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November 17, 2009 6:24 PM

Tackle Global warming through scientific measures: Buddhadev

The West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr. Buddhadev Bhattacharjee that issues like climate change and global warming can be tackled by scientific measures. He was speaking at the inauguration of the 36th Jawaharlal Nehru National Scientific Exhibition at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata today. One re...

November 17, 2009 6:20 PM

Left Front constituent warned not to go public in W Bengal

In West Bengal, the constituent parties of the Left Front have been advised against airing their views in the public domain. The State Left Front Chairman, Mr. Biman Basu said this after a meeting of the Front in Kolkata today. Mr. Basu said that the constituent parties have as much responsibility a...

November 17, 2009 6:20 PM

Orissa Assembly session begins Wednesday

The winter session of Orissa Legislative Assembly begins tomorrow. With issues like suicide by a large number of farmers in different parts of the state following loss of crops and loan burden and also accusation of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leadership involving in multi-crore mining scam, the oppositio...

November 17, 2009 6:06 PM

Normalcy returning to Mizoram after two days' unrest

In Mizoram, after two day's of sporadic arson, normalcy is returning to the western parts of the state, where no untoward incident was reported for the past two nights. About 400 bamboo huts were torched by unidentified people on Friday-Saturday nights. Sixteen people were detained in connectio...

November 17, 2009 6:06 PM

Three HuJI terrorists arrested in Kolkata

In West Bengal, three suspected Huji terrorists were arrested today. Acting on a tip off, the Special Task Force of the Kolkata Polcie nabbed them from Esplanade area of the City. According to official sources, around 30 lakh rupees fake currency were also recovered from their custody. Police are no...

November 17, 2009 3:02 PM

Infiltration bid foiled in J & K; one militant killed

In Jammu and Kashmir, the army has foiled yet another infiltration bid in Kashmir valley on Tuesday. Defence sources told our Srinagar correspondent that on militant was killed and another one was apprehended in Tangdar sector near Line of Control in frontier district of Kupwara.<br/>&#060...

November 17, 2009 3:01 PM

Filing of nominations for 4th phase assembly poll begins in Jharkhand

In Jharkhand, filing of nominations for the fourth phase polls begins on Tuesday with the issuance of notification. 14 Assembly constituencies in the state will go to polls in this phase on the 12th December. The last date for filing of nominations is the 24th November and the last day for withdrawa...

November 17, 2009 3:00 PM

3 bogies of oil tanker train catch fire in Assam

In Assam three bogies of an oil tanker train have caught fire near Mariani. The tanker train had left the Numaligarh refinery for Uttar Pradesh and was between Bhilgaon and Borpatyhar when it caught fire. The Railway officials rushed to the spot and doused the fire. All the train movement from Upper...

November 17, 2009 10:58 AM

Shiv Sena activists detained for attacking residence of Manoj Tiwari

Mumbai police today detained sixteen Shiv Sena activists for allegedly attacking the residence of Bhojpuri singer actor Manoj Tiwari in suburban Mumbai on Monday. Tiwari's spokesman Shashikant Singh said the mob came at the bungalow of Tiwari around 9 pm yesterday at MHADA in Four Bungalows are...

November 16, 2009 8:38 PM

Three more swine flu deaths totals 526

Three persons died due to swine flu across the country today, taking the nationwide toll due to the pandemic to 526. Out of the three deaths, two were reported from Rajasthan and one from Maharashtra. <br/>The total number of cases have touched 15,550, including those of today.<br/&#0...

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