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February 9, 2010 8:51 AM

Bodies of 17 army personnel killed in Kashmir avalanche recovered

In Jammu and Kashmir, the rescue operation of avalanche mishap is over. According to Defence sources, no one is missing now and only one team of the camp was hit by avalanche.In all, there were 450 personnel in the camp. Earlier, the avalanche had hit an army high altitude warfare school at Khilan M...

February 9, 2010 8:50 AM

Sri Lanka former Army Chief Fonseka taken into custody

Sri Lanka former Army Chief and defeated opposition common candidate, retired General Sarath Fonseka was taken into custody by the military police late last night from the `safe house' where he has been living in since he lost the January 26 Presidential election to the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa b...

February 8, 2010 9:11 PM

SC orders Chhattisgarh Govt to produce missing persons

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered Chhattisgarh government to produce before it 12 persons who have been missing after they filed petitions seeking CBI probe into the killings of around a dozen villagers in Dantewada district as a part of anti-naxal operation. The apex court, which came down heavil...

February 8, 2010 9:10 PM

Bodies of 17 army personnel killed in Kashmir avalanche recovered

In Jammu and Kashmir, the rescue operation of avalanche mishap is over. According to Defence sources, no one is missing now and only one team of the camp was hit by avalanche.In all, there were 450 personnel in the camp. Earlier, the avalanche had hit an army high altitude warfare school at Khilan M...

February 8, 2010 9:09 PM

17 army personnel killed in J&K Avalanche

In Jammu and Kashmir, 17 army personnel, including an officer, were killed and 15 seriously injured on Monday when a group of about 450 men were swept away by a snow avalanche. The incident took place when they were setting up a winter warfare camp at Khilanmarg, 70 kilometers from Srinagar. An army...

February 8, 2010 7:15 PM

West Bengal reserves 10 per cent seats for OBC muslims in employment

The West Bengal government today announced 10 per cent quota in employment for Muslims under the OBC category. The state government declared the quota for the Muslims who were educationally, socially and economically backward in the state. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee told newsmen at the s...

February 8, 2010 7:14 PM

BJP to pressurize centre on price rise

The BJP President Mr Nitin Gadkari on Monday invited left parties to join the rest of opposition to put pressure on the government on the price rise issue in the forthcoming budget session of parliament. Addressing a press conference in Delhi, he said, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha M...

February 8, 2010 5:59 PM

Economic Growth may be higher than 7.2 per cent

The Finance Secretary Mr Ashok Chawla said the economy could finally grow higher than the 7.2 per cent estimated by the official statistical department on Monday. According to the advance estimates of released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), the economy will grow by 7.2 per cent in th...

February 8, 2010 2:28 PM

BJP to pressurize centre on price rise

The BJP President Mr Nitin Gadkari on Monday invited left parties to join the rest of opposition to put pressure on the government on the price rise issue in the forthcoming budget session of parliament. Addressing a press conference in Delhi, he said, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha M...

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