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  • Higher compensation to GN farmers for acquired land Okayed

    Farmers of Greater Noida will get higher compensation for the land acquired from them by the Greater Noida Authority. Chief Executive Officer of the Authority told reporters that farmers will now get compensation at the rate of 1400 rupees per square meter following an agreement with a group of farmers from Patwari village. Earlier, they […]

    Heavy rain in parts of north India causes damage to life and property

    Heavy rain in most parts of north India causes damage to life and property. In Uttar Pradesh, five persons were killed in rain-related incidents in different districts. Major rivers including Ghaghra and Sharda continued to flow above the red mark. Central Water Commission said, major rivers Ghagra, Sharda, Ganga, Rapti, Budhi Rapti, Rohin and Gandak […]

    Negotiations continue for expansion of cabinet in Karnataka

    In Karnataka, negotiations continue for expansion of the Cabinet after Sadanand Gowda took over as Chief Minister on fourth of this month. Our Correspondent understands that the faction led by MLA Jagadish Shetter has demanded for two Deputy Chief Minister’s post and 20 cabinet rank ministerial berths. Highly placed sources in BJP said that the […]

    Cong rules out any action against Shiela Dixit

    Congress on Saturday dismissed the Opposition’s demand for Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit’s resignation in the wake of the CAG report on the Commonwealth Games scam. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh  discussed the issue with members of congress core group today. Pranab Mukherjee, AK Antony, Chidambaram, Janardhan Dwivedi and Ahmed Patel participated in the discussion. “We […]

    Centre grants aid of Rs 21,614 crore to WB: Mamata

    The Centre has granted the much- awaited relief of Rs 21,614 crore to West Bengal, including Rs 9,240 crore in grant-in-aid, to tide over its acute financial crisis, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today. “We have received a fax message which says that the Centre has given us an allowance, not a package, of Rs […]

    1 Naxal killed, 2 jawans injured in Dantewada gunbattle

    Two CRPF jawans were injured in an encounter with the Naxalites near Neelavaram under Sukma police station area of the Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh this morning. One Naxalite was also killed in the encounter. The incident took place when the Naxals attacked the CRPF jawans with petrol bombs followed by a gunfire. The Police have […]

    Naxal-hit areas on mind, Govt to tweak MGNRES norms

    Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said the implementation of rural development programmes will play key role in the success of anti-naxal strategies of the country. Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad today, the union minister stressed the urgent need for resolving land related issues and manpower management in Left Wing Extremism Affected Districts. As […]

    Bihar Govt starts hiring women home guards

    For the first time, the Bihar Government has started the process to recruit women home guards for urban areas. AIR Patna Correspondent reports that a total of 15,820 home guards jawans will be recruited. As many as 1582 women home guards are to be recruited as per 10 per cent reservation for women. Extra facilities […]

    Sonia Gandhi out of ICU

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been moved out of the ICU in a US hospital where she underwent a surgery. “Sonia Gandhi remained in the ICU for 24 hours and has thereafter been moved out. Her family has expressed gratitude on her behalf for all the messages and good wishes that have been sent to […]

    Prez asks varsities to develop new methods for food storage

    President Pratibha Patil on Saturday said it is “intolerable” to see the countrys foodgrains stocks not finding adequate storage space and urged the agricultural universities to evolve new scientific methods for addressing the problem. “Universities can help by actively evolving new scientific methods of warehousing”, Patil said addressing the 45th convocation of the University of […]