Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee with Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav (L) and his son Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav (C) in Lucknow on Tuesday. – UNI
Poet Hiren Bhattacharyya passes away
GUWAHATI, July 4 (IANS): Award-winning Assamese poet Hiren Bhattacharyya, 80, died of lung infection at a private hospital here Wednesday. ...India, Pak begin talks, focus on Abu Jindal
NEW DELHI, July 4 (IANS): Amid new disclosures on 26/11 plotter Abu Jindal's links with Pakistani terrorists and state actors, the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan Wednesday began two-day talks that will focus on peace and security and Jammu ...
Air India pilots officially call off strike
NEW DELHI, July 4 (IANS): The 59-day strike by Air India pilots ended Wednesday, a day after the aviators assured the Delhi High Court that they would call off their stir and join active duty within 48 hours. ...
Objection to Pranab’s nomination rejected
NEW DELHI, July 3 – Opposition nominee PA Sangma’s attempts to trip UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee’s Presidential bid failed today with the Returning Officer rejecting his objections, leaving both the candidates in the fray for a direct contest in th ...
Rs 500 cr inadequate, says AGP
GUWAHATI, July 3 – The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today hit out at Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and said that the Rs 500 crore grant announced by him would not help the people of Assam, particularly the flood hit people in any way. ...
Calamity fund cover for erosion likely: CM
GUWAHATI, July 3 – Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has assured that the problem of erosion would be covered by the schemes under the National Calamity Relief Fund and henceforth funds would be released under a specific head to deal with this partic ...
Stress on scientific river management
GUWAHATI, July 3 – Stressing the need for scientific river management to effectively control the annual menace of floods and erosion in the State, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that the State Government was in touch with various agencies to ...
Fund needed to plug breaches in dykes
GUWAHATI, July 3 – The Water Resources Department (WRD) of the State would be able to plug 43 breaches shortly for the time being subject to availability of funds. As per the official records, the surging floodwaters of many of the State’s rivers hav ...
