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December 14, 2009 9:05 PM

Process of biennial elections for Legislative Council begins in UP

In Uttar Pradesh process of biennial elections to 36 seats of the State legislative council from the local bodies constituencies began today with the issuance of notification. Polling is scheduled on 7th of next month while candidates can file their nominations till 21st of this month. Security will...

December 14, 2009 7:07 PM

CBI chargesheets 13 persons in Shopian case

CBI today charge sheeted thirteen persons in the Shopian case for fabricating facts and creating turmoil over the killing of two women Neelofar and Asia. Filing its report before the J&K High Court, the investigating agency concluded that the two women were not raped. The agency submitted statem...

December 14, 2009 6:20 PM

BSP expells national General Secretary Shahid Siddique

The Bahujan Samaj Party today expelled its national General Secretary and former Raja Sabha MP Mr. Shahid Siddique from the party with immediate effect. Quoting party sources our Lucknow correspondent reports that party leadership has alleged that Mr. Siddique was involved in anti party activities h...

December 14, 2009 2:57 PM

MP polling peaceful

In Madhya Pradesh, polling for the second and final round of local bodies' election is going on peacefully amidst tight security. Our Bhopal correspondent reports that out of nearly two thousand nine hundred polling booths one thousand eight booths have been declared as sensitive and four hundred ni...

December 14, 2009 1:43 PM

Security forces kill two top Hizbul Mujahidin militants in J&K

In Jammu and Kashmir, security forces have killed two top Hizbul Mujahidin militants in Gandoh area of Doda district on Monday. Acting on a tip off about the presence of some militants in the forest area of Gandoh Gwari on Sunday night, the troupes of army and police have lunched a joint search oper...

December 14, 2009 1:25 PM

Jute Mill workers on strike

In West Best Bengal, normal activities have been stalled in 59 jute mills in the state due to indefinite strike called by the different trade unions from Monday. The State Labour Minister Mr. Anandi Shahoo told AIR Kolkata correspondent that workers called strike on 13 points Charter of Demands incl...

December 14, 2009 1:24 PM

CBI submits final report on Shopian rape and murder case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday submitted its final report in the Shopian rape and murder case to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. However, the High Court said that the report was not gospel truth.<br/><br/>The investigating agency, which had been given two-m...

December 14, 2009 1:17 PM

Construction of six thousand rooms in Haryana for CWG

Haryana Hotel owners are constructing six thousand rooms on war footing in view of the Commonwealth Games. This was disclosed by the Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja on Sunday. She said, drivers will be given behavioural training so that they behave decently with foreign tourists, sports lovers a...

December 14, 2009 1:06 PM

DP unearths fake currency manufacturing unit

Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have unearthed a fake currency manufacturing unit in north-east Delhi and arrested three persons in this connection. A senior police official said that in this raid, fake currency of 70 thousand rupees was also recovered. He said that police party seized computer, p...

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