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May 19, 2010 11:48 AM

Jammu spends 160 crore rupees on various centrally sponsored schemes

In Jammu and Kashmir, a whooping sum of 160 crore rupees has been spent under various centrally sponsored schemes in Jammu District during last financial year. This include an amount of 61 crore rupees spend under 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th phase of Pradhan Manti Gram Sadak Yojna. The information was giv...

May 19, 2010 11:45 AM

Kottayam court sentences 73-year-old man to life imprisonment

A 73-year-old man was today sentenced to life imprisonment by a court at Kottayam in Kerala for murdering his son in 2005. Additional Sessions Judge B Shankaran Unni held Mathew guilty of murdering his son Abraham (41) and also imposed a fine of 50,000 rupees.<br/>The prosecution case was ...

May 19, 2010 11:45 AM

Planning Commission approves 42,000 crore rupees Plan outlay for UP

The Planning Commission has approved 42,000 crore rupees Plan outlay for Uttar Pradesh for the current financial year. It also includes an additional Central assistance of 4,300 crore rupees. Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta finalised state plan with the Commission member Mr. B K Chaturvedi in New D...

May 19, 2010 11:44 AM

Two railway employees placed under suspension

Two railway employees have been placed under suspension for allegedly causing delay in the movement of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's cavalcade during her visit to Rae-Bareli. Authorities took action against the employees, one of them a gateman, for not being present at a rail crossing which was...

May 19, 2010 11:20 AM

Rail traffic on Gaya- Mughalsarai rail section restored

In Bihar, rail traffic on Gaya- Mughalsarai rail section has been restored after ten hours. AIR Patna Correspondent reports that rail traffic on this section was disrupted following recovery of two cane bombs on Tuesday night on up and down rail track between Ismailpur and Guraru rail stations. Secu...

May 19, 2010 11:00 AM

Congress and TMC will contest assembly elections in WB jointly:Pranab

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that Congress and Trinamool Congress,TMC, will contest next year's assembly elections in West Bengal jointly even though the two parties are going to fight separately in coming civic polls. He said past experience has shown that Left parties gained if Cong...

May 19, 2010 8:54 AM

Rail traffic on Gaya- Mughalsarai section distrupted

In Bihar rail traffic on Gaya- Mughalsarai rail section has been disrupted following recovery of two cane bombs on up and down rail track between Ismailpur and Guraru rail stations. <br/><br/>Maoists have put banners on the track and threatened rail authorities not to run train d...

May 19, 2010 8:49 AM

Afzal Guru’s case should not be treated in a special way; J & K CM

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, has cautioned the media against creating hype, on the death sentence of Parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru, and asked it to allow the course of justice to take its own course.<br/><br/>Talking to reporters in Srinagar, Mr Omar s...

May 18, 2010 9:35 PM

Calcutta HC orders fresh CBI probe in Rizwanur death

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered the CBI to initiate fresh investigations and register a murder case in the mysterious death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman. <br/><br/>Setting aside the CBI investigation earlier ordered by a single bench, a division bench c...

May 18, 2010 9:32 PM

2 jawans killed, 4 injured in militant attack in J&K

In Jammu and Kashmir two army jawans were killed and four others injured when militants ambushed an Army vehicle in Poonch district of Jammu division today around 5 p.m. <br/><br/>According to Brigade General Staff 16 Corps Brigadier Gurdip Singh, the incident occurred when a gro...

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