The body of an earthquake victim being brought from Chungthang area of North Sikkim to Ringhim helipad of Mangan district by helicopter on Wednesday. – UB Photos
Manmohan at UN: Focus on terror, economy, reforms
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (IANS): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will focus on global challenges like terrorism, economic slowdown and unrest in West Asia and North Africa when he comes to the UN Thursday. ...CBI to study Swamy's documents on Chidambaram
NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (IANS): The central government Thursday told the Supreme Court that the CBI will study the documents from Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy linking P. Chidambaram to the 2G scam. ...
BJP demands Chidambaram's resignation
NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded the ouster of Home Minister P. Chidambaram and said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should investigate his role in the 2G spectrum scam. ...
Sikkim quake toll 78, Chidambaram promises all help
GANGTOK, Sept 22 (IANS): The death toll in the earthquake in Sikkim mounted to 78 even as Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday announced Rs.500 million central assistance for the Himalayan state to tide over the crisis. ...
Hundreds still stuck in remote villages in Sikkim
NEW DELHI/GANGTOK, Sept 22 (IANS): Even as most of the media focus has been on Manang in north Sikkim that is said to be the worst affected in Sunday's earthquake, there are around 400 people still stuck in villages beyond where rescue workers are st ...
Pranab acknowledges 2G note to PMO but declines comment
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (IANS): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has avoided direct comment on a note from his ministry to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) saying airwaves for telecom could have been auctioned in 2008 if his cabinet colleague P. Chidamba ...
Pataudi's condition worsens
NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (IANS): The condition of former Indian cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who has been hospitalised for acute lung infection, deteriorated Thursday, doctors attending to him said. ...
Probe Chidambaram's role in 2G scam: CPI-M
NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (IANS): The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the role of then finance minister P. Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum case. ...
Quake death toll goes up to 116
MANGAN (SIKKIM), Sept 21 – Twenty more bodies were recovered in quake-hit Sikkim taking the toll in Sunday’s powerful 6.8 magnitude temblor to 116 which may go up further with rescue teams still to reach about 15 affected remote villages in North dis ...
GMDA to monitor city multi-storey buildings
GUWAHATI, Sept 21 – The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has decided to go for technical audit of around 1500 multi-storey buildings it accorded permission for construction during the past about 10 years' time. However, to begin wit ...
Possibility of mega quake high in NE: expert
GUWAHATI, Sept 21 – The NE region is likely to experience a mega earthquake measuring 8 or more in the Richter scale in the near future, even though the process of making of this mega event has now been delayed by some ‘medium’ and ‘high-medium’ eart ...
BJP to raise land deal in Parliament
GUWAHATI, Sept 21 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will discuss the land border agreement with Bangladesh in its national executive to be held on September 30 and October 1 to discuss the future course of action. The committee formed by the party p ...
People’s sentiments should be honoured : Jaitley
NEW DELHI, Sept 21 – Maintaining that Government of India should be conscious of India’s territorial integrity, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and BJP leader, Arun Jaitley said the sentiments of the people should have been honoured while negotia ...
Best Company Award for OIL
GUWAHATI, Sept 21 – Oil India Limited has been conferred with the award of the ‘Best Company of the year among all Navratna and Miniratna companies at the PSE Excellence Award ceremony on September 20 at New Delhi. This was stated in a press release ...
Centre concerned at truce rules violations
GUWAHATI, Sept 21 – The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is of the view that the state police forces should now take the lead in the counter-insurgency operations in Assam and other parts of the region and the central forces should play more of a suppo ...
Cabinet can decide on Wage Board: SC
NEW DELHI, Sept 21 – The Supreme Court today said the Union Cabinet can take a decision on implementing the recommendations of the Majithia Wage Board for journalists and non-journalists, reports PTI. ...
GMC doctors assaulted over patient’s death
GUWAHATI, Sept 21 – Chaos prevailed at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) today after irate people manhandled doctors and staff besides damaging hospital property following the death of a patient. ...
