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November 29, 2009 9:35 PM

Arunachal BJP President Tapak shot at by assailants

In Arunachal Pradesh, State BJP President Dr Tangor Tapak had a narrow escape last night when assailants shot at him from a close range. According to sources, the incident took place near Pasighat town in East Siang district when Dr Tapak was on his way to Rani Village. Home Minister Tako Dabi visit...

November 29, 2009 9:20 PM

TRS President arrested ahead of fast unto death

In Andhra Pradesh, Telengana Rastra Samithi (TRS) President K Chandrasekhara Rao has been remanded for 14 days. He was arrested today while attempting to 'fast unto death' demanding separate Telengana state. The state police have foiled his attempts and taken him into custody at Alugunur on his way ...

November 29, 2009 9:15 PM

2 killed as Maoists blow up railway tracks in Jharkhand

In Jharkhand, campaigning for the second phase of elections will come to an end tomorrow afternoon. Polling in this phase will be held in 14 constituencies of remaining 55 on Wednesday. Leaders of different political parities are leaving no stone unturned to woo the voters in favour of their parties...

November 29, 2009 8:55 PM

TRS President remanded to 14 days custody

In Andhra Pradesh, Telengana Rastra Samithi (TRS) President K Chandrasekhara Rao has been remanded for 14 days. He was arrested today while attempting to 'fast unto death' demanding separate Telengana state. The state police have foiled his attempts and taken him into custody at Alugunur on his way ...

November 29, 2009 8:52 PM

J&K cold spell continues

In Jammu and Kashmir, Leh and Kargil districts in the frontier region of Ladakh continued to be the coldest places where the night temperature fell below zero degree Celsius. According to weather office, Leh recorded a high of 2.4 and Kargil 2.6 degree celsius while the night temperatures were minus...

November 29, 2009 7:06 PM

Hooda inaugurates Agriconclave & Agromax Haryana-2009

The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda today inaugurated Agriconclave and Agromax Haryana-2009 organised at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. Mr. Hooda said that the Haryana Government had set a target to double agriculture production by 2020 and urged the...

November 29, 2009 6:00 PM

Campaigning for 2nd phase of elections in Jharkhand to come to end tomorrow

In Jharkhand, campaigning for the second phase of elections will come to an end tomorrow afternoon. Polling in this phase will be held in 14 constituencies of remaining 55 on Wednesday. Leaders of different political parities are leaving no stone unturned to woo the voters in favour of their parties...

November 29, 2009 5:59 PM

120 passengers stranded due to blockade of Srinagar- kargil highway

In Jammu and Kashmir, around 120 passengers are still held up due to blockade of Srinagar- kargil national highway following heavy snow fall and non availability of any other means of transport at Kargil. The stranded passengers, most of whom are the labourers from Jammu and Kashmir region are facin...

November 29, 2009 5:25 PM

Probe into water contamination at Kaiga plant

The Government today said that an inquiry into the malevolent act is already in progress and answers will be found soon. Minister of state for science and technology Prithviraj Chavan said, it was not a nuclear leakage accident, not even a nuclear incident, and not even question of anything going wr...

November 29, 2009 4:10 PM

Probe into water contamination at Kaiga plant

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited has launched a probe by an expert committee to probe how a drinking water cooler in the high-security Kaiga plant in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district was contaminated with tritium that led to some 50 people falling ill.<br/><br/&#...

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