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  • Sonia consults party leaders on Karnataka

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday held consultations with senior party leaders on the prevailing situation in Karnataka against the backdrop of Governor H R Bhardwaj recommending imposition of President’s Rule in the BJP-ruled state. Health Minister and AICC General Secretary in charge of Karnataka Ghulam Nabi Azad and Law Minister M Veerappa Moily met […]

    Life returns to normal in Kashmir Valley

    Barring Shopian district town in South Kashmir, life returned to normal across Kashmir Valley on Monday after hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference decided not to call for a strike. Shops and business establishments reopened on Monday morning in Srinagar and other major towns of the Valley excluding Shopian district town, 52 kms from Srinagar, where […]

    Full Election Commission to Visit Bihar

    The full Election Commission will visit Bihar on Tuesday to review the poll preparations in the state which will witness six-phased Assembly polls from 21st October. Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi and Election Commissioners V S Sampath and H S Brahma will visit the state for two days and hold discussions with senior civil […]

    Need for integrated approach in providing medical care: President

    President Pratibha Patil Monday favoured integration of various therapies to provide affordable medical care to common people in the country. Noting the creation of ‘AYUSH’ by the government which aims at coordination of Ayurveda, Unani, Homeopath and Siddha therapies to supplement allopathic treatment, Patil said every branch of medicine has its own importance and it […]

    Infiltration attempts have gone up in last 2 months: Army

    Around 25 infiltration attempts have been made by militants from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the last two months and 35-40 terrorists have been killed by the security forces during the same period, Army Chief General V K Singh said. He said the number of infiltration attempts have gone up in the last […]

    Bihar boat tragedy toll rises to 36

    Fourteen more bodies were fished out from the river Ganga on Monday, taking the toll in the boat mishap to 36; even as a search was on to trace six other missing persons. Director General of Police Neelmani said in Patna that a National Disaster Response Force team and local divers fished out 14 more […]

    Yeddyurappa wins trust vote

    Amid scenes of pandemonium, Karnataka CM B S Yeddyurappa won a vote of confidence in the Assembly under a cloud after the Speaker disqualified 16 MLAs, including 11 of BJP, hours before the trial of strength. High drama marked the proceedings when Speaker K G Bopaiah declared the motion of confidence passed by a voice […]

    Karnataka Assembly Speaker disqualifies 16 rebel MLAs

    Sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling BJP, were disqualified by Karnataka Speaker ahead of the crucial trust vote in the Assembly on Monday. Speaker K G Bopaiah signed the disqualification order on Sunday night after firing a strong missive to Governor H R Bhardwaj contesting his directive to him not to change the configuration […]

    President expresses concern over skewed sex ratio

    Emphasising on the need for women empowerment, President Pratibha Patil on Sunday expressed concern over skewed sex ratio in states like Punjab, where this imbalance may lead to law and order problem. In Punjab, the male-female ratio is 1000:857 which is very low. There would not be enough girls for marriage, she said. The President was […]

    Eco growth, social empowerment should go in for ensuring dev: Sonia

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi has asserted that economic growth and social empowerment should always go hand in hand for ensuring development and further maintained that the party should have a distinctive identity at the grassroot level to make it the party of the future in Tamil Nadu. She inaugurated the Rajiv Gandhi Women and Children […]