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  • Mega project for Dharuhera town gets Haryana Govt nod

    The Haryana Government has accorded approval to set up two mega projects costing 86.02 crore rupees for Dharuhera town which include a Canal Based Water Supply Project involving an investment of 67.85 crore rupees and Sewerage System Project costing 18.17 crore rupees. Stating this at Chandigarh, Haryana Power Minister, Capt. Ajay Singh Yadav said that […]

    In Bihar, five Maoists arrested in an encounter

    In Bihar five hardcore Maoists were arrested today following an encounter between security forces and rebels at Suermanawa forest in Rohtash district. AIR Patna correspondent reports that the encounter lasted for about two hours. Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj said a joint team of police and CRPF’s CoBRA unit launched an operation based on specific […]

    K’tka HC adjourns plea seeking bail to Yeddy’s family

    Karnataka High Court today adjourned to November 18, petitions seeking cancellation of bail to family members of former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa who have been arraigned as accused in graft cases. When the petitions filed seeking cancellation of bail to B Y Raghavendra, B Y Vijayendra (Yeddyurappa’s sons) and son-in-law, Sohan Kumar in two […]

    Omar Abdullah for partial AFSPA removal

    Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omer Abdullah today reiterated his stand that time has come to move ahead in the process of withdrawing Armed Forces Special Powers Act from some areas in the state where peace is prevailing and the Army has not been operating for quite sometime. Taking to media on the sidelines of […]

    Thaw in defence ties with India, PLA delegation visits India

    A Visiting Chinese Army delegation had an interaction with the military brass in New Delhi on promoting bilateral exchanges. Led by Lt Gen Lang Youliang, the eight-member People’s Liberation Army (PLA) delegation visited various Indian army establishments and interacted with their counterparts during their stay from November 3 to 9th November. Defence sources said that […]

    Indian warships keep watch in Maldives for SAARC Summit

    Acting on a request from Maldives, the Indian Navy has put in place a security ring deploying warships around the Island nation, which is taking no chances with the security of assembled SAARC leaders. India in the past deployed a similar security ring with three warships and helicopters during the 2008 SAARC summit in Colombo. […]

    Bhanwari case: CBI grills former Rajasthan minister

    The CBI has questioned sacked Rajasthan Minister Mahipal Maderna in connection with the disappearance of nurse Bhanwari Devi. Maderna, who was accompanied by a couple of his supporters, arrived at the CBI office in Jodhpur at about 11.15 AM on Thursday. The questioning of the former Water Resources Minister comes a day ahead of the […]

    Uttarakhand slashes petrol prices by 45 paise per litre

    Uttarakhand government has provided a relief of 45 paise per litre in the prices of petrol by reducing the Value Added Tax. An official statement said in Dehradun that a decision to this effect was taken by Chief Minister B C Khanduri on the occasion of the state’s foundation day yesterday. The oil marketing companies […]

    PM Singh meets Gilani

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday met his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Addu to give a push to normalisation of bilateral relations marked by shrinking trust deficit. The meeting on the sidelines of the 17th SAARC summit comes a week after Pakistan took a path-breaking decision to confer MFN status to India 16 […]

    K’tka HC reserves order on Yeddy’s anticipatory bail plea

    Karnataka High Court on Wednesday reserved its orders till 15th of this month on the anticipatory bail plea of former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in land denotifiction cases. The orders will be delivered on Tuesday. Yeddyurappa had sought anticipatory bail in three of the five cases filed by Sirajin Basha. Yeddyurappa was released […]