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January 6, 2010 12:03 PM

Fire breaks out in a slum cluster

In New Delhi, four children were charred to death when a fire broke out in a slum cluster in the wee hours at Sarita Vihar in New Delhi. Fire Officials said that the fire broke about at about 2 A.M. in the morning in which two jhuggis were gutted. Eight fire tenders were pressed into the service to ...

January 6, 2010 12:03 PM

Urgent action needed to promote use of traditional ethno-veterinary medicine

The Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai called for an urgent action to promote on a larger scale the complementary use of traditional ethno-veterinary medicine in primary health care for livestock. He stated this while delivering the presidential address ...

January 6, 2010 12:02 PM

Normal life continues to cripple in Kerala

In Kerala, normal life continued to be crippled as the indefinite strike by private bus operators demanding fare hike entered the second day today. Hundreds of private buses, the main means of transport for vast sections of people, continued to be off the road<br/>throughout the state exce...

January 6, 2010 10:46 AM

Jyoti Basu in ICU

Veteran Marxist leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu was put on ventilator on Wednesday morning after his condition turned serious. According to PTI, this was disclosed by the Debashish Sharma, Superintendent of AMRI hospital in Salt Lake, Kolkata, where Mr Basu is undergoing trea...

January 6, 2010 10:29 AM

TN Assembly session begins

The first session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly for this year begins with the customary address by the Governor Surjit Singh Barnala. The governor is expected to spell out the policies of the government. The session is likely to last for a week. AIR correspondent reports that this may be the last sessi...

January 6, 2010 10:28 AM

Governor’s rule extended in North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council

In Assam, the governor's rule in the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council has been extended by a period of six months with effect from Monday. According to official sources, the Hill Areas Development Department of state government has issued the formal notification in this regard on Tuesday. &#060...

January 6, 2010 10:28 AM

Guwahati HC directive to Assam Public Service Commission

The Division Bench of the Guwahati High Court comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice BK Sharma on Tuesday directed the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) to publish the corrected list of selected candidates of the combined competitive Civil Service Examination, 2006 forthwith. The APSC coul...

January 6, 2010 10:17 AM

New Assam BJP president

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Assam Pradesh on Tuesday got its new chief with the central leadership appointing Behali MLA, Mr Ranjit Dutta as the state party president. Mr Dutta has twice emerged winner from the constituency and is the deputy leader of the BJP legislature party. He is also a fo...

January 6, 2010 8:44 AM

Haryana Police registers third FIR against former DGP Rathore

Haryana Police has registered an FIR against former DGP SPS Rathore for abetment to suicide in the Ruchika case. The FIR, the third against Rathore since last week, has been registered on the complaint of Ruchika's brother Ashu. Superintendent of Police, Panchkula, Maneesh Chaudhary said, four ...

January 5, 2010 8:17 PM

Kalyan Singh floats a new party ‘

In Uttar Pradesh ending all speculation about his return to Bharatiya Janata Party, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister MP Mr Kalyan Singh on the occasion of his 77th birthday on Tuesday floated a new political outfit - Jan Kranti Party. AIR Lucknow correspondent reports that this is the second time...

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