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Cyclone Laila forces over 40,000 flee low-lying areas

Over 40,000 people were evacuated from low-lying areas of Andhra Pradesh even as cyclone Laila appeared to be weakening gradually today and is expected the cross the state`s coast near Machilipatnam. Laila remained "practically statio

Vegetables, fruits push food inflation up to 16.49 pc

Food inflation rose to 16.49 per cent for the week ended May 8, mainly due to high prices of vegetables and fruits. Inflation rose by 0.05 per cent from 16.44 per cent in the previous week. On a weekly basis, onions turned expensiv

Ruchika molestation case verdict on May 25

A sessions court here today deferred to May 25 verdict on plea for enhancing sentence of former Haryana police chief SPS Rathore in Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. Additional District and Sessions Judge Gurbir Singh defe

Goods train catches fire as Maoist blast rail line

Fourteen oil tankers of a goods train derailed and caught fire when Maoists blew up a railway line between Dighwara and Pipra stations in West Champaran district early on Thursday. Around 200 Maoists blasted dynamites to blow up the railwa

Why Aalam is not in the know and how it helps CWG 2010

Over six months ago, a contractor for construction labour in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district asked Aalam if he was interested in working in Delhi. He was told that the work would go on for around 8 months and he would get his wages on time.

HP to use Lok Mitra Kendras as CSCs

With a view to giving impetus to e-governance, Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Wednesday decided to create Common Service Centres (CSC) through 3,366 Lok Mitra Kendras across the hill state. The CSCs to be established by department of informat

Schools receive security instructions from govt

The government has issued a set of security guidelines to all states to be circulated among major schools and advised steps to be taken in the event of a possible emergency situation. The home ministry guidelines include deployment

Disabled can run fair price shops: HC

The Allahabad High Court today ruled that physical disability would not result in denial of license to a person for running a fair price shop just because the handicap may require him or her to take the help of friends and family members to do bus

No consensus on PPP in RTE schools

Consensus eluded a high-level meeting on Wednesday to finalise a viable economic model for setting up of 2,500 schools in public-private-partnership mode. The meeting chaired by HRD minister Kapil Sibal, remained inconclusive on the issue

SC concerned over regularisation of irregularities

The Supreme Court today voiced its anguish over the trend in the country where all types of irregularities are regularised and murder convicts pardoned. "In this country all types of irregularities are regularised, murder convicts are

Intelligence gathering becomes serious business for Mumbai Police

Learning lessons from the 26/11 terror attack, police has formed special squads in all the 90 police stations in the city to collect inputs in a bid to strenthen its intelligence gathering. This is for the first time that squads have been

Govt should not oppose custodial death probe: HC

Kerala High court today orally observed that it would be desirable for the state government not to oppose the plea for CBI investigation into the custodial death of Sampath, an accused in the murder of a 47-year-old housewife in Palakaad in March

Harayana municipal polls start

Municipal polls ahve started in Haryana on Thursday morning amid tight security arrangements with over 21 lakh voters exercising their franchise to decide the fate of 4000 candidates. EVMs are being used for the first time in the ci

Natural gas tarrifs go up as PSUs take on private players

The government today more than doubled the price of natural gas produced by state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd to USD 4.20 per mmBtu, at par with the rate at which Reliance sells its gas. The cabinet today approv

Maoist shutdown peaceful in Jharkhand

Transport services continued to be affected in the rural areas as the CPI (Maoist)`s 48-hour shutdown entered the second day today with no untoward incident reported from anywhere in Jharkhand. Long distances buses kept off the road for th

Punjab wants 2pc advance from banks

Banks operating in Punjab today objected to the state administration`s direction asking them to make an advance payment of 2 per cent of the total dues to be recovered from defaulters. The matter came to light when a few bank representativ

DDA claims it gains from Games flats purchase

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has not incurred any loss but actually gained in the process of purchasing the Commonwealth Games Village flats from private developer Emaar MGF, the agency said on Wednesday, clarifying to media reports.

TN legislative council gets presidential nod

President Pratibha Patil has given her assent to a bill passed by Parliament for establishing the legislative council in Tamil Nadu, 14 years after it was abolished. The act was notified in the gazette after the Presidential assent.

Govt re-visiting mandate on air-strike against Maoists

Congress today distanced itself from senior leader Digvijay Singh on the issue of air support to tackle Maoist menace, saying it was for the government to take a decision and there were no differences within the party on the matter. "

Govt to beef up security in 51 airports

To thwart any possible terror attack or sabotage, the government has decided to enhance security in 51 major airports across the country in a time-bound manner. The home ministry has directed the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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