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  • Campaigning in Punjab & Uttarakhand ends today

    Campaigning for the assembly elections in Punjab and Uttarakhand ended peacefully at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Polling will be held on Monday. On the last day of campaigning candidates and national leaders of various parties addressed several rallies. The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for free and fair polls. A spokesman of Election Commission […]

    Hundreds stage rare anti-Nazarbayev protest in Kazakhstan

    Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday defied a heavy police presence to stage a rare protest in Kazakhstan against strongman President Nursultan Nazarbayev and the conduct of legislative elections. Around 1,000 people shouted angry slogans against the Kazakh leader on the fringes of Republic Square in the largest city Almaty in an unusually large protest for […]

    Cold wave continues to sweep Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan

    Cold wave on Saturday continued to sweep Kashmir as the minimum temperature across the region plunged further and mercury in Srinagar fell nearly five degrees below the freezing point. The minimum temperature in Srinagar dropped by 2.6 degrees Celsius from Friday to settle at minus 4.8 deg C, a MeT official said. In the famous […]

    3+ kids would be admitted to nursery, HC refuses to interfere

    Toddlers above 3 can be admitted in pre-school (nursery) classes as the Delhi High Court refused to interfere with the age criteria for admission to entry-level classes, saying it is a part of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE). “Those schools where pre-school (nursery) education is imparted, it has to be treated as entry […]

    75 pc turnout in Manipur poll, 7 killed in militant violence

    An estimated 75 per cent of the electorate on Saturday exercised their franchise in Manipur assembly elections which was marred by militant violence that claimed seven lives, including that of an ultra. Chief Electoral Officer P C Lawmkunga said as per preliminary official reports, 75 per cent of the 17.50 lakh electorate cast their votes. […]

    Will watch how Twitter implements censorship policy: US

    Close on the heels of Twitter announcing that it can now selectively censor tweets on a country-by-country basis, the US has said it will wait and watch how the micro-blogging site implements its new policy. “We are strongly committed to protecting fundamental freedoms of expression, assembly, association online”, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nualand said. “As […]

    Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek win Australian Open men’s doubles title.

    Veteran star Leander Paes on Saturday created history by becoming the first Indian to complete a career Grand Slam by winning the Australian Open men’s doubles title with Radek Stepanek, taming the dangerous top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in straight sets, in Melbourne. The unseeded Indo-Czech pair played tremendously to win 7-6(1) 6-2 in […]

    India needs more youth leaders for nation building: PM

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the country needs more youth leaders to infuse creativity, energy and dynamism in different fields of national endeavour. “I have great faith in the youth of our country. I have no doubt that given the right opportunity, they will rise to the occasion.Our country needs many more youth leaders […]

    New resolution seeks backing for Syria plan at UN Council

    European and Arab nations called on the UN Security Council to back an Arab League plan on the Syria crisis under which President Bashar al-Assad would have to stand down. Morocco presented a draft resolution to the 15-nation body — drawn up by Arab states with Britain, France and Germany — that seeks to end […]

    Peacefull voting in Manipur; 48 pc votes cast till 2 PM

    About 48 per cent of the 17.40 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 2 PM in the Manipur Assembly elections on Saturday, the election office said. The polling was peaceful, with no untoward incident reported from any part of the state till noon, official sources said. Ukhrul recorded 39 per cent polling, while Thoubal, from […]