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May 20, 2010 9:18 PM

Flight grounded at Mumbai airport after bomb scare

A Lucknow-bound Kingfisher Airlines flight with 166 passengers and 4 crewmembers on board was grounded here on Thursday after an anonymous phone call warning of a bomb planted in the plane. The aircraft was taken to a remote bay and all the passengers have been deplaned. A Kingfisher Airlines spokes...

May 20, 2010 9:17 PM

Jharkhand: Shibu Soren refuses to step down

Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren has refused to step down. Talking to reporters in Bokaro, Mr. Soren said that the issue of his stepping down from the Chief Minsitership will be decided at JMM Parliamentary Board meeting. Shibu Soren declined to give a specific date for his resignation. This sta...

May 20, 2010 9:10 PM

Jharkhand: Shibu Soren refuses to step down

Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren has refused to step down. Talking to reporters in Bokaro, Mr. Soren said that the issue of his stepping down from the Chief Minisitership will be decided at JMM Parliamentary Board meeting. This statement of Mr. Soren has created a fresh controversy in the state....

May 20, 2010 9:07 PM

Heat wave continues across country

Some districts of Maharashtra are reeling under the severe heat wave condition. Akola tops the list of such places with 47 degree celsius followed by Nagpur, Jalgoan and Parbhani where the temperature reached to 46 degree Celsius. Mumbai and Panjim comparatively are experiencing less intensity of he...

May 20, 2010 7:29 PM

Flight grounded at Mumbai airport after bomb scare

A Kingfisher Airlines flight IT-3149 from Mumbai to Lucknow was grounded at Mumbai airport after a bomb scare. The airline got a call as the plane was taxiing on the runway. The plane was then taken to the isolation bay of Mumbai airport. According to the Airport sources all 166 passengers and 4 cre...

May 20, 2010 7:29 PM

Mercury remains above 41 degree Celsius in Delhi

It was another hot day for Delhiites on Thursday as the mercury remained above the 41-degree mark. The maximum was recorded at 41.8 degree Celsius, up from Wednesday's 41.6 degrees, while the minimum was 28.7 degrees, down by 1.8 degrees. The weatherman has predicted similar weather conditions ...

May 20, 2010 7:28 PM

Centre allots 25% increased budget to Gujarat

Centre on Thursday allocated thirty thousand crores rupees to Gujarat for the annual plan of 2010-2011. This is for the first time in 50 years that there has been increase of 25 percent in the budget allocation as compared to the previous year's allocation for the state. Satisfied with his meet...

May 20, 2010 7:13 PM

Narendra Modi favours strong action against naxalities

The Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that strongest of action should be taken against naxalities. Speaking to media in New Delhi on Thursday, Mr. Modi said that innocent people cannot be allowed to be killed. He said any tendency aimed at destroying the society by use of...

May 20, 2010 6:15 PM

Snowfall causes damage to residential houses in Kargil

In Jammu and Kashmir, the recent snowfall in Kargil has caused damage to many residential houses. <br/><br/>As per available report about 200 residential houses in Zanskar Sub Division which includes 6 Monasteries were damaged and one Sonam Nurboo of Shagar Zanskar was injured.&#...

May 20, 2010 6:13 PM

9 die of squall in Allahabad

Nine people were killed and fifteen other injured in a dust storm and Squall occurred in rural areas of Allahabad this morning. <br/><br/>While Conforming nine deaths including five men and four women, acting District Magistrate of Allahabad, Yashoda Rishikesh Bhaskar announced a...

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