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August 7, 2010 7:26 PM

Tamil Nadu to be hunger-free: Karunanidhi

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi says, concerted steps are being taken to make the state hunger free. Inaugurating an international conference on Eliminating hunger and poverty in Chennai today, he said though steady progress has been made to achieve the objective much more needs to be done....

August 7, 2010 7:26 PM

W Bengal Transport Minister urges transporters to withdraw strike threat

West Bengal Transport Minister Ranjeet Kundu had a meeting with Bus, Mini-Bus and Taxi operators in Kolkata today. The discussions mainly focused on the proposed transports strike on the 10th, 11th and 12th of this month. It is learnt that Kundu had requested the transporters not to carry out their ...

August 7, 2010 6:33 PM

Resolve interstate disputes soon: Birendra Singh

Rajyasabha MP and former Finance Minister of Haryana Ch. Birender Singh said that the interstate issues pending since 40 years between Haryana and Punjab as well as between Himachal Pradesh and Uttrakhand should be sorted out soon. He was interacting with media at Chandigarh today during a Meet the ...

August 7, 2010 6:32 PM

Kashmir remained peacefull; curfew relaxed in some areas

The situation in Kashmir valley remained by and large peacefull today. After eight days, the authorities relaxed curfew in eight police station for three hours and the relaxation was latter extended till evening.Howover, curfew continued in many other towns of the valley for the ninth consective day...

August 7, 2010 6:09 PM

Valley calm, curfew partially relaxed

The situation in Kashmir Valley is relatively calm today. After eight days, the authorities have given a three-hour relaxation in curfew in seven police station areas of Srinagar city. There is possibility of phased relaxation in curew in other areas during the day.

August 7, 2010 5:23 PM

Haryana to increase its forest cover

Haryana is to increase its forest cover by 20 percent. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said five crore saplings will be planted this year. Hooda was addressing the 61st state level Van Mahotsav at Karnal sugar mills.Hooda said presently, Haryana has 6.83 per cent forest cover area which w...

August 7, 2010 4:57 PM

Heavy rains may hit Maharashtra, Goa & Konkan areas

Parts of Maharashtra, Konkan and Goa are likely to get heavy rains due to low pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal. Met Department said in Mumbai today that the low pressure area formed over North West Bay of Bengal adjoining coastal Orissa on Wednesday has moved in a North Westerly direction...

August 7, 2010 1:58 PM

Amit Shah into CBI custody

The CBI today took custody of former minister Amit Shah after the Gujarat High Court accepted the agency's plea for his two-day remand in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. The central investigating agency team accompanied by doctors reached the Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad, early this ...

August 7, 2010 12:05 PM

Valley calm, curfew partially relaxed

The situation in Kashmir Valley is relatively calm today. After eight days, the authorities have given a three-hour relaxation in curfew in seven police station areas of Srinagar city. There is possibility of phased relaxation in curew in other areas during the day.

August 7, 2010 12:05 PM

NCP to go alone in Bihar polls

Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar has said his party would have no truck with political parties like the RJD, JDU and BJP during the forthcoming elections to the Bihar Assembly. Addressing a function in Patna, Pawar said that the party could even go alone in the polls. He, however, k...

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