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July 11, 2010 9:33 AM

Militant is gunned down in J&K

<br/>In Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, security forces today gunned down one militant in an encounter that started this morning. The gun battle started when the troops of security forces were fired upon by the militants hiding in the forests of Kalakot area of this border district....

July 11, 2010 9:32 AM

Pak national caught spying in Chandigarh

<br/>Chandigarh police has arrested a Pakistani national for spying in Union Territory of Chandigarh. IG Pradeep Kumar said last evening that some confidential documents relating to Army, a digital camera, a driving license issued in New Delhi and a Maruti Car has been obtained from his po...

July 11, 2010 9:31 AM

Flood situation starts improving in Haryana

<br/>In Haryana, the flood situation has improved in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Yamuna Nagar and Karnal districts. But, breach in Hansi-Butana canal is posing threat to Kaithal town. Army is assisting civic authorities to plug the breach. <br/><br/>Due to a fresh breach in th...

July 10, 2010 8:45 PM

Flood situation in Haryana improving gradually

In Haryana, the flood situation is improving gradually. The breach in Satluj Yamuna link canal has been plugged finally. Financial Commissioner Irrigation S S Dhillon interacting with media at Chandigarh said that around 2000 people worked day and night to plug this breach. <br/><br/&...

July 10, 2010 7:40 PM

Normal life disrupted in Bihar due to bandh called by RJD-LJP

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan were among 5,200 activists of the two parties who courted arrest while enforcing a bandh in Bihar today against hike in fuel prices. The bandh affected normal life in the state and disrupted road and rail services. <br/><br/>...

July 10, 2010 7:37 PM

Rains in Delhi today Met says so

The national capital might experience one or two spells of heavy rain in the next 24 hours according to the MET office. The sky is expected to remain partly clouded with maximum temperature likely to be around 37 degrees. Yesterday the maximum touched 37.4 degrees while the minimum in the morning wa...

July 10, 2010 7:32 PM

Police arrests four naxalites in Chhattisgarh

In Chhattisgarh, police have arrested 4 naxalites today. According to police sources, they were arrested near Edka in the Narayanpur district. <br/><br/>Police claims that these four were involved in the naxal attack in Dhoudai in the Narayanpur district, which took the lives of ...

July 10, 2010 5:20 PM

Noted surgeon Rajeshwar Thakur passes away

Noted surgeon and eminent social activist Dr. Rajeshwar Thakur passed away today in Patna. He was 74. <br/><br/>Dr. Thakur was former Head of the Department, Surgery in Nalanda Medical College and Hospital. His contribution in the field of social service was remarkable. <br/...

July 10, 2010 5:17 PM

Govt sounds high alert for Amarnath Yatra

Government has sounded a high alert to security agencies protecting pilgrims during the two-month-long Amarnath Yatra following intelligence inputs that militants based in Pakistan are planning to target them. <br/><br/>Highly placed officials said that intelligence agencies have...

July 10, 2010 2:32 PM

Flood under control in Punjab

In Punjab, barring Sangrur district, the flood situation in all other five affected districts of the state is under control as the accumulated flood-water has started receding.<br/><br/>These districts are Patiala, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali and Ropar. The situation in man...

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