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January 15, 2012 5:52 PM

GOC Northern Command says 300 terrorists waiting to sneak into J & K

The General Officer in Commanding, Northern Command Lt.Gen. K.T. Parnaik has said that about 300 terrorists are still waiting at the launching pads to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir from across the Line of Control. Speaking on the sidelines of the Investiture Ceremony of Northern Command on Army Day a...

January 15, 2012 4:37 PM

Thousands of people take dip in rivers on Makar Sankranti

Thousands of people have taken a holy dip at the sangam since morning on the occasion of Makar sankranti. Elaborate security arrangements have been made on this occasion .Police controll room said that that no untoward incident was reported from magh mela area . Makar Sankranti, the harvest festival...

January 15, 2012 4:33 PM

Dhoni handed one match ban for slow over rate

India's woes in the ongoing series against Australia compunded Sunday with embattled skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni being handed a one-match ban for slowover rate in the Perth Test. That rules him out of the fourth Test in Adelaide. Dhoni was penalised because he failed to bowl the full quota of ...

January 15, 2012 2:12 PM

No licence to open nursing home without fire safety provisions

The Centre has directed all states to tighten norms in granting licence to open new medical institutes and ensure fire safety provisions mandatory for launching any such new ventures. The Home Ministry order came weeks after a devastating fire at the Kolkata hospital whcih claimed more than 90 lives...

January 15, 2012 1:45 PM

Thousands of people take dip in rivers on Makar Sankranti

Thousands of people have taken a holy dip at the sangam since morning on the occasion of Makar sankranti. Elaborate security arrangements have been made on this occasion .Police controll room said that that no untoward incident was reported from magh mela area . Makar Sankranti, the harvest festival...

January 15, 2012 1:43 PM

Indian Meteoroligical Department installs new gadget

A modern gadget was today installed in New Delhi today to provide accurate weather information to the people within a very short span of time. Inaugurating the Indian Meterological Department C- Band Polarimetric Doppler Radar system at Mausam Bhawan on its its 137 foundation day , the Minister of S...

January 15, 2012 1:36 PM

Need to take lessons from Euro-zone crisis: Finance Minister

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, the country needs to take lessons from the Euro-zone crisis and that prudent fiscal management was the need of the hour. Inaugurating the new administrative building of the income tax department in Kolkata yesterday, Mr. Mukherji said that India needs to...

January 15, 2012 1:13 PM

Air India pilots withdraw their agitation

Air India pilots have withdrawn their agitation. This has been announced by their union - the Indian Commercial Pilots Association. The withdrawal of the agitation comes close on the heals of Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh announcing in New Delhi that most of the pending salaries and allowance o...

January 15, 2012 11:54 AM

Indian Army celebrating its 64 anniversary

Indian Army is celebrating its 64 anniversary today. It was on this day that Indian General K MCariappa took over as commander in chief of Armed forces in 1949. The President, the Prime Minister, the Defence Minister and the Chief of Army Staff have greeted the Army on this occassion. The Supreme Co...

January 15, 2012 10:52 AM

India, Sri Lanka to work on faster repatriation of fishermen

The Joint Working Group on Fisheries between India and Sri Lanka has stressed the need of an ongoing engagement between fishermen of the two countries to avert harassment to Tamil Nadu fishermen. A joint statement, issued after the working group meeting in Colombo last night, said that it has been a...

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