The body of Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu arriving at Itanagar on Thursday. – UB

Rights group demands Arunachal Governor's recall
Itanagar, May 6 (IANS): The Arunachal Citizens' Rights (ACR) group today urged the Central government to recall Governor Gen (Retd) JJ Singh for airing a wrong statement that the helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu had ...

Sonia bid to resolve Meghalaya crisis
Shillong, May 6 (IANS): Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has called Friday Lyngdoh, president of the party's Meghalaya unit to New Delhi for talks to resolve the internal bickering among legislators demanding removal of Mukul Sangma as Chief Minister, a p ...

2G scam: Kanimozhi applies for bail
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS): Contending that she had no "wrong intentions", DMK MP Kanimozhi, named co-conspirator in the second generation (2G) telecom spectrum case, on Friday applied for bail before a special CBI court. ...

Life term for BSP legislator in engineer's murder
Lucknow, May 6 (IANS): A special trial court here on Friday awarded the life term to Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Shekhar Tiwari and nine others, including three policemen, for the gruesome murder of an engineer in Aura ...

Osama plotted attacks on key US cities, railways
Washington, May 6 (IANS): Al Qaeda was planning attacks on key US cities and railways timed to significant dates, a treasure trove of material taken from Osama bin Laden's hideout deep inside Pakistan indicates. ...

Pak to demolish Osama's Abbottabad compound
Islamabad, May 6 (PTI): The Abbottabad compound, used by Osama bin Laden as a safe house till US commandos shot him dead, will be demolished soon by Pakistani security agencies so that it does not become a "sacred building for jihadis". ...

Osama's death 3rd biggest news of 21st century
Washington, May 6 (PTI): The killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by US special forces in Pakistan surpassed Britain's much publicised Royal Wedding to be ranked as the third biggest news of the 21st century, according to a study. ...

PM, Sonia arriving in Itanagar today
NEW DELHI, May 5 – Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi are arriving in Itanagar tomorrow to pay homage to Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, AICC general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi announced here today.  ...

Pall of gloom in Arunachal
ITANAGAR, May 5 – Nearly the entire population of Itanagar stepped out of their four walls and lined up along the capital streets with bated breath since morning today to have a glimpse of their beloved Chief Minister after knowing that the body of D ...

No one will be spared in 2G scam: SC
NEW DELHI, May 5 – The Supreme Court today said no person, irrespective of their chair and wealth, would be spared in 2G Spectrum scam investigations and slammed Income Tax department for the slow probe against corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and othe ...

Double-engine copters safer: Borbora
GUWAHATI, May 5 – Though double engine helicopters are definitely safer than the single engine ones, several other factors including altitude, cost factor etc will have to be taken into consideration while taking a decision on which of the coppers is ...

Pak warns India against US-like operations
ISLAMABAD, May 5 – Pakistan today warned India against any Abbottabad-like operation, saying any such “misadventure” would lead to a “terrible catastrophe.”, reports PTI ...

High-altitude missions tough: NDRF
GUWAHATI, May 5 – The 1st National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) based in Guwahati that participated in the search and rescue mission of the missing chopper of late Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu of Arunachal Pradesh said that such missions at higher ...

BJP for thorough inspection of Pawan Hans fleet
NEW DELHI, May 5 – Alleging that Pawan Hans Limited has not acquired new helicopters in 25 years, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday demanded immediate, thorough and rigid inspection of all the 40 helicopters with Pawan Hans afresh and assu ...