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June 3, 2010 5:30 PM

Karunanidhi turns 87 today

DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi turned 87 today. After planting a sapling to mark the occasion, Karunanidhi paid homage at the memorials of his mentors, DMK founder C N Annadurai and rationalist leader E V R Periyar. He cut a cake at his residence and was joined by family m...

June 3, 2010 4:55 PM

Soren to make attempt to form alternative govt. in Jharkhand

JMM president Shibu Soren today said he will make an attempt to form an alternative government in Jharkhand. Talking to reporters in Giridih, Mr. Soren said, he will try to form a government as he is in favour of a popular government and not president's rule in the state. <br/><b...

June 3, 2010 4:54 PM

NDRF teams deployed in anticipation of Cyclone, PHET

Government has deployed 8 Teams of National Defence Response Force, NDRF, in anticipation of the Cyclone, PHET. <br/><br/>According to an official release, the teams have been deployed in Rajkot, Porbandar, Junagarh, Bhuj and Jamnagar to assist local authorities in rescue and rel...

June 3, 2010 4:54 PM

Naxalite killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

One Naxalite was killed and another arrested today in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district. <br/><br/>Officials said, a Naxalite was killed and another arrested in an encounter with a joint team of police and BSF at a forest near Warla villa...

June 3, 2010 2:18 PM

Global Investors Meet kick starts in Bangalore

The ambitious and much awaited Global Investors Meet kick started in Bangalore today. The luminaries from the global and Indian industry namely Laxshmi Nivas Mittal, Kumara Mangalam Birla, Azim Premji, Dr.Vijay Mallya, Shashi Ruia, Kris Gopalakrishnan, Devi Prasad Shetty, Sajjan Jindal and many othe...

June 3, 2010 2:17 PM

UP continues to reel under heat wave

Entire UP continues to reel under intense heat wave as the met office has predicted more rise of about one degree Celsius in the day's temperature. Among the plain areas, Varanasi and Allahabad remained hottest places where the temperature was recorded 42 degrees Celsius at 11:30 this morning. Jhans...

June 3, 2010 1:54 PM

Peaceful polling in Dumariaganj assembly seat in UP

Voting for bye -election in Dumariaganj assembly seat in Siddharthnagar district Of Uttar Pradesh is taking place today. According to district electoral office about 30 percent voters have cast their vote till the report last came in. There were no reports of any untoward incident from any place of ...

June 3, 2010 1:20 PM

Dust haze engulfs city, temperatures climb to 34.7 C

A dust haze engulfed the national capital's skyline today even as Delhiites continued to reel under hot conditions with minimum temperature climbing to 34.7 degree Celsius. The minimum temperature was highest in the last 15 years in the month of June.<br/> The dust haze also affected ...

June 3, 2010 11:47 AM

Tamil Nadu CM Karunanidhi turns 87

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Union and state ministers and a host of leaders of various political parties today greeted Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Mr M. Karunanidhi who turned 87. Dr Manmohan Singh telephonically greeted the octogenarian leader. Mr Karunanidhi placed wreaths at the memorials of ...

June 3, 2010 11:02 AM

Two Maoists killed in Bihar encounter

In Bihar, two Maoists were killed in an encounter with police at Baghail forest in Munger district today. The Director General of Police of the state said that the encounter ensued when policemen were carrying out a combing operation in the forest to flush out the ultras this morning. He said a rifl...

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