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May 13, 2010 12:14 PM

C P Narayanan as Political Secretary of Kerala CM

In a rebuff to Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, CPI-M state committee has stuck to its choice of party ideologue C P Narayanan as his Political Secretary, ignoring the former's reservations. The decision was taken at a meeting of the committee at Thiruvananthpuram on Wednesday which was...

May 13, 2010 12:12 PM

Senior citizen killed

86-year old Janak Raj Likhi, a former bureaucrat was killed at his residence in South Delhi on Wednesday by robbers. They also seriously injured 75 year old Vidya Gulbani when they targetted an adjacent house in the Kalkaji Extension area. AIR correspondent says that senior citizens living alone are...

May 13, 2010 11:53 AM

TN Govt. appoints a committee to look into allegations by Nalini

Tamil Nadu Government has appointed a committee headed by a top prison official to look into the allegations by Nalini, serving life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, that her life was under threat in jail. The committee headed by DIG of Prisons (Coimbatore) Govindarajan would also go int...

May 13, 2010 11:50 AM

BSF foils intrusion bid in RS Pura sector in Jammu

In Jammu and Kashmir, BSF foiled another intrusion bid in Abdullian area of RS Pura sector in Jammu district on Wednesday night. According to sources, a group of three to four militants tried to infiltrate into Indian Territory at 10.50 pm. Observing the movement of militants, BSF jawans asked them ...

May 13, 2010 9:25 AM

Uri witnessing rapid economic development

In Jammu and Kashmir, border Tehsil of Uri is witnessing rapid economic development owing to cease fire at control line and cross border confident building measures. AIR correspondent, who visited the area along with a Delhi based media team, reports that the people in the area want improvement in I...

May 13, 2010 9:19 AM

Another case of minor radioactive leakage at BARC

Within a month of the Mayapuri radioactive leakage in New Delhi, a similar incident, although of a minor nature, took place at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai on Tuesday evening. <br/>The leak contaminated the hands of a person who was carrying the material from one labo...

May 13, 2010 8:51 AM

Center’s efforts to find an amicable solution on Moiba issue is on

Efforts are still on by the Centre to find an amicable solution to the week-long stand off between the Manipur Government and National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Issac Moiba), NSCN (IM), on the proposed visit of its leader Mr. T. Moiba to Manipur.<br/>The Union Home Secretary Mr. G.K. ...

May 12, 2010 9:02 PM

Justice Kapadia sworn-in as the 38th CJI

Justice S H Kapadia, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, was today sworn-in as the 38th Chief Justice of India by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil.<br/><br/>The swearing-in of 62-year-old Justice Kapadia at Rashtrapati Bhawan was attended among others by Prime Minister ...

May 12, 2010 9:01 PM

Three get death sentence in Bihar in Bathani Tola massacre case

In Bihar, the Ara court today awarded death sentence to three persons and life imprisonment to 20 others in Bathani Tola massacre case. <br/><br/>The case pertains to massacre of 21 Dalits at Bathani Tola in Sahar block of Bhojpur district of the state on July 11, 1996 by suspect...

May 12, 2010 9:00 PM

Ara Court awards 3 persons death sentence and 20 life imprisonment

In Bihar, the Ara court today awarded death sentence to three persons and life imprisonment to 20 others in Bathani Tola massacre case. The case pertains to massacre of 21 Dalits at Bathani Tola in Sahar block of Bhojpur district of the state on July 11, 1996 by suspected activists of Ranveer Sena, ...

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