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December 22, 2009 11:36 AM

Chilly morning greets Delhiites

Delhiites experienced a chilly morning today with mercury plummeting to the seasons lowest of 6.4 degree Celsius due to snowfall in upper reaches of Himachal Pradesh and the Kashmir valley. According to met office, today's minimum is two degrees below normal for this time of the year. A thin layer o...

December 22, 2009 11:14 AM

Pak troops fire at border outpost

Border Security Force foiled major infiltration bids by terrorists to cross into Indian territory as Pakistani troops fired at two forward posts in the Samba sector in the wee hours today. This is the fifth case of ceasefire violation within a week. Police officials said, a BSF patrol party noticed ...

December 22, 2009 9:57 AM

Pak troops fire at border outpost

In Jammu and Kashmir, forces across the border resorted to heavy firing on Indian positions to facilitate infiltration by the militants from the international border in Ramgarh sector of Samba district on Monday night. Official sources said that Pakistan Rangers targeted three Indian posts besides s...

December 21, 2009 10:36 PM

Repolling for two booths in Jharkhand ended peacefully

In Jharkhand, repolling for two polling booths in Garhwa AC ended peacefully on Monday. Joint Chief Electoral Officer, A.K.Sinha told AIR that repolling in booth number 207 recorded turnout of 61.77 and 56 per cent at booth number 208. This area went to polls during the fifth and final phase of poll...

December 21, 2009 10:30 PM

MP announces election schedule for Panchayat elections

In Madhya Pradesh, the state election commission announced a three phased election schedule for the Panchayati Raj institutions on Monday evening. Voting for the 50 Zila panchayats, 313 Janpad panchayats and 22795 Gram Panchayats will take place on 20, 22 and 24 January. Counting of votes will be ta...

December 21, 2009 8:59 PM

18 killed, 20 injured in road accident in MP

In Madhya Pradesh, at least 18 people were killed and 20 injured, when a private bus and a truck collided head on Mumbai Agra highway 25 kilometers from the Guna district headquarters. <br/><br/>Talking to AIR correspondent, Guna Superintendent of Police K P Rao said, the injured...

December 21, 2009 8:58 PM

Punjab CM reviews arrangements made for tackling swine flu cases

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday reviewed the arrangements made by the State Health department for tackling the swine flu cases in the state.<br/><br/>He directed the officers to personally visit all the districts and ensure the availability of medicines, venti...

December 21, 2009 8:58 PM

Winter session of Uttarakhand Assembly begins

The winter session of Uttarakhand Assembly began in Dehra Dun on Monday with the noisy scene. <br/><br/>During Question Hour, dissatisfied with the Government reply, main opposition party, Congress created noisy scenes and the proceedings were suspended several times. <br/&#...

December 21, 2009 7:26 PM

Ex-Haryana DGP sentenced 6 months imprisonment for molesting teenaged girl

A CBI court on Monday sentenced former Haryana Director General of Police S P S Rathore to six months rigorous imprisonment and a fine of 1000 rupees for molesting a teenaged girl who later committed suicide nineteen years ago. CBI' special magistrate J S Sidhu said Rathore will have to undergo...

December 21, 2009 5:46 PM

Cold wave intensifies in Punjab

In Punjab, the cold wave has intensified with night temperature plummeting last night to the lowest of the current winter season. Adampur in Jalandhar district had the coldest night of the season with the temperature falling to 2.0 degrees Celsius. The holy city of Amritsar was also cold at 3.0 degr...

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