A Mrityunjoy 108 boat ambulance carrying patients from Majuli to Jorhat making its way across the surging waters of the turbulent Brahmaputra on Friday. – UB Photos
CP Joshi gets additional charge of Railways
NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (PTI): Union Minister C P Joshi was today given additional charge of Railway ministry, a day after the resignation of Mukul Roy and other Trinamool Congress ministers. ...PM meets President to discuss political situation
NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (IANS): A day after the Trinamool Congress quit the government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday evening to discuss the political situation. ...
3 pistols recovered from Rajdhani Express, one nabbed
GUWAHATI, Sept 22 (IANS): The Government Railway Police (GRP) Saturday arrested one person from the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express in Guwahati and recovered three 9 mm pistols and six magazines from his possession. ...
Agartala-Dhaka bus set ablaze in B'desh, passengers safe
AGARTALA, Sept 22 (PTI): The Agartala-Dhaka bus of Tripura Road Transport Corporation 'Maitree' was set ablaze by unidentified men at Narsingdi in Bangladesh, 70 km from here, officials said today. ...
Congress ministers resign from Mamata government
KOLKATA, Sept 22 (IANS): All six Congress ministers in West Bengal Saturday resigned from the Mamata Banerjee government, a day after her Trinamool Congress pulled out of the centre's ruling United Progressive Alliance. ...
PM promises overhaul of corporate and commercial laws
NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (IANS): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday made a pitch for inclusive, faster and sustainable growth, promising to overhaul the existing corporate and commercial laws to facilitate growth of the corporate sector. ...
Security tightened along Assam-Mizoram border
SILCHAR/AIZAWL, Sept 22 (IANS): The Assam government has tightened vigil along the Assam-Mizoram border in Cachar district and deployed additional security forces after heightening of tension following destruction of a border pillar by unidentified m ...
Congress to end support to Mamata government
KOLKATA, Sept 22 (IANS): The Congress will meet West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Saturday evening to formally convey its decision to withdraw its support to the Trinamool Congress government. ...
Will not bow before arrogance of power: Mamata
KOLKATA, Sept 22 (IANS): In a veiled attack on the Congress, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday said she would never bow to those who showed arrogance of power. ...
'India must get serious about China's military modernization'
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (IANS): India should "think seriously about the security challenges posed by China's continuing military modernization", a US think-tank has said. ...
Trinamool withdraws support to UPA
NEW DELHI, Sept 21 – The UPA government today breathed easy with the Samajwadi Party bailing it out pledging its continued support as Trinamool Congress formally split with the coalition withdrawing its backing after its ministers quit, reports PTI. ...
Hard decisions needed to revive growth: PM
NEW DELHI, Sept 21 – Reviving confidence of domestic and foreign investors is necessary to reverse the economic slowdown and prevent recurrence of 1991-type of crisis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today, reports PTI. ...
State flood situation worsens
GUWAHATI, Sept 21 – There seems to be no improvement in the overall flood situation for the State during the past 24 hours. Altogether 13 districts of the State have been affected by the current wave of flood. In total, 4, 15,051 people in 817 villag ...
CAG defends Rs 1.85 lakh cr figure in report
NEW DELHI, Sept 21 – CAG Vinod Rai today defended the Rs 1.85 lakh crore figure in the auditor’s report on coal block allocations, saying the organisation would have failed in its duty by not mentioning the financial gain to private firms, reports PT ...
BPF for eviction of unauthorised persons
NEW DELHI, Sept 21 – Sensing an opportunity following withdrawal of support by Trinamool Congress (TMC), BPF has upped the ante, asking UPA –II to evict all unauthorised people from tribal belts and blocks. ...
Scheme to strengthen Brahmaputra dykes on cards
GUWAHATI, Sept 21 – The State Water Resources Department (WRD) is preparing a comprehensive scheme worth around Rs 3640.40 crore for raising and strengthening the Brahmaputra dykes all over the Brahmaputra Valley with an aim at controlling the flood ...
State RTI applicants not immune to threats
GUWAHATI, Sept 21 – Threats and violence against people who have submitted Right To Information (RTI) applications have not declined in Assam. If reports from different quarters are taken into account, vested interests could be desperate to scuttle t ...
