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April 8, 2016 7:57 AM

PM Modi to address several election rallies

BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address several election rallies, including at Guwahati, today where polling will be held on Monday in the second and final phase of Assam Assembly elections. Mr Modi had, earlier, addressed poll meetings in Upper Assam and Barak valley in the first p...

April 8, 2016 7:56 AM

SC slams Haryana, Gujarat govts on non seriousness on drought

The Supreme Court has come down heavily on Gujarat and Haryana governments for what it termed as non-seriousness in dealing with the issue of drought. A bench comprising Justices MB Lokur and NV Ramana pulled up both the state governments for filing shoddy statistics on the drought-hit areas.<br/...

April 8, 2016 7:48 AM

Prez rule in U'khand: HC adjourns hearing on Cong's pleas till April 18

The Uttarakhand High Court yesterday adjourned till the 18th of this month the hearing on Congress' petition against the imposition of President's rule in the state and an ordinance on expenditure passed by the Centre. Yesterday, again the court heard the petition on imposition of presiden...

April 8, 2016 7:29 AM

Hindu calendar New Year being celebrated across country

Today marks the first day of spring season and New Year's Day of traditional Hindu calendar based on the beginning of new moon. Known by various names, Chaitra Sukladi, Gudi Padava, Ugadi, Cheti Chand, Navreh and Sajibu Cheiraoba, the Hindu calendar New Year is being celebrated across the count...

April 8, 2016 7:20 AM

Temperatures above normal recorded at many places

Maximum temperatures are above normal between 3.1 degree Celsius to 5 degree Celsius at most places over Jharkhand; at many places over Gangetic West Bengal; at a few places over North Odisha and at isolated places over West Assam. The MeT Department has said, the highest maximum temperature of 45 d...

April 8, 2016 7:18 AM

PM Modi to address several election rallies

BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address several election rallies, including at Guwahati, today where polling will be held on Monday in the second and final phase of Assembly elections. Mr Modi had, earlier, addressed poll meetings in Upper Assam and Barak valley in the first phase. ...

April 8, 2016 7:08 AM

Hindu calendar New Year being celebrated across country

Today marks the first day of spring season and New Year's Day of traditional Hindu calendar based on the beginning of new moon. Known by various names, Chaitra Sukladi, Gudi Padava, Ugadi, Cheti Chand, Navreh and Sajibu Cheiraoba, the Hindu calendar New Year is being celebrated across the count...

April 7, 2016 10:21 PM

No weightage to Class XII marks in JEE ranking from 2017: HRD

Class 12th marks will not be a factor for determining rankings in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admissions to engineering undergraduate courses from next year. The present system of giving 40 per cent weightage for the Class 12th marks in calculating the ranks in the JEE Main will be disp...

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