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May 21, 2010 8:14 PM

Centre allocates over Rs 2,000 crore to Meghalaya for annual plan

Centre today allocated two thousand two hundred thirty crore rupees to Meghalaya for the annual plan of 2010-2011. This is increase of six per cent hike in the budget allocation as compared to the previous year's allocation for the state. Satisfied with his meeting with the Deputy Chairman of P...

May 21, 2010 8:12 PM

Court sends former MLA Kamal Patel to judicial custody till 3rd June

In Madhya Pradesh, a special CBI court at Indore today sent former minister and MLA Kamal Patel to judicial custody till 3rd June. A team of CBI had arrested Mr. Patel last night from Lucknow on the charges of destroying evidences in Durgesh Jat case involving his son Sudeep as the main accused. Dur...

May 21, 2010 8:11 PM

Naveen Patnaik completes one year as Orissa CM

Chief Minister of Orissa, Mr Naveen Patnaik, completes one year in office today in his third term at the helm of affairs of the state.<br/>The report card for Mr Patnaik includes some bold steps towards providng land records to tribals, irrigation to a large hectares of non-irrigated land,...

May 21, 2010 6:01 PM

Cabinet Secretary approves 3G Spectrum auction

A high level committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary has approved the auction of 3G Spectrum. The auction which ended on Wednesday, will help the government get over 67700 crore rupees. The government had initially expected a revenue of 35 thousand crore rupees from the auction of 3G Spectrum. &#0...

May 21, 2010 5:59 PM

Forces recover huge quantity of arms & ammunition in J&K

Busting a militant hideout, Security Forces today recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition in district Reasi of Jammu and Kashmir. Acting on a tip off, the troops of Army and Police launched a search operation in the forests of Sildhar area of Mahore tehsil in the district and recovered arms...

May 21, 2010 2:23 PM

Crisis of drinking water in UP

In UP, the crisis of drinking water has become acute in certain central districts and all the 7 districts of Bundelkhand region due to intense heat. <br/><br/>Hand pumps and other water bodies have dried up as the level of underground water has gone down. At many places the gover...

May 21, 2010 1:50 PM

Noted cancer specialist Dr. Saroj Gupta dies

Noted cancer specialist Dr. Saroj Gupta died in Kolkata today after prolonged illness. He was 80. <br/><br/>Dr.Gupta got Padmasree award in 1987 for his outstanding contribution in the medical field. The Vishwabharati University presented him Rabindra Puraskar in 1988. <br/&...

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