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July 23, 2010 1:22 PM

Eminent historian, educationist Prof Sreedhara Menon passes away

Eminent historian and educationist Professor A. Sreedhara Menon passed away at Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. He was 84. Prof Menon had authored many important books including one about the history of Kerala during the freedom movement. Sreedhara Menon was honoured with padmabhooshan in 2009 for his ...

July 23, 2010 12:39 PM

Eminent historian Prof A Sreedhara Menon passes away

Eminent historian and academician Professor A Sreedhara Menon, died on Friday. He was 84, and was not in good health for quite some time. Menon researched and wrote extensively on modern Kerala. He was an authority on the political history of Kerala and authored nearly 25 books in English and Malaya...

July 23, 2010 12:37 PM

Curfew clamped in Sopore, Bandipora, Kupwara towns

Authorities in Kashmir valley have imposed curfew in North Kashmir towns of Sopore, Bandipora and Kupwara, while movement of people has been restricted in large parts of Srinagar and other towns. The step has been taken to thwart the proposed protest march of separatist after Friday prayers. Normal ...

July 23, 2010 10:34 AM

Heavy rain lashes Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Mumbai

In Gujarat, heavy rain of upto 680 milimetres have been recorded in some pockets of the coastal areas of Saurashtra region yesterday. Kodinar in Junagarh district is the worst affected by the rain. Quoting district administration sources, our Bhuj correspondent reports that people living in low-layi...

July 23, 2010 10:33 AM

Heavy rain lashes Gujarat, Uttarakhand

In Gujarat, heavy rain of upto 680 milimetres have been recorded in some pockets of the coastal areas of Saurashtra region yesterday. Kodinar in Junagarh district is the worst affected by the rain. Quoting district administration sources, our Bhuj correspondent reports that people living in low-layi...

July 23, 2010 10:32 AM

Amarnath Yatra suspended from Baltal-Pahalgam routes due to heavy rain

In Jammu and Kashmir, Amarnath Yatra has been suspended from Baltal and Pahalgam routes due to heavy rain for the second day on Friday in the area. AIR correspondent Tassaduq Rashid reports that more than two lakh 70 thousand pilgrims have visited the holy cave so far to have darshan of Shivalingam....

July 23, 2010 10:25 AM

West Bengal stresses for Indo-Bangla joint master plan to protect Sundarbans

The West Bengal government has stressed the need for a joint master plan by India and Bangladesh to reconstruct and strengthen river embankments for the protection of the Sundarbans and people living around it. Replying to the debate on his department's budget in the State Assembly on Thursday,...

July 22, 2010 9:26 PM

Pakistani spy arrested in Ludhiana

A Pakistani national said to be an ISI spy has been arrested by the Ludhiana Police, in this industrial town on Thursday.On preliminary interrogation, the spy said that his name is Nizam Baksh and he is a resident of Multan, Pakistan. According to Ludhiana police sources, he was living on a fake nam...

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