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December 4, 2009 11:11 PM

68 candidates withdrew nominations for K’taka Legislative Council election

In Karnataka 68 candidates on Friday withdrew their nominations for the election to the Karnataka Legislative Council. Remaining 93 candidates will compete for 23 seats in the upper house. The ruling BJP and Opposition Congress won a seat each in the elections being held to 25 seats of the Karnataka...

December 4, 2009 11:09 PM

PM gives Rs 40 lakh to rebuild school in Assam

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh has granted Rupees 40 lakh from his MP local area fund to rebuild and expand the complex of a school in a remote village in Assam. Last month, a class eight student, Dhanjita Das of the school had told the Prime Minister that her school was falling apart. <...

December 4, 2009 10:25 PM

Antony to begin two-day Nagaland visit on Saturday

The Defence Minister, Mr. A. K. Antony will pay a two-day visit to Nagaland from Saturday and will grace the Special National Integration Camp, which was inaugurated by Nagaland Governor Nikhil Kumar in Kohima on Thursday.<br/><br/>According to defence sources, Mr. Antony will ar...

December 4, 2009 9:34 PM

Two more swine flu death in Rajasthan, toll raises to 61

In Rajasthan 2 more persons including a women died in the SMS hospital of Jaipur on Friday. With this death toll due to this disease has increased to 61.<br/><br/>On Friday 49 positive cases have also been reported in the state, 1754 positive cases have been reported from the sta...

December 4, 2009 9:34 PM

Hurriyat leader Qureshi shot, Abdullah condemned attack

In Jammu and Kashmir, suspected terrorists shot at senior Hurriyat leader Fazal Haq Qureshi at Soura Srinagar on Friday evening, injuring him seriously.<br/><br/>Qureshi considered as one of the moderate separatists, was shot in his head when he was coming out of the mosque after...

December 4, 2009 9:18 PM

Haryana Govt increases subsidy on wheat, mustard certified seeds

Haryana Government has increased subsidy on wheat and mustard certified seeds during the current rabi season.<br/><br/>A spokesman of the Agriculture department said that in case of wheat, subsidy has been increased from 500 rupees to 700 rupees per qtl and in case of mustard, it...

December 4, 2009 8:19 PM

Antony begins two-day Nagaland visit on Saturday

The Defence Minister, Mr. A. K. Antony will pay a two-day visit to Nagaland from Saturday and will grace the Special National Integration Camp, which was inaugurated by Nagaland Governor Nikhil Kumar in Kohima on Thursday.<br/><br/>According to defence sources, Mr. Antony will ar...

December 4, 2009 7:50 PM

Fire razes ten houses in Nagaland

At least ten residential quarters cum shops were razed to ashes while properties worth lakhs of rupees were damaged as a devastating fire broke out at the wee hours of Friday morning around 2:00 am near Naga Hospital, Kohima along the National Highway-39. Sources revealed that the fire broke out fro...

December 4, 2009 7:49 PM

Terrorists shot at Hurriyat leader Fazal Haq Qureshi

In Jammu and Kashmir, suspected terrorists shot at senior Hurriyat leader Fazal Haq Qureshi at Soura Srinagar on Friday evening, injuring him seriously.<br/><br/>Qureshi considered as one of the moderate separatists, was shot in his head when he was coming out of the mosque after...

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