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November 20, 2009 1:12 PM

Maoists call Jharkhand bandh today

Maoists have given a day- long Jharkhand bandh call in protest against police operation against them. AIR Ranchi correspondent reports that elaborate security arrangements have been made in the wake of the Maoist bandh call in the run-up to the Assembly elections in the state. Security personnel hav...

November 20, 2009 1:10 PM

24-hour bandh in WB’s three hill sub divisions

In West Bengal,a 24-hour bandh is being observed in three hill sub divisions-Darjeeling,Kurseong and Kalimpong from this morning. The bandh has been called by the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council's, DGHC,casual workers affiliated to the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha demanding regularization of jobs. T...

November 20, 2009 1:09 PM

24-hour bandh in WB’s three hill sub divisions

In West Bengal,a 24-hour bandh is being observed in three hill sub divisions-Darjeeling,Kurseong and Kalimpong from this morning. The bandh has been called by the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council's, DGHC,casual workers affiliated to the Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha demanding regularization of jobs. T...

November 20, 2009 11:56 AM

Maoists explode bomb in SAIL mine in Orissa

Maoists today exploded a bomb in a mine of Steel Authority of India in Meghatpur and planted another at Kiribur mine along the Orissa-Jharkhand border. According to senior officials, a group of armed Maoists stormed into the loading point in Meghatpur mines on the Orissa side and exploded a bomb dam...

November 20, 2009 10:20 AM

Maoists call Jharkhand bandh today

Maoists have given Jharkhand bandh call today in protest against police operation against them. In view of this, a tight security arrangement has been made through out the state. Security personnel have been put on high alert and a massive combing operation is on in sensitive areas of the state to d...

November 20, 2009 10:01 AM

Swine flu toll rises to 30 in Rajasthan

In Rajasthan, toll due to swine flu has risen to 30 with one more person succumbing to the disease in Jaipur on Thursday. 63 confirmed cases of A-H1N1 were also reported from various parts of the state yesterday, out of which 26 were school children. A total of 985 swine flu cases have been reported...

November 20, 2009 9:26 AM

Two killed in Motorcycle, Train accident in UP

In Uttar Pradesh, two persons were killed when a speeding train hit a motorcycle at an unmanned rail crossing near Motiganj railway station in Gonda last night. Chief Public Relation Officer of North Eastern Railway Amit Singh told our Allahabad correspondent that the train coming from Gorakhpur to ...

November 20, 2009 9:20 AM

Punjab police suspends Khali

Dalip Singh Rana alias 'Khali', a star wrestler of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has been put under suspension by the Punjab Police on Thursday, for being absent from duty since December, last. He is an Assistant Sub Inspector with Punjab Armed Police (PAP), based at Jalandhar.<br/>A...

November 20, 2009 9:19 AM

Int’l children film festival in Hyderabad

Curtains will come down on the 16th International Children's Film Festival (ICFF) in Hyderabad on Friday. The Golden Elephant and Silver Elephant for the best children's films in the International and Asian panorama sections of the festival will be presented at a glittering ceremony. Union Minister ...

November 20, 2009 9:14 AM

1st phase of J’khand assembly polls to be held on Nov 25th

For the Ist phase of polling, scheduled to be held on 25th November for the Jharkhand assembly elections, only five days are left. In this phase 26 Assembly constituencies will go to poll. With the date of polling coming nearer senior leaders of almost all the political parties have started seeking ...

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