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Tripura LF protests Railway’s decision
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 12:35 pm
Agartala, The Tripura Left Front has protested the decision of Railway Ministry to extend the completion period of as many as 16 major railway projects in North-East.
In a statement here today the party demanded to complete the entire projects within the time-frame announced earlier.
The ruling party alleged, ”It is an example of [...]
House catches fire; 3 children burnt alive
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 12:00 pm
New Delhi, Three children were burnt alive and their mother and two siblings suffered serious burns when a house caught fire in Shahabad Dairy locality in outer Delhi late last night, fire officials said today.
The deceased were identified as Shivani(10), Rajrani(2) and Babu(1 ½ months old), while those among the injured were mother [...]
SCAMOD calls off road blockade in Meghalaya
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 10:57 am
Shillong, The Steering Committee Against Murder of Democracy (SCAMOD) today called off their proposed two-day road blockade after talks with Chief Minister D D Lapang.
(SCAMOD), an umbrella organistion of 14 NGOs, had demanded that Director General of Police Anil K Pradhan be removed after being indicted by the administrative enquiry for allegedly [...]
Martyrs family, CPI activists prevented entry in War memorial
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 10:52 am
Hyderabad, Even as the entire country was paying homage to the martyrs of the Kargil war today, family members of martyrs here led by Communist Party of India activists were prevented from paying tributes at the War memorial here.
Upset family members staged a protest outside the War memorial. The disappointed activists lamented that [...]
Woman dead, several injured due to wind storm
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 10:46 am
Baramulla, A woman was killed and several others were injured when wind storm damaged several houses in north Kashmir tonight.
Official sources said roof tops of several houses were blown up due to strong wind storms at Handwara in the frontier district of Kupwara.
A woman identified as Shamima was killed when a [...]
ExNora, Velammal launches campaign on global warming
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 10:12 am
Chennai, Buoyed by the success of the ‘88888′ Lights out campaign last year, ExNora International, a NGO in the field of Environment protection, in association with Velammal Educational Trust today launched the 99999 Lights out campaign to save the ”Mother Earth” and create an awareness on Global Warming.
The ‘Save the Earth 99999 [...]
Light showers in UP, 20 districts ‘drought-hit’Light showers in UP, 20 districts ‘drought-hit’
By chennaivision at 25 July, 2009, 5:52 pm
Lucknow, With sparse rainfall lashing few regions of Uttar Pradesh after a long break, the state government today declared 20 arid districts as ‘drought-ridden’.
State Meteorological department said light rains or thundershowers occurred at isolated places in Gorakhpur, Devipatan and Lucknow divisions overnight.
Weather was mainly dry in remaining divisions of the state.
The situation [...]
“Chinese bubble” likely to threaten global economies:Expert
By chennaivision at 25 July, 2009, 5:43 pm
Kolkata, Indian commodity market is likely to be hard hit if China emerges a major contendor in the steel sector threatening the existence of Indian steel companies in this turbulent times.
Informing this, Mr Shankar Sharma, Vice-Chairman and Joint Managing Director, First Global, said, ” China being a producer of 550 million tonnes steel [...]
Quality roads to check naxal menace
By chennaivision at 25 July, 2009, 5:19 pm
Aurangabad, The state road construction department has approved a proposal for construction of three roads falling in naxal-affected areas with a view to combat extremism through better connectivity and improving the economic condition of the local people.
Official sources said the decision had been taken to construct three important roads under the special scheme [...]
Teachers in Aurangabad ZP to go on strike from Aug 4
By chennaivision at 25 July, 2009, 5:18 pm
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, About 10,000 teachers including headmasters, of Zilla Parshads (ZP) in Maharashtra will go on an indefinite strike from August four demanding revision in salaries as per the Sixth Pay Commission.
A coordination committee of the teachers’ organizations has warned that they would launch the strike if their demands were not met [...]
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