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January 29, 2010 7:19 PM

2nd phase Panchayat polls in Rajasthan completed

In Rajasthan, polling for 2nd phase of Panchayati Raj elections completed by and large peaceful. According to official information, 62 percent polling was reported. <br/><br/>In this phase, voters of 85 Panchayat Samiti areas will select their representatives for 208 posts of mem...

January 29, 2010 6:34 PM

Kashmir experiences fresh snowfall

The higher reaches in the Kashmir Valley are experiencing fresh snowfall today while it has been raining in the plains since morning. The rain and snow has broken a long dry spell.<br/> Till yesterday, Valley had received only five mm rain and snow during the peak winter month of January 2...

January 29, 2010 6:26 PM

Goa panchayat elections on March 7

The general elections to 50 Zilla Panchayats of North and South Goa districts will be held on 7th March this year. As per the election schedule announced by the state election commission in Panaji today the nomination papers will be received by the returning officers from february 1 to 8, scrutiny o...

January 29, 2010 5:57 PM

One year domicility must for housing patta in T Nadu

The Tamil Nadu Government has issued orders reducing the minimum number of years one must have resided on government lands to be eligible for a house patta from 5 years to 3 years. Chief Minister Mr M.Karunanidhi in a statement issued in Chennai today said the move will benefit lakhs of poor people ...

January 29, 2010 5:53 PM

Assam CM announces 3% rise in basic pay of state employees wef Jan. 2006

The Assam Chief Minister, Mr Tarun Gogoi has decided to grant annual increment to the State Government employees at the rate of 3% of basic pay with retrospective effect. He said, the revised pay will be fixed notionally with effect from 1stJanuary, 2006 and there shall be no increment based on perf...

January 29, 2010 1:56 PM

JAC extends deadline on Telangana issue till Feb 7

<br/>The all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee, JAC, has extended the deadline for getting the resignations of legislators accepted till 7th of next month. The Convenor kodandaram of JAC told this to reporters late last night after a meeting of the committee which was convened followi...

January 29, 2010 1:17 PM

Polling in progress for second phase in Rajasthan

<br/>In Rajasthan, polling is in progress for the second phase of elections to the Panchayat Raj institutions. In the first hours, about 25 per cent polling was reported. Polling is going on by and large peacefully and no major untoward incident has been reported so far. In Dausa district,...

January 29, 2010 11:27 AM

Cold wave eases in Delhi

<br/>Cold wave has eased in Delhi with increase in the temperature. According to the Met department the minimum temperature was recorded at 11.1 degrees Celsius which was three degrees above normal at this point of the season. The maximum yesterday was 26.6 degrees Celsius, five degrees mo...

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