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January 22, 2010 12:55 PM

Cabinet sanctioned 1500 new posts in police department in MP

<br/>In Madhya Pradesh, the state cabinet has sanctioned 1500 new posts in police department to strengthen the law and order situation in the state. Out of these 1500 posts, 176 posts have been sanctioned for the naxalite infected areas. The state exchequer will incur the annual financial ...

January 22, 2010 12:54 PM

Strike hits functioning of govt offices in UP

<br/> In Uttar Pradesh, state government offices including hospitals are badly affected due to the indefinite strike by class three and class four employees of the state government. Starting today, as many as six lakh state employees have gone on strike to protest against Thursday's p...

January 22, 2010 12:53 PM

Kateekal Sankaranarayanan sworn in Maharashtra Governor

<br/>Kateekal Sankaranarayanan has been sworn in as the Governor of Maharashtra at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai on Friday. The oath taking ceremony took place at the Darbar Hall in Raj Bhavan where acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court J N Patel administered the oath of office and secr...

January 22, 2010 12:29 PM

Narasimhan sworn in as Andhra Pradesh Governor

E Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan was on Friday sworn-in as the full-time Governor of Andhra Pradesh. He was administered the oath of office by AP High Court Chief Justice A Ramesh Dave at a brief function in the Raj Bhavan. Chief Minister K Rosaiah, his cabinet colleagues, state Chief Secretary S V P...

January 22, 2010 12:27 PM

Narasimhan sworn in as Andhra Pradesh Governor

<br/>Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan will be sworn in again today as the 22nd Governor of the state at Rajbhavan in Hyderabad. He was sworn in three weeks ago as Governor of the State in addition to his duties as the head of Chhattisgarh. Former Andhra Pradesh,Governor N D Tiwari...

January 22, 2010 10:36 AM

UP state employees go on indefinite strike

<br/>In Uttar Pradesh as many as six lakh state employees have gone on an indefinite strike from today to protest the police action on them and demand implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations.<br/><br/>AIR Lucknow correspondent reports that state gover...

January 22, 2010 10:34 AM

Trains suspended, security tightened in northeast India

<br/>In Assam, the North East Frontier Railway has decided to suspend night running of trains in the State with effect from 6 p.m. on January 24 till January 27. Night running of trains will resume from January 28. According to official sources, the decision to this effect was taken for se...

January 22, 2010 10:32 AM

Fog engulfs Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh

<br/>Dence fog engulfed Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Friday. Rail, road and air traffic is being affected in the morning and during night also as vehicular traffic moves smooth during day when sun appears. Friday is the 17th foggy day in this month. Minimum and Maximum temperature are...

January 22, 2010 9:24 AM

Shivraj Patil to take oath as Punjab governor

<br/>Mr. Shivraj Patil will take over as the Governor of Punjab today. He will be sworn in as Governor at Punjab Raj Bhawan by Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday afternoon. He is also Administrator of Union Territory Chandigarh.

January 21, 2010 10:48 PM

MP: 2nd phase of Panchayat elections passed off peacefully

In Madhya Pradesh, polling for the second phase of panchayat elections passed off peacefully today. Our Bhopal correspondent reports that despite intense cold conditions across the state voters turned up in a large number to exercise their franchise.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent re...

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