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August 25, 2012 8:35 PM

Rains run riot in north India

In Jammu and Kashmir, three persons were killed and five injured due to house collapse in Udhampur district of Jammu division in the wee hours today. The incident occurred in village Barmeen, 35 kilometres from Udhampur , when a kuchha house collapsed following over night incessant rain. The dead in...

August 25, 2012 8:35 PM

NAM Summit in Tehran; PM to meet Iran's Supreme Leader

Food security, Energy issues and sustainable development are among the major issues to be discussed during the sixteenth Non-Aligned Movement meet to be held at Iranian capital Tehran next week. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi on Saturday , Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said Prime minister Dr M...

August 25, 2012 8:35 PM

Karnataka appeals N-E people to return

Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka R Ashoka is visiting Assam and Manipur today to appeal the students and workers of the northeast to return to Bangalore without any fear. He held discussions with Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in Guwahati. Both the leaders discussed the issue and their probable ...

August 25, 2012 8:04 PM

Monsoon rain lashes northern parts of country

Monsoon rain lashed many parts of northern states on Saturday claiming six lives in rain-related incidents in Jammu. Torrential showers triggered landslides and flooding.Heavy rains lashed the national capital Delhi, leaving several roads waterlogged and causing traffic snarls in many areas.In Jammu...

August 25, 2012 7:21 PM

Chidambaram attacks opposition for disrupting Parliament

Finance Minister P Chidambaram has again come down heavily on the BJP for disrupting Parliament on coal block allocations and asked why it is not ready for a debate. Talking to reporters in Karaikudi in Tamilnadu he also wanted to know whether the BJP is prepared for a debate on the coal block alloc...

August 25, 2012 7:20 PM

Kanda remanded for 3 more days of police custody

Former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda and key accused in the Geetika Sharma suicide case was today further remanded to 3-day police custody by a Delhi court. Earlier Delhi police, sought 7 days further custody alleging non-cooperation by him.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate D K Jangala a...

August 25, 2012 6:10 PM

Food security, energy issues to dominate NAM meet

Food security, Energy issues and sustainable development are among the major issues to be discussed during the sixteenth Non-Aligned Movement meet to be held at Iranian capital Tehran next week. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi on Saturday, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said Prime minister Dr Ma...

August 25, 2012 5:45 PM

Judges not to govern country or evolve policies: SH Kapadia

Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia says, judges should not govern the country or evolve policies. He said , they should apply the enforceability test on some verdicts like making "right to sleep" a fundamental right.In an apparent reference to the recent Supreme Court judgement in the Ramlila Maidan...

August 25, 2012 5:12 PM

opposition criticizes government for zero loss theory

The BJP on Saturday criticized the government for zero loss theory in the allocation of coal blocks. Briefing reporters in New Delhi,senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said once the coal blocks are allotted, the right to mining rests with the private firms and not with the government. He said his party ...

August 25, 2012 5:09 PM

Air India to impose blanket ban on excess baggage

Air India is to impose blanket ban on free excess baggage. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has asked the Airlines to do so to plug revenue loss of Air India. In a letter to Air India Chief Rohit Nandan he said the airline should stop the practise of carrying excess baggage without charges immedia...

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