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    CWC meet to finalise schedule for Cong President’s election

    A meeting of the Congress Working Committee is expected to finalise on Monday evening the schedule for the election of the Congress President. Sonia Gandhi is set to be elected to the post for the fourth time after she took over the reins of the party in April 1998. The meeting may also discuss the […]

    National

    Rajouri encounter ends, another militant, Army jawan killed

    The nearly 50-hour-long encounter between militants and security forces in Rajouri district ended on Monday in which a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant and an Army jawan were killed and three others, including a major, injured. A total of three LeT militants, believed to be involved in the attack on a bus in Rajouri last week, have been […]

    National

    Cabinet defers decision on hiking salary of MP’s

    The Union Cabinet on Monday deferred a decision on hiking the salary and allowances of MP’s though the issue was discussed in detail. The proposed increase is unlikely to be effected in the current session of Parliament. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, discussed the issue during which some ministers said it […]

    National

    Curfew remains clamped in several areas in Kashmir Valley

    Curfew remained clamped on Monday in several areas of the Kashmir Valley where a strike called by separatists disrupted normal life. Curfew is in force in Srinagar, Anantnag, Bijbehara, Sopore, Kupwara, Trehgam and Bandipora. The police said restrictions on the movement of people have been imposed in other areas including Hyderpora in Budgam and Sumbal […]

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    Rahul reaches out to victims of cloudburst in Leh

    Reaching out to the victims of cloudburst in Leh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised them all possible help and lauded the security forces for their massive relief and rehabilitation effort. Rahul, who arrived a day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s scheduled visit to Leh, took stock of the situation in the worst-affected Choglamsar […]

    National

    RJD- LJP announce seat sharing arrangement for Bihar polls

    Lalu Yadav led Rashtriya Janata Dal and Ram Vilas Paswan led Lok Janshakti Party on Monday announced a seat-sharing arrangement for Bihar Assembly polls. Under the agreement RJD will contest at 168 seats, while LJP will contest on 75 seats. Both the parties had earlier ruled out possibility of their falling apart and termed as […]

    Breaking News

    SBI raises benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points

    State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, on Monday raised benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 12.25 per cent, making home, vehicle and other corporate loans linked with the rate costlier to existing borrowers. However, for new borrowers the base rate, which became effective from 1st July this year, stands at 7.5 […]

    Breaking News

    Madani case: Senior Karnataka Police Official reaches State Capital

    Amid spiralling speculations on the impending arrest of Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in the 2008 bangalore Bomblast case wanted by the Karnataka Police, Alok Kumar,  Joint Police Commissioner of Bangalore, reached  Thiruvananthapuram early this morning. During the day he will hold discussions with top police official regarding the arrest proceedings, it is believed.

    International

    Petraeus Says Capturing Bin Laden Still Priority

    Capturing or killing al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden is still a priority for the United States, David Petraeus, the general who commands all U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was quoted as saying Sunday. Talking to NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Petraeus said bin Laden “remains an iconic figure and I think capturing or killing is still a […]

    International

    ASEAN Benefits from China’s Fast and “Inclusive” Economic Growth: Experts

    China’s high economic growth, which is also becoming increasingly “inclusive”, is producing positive spillovers to members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), experts said on Friday. “China now tends to import more from its neighboring economies than exporting to them,” said John Wong, professor and former director of East Asian Institute of Singapore, […]

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