Manmohan Singh said farmers should also be paid remunerative prices and the country...

June 20, 2010 9:21 AM

Railways postpone written exam of Enquiry cum Reservation Clerks

<br/>Railways have postponed the written examination for the posts of Enquiry cum Reservation Clerks and Goods Guards. The examinations were scheduled for the 27th of this month. The postponement comes in the backdrop of suspension of Mumbai Railway Recruitment Board Chairman S.M.Sharma fo...

June 20, 2010 9:10 AM

Nitish returns Gujarat's flood relief money

<br/>Hurt by Narendra Modi government's publicity, the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has returned five crore rupees given by the Gujarat government for Kosi flood relief. The decision is believed to have been taken after local papers carried advertisements about this help by the G...

June 20, 2010 9:01 AM

Flood situation worsens in three districts of Barak Valley in Assam

<br/>In Assam, flood situation has worsened in three districts of Barak Valley. Thousands of people marooned have been marooned as heavy rain lashed the area for the last few days. Almost all the rivers of the valley are flowing well above the danger mark inundating new areas. <br/&#0...

June 19, 2010 8:42 PM

Assam: Nine lakh people hit by flood in Barak valley

<br/>In Assam, at least 9 lakh people have been affected by the flood in Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts of Barak Valley so far. <br/> According to official sources, in the worst hit karimganj district of the valley, at least four lakh seventy thousand people have been...

June 19, 2010 8:41 PM

Naga students call off 68 day blockade

<br/>The sixty eight day long blockade along the two national highways of Manipur by Naga students has been temporarily called off. This follows a marathon meeting of various Naga organisations at Kohima on Friday. <br/> <br/> AIR Imphal Correspondent reports that even ...

June 19, 2010 8:34 PM

8 killed in Ratnagiri landslide

<br/>At least eight people were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in coastal Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra in the wee hours. <br/><br/>AIR Ratnagiri correspondent Pramod Konkar reports the incident occurred at Harne village in Dapoli tehsil at around 2 ...

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