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February 19, 2010 12:19 PM

LS Speaker convenes all-party meet ahead of Budget

<br/>Lok Sabha speaker Mrs Meira Kumar will meet leaders of all political parties of the Lok Sabha tomorrow. The meeting comes ahead of the budget Session of Parliament which will start on Monday. The President Mrs Pratibha Devisingh Patil will address both Houses of Parliament on the open...

February 19, 2010 12:08 PM

Maoists yet to free abducted Dalbhumgarh BDO

<br/>In Jharkhand, Maoists have not yet released the abducted Block Development Officer (Prakhand Vikas Padadhikari) for the sixth day today. Accepting a key demand of Maoists for safe return of the abducted BDO, the State Government has already initiated legal procedure to get some of the...

February 19, 2010 11:32 AM

Russia asks Bulgaria to explain US missile shield plans

<br/>Russia says it is asking Bulgaria to explain its plans to deploy US air defence missiles on its soil. The move follows reports that talks between Sofia and Washington on hosting elements of the US missile shield in Bulgaria have already begun. Last week the Bulgarian Prime Minister sa...

February 19, 2010 8:50 AM

BJP National Council meet opposes Foreign Secretary level talks with Pak

Opposing the proposed foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan , the BJP national council has said that the talks and terror could not co-exist.<br/><br/>The leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley presented a resolution on national security in the party's two day nat...

February 18, 2010 9:07 PM

Exchange of fire between Joint forces and Maoists on at Lalgarh

Exchange of fire between Joint forces and maoists is now on at Lalgarh in West Midnapore district of West Bengal. The operation comes two days after Maoists killed 24 Eastern Frontier Rifle jawans at Silda in the same district. <br/><br/>West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhatt...

February 18, 2010 8:53 PM

Two militants of Jash-i-Mohammed killed in J& K

In Jammu and Kashmir two militants of "Jash-i-Mohammed" outfit got killed in an encounter with Police and security forces at "Shankerpora Murran" Village of Pulwama District in South Kashmir today. In a day encounter the residential house of one local resident was gutted Police s...

February 18, 2010 8:20 PM

Death toll in Maoist attack in Bihar rises to 10

The death toll rose to 10 in the Maoist attack at Phulwaria- Korasi village in Bihar's Jamui district. Heavily-armed ultras stormed the village last night and fired indiscriminately, killing 10 villagers and leaving 12 others injured, five of them critically. They also burnt over 30 thatched ho...

February 18, 2010 7:59 PM

West Bengal decides to raise a special force for tackling naxal menace

The West Bengal Government has decided to raise a special force to tackle the naxal menace in the state. <br/><br/>Initially about nine hundred personnels will be recruited and an amount of 25 crore rupees has been sanctioned for the force. A committee to probe into the recent Ma...

February 18, 2010 7:16 PM

BJP national council opposes foreign secretary level talks with Pak

Opposing the proposed foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan , the BJP national council has said that the talks and terror could not co-exist.<br/><br/>The leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley presented a resolution on national security in the party's two day nat...

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