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January 2, 2010 7:08 PM

Jyoti Babu condition stable

The condition of veterean communist leader Jyoti Basu is said to be stable. West Bengal Chief Minister Budhadeb Bhattacherjee today went to visit the formar Chief Minister. A five members medical team is attending on him.<br/>

January 2, 2010 7:06 PM

Mamata lays foundation stone for expansion of Metro in Kolkata

The Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone of expansion project of Metro Railway from Dumdum to Dakshineswar in Kolkata today. Speaking on the occasion, Ms.Banerjee said that the project will be implemented in two phases. In first phase the expansions of metro rail will be do...

January 2, 2010 6:14 PM

J&K to boost tourism facilities for vaishnodevi visitors

Jammu and Kashmir Government is planning to boost tourism by providing facilities to Vaishnodevi Pilgrim tourists for visiting other tourists spots as well. Minister for Tourism and Culture Nawang Rigzin Jora said in Jammu today various tourism spots of Jammu and other areas of the region will be ex...

January 2, 2010 5:50 PM

Mumbai commissioner suspends five cops for dancing at a mafia's party

Mumbai Police Commissioner D. Sivanandan has recommended suspension of 5 police officers for allegedly dancing in a party organized by a mafia. The officers include Assistant Commissioner of Police Prakash Wani and Deputy Commissioner of Police V.N Salve. The recommendations were made in his report ...

January 2, 2010 2:54 PM

India to repatriate 31 Pak fishermen

India will repatriate thirty one Pakistani fishermen to their country via the Attari border today. An External affairs ministry statement said, Pakistan had confimed the nationality of the fishermen being released. The freeing of the remaining nineteen Pakistani fishermen, whose nationality has been...

January 2, 2010 2:22 PM

Power min to inaugurate Nirantharajyothi on Jan 16

The ambitious programme to supply 24 hours power for irrigation pump sets and street lighting in rural areas will be inaugurated by Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on January 16 in Karnataka. The Programme known as Nirantharajyothi or Continuous power is modeled on the one introduced in Guj...

January 2, 2010 2:18 PM

Vice-President kicks off NCC Republic day camp

The Vice-President Mohammed Hamid Ansari inaugurated the National cadet crop republic day camp 2010 in New Delhi today. Addressing the cadets, the Vice President said the cadets hailing from different parts of the country with different linguistic and religious background represent a mini India. Mr ...

January 2, 2010 2:01 PM

2009: a year of mix bag for CBI

The CBI, the Apex probing agency investigated a number of cases in the last year. It was a mixed bag for CBI in 2009. The probe into the 14,000-crore rupees Satyam fraud, clean chit to Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Bofors payoff scam and a number of high- profile cases kept the coun...

January 2, 2010 1:44 PM

Indo-Asean FTA comes into effect

India-Asean Free trade area agreement with Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia has become operational from Friday. The Asean countries comprises Brunei, Laos, the Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The agreement with rest of the countries of the groupi...

January 2, 2010 12:07 PM

Cold wave intensifies in North India

Cold wave conditions in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh are continuing. The lowest minimum temperature recorded in Punjab is in Adampur near Jalandhar where people shivered at -0.6 degree celcius. <br/>Although there was some respite in industrial town Ludhiana and the former princely state...

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