President Pratibha Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar arriving at the Central Hall of Parliament House in New Delhi on Sunday to attend the special session to commemorate the first session of the first Lok Sabha in 1952. – UNI
13 Indians die in Nepal air crash
KATHMANDU, May 14 (IANS): Thirteen Indians were among the 15 people killed when their 20-seater aircraft slammed into a cliff in western Nepal Monday, less than seven months after 10 Indian tourists were killed in an air accident. Six people miraculo ...11 Indians among 15 dead in Nepal crash
KATHMANDU, May 14 (PTI): Eleven Indian pilgrims were among 15 people killed when a private plane crashed in northern Nepal today after hitting a hill top while trying to land at high-altitude Jomsom airport. ...
International trade affected due to bandh in Manipur
IMPHAL, May 14 (PTI): Indo-Myanmar trade at the border town of Moreh in Manipur's Chandel district has been severely affected due to a 72-hour bandh called by a local tribal organisation from May 12. ...
Air India crisis continues, 14 flights cancelled
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, May 14 (IANS): The agitation by Air India pilots entered its seventh day Monday with the management cancelling 14 international outbound flights, also throwing domestic operations into disarray, an official said. ...
At least 7 Indians killed in Nepal plane crash
KATHMANDU, May 14 (IANS): At least seven Indians were among those killed when an airplane carrying 21 people crashed on a cliff in western Nepal, less than seven months after 10 Indian tourists were killed in an aircrash. ...
SC dismisses petition against Tendulkar's RS nomination
NEW DELHI, May 14 (IANS): The Supreme Court Monday declined to entertain a petition challenging the nomination of cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha. ...
Call to uphold Parliament’s dignity
NEW DELHI, May 13 – Concern over repeated disruptions that have raised questions over the efficacy of Parliament’s functioning today marked the 60th anniversary of its first sitting in free India with leaders pressing for “sincere” introspection to r ...
Keishing goes down memory lane
NEW DELHI, May 13 – Taking MPs down the memory lane, Congress member Rishang Keishing, who has the rare distinction of having been a member of the first Lok Sabha in 1952, today recalled the high standards of Parliamentary democracy then and urged me ...
State power situation improves
GUWAHATI, May 13 – The total power availability in the State has improved a lot today with the Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) purchasing an additional amount of 260 MW from outside the NE Region. ...
BJP to approach Human Rights Commission
GUWAHATI, May 13 – The BJP while demanding constitutional and legal protection of the persecuted Hindus compelled to migrate to India from Bangladesh or any other country, announced that it is going to file a petition before the Human Rights Commissi ...
CID to probe Pathak murder: CM
GUWAHATI, May 13 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today announced that the investigation into the abduction and subsequent killing of Superintending Engineer Gadapani Pathak would be handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and justice ...
Anti-dam stir
GUWAHATI, May 13 – The joint movement against construction of big dams will continue and the raw materials required for the Lower Subansiri project would not be ...
