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  • Employees Strike Today

    Government employees and many of those working in the private sector will go on a one-day countrywide general strike on Tuesday under the banner of eight major trade unions including Congress-affiliated INTUC against price rise, violation of labour laws and disinvestment of PSUs. “Nearly six crore workers will participate in the strike across the country. […]

    Central team to visit drought-hit WB districts

    A eight-member central team, headed by Joint secretary in UnionAgriculture Ministry E K Majhi, will visit the drought-hit districts of West Bengal even as the state government demands more central funds to meet the situation. The team will arrive on 8th September, State Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said. They would first meet Chief Minister Buddhadeb […]

    Six phase polling in Bihar from Oct 21

    Bihar will go to polls in six phases spread over a month from October 21, the Election Commission announced on Monday. The first phase on October 21 will have polling for 47 seats while the second phase will be held on October 24 in 45 seats. The third phase will be on October 28 for […]

    3 militants killed in encounter in Kupwara

    Three militants were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, a defence spokesman said. The army on Sunday evening launched a combing operation in Afroda forest in Handwara, 80 kms from Srinagar, Lt Col J S Brar said on Monday. During the operation, militants fired at […]

    Anti-Naxal ops to continue in Bihar: Govt

    The Centre has said crackdown on Maoists in Bihar would continue, even as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appealed to the rebels to shun violence and join the mainstream. “The ongoing operations against Naxals in Bihar will continue,” Union Home Secretary G K Pillai told reporters in Kollam on Monday. Earlier in the day, after the […]

    Rahul attacks CPI(M)in Kolkata rally

    Launching an attack on the ruling CPI(M) in West Bengal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has accused the party of “grabbing” crores of rupees from central funds meant for the uplift of the poor and downtrodden. “UPA government is sending crores of rupees to the state under different schemes, including NREGA, but the fund is being […]

    Free foodgrains for all the poor impossible: PM

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has gently told the Supreme Court, which recently directed the govt to distribute foodgrains free to the poor, not to get into the “realm of policy formulation”. How can foodgrains be distributed free to an estimated 37 percent of the population which lives below the poverty line, Singh asserted during an […]

    Suicide attack in Northwest Pak kills 20

    A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a police station in northwest Pakistan Monday, killing at least 20 people, including 11 policemen and four schoolchildren. The attacker targeted the main police station in Lakki Marwat, a key city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, shattering the premises with the blast leaving 40 others wounded. The police […]

    Hostages crisis has come to an end, Maoists release 3 cops

    Maoists freed three captive policemen in forest areas of Lakhisarai district in Bihar on Monday morning. The state Director General of police Neelmani told AIR that abducted security men Rupesh Kumar Sinha, Abhay Yadav and Md. Ehsaan Khan were found in forest areas near Lakhochak village in Lakhisarai district. He said all police personnel are […]

    President gives away national awards to teachers on Teacher’s day

    President Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented National Awards to teachers at a function at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Sunday. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that teachers must be empowered in the realm of decision making in educational development and reforms. Addressing the national awardee teachers on the eve of Teacher’s Day, […]