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  • Mamata govt completes one year in West Bengal

    West Bengal : In West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress led government completes one year of rule today. On this day in 2011, the Trinamool Congress Chief Ms Mamata Bannerjee took oath as Chief Minister of the state, ousting CPI(M) from power after 34 years of ruling. Our Kolkata Correspondent Arijit Chakraborty reports, the state government […]

    AI pilots’ stir continues, strikers ignore govt appeals

    New Delhi : There was no end in sight to the Air India pilots’ strike which entered 13th day on Sunday with the cockpit group apparently ignoring all appeals by the government to return to work. The national carrier operated a curtailed international schedule, flying seven West-bound flights instead of normal schedule of 16 daily […]

    Govt to sort issues of AI pilots within 3 month

    New Delhi : As Air India pilots’ strike entered the 12th day, Government has promised to sort out their problems within three months. Appealing to them to join work,Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said creating loss or causing inconvenience to the passengers will not help solve their problems. Instead they should come forward and discuss […]

    Caught in financial crunch, Govt calls for austerity

    New Delhi : The Government has came out with a number of austerity measures to cut down spending on foreign travel by ministers and officials, holding of meetings in five-star hotels and purchase of new cars by government departments in view of the tight economic situation. Announcing the measures in a written reply in the […]

    Terrorists hurl grenade in Sopore, injure 7

    Jammu and Kashmir : Three Jammu and Kashmir police personnel were among seven people injured when terrorists attacked Sopore police station with grenades today. Official sources said the ultras hurled a hand grenade towards Sopore police station in north Kashmir district of Baramulla. The grenade exploded near the police station causing splinter injuries to three […]

    Court rejects Italian marines’ bail plea

    Kollam : In Kerala, the Kollam Sessions Court today rejected the bail plea of two Italian marines facing murder charges. They are accused of killing two Indian fishermen in February last. The bail was denied citing that the accused might influence the witnesses. The chargesheet against the accused marines was filed in the Kollam court […]

    Arpit Agarwal tops IIT-JEE 2012

    New Delhi : Arpit Agarwal, a student of Faridabad’s Modern Vidya Niketan School, reportedly topped IIT-JEE 2012 with a score of 385 out of 408. The second position was grabbed by Bijoy Kochar from Chandigarh, followed by Nishant Kaushik from Bhilai at the third position. According to JEE Chairman GD Reddy a total of 24,112 […]

    Over a dozen Ajmer pilgrims dead as bus collides with truck in UP

    Uttar Pradesh : More than a dozen pilgrims were charred to death and 44 injured when a bus carrying them collided with a truck and burst into flames at Behraich in Uttar Pradesh at around 10:30 PM last night. The bus carrying nearly 80 pilgrims from Ambedkar Nagar, was heading to Ajmer Sharif when it […]

    Alleged horsetrading in J’khand RS poll: CBI raids in J’khand, Bihar & K’kata

    New Delhi : The CBI today conducted raids at 35 places in Jharkhand, Bihar and Kolkata in West Bengal in connection with the allegations of horse trading that led to countermanding of the March 30 Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand. Our Ranchi correspondent quoting CBI sources reports that the places where the raids were conducted […]

    P Chidambaram to head Committee of reconstituted Inter-State Council

    New Delhi : The Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council has been reconstituted with Home Minister P Chidambaram as chairman and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and nine Chief Ministers, including Tamil Nadu’s J Jayalalithaa and Gujarat’s Narendra Modi, as members. A number of Union Ministers belonging to Congress allies in the UPA have also been […]