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Monsoon arrives in Delhi ahead of schedule

Written on 16 Jun, 2013 at 16:23 in India | viewed 39 times | 0 Comments

New Delhi: Monsoon arrived in the capital, 13 days ahead of schedule bringing relief from scorching heat but commuters were at the receiving end due to water-logging in various places. “The monsoon has reached Delhi,” the MeT office said, adding that... (Continue reading)

Heavy rains lash Mumbai; Central Railway services affected

Written on 16 Jun, 2013 at 15:26 in India | viewed 32 times | 0 Comments

Mumbai: Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and the adjoining Thane district, causing water-logging in the city and the suburbs and hitting suburban train services on the central line as the tracks were flooded. Suburban train services along Dadar-CST on the... (Continue reading)

Cabinet reshuffle tomorrow

Written on 16 Jun, 2013 at 14:30 in India | viewed 8 times | 0 Comments

New Delhi: The much talked about reshuffle of the Union Cabinet will take place tomorrow, ahead of which C P Joshi and Ajay Maken stepped down as Cabinet ministers. Both Joshi and Maken had handed over their resignations last night. Their... (Continue reading)

Maken resigns as Union minister

Written on 15 Jun, 2013 at 23:31 in India | viewed 19 times | 0 Comments

New Delhi: Ajay Maken tonight resigned as a Union minister ahead of the reshuffle of the Council of Ministers and that of the AICC expected next week. Maken submitted his resignation as Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation... (Continue reading)

Petrol price hiked by Rs 2 per litre due to weak rupee

Written on 15 Jun, 2013 at 19:00 in India | viewed 20 times | 0 Comments

New Delhi: Petrol price was today hiked by a steep Rs 2 a litre, the second increase in rates this month, as devaluation of rupee against US dollar made imports costlier. The hike, which is effective from midnight tonight, is excluding... (Continue reading)

Modi government minister sentenced in limestone mining case

Written on 15 Jun, 2013 at 15:03 in India | viewed 31 times | 0 Comments

Rajkot (Guj): A senior minister in the Narendra Modi government was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a court in Porbandar in the Rs 54-crore illegal limestone mining case of 2006. Gujarat Water Resources minister Babu Bokhiria was convicted by Chief... (Continue reading)

Telangana region observes bandh

Written on 15 Jun, 2013 at 12:15 in States | viewed 19 times | 0 Comments

Hyderabad: A day-long bandh began this morning in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh in response to a call given by TRS, which accused the Congress Government of resorting to repressive measures to put down the statehood rally. Initial reports reaching here... (Continue reading)

‘Chalo Assembly’ protest bid foiled, 1400 activists held

Written on 14 Jun, 2013 at 23:15 in India | viewed 17 times | 0 Comments

Hyderabad: Pro-Telangana parties’ march to the Andhra Pradesh assembly was foiled today by police who took into preventive custody around 1,400 statehood activists, including senior leaders of TRS and BJP, and blocked all roads leading to the legislature building here. The... (Continue reading)

Metro issues new guidelines for emergencies after tunnel chaos

Written on 14 Jun, 2013 at 18:56 in India, States | viewed 49 times | 0 Comments

New Delhi: Three days after a train broke down in a tunnel on a busy route leaving thousands of commuters stranded, the Delhi Metro today came out with guidelines to deal with such emergencies following submission of a preliminary inquiry... (Continue reading)

IPL spot fixing: Police opposes bail plea of Chandila, others

Written on 14 Jun, 2013 at 18:40 in India | viewed 39 times | 0 Comments

New Delhi: Delhi Police today opposed the bail plea of Rajasthan Royal’s player Ajit Chandila in the IPL spot-fixing scandal saying he was a “key conspirator” in the entire case and was acting at the behest of a syndicate run... (Continue reading)

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