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June 8, 2010 1:50 PM

Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa arrives in India

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be on his first official visit to India beginning on Tuesday evening after being re-elected for the second term in January. This is also his first visit after the end of the war last year in May. The three day visit by Rajapaksa comes against the backdrop ...

June 8, 2010 1:42 PM

Flood situation in Karimganj continues to grim

In Assam, the over all flood situation of Karimganj district of Barak Valley continues to be very critical with the number of flood affected people in the district going to cross over 3 lakh. Meanwhile, all the rivers of the valley including major river Barak are in high spates causing fear psychosi...

June 8, 2010 12:49 PM

Heavy rain lashes in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan

Heavy rains lashed parts of Haryana and Punjab since Monday night leading to a sharp fall in mercury. Chandigarh was also hit by heavy rains since Monday evening flooding low-lying areas. Office-goers were the worst hit as heavy showers continued this morning. While the maximum in Chandigarh yesterd...

June 8, 2010 11:01 AM

Overnight rains bring down temperature in Delhi

In the National Capital, overnight rains brought down the minimum temperature to a cool 22.1 degree Celsius today. There were light showers in some parts of the capital during the morning hours also. Today's minimum was six degrees below normal and the lowest in the month for the past three yea...

June 8, 2010 9:36 AM

Flood situation in Karimganj continues to remain grim

In Assam, the over all flood situations in the Karimganj district of Barak Valley remains unchanged with all the three major rivers of the district flowing much above the danger mark. <br/><br/>The surging flood waters of these rivers have submerged more new areas of the district...

June 7, 2010 8:52 PM

Opposition pressurises Pawar for his resignation

Opposition has mounted pressure on the Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to resign over the Pune IPL bid row. The BJP, CPIM and Shiv Sena have sought a joint parliamentary probe into the issue. BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad while talking to reporters urged the Prime Minister to drop the minis...

June 7, 2010 8:45 PM

NCP dismisses demands for Pawar's resignation

The NCP today dismissed demands for the resignation of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, while Opposition has mounted pressure on him to resign over the Pune IPL bid row . <br/>The BJP, CPIM and Shiv Sena have sought a joint parliamentary probe into the issue. BJP spokesperson Ravi ...

June 7, 2010 7:59 PM

Assam CM reviews flood situation in a high level meeting at Dispur

Assam Chief Minister Mr. Tarun Gogoi reviewed the flood situation of the State at a high-level meeting in Dispur today. The Chief Minister has instructed the Deputy Commissioners of the districts to prepare action plan to face the challenge of possible floods in the State. He also asked his minister...

June 7, 2010 7:53 PM

Flood situation in Karimganj district continues to grim

In Assam, the flood situation in the Karimganj district of Barak Valley continues to be grim with heavy rainfall continuing in the north east region for the past few days. <br/><br/>The waters of swollen Singla, Longai and Kushiara rivers have inundated many new areas of the dist...

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