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October 8, 2013 1:59 PM

Life in Seemandhra remains paralysed for 5TH day; curfew relaxed for an hour in Vizianagaram, over 100 arrested

In Andhra Pradesh, curfew was relaxed for an hour in the morning in Vizianagaram to enable people get essential commodities. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Umapathi told reporters that the situation remained peaceful. He said no fresh violence has been reported during the past 24 hours. Meanwhi...

October 8, 2013 12:10 PM

Tandoor murder case: SC commutes Sushil Shrma’s death sentence to life

Supreme Court today commuted the death sentence of Sushil Sharma to life imprisonment in the Tandoor murder case. The Apex court said Sharma had no criminal antecedents and there ispossibility of his reformation.

October 8, 2013 11:38 AM

ICC World T-20 qualifier 2013 to be held in Abu Dhabi

The International Cricket Council has announced that the final stages of the ICC World Twenty 20 Qualifier 2013 will be held at Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The double-header qualifying finals on the last two days of the tournament on 29th and 30th November will be played at 2 pm and 6 pm res...

October 8, 2013 11:35 AM

PM to attend 23rdASEAN summit beginning in Brunei tomorrow

The 23rd ASEAN Summit will begin in the capital of Brunei-Bandar Seri Begawan-tomorrow. The focus of the conference is stressing the role of people among ASEAN member states in advancing cooperation in different sectors. Our correspondent reports that during the summit, leaders of the ten members of...

October 8, 2013 10:04 AM

Political payoffs: J&K Assembly passes resolution asking for Central probe into charges levelled by ex-Army Chief

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution asking the Centre to conduct a thorough and time-bound probe into the charges levelled by former Army Chief VK Singh about payoffs to politicians in the state. The resolution was adopted after a three and a half hour debate on the al...

October 8, 2013 10:04 AM

PM reviews country's nuclear preparedness with top security officials, including Service Chiefs

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday took stock of the preparedness of the country's nuclear arsenal with the top security brass, including Chiefs of the three Services. The command and control structures of the forces handling the arsenal are understood to have come up for discussion at the...

October 8, 2013 10:03 AM

AP bifurcation protests : 4 Union Mins not to attend office from today; Power supply, train services remain disrupted in Seemandhra

Four Union Ministers M M Pallam Raju, K Chiranjeevi, D Purandeswari and Surya Prakash Reddy met the Prime Minister in New Delhi yesterday and requested him to accept their resignations over the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. They also decided not to attend office from today. Belonging to Congress, a...

October 7, 2013 10:05 PM

Andhra bifurcation protest continues; normal life cripples

In Andhra Pradesh, thousands of villages and towns remained cut off from power supply for the second consecutive day today due to electricity employees' strike protesting bifurcation of the state.The power crisis intensified with employees of Eastern Power Distribution Corporation joining strike tod...

October 7, 2013 9:09 PM

RBI cuts MSF rate by 0.5 % to improve liquidity

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate to 9 per cent from 9.5 per cent on Monday to improve liquidity in the system. In a release issued from Mumbai on Monday the RBI said that the decision was taken after a review of evolving liquidity conditions. MSF allo...

October 7, 2013 9:01 PM

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