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November 30, 2009 9:07 PM

Court awarded life imprisonment to twenty persons in Bihar

A fast-track Court has awarded life imprisonment to twenty persons in a murder case on Sunday. The Court found all the 20 persons guilty of murdering one Lakhinder Paswan a local CPI leader of Kirathpur village under Bhagwanpur police station in Begusarai, Bihar. The case gets back to January 3, 199...

November 30, 2009 8:46 PM

Central team arrives in Kolkata

A three-member team of the Union Home Ministry has arrived in Kolkata to review law and order situation in West Bengal. The team headed by the Additional Secretary of the Union Home Ministry, Mr.D.R.S. Choudhary will meet the State Chief Secretary, Mr.Ashok Mohan Chakraborty and top brass of the adm...

November 30, 2009 8:00 PM

AIDS deaths in Sikkim

Twenty persons have lost their lives due to the dreaded disease of AIDS in the Sikkim during the last fourteen years. The first ever HIV Positive case in the State was detected in the year 1995. AIR Gangtok correspondent reports that the cumulative figures of HIV Positive cases reported in the State...

November 30, 2009 7:59 PM

Sukhoi fighter plane crashes

In Rajasthan, a Sukhoi fighter plane of Indian Air Force has crashed in an air exercise at Jaisalmer district on Monday. Both the pilots of the plane are reported safe. Accident occurred at Jetha village near Chandan field firing range. This fighter plane was participating in the rehearsal of next y...

November 30, 2009 7:57 PM

Naxalites kill three persons in Chhattisgarh

Naxalites in Chhattisgarh killed 3 persons in two separate incidents on Sunday night. According to the police sources, Naxalites killed these persons suspecting them to be police informers. While they killed two villagers in the Naxal affected Bijapur district, one youth also fell to the Naxal wrath...

November 30, 2009 7:57 PM

Bandh in Telengana went off peacefully

In Andhra Pradesh, barring some sporadic incidents, the Bandh called by Telengana Rastra Samithi (TRS) went off peacefully in Telengana region on Monday. Normal life in 9 Telngana districts and the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad was partially affected. TRS activists have observed Bandh in...

November 30, 2009 7:56 PM

Bandh evokes mixed response in West Bengal

In West Bengal, opposition BJP's sponsored 12 hours Bangla Bandh ended on Monday evening barring few stray incidents of violence. The Bandh evoked mixed response through out the state. AIR Kolkata correspondent, Arijit Chakraborty reports that three buses were set on fire at Howrah, Baguihati areas ...

November 30, 2009 7:55 PM

Centre appointed interlocutor meets WB CM

The centre appointed interlocutor to settle the Darjeeling statehood issue, Mr. Vijay Madan on Monday met the West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee in Kolkata. <br/><br/>After the meeting with the Chief Minister and top brass of the state administration, Mr. Madan sa...

November 30, 2009 6:55 PM

CPI(M) terms Center’s decision to send a team to WB as unfortunate

The CPI(M) on Monday termed the Center's decision to send a team to West Bengal as unfortunate and regrettable, saying it is an assault on the federal structure mandated by the Constitution. In a statement, the party Politburo said the politically motivated demand by the Trinamool Congress is agains...

November 30, 2009 6:49 PM

Three-member committee on Assam Pay Commission, 2008 submits its report

A three-member committee constituted by the Government to examine the report of the Assam Pay Commission, 2008 and concretise the action points submitted its report to the Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Smt TY Das at her office chamber in Guwahati on Monday.<br/><br/>Smt ...

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