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Hockey player killed in New Year celebration
Hyderabad, Jan 1 (IANS) A hockey player was stabbed to death early Sunday by his junior with a knife meant to cut a cake to mark the New Year in Andhra Pradesh's port city Visakhapatnam.
Police said 21-year-old Bhaskar Rao, a state-level player, died after... More Indira Bhawan renaming: Another Trinamool-Congress tussle looms (West Bengal Newsletter)
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conceeded that there are 'differences' with alliance partner Trinamool Congress at the centre on certain issues, another tussle between the two parties is imminent with the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government decidi... More Chhattisgarh carves out nine more districts
Raipur, Jan 1 (IANS) Nine more districts came into existence in Chhattisgarh Sunday, taking the total number to 27, Chief Minister Raman Singh said.
The new districts, a new year gift to people, were carved out to speed up the pace of development, Singh sa... More Bombs found in Chhattisgarh's Maoist heartland
Raipur, Jan 1 (IANS) Two bombs of 40 kg each were recovered Sunday from Chhattisgarh's Maoist insurgency-hit Bastar region, police said.
Officials at police headquarters here said the bombs were placed on a forested road in Awapalli area of Bijapur distric... More Odisha's Puri witnesses a rush on the New Year
Bhubaneswar, Jan 1 (IANS) The Hindu holy town of Puri in Odisha witnessed a heavy rush Sunday with thousands of devotees and tourists offering prayers at the 12th century Jagannath temple on New Year's Day, an official said.
'More than five lakh people hav... More Ahead of polls, advisory panel pushes for Muslims' welfare
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) has asked the government to focus on welfare of minorities in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17), a recommendation that comes ahead of the assembly polls in five states in January-February.
... More Tripura to mark Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary
Agartala, Jan 1 (IANS) Tripura's Left Front government will celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda with a year-long programme to inspire people with his life and philosophy, a minister said here Sunday.
'The year-long commemorative prog... More Season's lowest temperature in Srinagar, Leh
Srinagar, Jan 1 (IANS) Night temperatures dipped to the lowest of this season in Srinagar and Leh Sunday as frost and freeze greeted Kashmiris on New Year's Day.
'Srinagar and Leh recorded the lowest temperatures of the season today at minus 4.9 degrees Ce... More Gulf petrochemical investments to touch $160 bn
Kuwait City, Jan 1 (IANS/WAM) Investment in the petrochemical sector in the Gulf region would go up to $160 billion in the next five years, an energy report has revealed.
The report issued by the Diplomatic Centre for Strategic Studies said the new investm... More DRDO to display models of missiles
Bhubaneswar, Jan 1 (IANS) India's premier military weapons developer, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will display models of its innovations at the Jan 3-7 Indian Science Congress (ISC) here.
The 99th edition of ISC, the largest n... More |
