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  • Bypolls in Karnataka underway; BJP backs JDS

    Bypolls to Mandya and Bangalore Lok Sabha Rural seats will be held on Wednesday with 36 lakh voters expected to exercise their franchise in 4,360 polling booths, at the end of a bitterly fought battle between the ruling Congress and JDS. The polls will be Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s first test after assuming office. In an […]

    LED streetlights for Chandigarh roads

    As part of its initiative to use energy saving lights in the city, the Chandigarh (Punjab) administration has decided to replace ordinary street lights with light emitting diodes (LED) ones in different sectors. In the coming months, LED street lights would be installed in Sectors 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, […]

    Grenade blast shakes Assam

    For the second time in as many days, a grenade blast occurred in lower Assam’s Chirang district on Thursday as the militants hurled the grenade at the All Minority Students Union office at Bagorgaon village under Bijni police station. The blast took place at around 8.45 am, official sources said. The anti-talk National Democratic Front […]

    Rajagopal vows to step up anti-Telangana protests

    Congress leader Lagadapati Rajagopal, who recently resigned as MP over the decision to split Andhra Pradesh, on Saturday vowed to continue the agitation for the unified state until Centre withdraws its decision on proposed creation of Telangana. “Congress decided to bifurcate the state even though 89 per cent people are supporting the unified state. The […]

    Darjeeling bandh declared illegal, 72-hr ultimatum to call it off

    Armed with a Calcutta High Court order, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday declared as illegal the indefinite bandh in Darjeeling for Gorkhaland and gave a 72-hour deadline for its withdrawal, an ultimatum rejected outright by GJM which threatened to enforce a ‘janta curfew’. “I have some constitutional obligations. There is a high […]

    I am not going to divide Assam: Gogoi

    Rejecting demands to divide Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said all ethnic groups need to stay united. “I am not going to divide Assam. We all need to live together. Stop bandh culture and go for work culture,” Gogoi exhorted. “When we are one others will fear to break us up. We may […]

    Cable TV channels blocked,bandh enters seventh day in Darjeeling

    In a bid to curb tension in the troubled hill district, authorities on Friday blocked airing of news by three local cable TV operators even as the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha-sponsored”indefinite bandh” entered the seventh day. The authorities ordered three local cable TV channels to stop airing news on the ground that the broadcast allegedly in […]

    SDM’s vehicle attacked during raid on illegal mining in HP

    A sub-divisional magistrate, who was trying to check illegal mining in Nalagarh area of Himachal Pradesh, escaped unhurt when a tractor carrying illegally mined stones repeatedly rammed into his vehicle, police said on Thursday. Nalagarh Sub Divisional Magistrate Yunus, a batch-mate of suspended IAS officer Durga Sakhti Nagpal who had taken on the sand mafia […]

    Kerala celebrates Eid today

    Muslims in Kerala will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr today, marking the end of the holy month of Ramazan. Imams in different parts of the state announced the sighting of the new moon last evening. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Opposition Leader VS Achuthandnan and leaders of different political parties have extended Eid greetings to the people.

    Kerala: Normalcy returing to Idukki district

    Normalcy is returning to the Idukki district of Kerala where heavy rains and landslips for the past two days claimed 15 lives. “Things are returning to normal. Search and rescue work by National Disaster Response Force and army personnel are almost over,” Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told reporters after a cabinet meeting. The government has […]