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April 29, 2012 1:54 PM

President on nine-day state visit to Seychelles and South Africa

The President Mrs.Pratibha Devi Singh Patil left New Delhi Sunday morning on a nine day state visit to the Seychelles and South Africa. She will discuss issues of bilateral, regional and International concerns with her counterparts in the two countries. In the first leg of her two nation tour, the P...

April 29, 2012 1:54 PM

20 killed and several injured in UP road accident

In Uttar Pradesh, at least 20 people were killed and several injured in a major road accident in Gorakhpur district Sunday afternoon. District police chief told AIR Lucknow correspondent that the accident took place when two buses coming from opposite direction collided head on in Chiluatal area of ...

April 29, 2012 1:53 PM

National Antony meets DMK chief on Presidential choice

Congress leader and Defence Minister A K Antony met DMK chief M Karunanidhi in Chennai on Sunday as part of consultation process among UPA allies on the Presidential election to arrive at a consensus leader to succeed incumbent Pratibha Patil, who is retiring on July 25.After more than an hour-long ...

April 29, 2012 1:49 PM

BJP National Executive to hold 2-day meet in Mumbai in May

BJP's National Executive will meet in Mumbai on 24th and 25th of next month. Official sources said, the National Executive is likely to discuss party's strategy of taking on Congress in coming months. The issues of price rise, corruption, terrorism and India-Pakistan relations will be the ...

April 29, 2012 12:00 PM

Govt. to install over 2,000 mobile towers in Maoist-hit states

Concerned over poor telephone connectivity in remote Naxal-affected areas, the government is planning to install 2,200 mobile towers in nine Maoist-hit states by the end of this year. Following a request by the Home Ministry, the Department of Telecommunication has roped in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam ...

April 29, 2012 11:06 AM

RISAT-1 placed in final Polar Sun-synchronous orbit

The indigenously built Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1), launched on April 26, has been placed in its final Polar Sun-synchronous Orbit. In a statement, ISRO said, as planned, on April 27-28, the satellite propulsion system was used in four orbital manoeuvres to raise the height of the orbit of RIS...

April 29, 2012 9:44 AM

Fresh snowfall in J & K

Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir is having fresh snowfall since midnight of Saturday night. AIR Leh Correspondent reports that flight operations between Leh and New Delhi have been delayed and land routes connecting different blocks of Leh district have been closed for traffic.

April 29, 2012 9:43 AM

Centre rejects Swamy’s allegations against PC

The Centre has rejected Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy's allegations against Home Minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis equity issue describing these as totally baseless. A government release issued in New Delhi said that after perusing records of Foreign Investment Promotion Board i...

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