Congress president Sonia Gandhi with son Rahul paying homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary at Veer Bhumi in New Delhi on Monday. – UNI
25 dead as Hampi Express rams into goods train in Andhra
HYDERABAD, May 22 (IANS): At least 25 people, including four children, were killed in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district early Tuesday when the Banglore-bound Hampi Express collided with a stationary goods train, police said. ...ULFA faction opposes Sonia's Assam visit, calls for shutdown
GUWAHATI, May 22 (IANS): The anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Tuesday called for a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk Assam shutdown May 26 to oppose the scheduled visit to Assam by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who also heads th ...
Sangma pushes himself for President post
NEW DELHI, May 22 (IANS): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader P.A. Sangma, whose name has been proposed for president by the AIADMK and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Tuesday said he would urge parties to "respond to the call of conscience" and choos ...
Three years of UPA-II: Not much to celebrate
NEW DELHI, May 22 (IANS): The United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-II government completed three years in office Tuesday amid charges of policy paralysis and key initiatives remaining mired in fractious coalition politics. ...
Sangma hopeful of NDA support
NEW DELHI, May 21 – Presidential candidate PA Sangma is hopeful of securing the support of the NDA. ...
NHPC giving more free power to Arunachal
GUWAHATI, May 21 – The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has been occupying more Assam land for implementing the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP), but allocating about ten times more free power to Arunachal Pradesh go ...
Koch-Rajbongshi ST status hits roadblock
NEW DELHI, May 21 – In what could land the ruling Congress Government in a tight spot, the Centre has confirmed that the proposal to accord Schedule Tribe (ST) status to Koch Rajbongshi community has been rejected by the Registrar General of India (R ...
Call to confer Bharat Ratna on Anundoram Borooah
GUWAHATI, May 21 – Eminent scholars from across the country converging in the capital city to be part of a programme commemorating the 162nd birth anniversary of Anundoram Borooah insisted that the great scholar must get his due honour and be conferr ...
Lokpal Bill referred to RS select panel
NEW DELHI, May 21 – In yet another twist, the controversial Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill was today referred to the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha, further delaying the setting up of the anti-graft ombudsman which has been hanging fire for 42 years, re ...
250 MW Margherita power project yet to take off
GUWAHATI, May 21 – For an energy starved State it appears as an enigma waiting to be explained. Years after it was planned and was drafted into a cabinet memorandum, the proposed 250 MW Margherita Power Project continues to be in limbo. ...
Dry weather pushes up NE temperature
GUWAHATI, May 21 – More or less dry weather condition for the past few days resulted in the rise in day temperature throughout the NE region today. At places, minimum – that is, night temperature, was also above their respective normals. ...
White Paper for fast-track courts on black money
NEW DELHI, May 21 – Fast-track courts to expeditiously deal with financial offences and deterrent punishment for offenders and promotion of banking channels for transactions were among the measures proposed today in a multi-pronged strategy unveiled ...
