PM sanctions Rs.1,000 crore for Uttarakhand disaster relief
byNew Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday granted Rs.1,000 crore for disaster relief in Uttarakhand and said the death toll in…
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Child, abducted for adoption, rescued in Ghaziabad
byGhaziabad, June 19 (IANS) A nine-month-old child, abducted by his family’s neighbour for adoption by his childless brother-in-law, was rescued Wednesday and the kidnappers…
Priority to rescuing stranded people in Uttarakhand: PM
byNew Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the priority of the government was to rescue people stranded by heavy rains…
Priority to evacuate people in danger: R.P.N. Singh
byNew Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh said Wednesday everything possible was being done to rescue flood-affected people…
UN headquarters in Somalia attacked
byWashington, June 19 (IANS) An attacker Wednesday blew himself up at the entrance to the UN headquarters in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, CNN…
Barasat rapists to be hanged in a month, says Mamata
byKolkata, June 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister said Wednesday her government was determined to “hang” within a month the perpetrators of the gang-rape…
Thousands missing in Kedarnath, death toll may zoom
byDehradun/Lucknow, June 19 (IANS) Thousands of people are missing following the devastating floods in Uttarakhand, officials said Wednesday, adding the death toll may run…
77 more stranded tourists airlifted in Himachal
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh government today continued its operations to airlift tourists stranded for the past four days in Kinnaur district, which has been…
Delhi Plice to get 370 more patrol vans
byNew Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Delhi Police will get 370 more Police Control Room (PCR) vehicles next week, said an officer Wednesday. “With the…
BJP asks state units to help in Uttarakhand relief
byNew Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Wednesday asked state units to postpone their organisational work and provide assistance…