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  • Normal monsoon likely this year

    India is likely to experience a normal monsoon for the second consecutive year, raising hopes for a good crop for millions of farmers across the country. D. Sivananda Pai, Chief forecaster and Director of the National Climate Centre said in New Delhi that the La Nina phenomenon, marked by intense cooling of the equatorial and […]

    Police needs to be trained to handle internal security: Modi

    Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed the need to train police to handle situations relating to internal security as presently they are unable to match the challenges posed by Naxals. Speaking at a seminar, he said “Today when we see the Naxalites and view the training of policemen in this regard, it is […]

    Polls ‘last chance’ for people to save Tamil Nadu: Jaya

    Claiming that Tamil Nadu was in the grip of “anti-social elements”, AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa said the Assembly elections was the “last chance” for the people of the state to save it. Addressing a campaign meeting at Vikramasingapuram near Ambasamudram constituency in the district, Jayalalithaa said “power cut, uncontrolled price-rise, rice and sand smuggling, rise […]

    Polling begins on brisk note in the first phase of Assam Assembly Elections

    Polling began on a brisk note in 62 constituencies in the first of the two-phase Assam Assembly elections at 7 AM on Monday. Large queues were witnessed in front of many booths. An electorate of 85,09,011, comprising 43,91,895 males and 41,17,116 females, will decide the fate of 485 candidates (447 males and 38 female), in […]

    India wants improvement in relations with neighbors: Antony

    Defence Minister A K Antony has said that, India believes that improvement in relations with neighbouring countries, including China and Pakistan, could be brought about by solving disputes through talks. Speaking at a meet the press programme at Kozhikode in Kerala today, Antony said, the March 30 meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his […]

    President pardons two murder convicts

    The President Mrs. Pratibha Patil has pardoned two murder convicts from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and commuted their death sentence to life imprisonment. Mercy petitions of S B Pingale, on death row since 1997, and Jai Kumar, sentenced to death in 1999, were considered by the President and their sentences were commuted to imprisonment for […]

    Electioneering picks up in TN, Kerala and Puducherry

    In Tamil Nadu, political leaders are carrying on their campaigning throughout the State. Promising voters of various schemes political leaders are having a hectic time in touring their constituencies. Parties have put forth their achievements and accusations. This week the State would also witness the campaigning by national leaders. The election commission today conducted training […]

    ‘Raja acted dishonestly to fix spectrum prices at 2001 rate’

    The probe into the 2G spectrum scam has revealed that former Telecom Minister A Raja deliberately and dishonestly did not consider auction or revision of entry fee and threw away the licences of radio waves at the rate prevailing in 2001, depriving the govt of huge revenue. The agency alleged that a criminal conspiracy was […]

    Ratan Tata and Radia likely to appear before PAC on Monday

    Industrialist Ratan Tata and corporate lobbyist Niira Radia are likely to appear before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee tomorrow in connection with the alleged irregularities in the allocation of 2G spectrum. Radia, whose tapped phone conversations with politicians, corporate, bureaucrats, and journalists, form a key part of investigations into the 2G spectrum scam, will appear before […]

    Goa Education Minister detained at Mumbai airport

    Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate was detained at the Mumbai airport in the wee hours on Saturday for allegedly carrying unaccounted foreign and Indian currency. The Minister was detained for possessing undisclosed US dollars at the airport, airport sources said. The sources also said that he may have been carrying foreign and Indian currency beyond […]