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January 17, 2012 12:37 PM

Snowfall paralyses life in North

Severe snowfall battered normal life in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.The Kashmir Valley remained cut off from the rest of the country as snowfall blocked the vital Srinagar-Jammu National Highway and delayed all scheduled flights to the Valley.In Himachal Pradesh, the key tour...

January 17, 2012 12:37 PM

Grievance redressal Ombudsman in educational institutions soon

The Centre has decided to have a grievance redressal mechanism in higher educational institutions. In a statement issued in New Delhi on Monday, Human Resource Development Ministry said the mechanism, which was likely to come into effect from the coming academic session, would require every institut...

January 17, 2012 11:48 AM

Krishna meets Rajapaksa today, ethnic crisis on agenda

External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo today. Both the leaders are understood to have discussed a host of bilateral issues, including the ways to evolve a political solution to resolve the Tamil problem. Rajapaksa hosted Krishna this morning for...

January 17, 2012 8:50 AM

India, China ties to see golden era: Dai Bingguo

Indian and Chinese officials will discuss border and other issues in New Delhi today. The special representatives of the two sides also held extensive discussions on a host of issues on Monday.Ahead of talks the Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo has rejected rivalry between the two countries and ...

January 17, 2012 8:49 AM

Winter chill: SC asks north states to protect homeless

The Supreme Court has asked the authorities to carry out its order in letter and spirit to preserve and protect the lives of homeless people by providing them roofs with all necessary facilities, especially in north India. The region is in the grip of intense cold waves.A Bench of justices Dalveer B...

January 17, 2012 8:48 AM

Insurgency high on India-Myanmar talks agenda

A joint strategy to deal with north-east insurgent groups, checking of drug smuggling, arms and ammunition, will be high on the agenda during the Home Secretary-level talks between India and Myanmar to be held on Thursday in Myanmarese capital of Naypyitaw.Home Secretary R. K. Singh will travel to N...

January 17, 2012 8:35 AM

Krishna meets Rajapaksa today, ethnic crisis on agenda

External Affairs Minister Mr. S.M. Krishna will meet the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today morning and have formal discussions on issues of mutual interest to both countries. The issue of political solution to the ethnic problem, including devolution of power, is also likely to come up fo...

January 17, 2012 8:34 AM

Army Chief moves to SC on DoB issue: Reports

Agency reports say that Army Chief General V. K. Singh has moved to the Supreme Court against the Government's rejection of his claim on his date of birth. In a writ petition, he has questioned the Government's decision to treat his date of birth as May 10, 1950 instead of May 10, 1951. By...

January 16, 2012 9:33 PM

VP calls for better development of journalists

The Vice President M. Hamid Ansari has called for better development and harnessing of the human capital of journalists. Giving away the 5th Ramnath Goenka Excellence awards in Journalism at a function in New Delhi, Mr Ansari said that the press must take the lead in training and professionally upda...

January 16, 2012 9:32 PM

J Dey murder: Judicial custody of Jigna Vora extended till 30th Jan

The judicial custody of women journalist Jigna Vora accused in the murder of senior scribe Jyotirmoy Dey in Mumbai, has been extended till January 30. The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act -MCOCA Court today extended her custody along with other ten accused. Former deputy bureau chi...

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