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November 10, 2009 7:17 PM

Deep depression over Arabian Sea; cyclone likely to hit Gujarat

The deep depression centered in the Arabian Sea is likely to intensify in the severe cyclonic storm and cross the south Gujarat coast between Mahuva and Dahanu by the early Thursday. The Ahmedabad Meteorological Department has issued warning for heavy to very heavy rains with wind speed reaching up ...

November 10, 2009 7:11 PM

Patna Medical College Hospital affected by jr doctors strike

The functioning of Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) was badly hit with more than 750 junior doctors going on an indefinite strike from last night to press the state government to fulfil its promise of hiking their stipend.<br/><br/>State Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav de...

November 10, 2009 7:10 PM

Toll in TN rains goes up to 70

The death toll in rain related incidents in Tamil Nadu has gone up to 75. Nilgris district alone has reported 42 deaths, as people were killed in landslips and wall collapse. Torrential rains had triggered landslides and traffic on the Mettupalayam- Udhagamandalam Ghat section has been completely cu...

November 10, 2009 7:10 PM

Goa decides to enhance minimum wages of workers in state

The Goa Government has decided to enhance the minimum wages of the workers in the state from 103 rupees to 150 rupees per day. This was announced by the labour Minister Mr. Joaquim Alemao at the minimum wage advisory board meeting held at Panaji today. He said a notification to this effect will be i...

November 10, 2009 7:10 PM

4 more succumbed to encephalitis in UP

In Uttar Pradesh, four more children have succumbed to deadly encephalitis in Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur during last 24 hours. With this the death toll has mounted to 503 since January this year. Our Gorakhpur correspondent quoting official sources reports that 18 fresh pa...

November 10, 2009 6:19 PM

IT resumes questioning Koda

Income Tax officials today resumed questioning former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is facing charges of money laundering and illegal investments, at his residence in Ranchi. The IT sleuths had suspended questioning after he was taken ill on the 3 rd of this month.<br/><br/...

November 10, 2009 6:09 PM

Flight operations at Mumbai Airport resumes

Flight operations at the Mumbai Airport, halted for over an hour today due to poor visibility, resumed at 3 pm following improvement in weather conditions. <br/><br/>Earlier, the Mumbai airport authorities had shut down operations due to poor visibility, which dropped to below 2,...

November 10, 2009 6:00 PM

Deep depression over Arabian Sea; cyclone likely to hit Gujarat

Weather office sounds cyclone alert for coastal regions of south Gujarat, north Maharashtra<br/><br/>The weather office today sounded a cyclone alert for the coastal regions of south Gujarat and north Maharashtra, where it is expected to make a landfall in the early hours of Thur...

November 10, 2009 5:23 PM

Cold wave grips J&K

Intense cold gripped Jammu and Kashmir as its upper reaches experienced heavy snowfall for the third consecutive day today, dipping temperatures by several notches. The snowfall, which began on Sunday continued till this morning, while the plains including Srinagar witnessed heavy rain and a brief s...

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