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Maoists kill four in Bihar village

Four persons, including three of a family, were shot dead by armed Maoists who virtually laid a siege on Ramban village in Bihar`s Maoist-hit Sheohar district midnight, police sources said. Over 200 of the left-wing extreminsts swoo

Narmada water to recharge Gujarat rivers, lakes

The Gujarat government has decided to release 8,000 cusec of water from the Narmada main canal to recharge six seasonal rivers and 183 lakes in north Gujarat from May 25 to 31 with a view to solve the drinking water problem of the people and cattl

AI plane crashes at Mangalore aiport, 159 of 166 dead

All but seven people on an Air India Express plane from Dubai with 166 persons on board are feared dead when the Boeing aircraft crashed and caught fire today after it overshot the brand new runway while landing at the Mangalore airport. &

Cyclone leaves over 70,000 people in relief camps

As many as 71,000 people continued to be in 300 relief camps in six coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh even as the cyclonic storm `Laila` further weakened into a deep depression and lay centred over the north coastal area about 50 km north of Mac

Centre`s nod for Rs 366 cr works in Maoist-hit Maha districts

The Centre has approved developmental works to the tune of Rs 366 crore in Maharashtra`s Maoist-hit districts of Gadchiroli and Gondia, state home minister R R Patil said today. "The state government has proposed infrastructure develo

Punjab CM flays hike in prices of DAP, urea

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal today assailed the Centre for the recent hike in the prices of DAP and Urea by Rs 30 and Rs 24 per bag respectively. This hike speaks volumes of Congress-led UPA government`s "insensitivity&qu

Kasab`s lives out his days numbered

Ajmal Kasab, Pakistani terrorist sentenced to death in the Mumbai terror attack case, has got a new identity with the jail authorities labelling him as Qaidi No C-7096. The number is allotted to maintain record of convicts and henceforth h

Maoist bandh leaves Orissa roads empty

Vehicular traffic was hit in several parts of the three southern Orissa districts of Kandhamal, Gajapati and Rayagada during a bandh organised by Maoists today. The red rebels put up a road blockade at Pangalighati, near Daringibadi in Kan

LDF committed to rehabilitating landless farmers: Kerala CM

Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan today asserted that the CPI (M)-led LDF government was committed to rehabilitating all landless people in the State. "The government is determined to speed up the ongoing rehabilitation of the l

Maoists don`t kill common people: Lalu

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today claimed that naxalites did not target the common people, except those who "spied" on the outfit. "The naxalites never target common people as we have observed during past several years, b

UPA celebrates first anniversary

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will celebrate the first anniversary of its second consecutive term in office tomorrow after a sweet and sour year marked by misses and hits in governance and its deft management of uncertainties of coalition

Reatail inflation for agri, rural laboures eases

Inflation of commodities used by agricultural and rural labourers fell to 14.96 per cent in April, lower by 81 basis points for farm labourers and 56 basis points for rural labourers over the previous month. The Consumer Price Index

Punjab approves integrated urban development plan

The Punjab government today gave nod to an integrated urban development plan to change the face of urban areas in a time bound manner. Accelerated and Integrated Urban Development Plan was approved at a high-level meeting presided o

NCC cadets` training will soon be for three years

The training duration of National Cadet Corps (NCC) would soon be increased from present two years to three years, NCC Director General Lt Gen R K Karwal said today. "At present we have a two-years training programme for the cadets. W

CBSE XII results out, pass percentage slips

The CBSE Class XII results saw a dip in the success rate of students this year, with 79.87 per cent of those appearing in the board examination clearing it as against 81 per cent last year. Over seven lakh students appeared in the Class XI

Teachers are patriotic, won`t sell their conscience: Sibal

Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday sought to dispel fears about faculties of Indian universities joining foreign institutes after they set campuses here. "I know my faculty is patriotic and passionate about India and I

Force should be used responsibly: PC

Asking paramilitary forces to tackle violence with "patience, tact and understanding", union home minister P Chidambaram today stressed that the right to use force should be exercised responsibly. In dealing with violence, he sai

27 out of 1,846 police encounters were fake: NHRC

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has given credence to the feeling that at least some of the "police encounters" are fake. As many as 27 encounters out of 1,846 cases the panel investigated turned out to be stage-managed.

Problem of plenty: Time to relax wheat export ban?

The government`s wheat procurement has hit a record 31 million tonnes, almost six million tonnes more than last year, putting pressure on it to relax the three-year-old export ban on selling the surplus to neighbours. Export of the

Falling Euro will not bring forex down - RBI

The declining value of Euro will not affect Indian foreign exchange reserves as Euro was only a small component in forex, RBI Deputy Governor K C Chakrabarty said today. "We are not much concerned. Dollar is strengthening against all

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


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