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August 9, 2010 8:44 PM

Ex J&K Governor suggests Leh flash floods be treated as national calamity

Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Karan Singh today suggested that flash floods in Leh be treated as a national calamity so that MPs from all over the country can contribute towards and relief and rehabilitation from their MPLADS fund. In a statement, Mr. Karan Singh said, he intends to send 50 lakh...

August 9, 2010 7:04 PM

EC extends date of revision of final electoral rolls in Bengal

The Election Commission has extended the date of revision of final electoral rolls in West Bengal from the 14th of next month till 28th of September. Talking to our correspondent in Kolkata today, the state electoral officer Mr. Sunil Gupta said, seven electoral observers are visiting the state tomo...

August 9, 2010 6:06 PM

Jalandhar Police nabs four with five kilograms Heroin

The Jalandhar Rural Police claimed to have arrested four persons with five kilograms Heroin worth 25 crore rupees in the international market, from near Kartarpur, this morning. According to SSP (Rural), Jalandhar, Ashish Chaudhary, acting on a tip off police intercepted them near Kartarpur and succ...

August 9, 2010 6:04 PM

Nine of a family killed in Gujarat building collapse

Nine persons of a family including six women were killed today in a building collapse in Junagadh district of Gujarat. According police, the mishap took place in the early hours when a two storeyed structure in Prabash Patan town came down crashing killing all the occupants sleeping inside. Junagadh...

August 9, 2010 2:20 PM

320 km march against illegal mining concluded in Bellary

In Karnataka, the 320 km march against illegal mining by the Congress party concluded in Bellary on Monday. A public function was organized in Bellary to mark the finale of the march. Union Ministers Gulam Nabi Azad, S M Krishna, Mallikarjuna Kharge, Veerappa Moily, K H Muniyappa and other senior le...

August 9, 2010 2:11 PM

CEC holds discussion in Patna on poll preparedness

The Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi is holding discussion with District Magistrates( DMs) and Superintendents of police in Patna on Monday for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar. AIR Patna correspondent reports that Election commissioner V.S.Sampath and Deputy Election Commissioner V...

August 9, 2010 2:10 PM

CEC meets DM, SPs in Patna for upcoming Assembly elections

The Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi is holding discussion with District Magistrates( DMs) and Superintendents of police in Patna on Monday for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar. AIR Patna correspondent reports that Election commissioner V.S.Sampath and Deputy Election Commissioner V...

August 9, 2010 1:13 PM

Curfew re-imposed in Srinagar; restrictions in other towns

In Jammu and Kashmir, the authorities have re-imposed curfew in Srinagar city and restrictions in main towns of Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam, Baramulla and Sopore. The step has been taken after a youth who was injured in recent clashes in Srinagar succumbed to injuries in the wee hours on Monday. Autho...

August 9, 2010 12:35 PM

Top Naxal leader N. Narasimha Reddy arrested in J’khand

In Jharkhand, a top naxal leader of CPI (Maoist) of Andhra Pradesh, N. Narsimha Reddy, alias Rahulji, alias Sudhakarji, was arrested from a jungle under Navadih police station in Bokaro district of Jharkhand on Sunday. He was arrested following a tip off by another naxal leader who was arrested a fe...

August 9, 2010 12:35 PM

Top Naxal leader N. Narasimha Reddy arrested in J’khand

In Jharkhand, a top naxal leader of CPI (Maoist) of Andhra Pradesh, N. Narsimha Reddy, alias Rahulji, alias Sudhakarji, was arrested from a jungle under Navadih police station in Bokaro district of Jharkhand on Sunday. He was arrested following a tip off by another naxal leader who was arrested a fe...

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