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  • Tropical storm disrupts over 300 flights in China

    Over 300 outbound flights were delayed in China after torrential rains caused by a tropical storm hit Shanghai city, the state-media said Sunday. More than 300 outgoing flights, both domestic and international, were delayed at Shanghai Pudong International Airport Saturday due to heavy rains, according to Xinhua news agency. However, no flights have yet been […]

    Election bank A/C compulsary for Poll candidates

    Poll candidates will now be monitored with a separate “shadow” expenditure register and will have to open an exclusive election bank account under the new guidelines framed by the Election Commission to check flow of illegal money at the hustings. The Commission has set up for the first time an Election Expenditure Monitoring (EEM) cell […]

    Case registered against Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

    Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered a case against Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference, over burning of government properties by a mob during a protest rally in Srinagar, official sources said Sunday. Police say participants from the rally later set on fire three government offices, including the Crime Branch […]

    Michelle Obama Commemorates 9/11 at Pennsylvania Crash Site

    U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama on Saturday participated in a memorial ceremony in honor of the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In remarks delivered at the ceremony, Michelle Obama praised the United Flight 93 passengers’ valor. The flight was en route from Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco on Sept. […]

    Yamuna rising, several areas flooded

    The Yamuna continued to swell menacingly with water level reaching nearly two metres above the danger mark on Saturday night, submerging more localities even as city govt maintained that the situation was under control. The rising Yamuna flooded several parts of the capital including Garhi Mandu, Usmanpur Pusta, Jagatpur Village and Shastri Nagar. Areas near […]

    Curfew to be imposed in parts of Srinagar today

    Authorities decided to impose indefinite curfew in parts of Srinagar city on Sunday morning in view of several incidents of arson and violence on Saturday, official sources said. The decision to clamp curfew in the city was taken at a high-level meeting of civil and security forces officials at the Police Control Room in Srinagar […]

    Rains worsen flood situation in Assam, Delhi; kill 6 in WB

    Torrential showers continued to lash north and east India, deteriorating flood situation in Assam and Delhi and killing six people in West Bengal on Saturday. Six people were killed when lightning struck them in West Bengal’s Purulia and Bankura districts. The flood situation in Assam deteriorated with rainfall continuing in the catchment areas, leading to […]

    IAF copter crashes, 3 dead

    Three Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel, including a pilot and a co-pilot, were killed on Saturday when a Chetak helicopter carrying them crashed in bad weather at a remote place in Jharkhand. The chopper was on its way to Baghdogra air base from air force station Kalaikunda in West Bengal when it encountered bad weather […]

    Musharraf vows to stage political comeback in Pakistan

    Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has vowed to return to politics declaring that he stood a “good chance” of a comeback as the nation had sunk in self-confidence, a claim which was rebuked by parties in Islamabad. Musharraf said that he intended to form a new party and lead it in Pakistan’s next general […]

    Gilani rules out launching army operation in Balochistan

    Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ruled out launching an army operation in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, rubbishing Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s remarks about an anti-militancy campaign for the region like the one conducted in north-western Swat valley. “There is no such plan to launch a Swat or Malakand-like operation. That is wrong,” Gilani said, […]