Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee casts his vote in the Presidential election in the presence of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Thursday. – UNI
Ex-TV scribe arrested in Guwahati molestation case
GUWAHATI, July 20 (IANS): Journalist Gaurav Jyoti Neog was arrested here in connection with the July 9 G.S. Road molestation case, police said. ...GNLA guns down school teacher in Meghalaya
SHILLONG, July 20 (IANS): The Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) has gunned down a school teacher, accused by the rebels of being a police spy, in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, police said here Friday. ...
14 killed, 50 wounded at Batman showing in US
WASHINGTON, July 20 (IANS): At least 14 people were killed and about 50 injured as a gas mask-wearing gunman opened fire early Friday at a suburban Denver movie theatre during a premiere showing of the new Batman movie. ...
Praful denies resignation, NCP stays with UPA
NEW DELHI, July 20 (IANS): The NCP was unhappy with the way the government was run but there was no question of quitting the cabinet, Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel said Friday, dismissing speculation that he and Agriculture Minister and part ...
Defamation case: Bail for Gen VK Singh, 4 officers
NEW DELHI, July 20 (IANS): A Delhi court Friday granted bail to former army chief Gen V.K. Singh and four other army officers in a defamation case filed by Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh. ...
Replace rape with sexual assault, Cabinet proposes
NEW DELHI, July 20 (IANS): In order to make rape laws gender neutral, the government has cleared a proposal to substitute the term "sexual assault" in place of "rape" and widen the scope of the offence in the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2012, it w ...
In Meghalaya, Sangma's chances are the talking point
SHILLONG, July 20 (IANS): For this tribal-majority, pretty hill state, the chances of its native, P.A. Sangma's, in the presidential election remain the main talking point of its three milllion people, in offices and homes, in schools and colleges an ...
Over 72 pc lawmakers cast vote
NEW DELHI, July 19 – At least 72 per cent of MPs and MLAs across the country today voted to elect a new President in a race in which UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee is set to win with a huge margin over P A Sangma who is backed by some Opposition partie ...
Maoist plan to create strategic zones in State
GUWAHATI, July 19 – The security forces have come across a major plan of the Maoist rebels to create “strategic zones” in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, but the recent arrests of senior Maoist members in Assam seriously affected the growth of the ultra ...
Pawar, Patel offer to quit over pecking order
NEW DELHI, July 19 – Piqued over the pecking order in the government, NCP ministers Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel are believed to have offered to resign from the ministry after keeping away from a Cabinet meeting in a move seen as an attempt to put p ...
Women legislators pitch for new laws
GUWAHATI, July 19 – Cutting across party lines, women legislators of the State today made a strong pitch for amending the existing laws and even enacting new laws to tackle the disturbing trend of rising crime and violence against women. ...
Assam bandh evokes mixed response
GUWAHATI, July 19 – The 12-hour Assam bandh called by the Anushuchita Jati Parishad in protest against the new post-based reservation policy of the State Government did not make any impact in the capital city here today. However, reports from our cor ...
126 landslide deaths in city since ’93
GUWAHATI, July 19 – Since 1993 till May-June 2012, altogether 126 persons were killed in the city in landslide-related incidents, said Dr Parag Phukan, an Associate Professor of the Gauhati University, Department of Geological Sciences. Dr Phukan has ...
