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JMM rules out pact for 2014 polls Wednesday, 22 May 2013 21:48
Ranchi: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Wednesday ruled out any pre-poll tie-up in the state assembly and Lok Sabha polls in 2014."Our party will go alone in Lok sabha and assembly polls," said Hemant Soren, former deputy chief minister and…
Maoists attack Chhattisgarh police camp Wednesday, 22 May 2013 21:47
Sukma (Chhattisgarh): The Maoists early Wednesday attacked two police camps in Chhattisgarh but there were no reports of casualty in the firing, police said.The rebels attacked Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) personnel in camps at Minpa and Burkapal in Sukma district…
Rare bearcat found in Assam Wednesday, 22 May 2013 21:39
Guwahati: A bearcat, a rare species of climbing mammal, was captured in Assam's Nagaon district and shifted to a rehabilitation centre, officials said Wednesday."The sub-adult male (around 1.5-metre-long) had reportedly entered a house in Aahomgaon village on the outskirts of…
Chandy bags UN award for mass contact programme Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:45
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has won the prestigious United Nations Public Service Award for his mass contact programme initiative, an official release said Wednesday.The Kerala chief minister bagged the first place in the category 'Preventing and Combating Corruption…
Cadbury ordered to pay Rs.30,000 compensation Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:36
Agartala: A consumer court in Tripura has ordered Cadbury India Ltd to pay a compensation of Rs.30,000 to a complainant who found an iron pin inside a chocolate bar made by the company, an official said here Wednesday."A man purchased…
Kashmir 'preacher' arrested for sexual exploiting four minors Wednesday, 22 May 2013 10:08
Srinagar: A self-styled "religious preacher" was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district for repeated sexual exploitation of four minor girls at an institute he ran, police said Tuesday."Police in Badgam district received a joint complaint by four minor girls…
Karnataka CM promises cheaper rice for lower middle-class families Wednesday, 22 May 2013 10:03
Mysore: The Congress, which wrested power from BJP in Karnataka early this month, is taking forward its pledge of 30kg rice at Re.1 a kg for poor families with a plan to offer rice at less than Rs.9 a kg…
Six Sanawar school boys scale Mount Everest Wednesday, 22 May 2013 09:58
Sanawar (Himachal Pradesh): Six boys of Lawrence School, Sanawar, located in the picturesque Kasauli Hills here Tuesday scaled the Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain peak, school officials said.Those who scaled the peak were Guribadat Singh, Prithvi Singh, Ajay Sohal,…
Three militants surrender in Tripura Tuesday, 21 May 2013 18:09
Agartala: Three militants who had fled from their hideout in Bangladesh along with two CPI-M leaders, who were kidnapped April 1 from Tripura, have surrendered to the security forces, officials said Tuesday."Three NLFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura) extremists aged…
Chandy under pressure to re-induct minister Tuesday, 21 May 2013 17:21
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is under pressure from various quarters to re-induct former state forests and sports minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar into his cabinet.Kumar had to quit as the minister for forests and environment, sports and cinema April…
