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November 8, 2009 1:57 PM

WB govt.rules out talks with Maoists

The West Bengal government has once again ruled out talks with the Maoists till they laid down their arms. The Chief Minister Mr. Bhudhadeb Bhattarcharjee said this at West Midnapore district today. Mr. Bhattarcharjee categorically said that there was no question of talks with Maoists till they surr...

November 8, 2009 12:37 PM

IOC to increase LPG bottling in NE states

The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to increasing its LPG bottling capacity in the North East from 258,000 metric tonnes to 360,000 metric tones per year, in the next three months. According to official sources, the upgradation work is being done at an estimated cost of 460 lakh rupees and is exp...

November 8, 2009 10:02 AM

Huge explosives recovery in Bihar

In Bihar, about 300 kilograms of explosives have been recovered from a vehicle in capital city Patna. Acting on a tip off, police last night intercepted a jeep, coming from Hajipur. A consignment of ammonium nitrate, kept in packets underneath the seat, was found during the search. Three persons hav...

November 8, 2009 9:49 AM

Encephalitis on the rise in Uttar Pradesh

In Uttar Pradesh, the death toll due to Encephalitis has reached 489 in Gorakhpur and Basti divisions with three fresh deaths reported from the BRD Medical College Hospital, Gorakhpur.<br/><br/>Additional Health Director Dr. L P Rawat said that 13 new cases were reported from dif...

November 8, 2009 9:43 AM

Door-to-door survey in Jaipur to combat swine flu

In Rajasthan's capital Jaipur city, 32 more cases of swine flu were reported yesterday. Of them 29 are school children. The District Administration has decided to start door-to-door survey to provide treatment to the affected. Ten schools, from where these cases have been reported, will be clos...

November 7, 2009 9:48 PM

CLP meet to be held before year-end: K Rosaiah

The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Mr K Rosaiah today said a meeting of Congress Legislature Party will be held before year-end. He was speaking to reporters after his meeting with the Congress President Mrs Sonia Gandhi . The meeting of CLP is considered important because Rosaiah is yet to be formal...

November 7, 2009 9:47 PM

Maoists killed three youth in West Bengal

In West Bengal, Maoists killed three youth suspecting them to be police informers in Midnapore. Police said, bullet-riddled bodies of the youth with hands and legs tied were found on a road in Kusbani jungle.In Kolkata, Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen said the three victims were Jharkhand Party activist...

November 7, 2009 9:07 PM

ED to interrogate Koda associate Vikash Sinha for money laundering

Ranchi court today sent Vikash Sinha, an associate of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, to ten days in the custody of Enforcement Directorate. Vikash, who was remanded to a day's judicial custody yesterday, will now be taken to the Enforcement Directorate's headquarters in the na...

November 7, 2009 8:57 PM

Another round of Pulse Polio campaign in Delhi to start on Sunday

Delhi Chief Minister Mrs Sheila Dikshit today launched another round of Pulse Polio Campaign to be kicked off tomorrow by administering anti-polio drops to a number of children in the national capital.The goverment has set a target of administring polio-drops to nearly 25 lakhs children upto the age...

November 7, 2009 8:57 PM

Dalai Lama to arrive Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday

Arunachal Pradesh has geared up to receive His Holiness the Dalai Lama tomorrow. The Tibetan spiritual leader, who is on a week long visit to the state will arrive at Tawang from Guwahati by helicopter in the morning. He will be received by Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and members of the State level...

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