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November 4, 2012 5:05 PM

60 percent polling recorded so far in Himachal Assembly election

In Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections about 60 per cent polling reported so far.The main contest is between the BJP and the Congress and political fate of their leaders including Veerbhadra Singh and Prem Kumar Dhumal will be decided in today's voting.According to State Deputy Chief Electoral ...

November 4, 2012 5:04 PM

PM's wife leads hundreds of people in cancer awareness walk

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's wife Ms Gursharan Kaur along with hundreds of people today walked to express solidarity with patients with cervical cancer.Ms Kaur flagged off the annual awareness walk organised by the NGO Indian Cancer Society in New Delhi. She walked half a kilometre to cre...

November 4, 2012 2:03 PM

SAARC Association Conference begins in Islamabad

The sixth conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians began in Islamabad today. During the inaugural session, SAARC women parliamentarians met with the general secretary of the Women Parliamentary Caucus Nafeesa Shah in the chair. The session discussed the role of women parl...

November 4, 2012 2:02 PM

Case filed against Karnataka Law Minister Suresh Kumar

In Karnataka, the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force has registered a case against Law Minister S. Suresh Kumar and others for recommending denotification of land, meant for construction of houses for slum dwellers. The Task Force is a vigilence wing of Bangalore Mahanagar palika and other autonomous...

November 4, 2012 1:14 PM

Charge sheet filed against Abu Jundal

Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra Police has filed a supplementary chargesheet against the LeT operative and 26/11 Mumbai attack handler Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, alias Abu Jundal, in the 2006 Aurangabad Arms haul case.An ATS official said, the ATS has filed a 3,650-page chargesheet against Jundal, ...

November 4, 2012 9:15 AM

Pulse polio day being observed in some states

The Pulse Polio Day is being observed in some states, including Delhi today. Delhi government has set up 8,200 booths to administer polio drops to 25 lakh children upto five years of age.These booths have been set up at all hospitals, health centres, certain schools, bus terminus, metro stations, ra...

November 3, 2012 8:01 PM

Veteran BJP leader Kailashpati Mishra dies in Patna

Veteran BJP leader and former governor of Gujarat Shri Kailashpati Mishra died today in Patna after prolonged illness. Mishra would be cremated with state honours tomorrow at Patna. In the ceremony, BJP president Nitin Gadkari along with many others big leaders of BJP would be present. The Chief Min...

November 3, 2012 8:01 PM

Vice President Releases Series of Books ‘Granthavali’

The Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari today released a collection of writing and works -Granthavali of late Dr Dineshnandini Dalmia in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion Mr. Ansari said that she was an outstanding literary figure - an author of prose and poetry, a social reformer and a philanthr...

November 3, 2012 7:44 PM

Govt trying to work out draft model election finance law : Manish Tiwari

Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tiwari today said the government is trying to work out a draft model election finance law for routing out corruption in the political system. However, he admitted that the government has not moved fast on this.He also said the government and the congress ...

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