Stop personal attacks on CM |
With Arvind Kejriwal starting an aggressive campaign against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on a host of issues, her political adviser has asked the Aam Admi Party leader to refrain from making personal attacks which reduce politics to a "cheap gimmick". In a strongly worded letter to Kejriwal, Pawan....... More »
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Uttarakhand: thousands trapped; death toll may rise |
At least 35,000 people have been rescued so far from the flood-ravaged regions of Uttarakhand but over 55,000 are still feared trapped amidst debris, silt and stench of the dead, say unconfirmed reports, adding that the number of missing persons has risen to 13,000.
The death toll may c....... More »
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Pollution worsens in neighboring Singapore as Indonesia combats forest fire |
Air pollution in Singapore soared to record heights for a third consecutive day, as Indonesia prepared planes and helicopters today to battle raging fires blamed for hazardous levels of smoky haze in three countries. The blazes in peat swamp forests on Indonesia's Sumatra island have sent massiv....... More »
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India Needs a Leader Who Can Unite, Not Divide |
In a veiled attack on Narendra Modi days after JD(U) split from NDA, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today asserted that the country needs a leader who can unite and not a "divisive" figure.
"We had already told the BJP about our apprehensions. We cannot have a man who is a divisive figure........ More »
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10 crushed to death after three-storey building collapses in Thane |
At least 10 people, including two children, were killed after a three-storey building collapsed in Mumbra in Thane district early on Friday-- the second such accident in the town in two months.
The incident occurred around 2 a.m. when the 35-year-old Shakuntala building came crashing down, ca....... More »
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Uttarakhand floods: Nature's fury, human greed and sleeping on the dead |
Those who survived the cloudburst and flood that ravaged Uttarakhand are limping back home with harrowing tales of spending four days without food and water, being forced to pay Rs.200 for a Rs.5 biscuit packet, and of a former Bihar minister who slept on a "layer of dead bodies".
The h....... More »
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Pakistan defends allocation of funds to Jamaat-ud-Dawah |
The government of Pakistan's Punjab province has justified its allocation of over Rs 61 million to the largest centre of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, saying the funds are needed to continue the services being provided to people by the facility.
A spokesman of the Punjab government said the Punjab....... More »
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Opposition trying to create instability in country: Sonia Gandhi |
Slamming opposition parties for creating hurdles in passing of the Food Security bill, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today accused them of creating instability in the country to grab power at any cost.
"I would like to tell you that a few political parties are conspiring to create instabili....... More »
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Declare Uttarakhand disaster as natural calamity: Mayawati |
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati today expressed concern over massive loss of life and property in neighbouring Uttarakhand and demanded the central government to declare it as a national calamity.
"There is not just loss of life and property in Uttarakhand but relatives of th....... More »
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Coal scam |
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday questioned former coal secretary HC Gupta for his role in the coal allocation scam. Gupta is currently being interrogated at the CBI headquarters in New Delhi.
Reports suggested that Gupta is being probed as to why coal blocks were allocat....... More »
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