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January 29, 2010 11:22 AM

Cabinet clears mechanisation of coal handling at Visakhapatnam Port

<br/>The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure has approved the project of mechanisation of coal handling facilities and upgradation of General Cargo Berth (GCB) at outer harbour of Visakhapatnam Port on Build, Operate and Transfer basis at Visakhapatnam at an estimated cost 441.10 crores ru...

January 29, 2010 11:19 AM

Two Army jawans killed in JK gun battle

<br/>In Jammu and Kashmir two Army jawans have been killed in a gun battle between the security forces and terrorists, in Kishtwar district during wee hours on Friday. Acting on a tip off about the presence of some militants hiding in the forests of Tander in Dachan area of the district, t...

January 29, 2010 10:52 AM

Flight operations normal at IGI in Delhi

<br/>In Delhi, due to absence of dense fog flight operations at the Indira gandhi International airport remained normal for the second consecutive day today. According to airport officials all flights were operating as per schedule. They said though visibility dropped a bit after 7 am due ...

January 28, 2010 9:06 PM

UP tables bill to raise special force for security of memorials

In Uttar Pradesh the government has tabled a bill in the Assembly for raising a special force for providing security to the 10 memorials, statues and parks set up at Lucknow and Gautam Buddh Nagar districts under the BSP government. It includes the Gomti Nagar situated Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Pa...

January 28, 2010 8:00 PM

WB to have ultramodern health facilities soon

West Bengal will soon have ultramodern health facilities on the lines of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS). Addressing a gathering at the celebration of 175years of The Calcutta Medical College (CMC) in Kolkata on Thursday, the West Bengal Chief Minister Mr. Buddhadev Bhattacharya...

January 28, 2010 7:59 PM

Bihar Bandh affects normal life

Life was affected during the dawn to dusk bandh called by the RJD in Bihar on Thursday with sporadic incidents of violence and police firing in East Champaran district reported. The bandh was called to protest the price rise of essential commodities. <br/><br/>Though the RJD had ...

January 28, 2010 7:46 PM

BSNL to introduce wireless Broad Band Services in Sikkim

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is going to introduce state of art Wireless BroadBand Services at all the 22 important towns and bazaars of Sikkim in the next financial year .These include capital Gangtok,all the three other district Headquarters and all sub-divisional headquarters as well. <b...

January 28, 2010 7:21 PM

Goa police releases photograph of accused involved in Russian rape case

Goa police on Thursday released the photograph of the accused involved in the rape of a nine-year-old Russian girl. Superintendent of Police (North) Bosco George, who released the photograph this afternoon, refused to divulge more on the issue. The girl, who was holidaying with her mother on 26th Ja...

January 28, 2010 5:48 PM

Arms, ammunition recovered from hideout in J &K

In Jammu and Kashmir, the Security Forces, busting a militant hideout recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition in the border district Poonch on Thursday.<br/><br/>Acting on a tip off, the troops of Army and Police launched a joint search operation in the woods of Khetar are...

January 28, 2010 3:26 PM

Telangana deadline ends, JAC convenes meeting today

<br/>In Andhra Pradesh, the all-party Telangana Joint Action Committee has convened a meeting Thursday evening as the dead line set for the centre to announce a time frame on Telangana statehood issue comes to a close today.<br/><br/>The JAC had already asked all Telang...

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