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Assam
Assamese lingo from outer space
Guwahati: “We have heard that you are learning Assamese in space through Assamese flashcards. “ Apuni Asomiya kobo pareneki [Can you speak Assamese?],” Dhrubajyoti Das, a student of the Axam Jatiya Vidyalaya ...

Chattisgarh
Naxalites kill three policemen
Raipur: Naxalites are suspected to have killed four persons including three Special Police Officers (SPOs) in two separate incidents in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday. Bijapur Superintendent of Police (SP) ...

Haryana
Vegetable, fruit prices rise due to truckers’ strike
Prices have shot up by around 20 per cent as movement of the two commodities remains suspended

Alleged suicide
Faridabad: A constable of Haryana police on Thursday allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle here, police sources said. The 40-year-old, Bheem Singh, who was posted at Palla under Sector 37 police ...

HUDA offers 11 new sites to educational institutions
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Urban Development Authority has offered 11 sites to reputed educational institutions for setting up world class educational institutes in the upcoming Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonepat, which is envisaged as a hub ...

Himachal Pradesh
Anti-hail guns to be set up in Himachal
SHIMLA: To check the severe problem of hailstones and sleet during the flowering season in apple orchards, the Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to install anti-hail guns and a hail control system in the hill State. ...

New Chairman for HPPSC
SHIMLA: The Himachal Government has appointed Major-General (Retd.) C. M. Sharma as the new Chairman of the State Public Service Commission. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Prabha Rau in Raj Bhavan here. ...

Jammu & Kashmir
Fire in Jammu heritage fort
Jammu: A fire broke out in the heritage Sheesh Mahal fort in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said here on Thursday. The fire broke out on Wednesday night when some labourers, who were staying in the fort for ...

Orissa


Puducherry
Manufacturers flay blanket ban on plastic items
Industry not against ban on items that weigh less than 20 microns

Special camps launched to recover property tax arrears
Camps being held in wards of municipality in Puducherry

‘Manimandapam’ for Singaravelar sought
PUDUCHERRY: Member of Parliament M. Ramadass has urged Chief Minister V. Vaithilingam to construct a ‘manimandapam’ for “Sinthanai Sirpi” Singaravelar and lay the foundation stone on his 150th birth anniversary, which ...

Jail wardens suspended
PUDUCHERRY: Two jail wardens and the principal warden have been suspended in connection with the suicide of a life convict in the Central Prison here on Tuesday night. Inspector-General of Police (in-charge of prison) S. Vasudeva Rao said that ...

Ministerial staff observe fast
PUDUCHERRY: The Pondicherry Ministerial Staff Federation staged a hunger strike here on Thursday demanding filling of vacancies and proper implementation of salary scales. The federation said that nearly 119 posts of supervisors were ...

CPI cadres court arrest
PUDUCHERRY: More than 600 activists belonging to the Puducherry unit of the Communist Party of India on Thursday staged road blockade at different places demanding relief to farmers and workers, and courted ...

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Punjab
Vegetable, fruit prices rise due to truckers’ strike
Prices have shot up by around 20 per cent as movement of the two commodities remains suspended

No politics in my religious mission, says Badal’s wife
‘Motivating masses to prepare ‘langar’ at the Golden temple’

Security cover for many VIPs to be withdrawn
Jalandhar: State security for 80 per cent of the VIPS in this Punjab district would be withdrawn after they were found to be having “zero threat perception” during a security review carried out after the Mumbai attacks, a top ...

Rajasthan
Shekhawat to Gehlot: Probe corruption during Raje regime
Government will not be vindictive but truth will be unearthed: CM

Uttar Pradesh
Spurt in chain-snatching cases in Noida
NOIDA: A sudden spurt in chain-snatching incidents during the past few months in Sectors 26 and 27 of Noida has caused widespread panic in the area. Local residents no longer feel safe enough to step out of their homes in the evening. ...

Four gangsters shot dead
Lucknow: Four gangsters who had committed many crimes in Uttar Pradesh were killed in a shootout with the police though two managed to escape on Thursday evening, the police said. “The four were involved in cases of loot, dacoity, ...

Uttaranchal
Five injured
Dehra Dun: Five labourers were injured in an explosion at a steel factory at Jasodarpur area in Kotdwar town of Pauri district this afternoon, police said. Five labourers were injured in the explosion, which occurred at Siddhabali ...




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