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    Kashmir Situation: Mob attacks police barrack

    A mob Saturday set on fire a police barrack and a vehicle of the police department outside the Harzratbal Shrine on the banks of the Dal Lake in Srinagar following which security forces opened fire. Soon after Eid-ul-Fitr prayers, a group of people attacked the police barrack in the lawns of Hazratbal and set it […]

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    Earthquakes shake NE within 24 hours

    A moderate intensity earthquake shook parts of North-East Saturday afternoon after an earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale felt in Assam-Meghalaya region at 12:32 PM, Central Seismological Observatory said in Shillong. The epicentre was located in Meghalaya’s Garo hills region near Assam border, Meteorological department sources said. Meanwhile, another earthquake had shook some parts of the region […]

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    Munda to be sworn Jharkand CM

    Arjun Munda will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Jharkand on Saturday to head the eighth government in 10 years, as the coalition leader takes over the reins in the shadow of BJP stalwart L K Advani giving the oath ceremony a miss. Munda, the 42-year-old tribal leader, will be the chief minister of […]

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    Congress Core Group meets on Kashmir

    Amid continued unrest in Kashmir, top leadership of the Congress, including party chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, met in New Delhi on Friday to discuss ways to deal with the situation ahead of the Cabinet Committee on Security meeting on Saturday After the 90-minute meeting indications emerged that the government faced a […]

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    Two terror suspects sneak into Mumbai, high alert sounded

    Two suspected foreign terrorists have sneaked into the metropolis to cause disruption at crowded places and religious congregations, Mumbai police warned on Friday, setting off alarm bells on the eve of Eid and Ganeshotsav festivities. A high alert has been sounded across the city and suburbs with the police issuing an advisory to the citizens […]

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    Caste Census: Political parties react cautiously, Lalu claims as a victory

    Several political parties including BJP and the JD(U) on Thursday reacted cautiously to the cabinet’s decision to carry out an independent caste census, while the Congress welcomed the move saying it is with the government on the issue. JD(U) President Sharad Yadav, who has been spearheading the demand for inclusion of caste in the ongoing […]

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    Sonia favours balanced approach in land acquisition

    The debate in the Congress and the UPA government over land acquisition acquired a new edge with party President Sonia Gandhi favouring a balanced approach in securing land for industrial purposes without losing large fertile tracts. “New industries and infrastructure cannot be built witout acquiring land. This is obvious and there is no argument about […]

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    Govt to carry out caste census next year

    Bowing to demands by several political parties, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, decided to carry out a caste census next year. The exercise would be carried out independent of the ongoing census operation next year, sources said. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had told the Lok Sabha recently that all political parties […]

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    Quran burning move: HM asks media to exercise restraint

    In the wake of a US pastor’s plan to burn copies of the holy Quran on September 11, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday has asked the media to exercise restraint over the issue to help maintain peace and harmony. The Home Minister also condemned the action of the religious leader and said it […]

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    Curfew lifted from entire Kashmir Valley;JammuKashmir CM Omar meets PM

    Curfew was lifted from all parts of the Kashmir Valley  on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, even as J&K CM Omar Abdullah met PM Manmohan Singh on Wednesday and urged him to kickstart a political dialogue with the separatists at the earliest. “Curfew has been lifted from all parts of Srinagar city, and Anatnag and Bijbehara […]

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