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November 27, 2009 11:54 AM

Winter Session of the Assam Assembly to start from December 7th

The winter session of the Assam Assembly will commence from 7th of the next month at Dispur. During the five- day long session which will conclude on December 11, three bills seeking amendment to existing laws and a new bill relating to the proposed Science and Technology University in the state wil...

November 27, 2009 11:52 AM

Centre sanctions more than 108 crore rupees to BTC

In Assam, Centre has sanctioned 108 crore 25 lakh rupees to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) for implementation of around eleven development projects during the current financial year. The amount has been sanctioned on the recommendation of the Development of the North East Region (DoNER) Mini...

November 27, 2009 11:12 AM

Campaigning for second phase of elections is gaining momentum in Jharkhand

In Jharkhand, campaigning for the second phase of elections is gaining momentum. In this phase, polling will be held on the second of next month in 14 of the remaining 55 constituencies of the state. AIR correspondent reports that different leaders of various political parties addressing the electio...

November 27, 2009 10:38 AM

Allahabad HC grants four week's time to UP CM for filing counter affidavit

In Uttar Pradesh, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has given four week's time to the Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati and her Cabinet minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui for filing a counter affidavit on a Public Interest Litigations related to alleged the multi- crore Taj corridor scam case....

November 27, 2009 10:07 AM

Delhi city Mayor for a CBI enquiry

After the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has found 22,853 ghost employees on its payrolls, the city Mayor Kanwar Sain said the civic agency will recommend a CBI inquiry into the scam that has been causing a loss of 204 crore rupees per year to it. He told reporters on Thursday that all related files...

November 27, 2009 10:03 AM

Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting

The long-awaited meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) will be held on Friday afternoon to elect its leader. Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and AICC general secretary in-charge of state affairs M. Veerappa Moily will be the Central obser...

November 27, 2009 10:02 AM

Campaigning for second phase of elections is gaining momentum in Jharkhand

In Jharkhand, campaigning for the second phase of elections is gaining momentum. In this phase, polling will be held on the second of next month in 14 of the remaining 55 constituencies of the state. AIR correspondent reports that different leaders of various political parties addressing the electio...

November 26, 2009 7:51 PM

Death toll due to encephilitis in UP touches 539

In Uttar Pradesh death toll has reached to 539 due to Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Gorakhpur and Basti divisions of eastern part of the state. Quoting official sources our Lucknow correspondent reports that 65 persons have lost their lives alone in this month with five mo...

November 26, 2009 7:29 PM

Court issues notice to Kasab's lawyer for misconduct

The lawyer for Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab was on Thursday slapped with a notice by the Mumbai attack trial court to explain why his services should not be terminated for misconduct on a day when the prosecution was due to wind up its case. The action came after Kasab's lawyer Abbas Kazmi told...

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