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April 3, 2010 7:49 PM

Orissa requires 3 more battalions of CRPF to combat Naxal menace

Home Secretary A P Padhi says, Orissa will need 3 more battalions of CRPF to combat Naxal menace in 17 of its 30 districts hit by left wing extremism. He said five additional battalions of Border Security Force have arrived in the state for joint anti-Maoist operation. They will be deployed in worst...

April 3, 2010 7:34 PM

Naxals explode landmine in Lalgarh

In west Bengal, Maoists Naxals exploded a landmine in the naxal-hit Lalgarh area injuring a CRPF jawan. The blast was triggered at Bamal village by Maoists just when the vehicle carrying 12 CRPF personnel was going to Lalgarh from Dharampur. <br/><br/>The blast comes ahead of Hom...

April 3, 2010 7:26 PM

Wheat procurement begins in Haryana

In Haryana, over 19,500 metric tonnes of wheat has arrived in the mandis on the first day during current Rabi season. Of this 7,920 metric tonnes of wheat was procured by Food and Supplies Department, 10,965 metric tonnes by Food Corporation of India.<br/>

April 3, 2010 7:26 PM

Homen Borgohain, Sharmila Tagore receive Srimanta Sankardev award

The Assam Government has decided to confer the prestigious Srimanta Sankardev Award to the noted litterateur and journalist, Dr Homen Borgohain for 2007 and to the eminent film actress Sharmila Tagore for the year 2008. This is in recognition of their significant and lasting contribution to the fiel...

April 3, 2010 5:31 PM

M.Y. Eqbal new Chief Justice of Madras HC

Justice M.Y. Eqbal is new Chief Justice of Madras High Court. He succeeds Mr. Justice H. L. Gokhale, who along with Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra has been recommended by Supreme Court collegium for elevation to the Supreme Court. <br/><br/>The apex court wi...

April 3, 2010 5:01 PM

Four LeT militants killed in J&K

In Jammu and Kashmir, four more Lashkar-e-Toiba militants and an army jawan were killed in two separate encounters with army and police at Sadda Darkeri forests in Kalakote area of Rajouri district during day long gun battle yesterday. All of them were Pakistani militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit i...

April 3, 2010 4:58 PM

Situation peaceful in curfew-clamped areas of Hyderabad

In Andhra Pradesh, the situation remained peaceful today in the curfew-clamped areas in the old city of Hyderabad. The indefinite curfew from last Monday in 25 police station areas was relaxed for few hours this morning in two phases. <br/><br/>City Commissioner of Police A. K. K...

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