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  • Banri Kaieda to visit stricken nuclear plant

    Japan’s industry minister will on Saturday meet workers battling to cool overheating reactor cores and plug radioactive leaks in the first government visit to the country’s tsunami-crippled nuclear plant. With Tokyo warning the crisis is far from over, Banri Kaieda will don full protective gear for his brief trip to the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant, […]

    Campaign for phase 2 Assam polls ends today

    In Assam, the leaders of different political parties are making last ditched effort to woo voters as the second and concluding phase of elections in the state will come to an end at three this afternoon. In this phase polling will be held in 64 constituencies in lower Assam area including Bodo belt of the […]

    Talks with three militant groups of Assam in final stage: HM

    Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said talks with three militant groups of Assam are in final stage. The groups include United People’s Democratic Solidarity, Dima Halam Daogah ( DHD ) and Dima Halam Daogah ( Jewal) . He said that the draft accord papers with these banned groups are nearly completed. Addressing a press conference […]

    India discusses nuclear energy with Japan

    India on Friday discussed with Japan, reeling under its worst nuclear crisis in the past six decades, “various aspects” related to atomic energy, the two sides exchanged views on various aspects related to nuclear energy. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, the first high-level official to visit Japan after last month’s twin disaster, also offered India’s assistance […]

    Govt seems to reached an agreement with Hazare

    A breakthrough seems to be in sight to set up a Lokpal to make an effective anti-corruption mechanism. An indication to this effect was given by Swami Agnivesh who is one among the three representatives of Anna Hazare holding talks with the government. He said, after third round of talks that this was the last […]

    Anna’s campaign is people’s pledge against corruption: Nitish

    Lending his full support to Gandhian Anna Hazare’s campaign against corruption, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has said that the agitation was manifestation of the people’s pledge against corruption. “I have full support to Anna Hazare for his campaign against corruption… It is manifestation of people’s pledge against corruption”, Kumar told reporters in Patna on Friday. […]

    CWG scam: Court dismisses bail plea of Bhanot and Verma

    A Delhi court Friday dismissed the bail plea of two former top officials of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in awarding Rs 107 crore contract to a Swiss firm for providing logistic support for the 2010 event. Special Judge Talwant Singh dismissed the bail plea of OC’s former Secretary-General […]

    Taliban suicide bombers killed 6 security forces

    In Afghanistan, Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a police compound in the southern province of Kandahar yesterday, killing six security forces and wounding more than 12 other people. Afghan officials said at least three insurgents attacked the complex, detonating an ambulance full of explosives and waging an hour-long gun battle with security forces before […]

    Pakistan forces killed 25 militants in border region

    Pakistan officials say security forces, backed by helicopters, have killed at least 25 militants in a north-western tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Authorities said today’s operation targeted the Mohmand area. Elsewhere, a bomb blast injured a police officer in Peshawar. This was the second bomb attack aimed at police in two days.

    Met dept predicts normal summers in India

    In some good news for the people, the Met department has predicted a near normal summer this year. Director General of Met Department, Ajit Tyagi said, summer this time will be cooler than last year. He said that there will not be a persistent heat wave although the temperature may go beyond 45 degree celcius […]