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March 5, 2010 9:32 AM

Red Ribbon Express arrives in Aluva

In Kerala, The Red Ribbon Express arrived in Aluva early this morning as part of its state wide tour.<br/><br/>The train, aiming to spread the message of HIV/AIDS control will be in Aluva Railway Station today and tomorrow. It will be stationed at Ernakulam Junction on Sunday and...

March 5, 2010 9:14 AM

4 militants killed, Army captain martyred in J&K gun battle

In Jammu and Kashmir, security forces eliminated militants including the Divisional Commander of Hizbul Mujahiddin outfit in two-day long encounter in Dadsara village of Pulwama District in South Kashmir's. During gun battle, a Captain of 42-Rashtriya Rifles Deepak Sharma also laid down his lif...

March 5, 2010 9:13 AM

Dreaded criminal shot dead in UP police encounter

In Uttar Pradesh, a dreaded criminal Bhupendra alias 'Banti' of Udham Singh Gang has been shot dead in a police encounter near Gangnahar railway bridge and ordnance factory in Ghaziabad district last evening. The incident occurred when Banti and his associate were moving on motorcycle in Muradnagar ...

March 5, 2010 9:13 AM

Curfew relaxed in Bareilly

In Uttar Pradesh, curfew has been relaxed in Bareilly for five hours from 6 this morning. Police said, curfew was relaxed in Sadar Kotwali, Prem Nagar, Baradari and Quilla police station areas. Administration has also relaxed curfew from 6 am to 7 pm in areas identified as incident free and non sens...

March 5, 2010 9:12 AM

Cabinet approves proposal to setup Andaman and Nicobar Ports Trust

The Cabinet has approved the proposal to setup Andaman and Nicobar Ports Trust with its headquarters at Port Blair. The Cabinet at its meeting in New Delhi yesterday also gave its nod for declaring the Andaman and Nicobar Ports as a major Port. The setting up of the Port Trust at Andaman and Nicobar...

March 5, 2010 9:12 AM

Govt. approves about Rs 5k crore projects in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam

The government has approved about 5,000 crore rupees road projects in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam mainly for widening the existing road networks into two-lanes. An official statement said in New Delhi that the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, CCI accorded administrative approval for the widening...

March 4, 2010 8:20 PM

Seven Congress MLAs held in UP

In Uttar Pradesh seven Congress MLAs and scores of party workers were arrested today in Raebareli district while attempting to proceed towards Dalmau to oppose inauguration programme of a bridge over river Ganga. It was inaugurated by two state government ministers.<br/><br/>AIR ...

March 4, 2010 8:18 PM

Two new forces to protect WB industries

West Bengal Government has decided to raise up two new forces on the lines of the Central Industrial Security Forces (CIFS), with an aim to provide additional security to industrial units in West Bengal at large. <br/><br/>Talking to news persons in Kolkata today, the state Home ...

March 4, 2010 8:17 PM

Yeddyurappa to present Karnataka budget on Friday

Chief Minister of Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa who also holds the Finance portfolio will present his fifth state budget tomorrow afternoon. Yeddyurappa had presented first three budgets as the Deputy Chief Minister during the coalition government which fell in 2008. This will be his second budget as th...

March 4, 2010 1:37 PM

J&K govt to speed up flagship schemes

In Jammu and Kashmir, an amount of 99.74 crore rupees has been spent under NREGA upto January 2010. over 6 lakh job cards have been issued and 83.47 lakh Mandays generated. This was stated in a review meeting of Rural Development Department held in Jammu under the Chairmanship of J&K Minister fo...

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