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July 10, 2010 2:16 PM

Chargesheet against Punjab Speaker

<br/>The CBI has filed chargesheet against Punjab Assembly Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon and 14 others in an alleged recruitment scam during his stint as a Minister in the Punjab Government. The chargesheet was filed against Kahlon, the then Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, and...

July 10, 2010 2:14 PM

Rains in Delhi today? Met says so

<br/>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...

July 10, 2010 1:44 PM

2 more die of swine flu in Mumbai

<br/>Bruhan Mumbai Municipal Corporation health officials informed today that two persons succumbed to swine flu in the past two days in the city, taking the H1N1 death toll in the city to three in July. The official informed that both died while undergoing treatment in private hospitals. ...

July 10, 2010 1:06 PM

Bandh hits normalcy in Bihar

<br/>In Bihar, normal life has been hit during dawn to dusk state wide bandh called by RJD-LJP combine against fuel price hike. AIR Patna correspondent reports that vehicular and Rail traffic have been paralysed following protestors blocking roads and tracks in different parts of the state...

July 10, 2010 1:03 PM

Flood under control in Punjab

<br/>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 s...

July 10, 2010 12:31 PM

Case against channel for instigating violence in Valley

<br/>The Jammu and Kashmir Police today registered a case against a private television channel for allegedly instigating violence in a district in south Kashmir by running incorrect news about the death of a person in the Police firing.<br/><br/>An FIR was filed in main...

July 10, 2010 12:31 PM

Veteran Akali leader dies

<br/>In Punjab, a veteran Akali leader and former Education Minister Sukhjinder Singh Khaira died in Jalandhar in the early hours of this morning. He was 80. His funeral will take place at his native village Ramgarh falling in Bholath Assembly constituency in the afternoon.<br/>&...

July 10, 2010 12:16 PM

Water recedes in Patiala, hits other parts

<br/>In Punjab, the flood situation is easing in Patiala district as water has started receding. But the heavy flow of water from Patiala has inundated nine more villages in Sangrur district.<br/><br/>Now, the total number of villages hit by the flood in Sangrur distric...

July 10, 2010 11:05 AM

Bihar bandh: Security on high alert

<br/>A state-wide bandh called by the RJD-LJP combine in Bihar against fuel price hike began this morning. Elaborate security arrangements have been made. Schools have been closed in view of bandh.<br/><br/>Director General of Police Neelmani said the Police and Railway...

July 10, 2010 9:31 AM

Will repeal Nalanda Varsity Act: Nitish

<br/>Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that the State Government will move for the repeal of the Nalanda International University Act during the forthcoming monsoon session of the state legislature. <br/><br/>Mr. Kumar said the repel provision was inherent in the A...

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