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  • Evaporated water can cool surface of earth: report

    According to scientists, evaporated water helps in cooling earth as a whole, not just the local area of evaporation, a study said. A new study by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science, the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have demonstrated that evaporation of water from trees and […]

    PM to address United Nations General Assembly on Sept 24

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the United Nations General Assembly session next week in New York where India’s priority will be on reforms of the powerful Security Council to reflect the current realities. Leaving on September 21 for participating in the high- level segment of the 66th session of the UNGA, India along with other […]

    6 people injured in Agra hospital blast

    A low intensity blast in which a crude Improvised Explosive Device(IED) was used ripped through a reception area of a private hospital in the city this evening leaving six people injured. It was not immediately clear whether the explosion at the 70-bedded Jai hospital, located three km from Taj Mahal, was a terror attack or […]

    Pranab reviews financial situation of farm sector of West Zone states

    Union Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee has asked the Chief Ministers of West Zone states to speed up approval for  infrastructure projects, which have been held up due to regulatory issues. Union Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee has asked the Chief Ministers of West Zone states to speed up approval for  infrastructure projects, which have […]

    Solar car with advanced features flagged off by Dikshit

    A solar car with various advanced features and developed by the Delhi Technological University, was on Saturday flagged off by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The car, named ‘Avenir’, will be sent to participate in the World Solar Challenge being organised in Australia from October 16 to 23. The car will participate in the 3,000 km long race […]

    Gujarat today witnessed two fasts by political leaders

    Chief Minister Narendra Modi began his three-day fast in Ahmedabad this morning for what he called peace, unity and communal harmony in the state. His fast under `Sadbhavna Mission’ coincided with his 62nd birthday. To counter his fast, Gujarat Congress leaders Shankarsinh Vaghela and Arjun Modhvadia also started their fast on a footpath in front […]

    Delhi HC blast: Toll reaches to 15

    A man injured in the Delhi High Court blast succumbed to injuries on Saturday, taking the death toll in the terror attack to 15. Fifty eight year-old Rattan Lal died at 8:20 AM in the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Doctors said, he was in a serious condition and both his legs had been amputated. Twenty-four […]

    Interlocutors to submit report on J-K before Oct 12

    Ruling out any delay in submission of their report, Centre-appointed interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir will submit it to the government before October 12. “Our term comes to end on October 12. The report will be handed over before October 12,” Dilip Padgaonkar, who heads the three-member team of interlocutors, told a news agency on […]

    Rahul meets PM following protests against petrol price hike

    Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday as government grappled with the situation arising out of protests against petrol price hike and demands from UPA allies like Trinamool Congress, DMK and NCP for a rollback. With the opposition also training its guns on the government on the […]

    Srinivasa Reddy quizzed by CBI over monetary transactions

    Obulapuram Mining Company Managing Director Srinivasa Reddy was on Saturday brought to a bank in Bellary, Karnataka by a CBI team for enquiries into his monetary transactions and verify lockers owned by him. Reddy, who is currently under CBI custody for questioning relating to his alleged role in illegal mining, was brought to the city […]