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June 10, 2010 2:31 PM

DRDO's laser guided bombs tested successfully by IAF

A premier DRDO aeronautical lab at Bangalore has successfully designed, developed and carried out the user trials of laser guided bombs at Pokhran with the participation of users, IAF. Flight tests have demonstrated the accuracy, reliability and performance of these precision air launched bombs. A D...

June 10, 2010 12:54 PM

Maoist killed in Dantewada encounter

A Maoist was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. <br/><br/>Official sources said that a combined team of CRPF, Special Action Force and state police including SPOs, who were on patrolling duty last night, came under fire from ...

June 10, 2010 12:53 PM

Voting begins for Maharashtra Legislative Council

Voting for the biennial elections to fill in 10 seats of Maharashtra Legislative Council began at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai at 9am. There are 11 candidates in fray and Congress and NCP have fielded three each. While Shiv Sena and BJP have two candidates each. Vijay Sawant is contesting as an Independe...

June 10, 2010 12:25 PM

Temperature again on rise in Capital

Temperature in National Capital is on the rise again with maximum temperature recorded 36.3 degree Celsius, which is 4 degree less than the normal. <br/><br/>Weathermen predict a clear sky and there is no scope of any rainfall in next 48 hrs. Mercury may touch 38 degree celcius t...

June 10, 2010 11:37 AM

Economic blockade in Manipur may be lifted in next few days: Pillai

With the situation in Manipur improving, the Government has said, it is hopeful that the economic blockade in the state would be lifted in the next few days. <br/><br/>Union Home Secretary G K Pillai also said it would have been better if separatist leader T. Muivah had gone to v...

June 10, 2010 11:28 AM

Train services resume on Kharagpur- Tatanagar stretch

The Mumbai-Howrah Duronto Express and some other trains resumed their journey on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar section in West Midnapore district today after being stopped last night following a tip off that Maoists were planning to target the train. South Eastern Railway sources said the Duranto Express ...

June 10, 2010 11:18 AM

Punjab police arrest five people with six kg of RDX

In Punjab, Special operation cell of Amritsar Police achieved a major success with arrest of five persons with Six kilograms of RDX, two Kilograms of Heroine, 20 detonators, 10 timer devices and 20 meters fuse wire.<br/><br/>Operation cell nabbed all of them from a car near Kale ...

June 10, 2010 11:06 AM

13 Killed in road accident in Andhra Pradesh

In Andhra Pradesh, at least ten members of a marriage party were killed and 13 others seriously injured when a lorry collided with a tractor in East Godavari district. <br/><br/>Police said today that the mishap took place last night when the lorry driver lost control over the ve...

June 10, 2010 11:02 AM

MP Govt. to challenge Bhopal gas verdict in HC

In a related development, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the state government will challenge the verdict in the High Court and seek enhancement of the sentence awarded to the convicts. <br/><br/>Talking to reporters in Bhopal, he said, a five-member expe...

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