Rising water levels in the Tehri dam continue to put the states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh at risk. Over 60 people have died in cloudbursts and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Almora and Naintial since Saturday. Earlier, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal went on an aerial survey of Tehri, Haridwar, Nainital and Almora [...]
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Ganesh Chaturthi, Eid being celebrated today with fervor and gaiety
September 11th, 2010 |
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The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi and Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated today with traditional fervor and religious devotion. In Mumbai, the chants of ”Ganpati bappa moraya” could be heard from every nook and corner of the city. Also known as Vinayak Chaturthi, this festival is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha. Shops in the city [...]
Salmaan, Sonakshi promote ‘Dabangg’ in Hyderabad
September 8th, 2010 |
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Actors Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha, the lead pair of ‘Dabangg’ promoted their film here recently. Besides Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha, the movie also stars Arbaaz Khan, Malaika Arora Khan, Sonu Sood, and veterans Vinod Khanna and Dimple Kapadia. Fans at a mall mobbed Salman and his co-actor Sonakshi Sinha leading to hustle between [...]
SC allow Reddy brothers to start mining
May 10th, 2010 |
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New Delhi: In a major respite to the Reddy brothers – owners of the Obulapuram Mining Company Ltd – the Supreme Court on Monday permitted them to resume mining in Andhra Pradesh on the condition that it would only be in undisputed areas.
The court had last week reserved orders on the plea of the Reddy [...]
Congress’ marches in Uttar Pradesh lose their leaders
April 20th, 2010 |
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Within a week of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi flagging off ten “chetna yatras” (awakening marches) to rejuvenate the party in Uttar Pradesh, most leaders have deserted the campaign, while vulgar dances at a rally Monday evening have embarrassed the party.
While party MPs P.L.Punia, Praveen Singh Aron and Jagdambika Pal, who were leading three of [...]
India, China working for practical solution to border issue: PM
April 14th, 2010 |
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Ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Brazil, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said India and China were working hard to find “pragmatic solution” to the border problem and were working closely on an array of global issues, including climate change.
“We have the border problem and that problem is to be resolved. [...]
Maoists stepped into vacuum between tribals, government: Home Secretary
April 13th, 2010 |
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“Overenthusiastic” officials tried to shift tribal people out of their homes in the forests and drove them into the extended arms of Maoists who exploited their vulnerability to win them over to their side, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai has said.
“Overenthusiastic collectors and other officers who tried to shift them (tribes) out of forests created the [...]
India’s northeast can be regional bridge: Tharoor
April 9th, 2010 |
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Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor Friday said India’s improving relations with countries of South Asia and South East Asia will accelerate development in the landlocked northeastern states.
“I see an opportunity for India to advance its national priorities in this region and its foreign policy in the wider region in one seamless approach,” [...]
3 held with fake currency in Uttar Pradesh
April 6th, 2010 |
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Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) Tuesday nabbed three people with counterfeit notes with face value of Rs.1 lakh in Kanshiram Nagar district, police said.
The three men were nabbed from the Ganjdunwara railway station in the district, some 300 km from Lucknow, while they were going to hand over the fake notes to some clients.
“The [...]
Videocon Telecom hopes to make profit in two years
March 25th, 2010 |
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Aiming at the third slot in the Indian mobile telephony services sector with a subscriber base of 100 million and investing Rs.14,000 crore, Videocon Telecommunications hopes to make profits in two years time.
“As we add subscribers and roll out value added services (VAS), the company will make profits. By 2013, the company revenue will be [...]
‘Dulha Mil Gaya’ runs to packed houses in Trinidad
January 22nd, 2010 |
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Shah Rukh Khan and Sushmita Sen starrer “Dulha Mil Gaya”, which was partly filmed in Trinidad and Tobago, is now running to packed houses in several parts of the country.
The Bollywood movie opened here Wednesday. The scenes shot in Trinidad and Tobago ensured good participation not only from Indians, but other ethnic groups as well.
Anthony [...]
Sankaranarayanan sworn in as Maharashtra governor
January 22nd, 2010 |
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K. Sankaranarayanan was sworn in as the new governor of Maharashtra at a simple ceremony here Friday morning.
Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court J.N. Patel conducted the ceremony. Sankaranarayanan took the oath of office in English in the Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan.
Present on the occasion were Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, Deputy Chief [...]
Ramesh ‘disagrees completely’ with Pawar over Bt Brinjal
January 22nd, 2010 |
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Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday took on Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over permitting commercial cultivation of genetically modified brinjal, after Pawar was quoted as saying an expert committee’s clearance to this effect was final. Ramesh wrote to Pawar, saying he “completely disagreed” with Pawar’s view.
The government’s Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) had cleared Bt Brinjal [...]
Over 100,000 bathe in Ganga on Basant Panchami
January 20th, 2010 |
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Over 100,000 people bathed in the holy river Ganga on the morning of Basant Panchami – the official onset of spring in the country. On this day, Saraswati, the goddess of learning, is venerated across the country.
“One lakh people have already bathed in the morning as part of their Basant Panchami ritual and by evening [...]
Swine Flu cases rose to 18,198
December 1st, 2009 |
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New Delhi: The total number of swine flu case rose to 18,198 today when 191 new cases of the disease were reported across the country. However no death cases were registered on the day.
Among the new cases Delhi recorded a maximum of 78 cases, while Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra recorded 20 and 19 cases respectively.
The [...]
Top naxal commander shot dead
November 10th, 2009 |
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Security forces gunned down a top Naxal commander in Uttar Pradesh’’s Sonebhadra District on Monday. He was wanted in connection with thirty-two criminal cases in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, police said.
Self-styled Maoist zonal commander Kamlesh Chowdhary, was trying to reactivate Naxalites in the Sonebhadra-Mirzapur region. He was gunned down during a three hour-long fierce encounter [...]
Vice-Prez lays foundation of railway line linking Sikkim
October 30th, 2009 |
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Sikkim will come up on the country’s railway map with Vice President Hamid Ansari laying the foundation stone of a 52.7-km broad gauge rail link between Rangpo in the hill state and Sevoke in Darjeeling district of West Bengal.
“People of Sikkim had a dream and the process of fulfilling it just started today. It [...]
Indian Air Force continues relief measures in flood-hit Karnataka
October 7th, 2009 |
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Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday continued to drop relief material and saved people affected from flood-hit regions of Karnataka, where at least five million people have been affected so far.
The flooding has been described by officials as the worst in many decades and has also claimed lives some 250 people.
Two IAF Mi-8s” flew over [...]
Slowly receding floods give a ray of hope, says Andhra Pradesh CM
October 4th, 2009 |
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K.Rosaiah on Saturday said that the floodwaters, caused by heavy downpour for the last three days, started receding slowly in Andhra Pradesh.
“Fortunately it (flood) is declining, not very heavily but slowly it is declining and it”’’s giving a ray of hope. In the meantime government has taken several steps to help [...]