The Mumbai-Howrah Duronto Express and some other trains resumed their journey on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar section in West Midnapore district today after being stopped last night following a tip off that Maoists were planning to target the train.
Voting for the biennial elections to fill in 10 seats of Maharashtra Legislative Council began at Vidhan Bhavan here today. The voting began at 0900 hours. There are 11 candidates in fray and Congress and NCP have fielded three eac
Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik today accepted a proposal of six political parties including the left, for holding talks on the displacement issues relating to the proposed Posco project near Paradip. The chief minister would meet a d
Cementing its ties with the US in the education sector, India will be ready with an Indo-US education council by November this year. Both the countries plan to announce the setting up of a joint educational council during US president Bara
The Mumbai civic body, pinning hopes on a bountiful monsoon, may do away with the ongoing water cuts if seven lakh million litres of water is collected in the lakes by mid-July. "We are closely monitoring the situation. There i
A Gaya-based social worker, Nonu Singh today dashed off a letter to the CEC and Bihar Assembly secretary against former Prinicpal Secretary to the Chief Minister, R C P Singh to know as to how a person against whom a case was pending could contest
Following an official order, the Kanpur district administration has started serving healthier milk products like lassi and sweets in place of cold drinks and chips in the official functions as well press conferences. The practise fo
Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar today said he had requested union home minister P Chidambaram to take steps to repatriate 37,000 displaced Reang or Bru tribespeople to Mizoram. "During a recent visit to New Delhi, I met Chi
Urban development minister S Jaipal Reddy today said all projects related to the Commonwealth Games were going on the right track and that they will be completed by the end of this month. Reddy, who is the chairman of the Group of M
Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar has urged union home minister P Chidambaram to increase the strength of Border Security Force (BSF) along Indo-Bangla border to check the movement of insurgents. "Insurgents of North-East who
Barely four days before the BAI elections, Badminton`s long-serving boss V K Verma today set himself on a collision course with the government by rejecting its financial support and guidelines, saying the body was self-sufficient to run the game i
A special exhibition train will promote Commonwealth Games across the country and is likely to be flagged-off from here by the month end. Railway Ministry officials say the train will travel to each state and have stoppages at selec
As no political party has the numbers to form a government in Jharkhand, which is under President`s Rule, the BJP today appealed to Governor M O H Farooq to recommend dissolution of the assembly. "I will appeal to the Governor
Alleging the hand of church behind the recent merger of Kerala Congress (Joseph), a former LDF constituent, with the Kerala Congress (Mani), Democratic Youth Federation of India today demanded the resignation of erstwhile KC(J) MLAs, elected on LD
Several voluntary outfits including CPM (ML) Liberation and district Kishan Sabha staged a dharna in front of the East Godavari District Collectorate in Kakinada city protesting the auction of liquor shops. The organisations took ou
Registration of properties in Uttar Pradesh is likely to become costlier from July 1, as the state government has directed the district magistrates to revise circle rates. "Institutional Finance and Stamp and Registration Minis
Days after it provided access to Pakistani-American LeT operative David Headley, the US has said Indian government would have been "very pleased" with the cooperation it had offered in the case but the country`s media appeared frustrated
Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan today deplored the Centre`s role in handling the Bhopal gas tragedy case and said that the court verdict had brought "disgrace" to Indian judiciary. Both government and the judiciary
Efforts are on to provide photo identity cards to over 58,000 voters in six assembly constituencies in East Godavari district, a revenue official said. Revenue Divisional Officer Challa Vinay Mohan yesterday verified the photographs
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has said that as many as 4,261 corporate agents, out of the total 7,000 in the country, are not authorised to sell policies from March 31, this year. The IRDA, which displaye
