All parties will ensure safety of northeast citizens: PM (Lead)
August 17th, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) All parties would together ensure that citizens from the northeast are safe in all parts of the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday."I ... Read more...
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Moderate earthquake jolts Jammu and Kashmir
August 14th, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 14 (IANS) A moderate intensity quake jolted Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday although authorities said no loss of life or property has been reported so far.An official of the ... Read more...
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Tremor rocks Ladakh area, no casualties
August 7th, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) A light intensity earthquake rocked Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, said an official. No loss of life or property was reported from anywhere in ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
China’s defence minister likely to visit India
July 31st, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Ahead of the once-in-a-decade leadership transition in Beijing, India and China are looking to step up defence ties, with China proposing a visit by its ... Read more...
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China keen to avoid ‘diplomacy issues’ concerning India, Pakistan
June 24th, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 24 (IANS) China is keen to avoid any "diplomatic issues" between China, India and Pakistan and the issue of stapled visa to people from Jammu and Kashmir, including ... Read more...
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Nepal snubs Indian call for second consulate
October 27th, 2011 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 27 (IANS) Despite the apparent bonhomie during Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's maiden official visit to New Delhi this month and his assertion that it created trust between ... Read more...
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Earthquake jolts Kashmir
July 27th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 27 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale rocked Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday morning, an official said. No loss of life or property was reported."The epicentre ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Mining in Western Ghats may be curbed
July 19th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 19 (IANS) Capping the extent of mining in the Western Ghats, stretching from Maharashtra to Kerala, is being considered, the head of a panel monitoring the area's ecology ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
New improved model detects seismic activity more accurately
December 17th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): Geologists have taken an important step toward helping the United States government monitor nuclear explosions by improving a 3-dimensional model originally developed at Harvard University.The improvements make ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Rs.50 mn package for South Asia’s largest river island
April 6th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Majuli (Assam), April 6 (IANS) The central government Tuesday announced a Rs.50- million financial package to save from extinction Assam's Majuli, the largest river island in South Asia, large swathes of which ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Uttarakhand Govt. organizes adventure sports camp for students
January 18th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by ANI
Haldwani (Uttarakhand), Jan. 18 (ANI): Students in Uttarakhand are being trained in adventure sports to achieve overall development and become fearless to respond to emergency situations.Organized by the tourism department of the ... Read more...
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Agricultural burning, forest fires impact Arctic melting
May 27th, 2009 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 27 (IANS) Large-scale agricultural burning in Russia, Kazakhstan, China, US, Canada and Ukraine is having a much greater impact on the melting of Arctic ice than previously suspected, according to ... Read more...
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Orissa wants central forces to stay on in Kandhamal
April 20th, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 20 (IANS) The election in Orissa's troubled Kandhamal district went off peacefully last week, but state authorities want the central forces deployed in the communally-sensitive region to stay on for ... Read more...
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BJP leader Ashok Sahu arrested for his communal speech
April 14th, 2009 - 7:14 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Apr 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Orissa's Kandhamal parliamentary constituency, Ashok Sahu, was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged inflammatory speech in the communally sensitive region of ... Read more...
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Radio Kyber emerges as an alternative to the illegal broadcasts of FM Mullahs
March 13th, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): Radio Khyber provides an alternative to hardline Islamic broadcasts with a medley of local news, talk shows, and music in Pakistans Tribal Areas that border Afghanistan.Airwaves in ... Read more...
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GJM leaders meet West Bengal governor over Gorkhaland demand
February 5th, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) A team of leaders of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which is spearheading a movement in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills for the carving of a seperate Gorkhaland state, ... Read more...
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25 years of Appiko, a green movement to save trees in Karnataka
November 17th, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
By K.G.Vasuki
Sirsi (Karnataka), Nov.17 (ANI): The 25 years of Appiko or, hug the tree Green Movement on the Sahyadri Mountain ranges in the western ghats of Karnataka has created a tremendous ... Read more...
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Blast heard in Pakistan, casualties feared
October 29th, 2008 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 29 (Xinhua) A blast was heard in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, a private television channel reported.The blast occurred near the office of District Police Officer (DPO) at a sensitive ... Read more...
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