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November 16, 2009 8:02 PM

Anganwadi centres in Chhatisgarh to be connected to Remote satellite

In Chhattisgarh, about 35,000 Anganwadi centers were today connected by computers by means of geographical information technology based on Remote Sensing Satellite.<br/>Inaugurating the centres, the Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh said in Raipur that by this, the information relating to the...

November 16, 2009 8:01 PM

UP police to probe into issuance ot passport to Pak Spy

The Uttar Pradesh police says it will probe the issuance of passport to the Pakistani national Syed Amir Ali arrested by security agencies from Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi. Additional Director General of Police Law and Order Mr. Brij lal told this to reporters in Lucknow that it is ...

November 16, 2009 8:01 PM

Chhattisgarh HC quashes exams for post of DSP

The Chhattisgarh High Court today quashed the exam held for the post of Deputy Superintendent of police by the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission in 2005. The High Court has also asked the state PSC to issue a fresh merit list as per the revised police recruitment rules 2005. The judgement came ...

November 16, 2009 7:30 PM

15 killed, 20 injured in Andhra blast

In Andhra Pradesh, at least 15 people were killed and 20 others injured when gelatin sticks stocked in a house blew up due to a fire triggered by a cylinder blast in a village in Guntur district today.<br/>The explosion occurred at Narayanapuram village in Dachepally block when a cooking g...

November 16, 2009 7:19 PM

Karnataka Assembly Speaker resigns to join Cabinet

Karnataka Assembly Speaker Jagadish Shettar has resigned from the post today. Mr Shettar, accompanied by Tourism Minister Janardhana Reddy and others went to the office of the Deputy Speaker K G Bopanna and submitted his resignation letter. Deputy Speaker has accepted the resignation letter. This ha...

November 16, 2009 7:00 PM

15 killed, 20 injured in Andhra blast

In Andhra Pradesh, at least 15 people were killed and 20 others injured when gelatin sticks stocked in a house blew up due to a fire triggered by a cylinder blast in a village in Guntur district today.<br/>The explosion occurred at Narayanapuram village in Dachepally block when a cooking g...

November 16, 2009 6:39 PM

Karnataka CM claims Govt. functioning on track now

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today said problems arising out of dissident activities that recently gripped his government are over and the focus now is on relief works in flood-hit areas. Talking to reporters in Shimoga that Mr. Jagadish Shettar, who quit as Assembly Speaker today, would...

November 16, 2009 6:39 PM

Kerala CM expresses concern on FDI in Media

Expressing concern over flow of foreign investment into media, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan has regretted that most of the mainstream media in the country support 'globalisation and neo-liberalisation' ignoring its adverse fallout. <br/>He was inaugurating a seminar on...

November 16, 2009 6:33 PM

Information campaign launched in J&K

In Jammu and Kashmir, a 5 day Public Information Campaign in Poonch today. Minister for Revenue, Mr. Raman Bhalla and Minister for Health Education, Mr. R.S Chib inaugurated the campaign. Different departments have installed stalls showing their schemes and development stories. A cultural programme ...

November 16, 2009 6:21 PM

Six more children succumb to enciphilitis in UP

In Uttar Pradesh, six more children have succumbed to deadly encephalitis in Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur during the last 24 hours. With this the death toll has mounted to 515 since January this year. Our Gorakhpur correspondent quoting official sources reports that 16 fresh...

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