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Odisha’s Ganjam district worst hit, 2.4 lakh houses damaged

16 Oct 2013 6:59 AM IST
Hit hardest by cyclone ‘Phailin’, the coastal district of Ganjam is estimated to have suffered a loss of at least Rs 3,000 crore in the nature’s fury...

MHA denies plan to create LS seats for PoK

16 Oct 2013 6:57 AM IST
The home ministry on Tuesday denied reports it was working on a proposal to create Lok Sabha seats in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on the lines of Jammu...

Hafiz Saeed provoking militants to infiltrate, says Army officer

16 Oct 2013 6:56 AM IST
‘There have been reports that Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Sayeed and his associates were provoking the militants in PoK to...

Historic land acquisition act to come into force from 1 Jan

16 Oct 2013 6:53 AM IST
The historic Land Acquisition Act to provide just and fair compensation to farmers will come into force from 1 January next year, the government said...

Mamata moves in to check Bengal flood situation

16 Oct 2013 6:52 AM IST
Cyclone Phalin may have come and gone but the West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has put her foot down against the release of excess water by...

Tewari disfavours policing or regulation of Internet

16 Oct 2013 6:51 AM IST
Information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari has disfavoured policing or regulation of the Internet but underlined the need for drawing a line...

Quality, not quantity of evidence required for conviction: SC

16 Oct 2013 6:51 AM IST
‘In the matter of appreciation of evidence of witnesses, it is not the number of witnesses but quality of their evidence which is important, as there...

Naidu’s condition stable

16 Oct 2013 6:50 AM IST
Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, undergoing treatment for jaundice at a private hospital here, is recovering.Chandrababu, who...

35 of 77 ministers yet to give asset details to PM

16 Oct 2013 6:50 AM IST
Thirty-five of the 77 Union ministers have failed to file annual details of their assets and liabilities before the Prime Minister even over a month...

Rajasthan govt to appoint priests, 30 per cent quota for women

16 Oct 2013 6:49 AM IST
After nearly 30 years, the Rajasthan government is set to appoint priest, manager and ‘sevagir’ (attendant) in government-run temples and the...

Arunendra Kumar likely to be Railway Board chairman

16 Oct 2013 6:49 AM IST
Ending a three-month wait, acting chairman of Railway Board Arunendra Kumar is all set to become its full-time chief.Kumar, the Mechanical Member, was...

Sky fall! Panel falls off Air India Dreamliner midair, DGCA to investigate incident

16 Oct 2013 6:48 AM IST
The Dreamliner ‘miraculously’ landed safely in Bangalore without the pilots realizing a thing. The gaping hole caused by the missing part — measuring...
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