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December 10, 2009 6:57 PM

WB acknowledges receipt of Railway Board’s reply to State Govt. letter

The West Bengal chief secretary, Mr. Ashok Mohan Chakraborty has acknowledged the receipt of the Railway Board's reply to the State Government letter regarding the use of land in Singur for the construction of railway coach factory at the site where the Tatas had earlier planned to set up a small ca...

December 10, 2009 6:53 PM

48 convicted in multi-crore fodder scam case

A special CBI court in Ranchi today convicted 48 people in a multi-crore fodder scam case and sentenced eight of them to three years of rigorous imprisonment, besides fine between 20,000 and 40,000 rupees. The case relates to the fraudulent withdrawal of over 8.5 crore Rupees from the Ranchi treasur...

December 10, 2009 6:03 PM

JK Govt. to revive Heliskiing at Gulmarg

Jammu and Kashmir government is planning to revive Heliskiing at the world famous ski resort of Gulmarg in northern parts of Kashmir. Tourism Minister Nawang Rigzin Jora said today in Shrinagar that state government is in talks with concerned organisations to revive Heliskiing in Gulmarg. He said th...

December 10, 2009 6:03 PM

2 killed in Assam blast

In Assam, two persons died and 27 others wounded some of them seriously, when a powerful bomb exploded at Garubandha Bazar in Sonitpur district this afternoon. The bomb was suspected to have planted on a bicycle in the market. The injured have been admitted to Tezpur Civil Hospital. Police have susp...

December 10, 2009 5:30 PM

CBI raids houses of Janardhan Reddy

A 30 member CBI squad raided the houses of Karnataka Ministers Janardhan Reddy, Karunakara Reddy and Sriramulu in Bellary today. Andhra Pradesh Government had recommended CBI enquiry against Obalapuram Mining Company owned by the ministers for illegal mining. Throughout the day, CBI team continued t...

December 10, 2009 5:26 PM

NREGA helps Haryana in providing growth

NREGA helped Haryana in providing growth, the right to work and dignity of labour in rural areas. Stating this at Chandigarh today, an official spokesman said that since its launch in February, 2006, as many as 148.14 lakh mandays has been generated under NREGA, the flagship programme of the UPA gov...

December 10, 2009 5:14 PM

Higher reaches in Leh-Ladakh experienced third major snow fall of winter season

In Jammu and Kashmir, Leh and its surrounding areas and higher reaches in Leh-Ladakh have experienced the third major snow fall of the winter season today. Cold wave conditions have further intensified with fresh snow fall which is still continuing. Officials in Leh said, due to snow fall, traffic o...

December 10, 2009 5:00 PM

CPIM opposes formation of separate state of Telangana

The CPIM today opposed the formation of a separate state of Telangana saying that such decisions will have adverse effect on the integrity of the nation. Talking to reporters in New Delhi today, CPIM leader Sitaram Yechury said that the formation of states should be on the basis of language as decid...

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