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Arunachal Pradesh
AASU leads blockade on Arunachal border
Sibsagar: A large number of vehicles were stranded in this district on Saturday after an indefinite economic blockade was launched on the border with Arunachal Pradesh by influential All-Assam Students' Union (AASU) and other organisations ...

Assam
Wanted poachers held
Tezpur: Forest guards foiled an attempt to poach rhinos and apprehended three wanted poachers in Assam's Orang National Park when they were making an attempt to kill rhinos inside the park, official sources said. The three poachers were ...

AASU leads blockade on Arunachal border
Sibsagar: A large number of vehicles were stranded in this district on Saturday after an indefinite economic blockade was launched on the border with Arunachal Pradesh by influential All-Assam Students' Union (AASU) and other organisations ...

Haryana
Kaithal to have university soon
CHANDIGARH: Kaithal will soon have a university and a blueprint has been prepared, Haryana Public Works (Buildings and Roads) Department Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Saturday. Addressing a workers' meeting in Kaithal, he ...

Jammu & Kashmir
Seven arrested for impersonation
Jammu: Seven persons, including two women, were arrested on the charge of impersonation during an examination for MBBS/BDS courses here on Saturday, police sources said. They were arrested from the examination centre of Jammu University ...

Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh out to woo investors
Bhopal: As a part of a campaign to attract industrial investment in the State, the Madhya Pradesh Government will hold an industry interactive session in Kolkata on August 31. Industry Minister Kailash Vijayavargiya will address the ...

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Puducherry
ICAI plans centre of excellence
PUDUCHERRY: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has sought two acres of land in Puducherry to set up a centre of excellence. The ICAI represented the matter to Chief Minister V. Vaithilingam at the inaugural session of a ...

Rain brings respite from heat
PUDUCHERRY: After a week of sweltering heat, residents of Puducherry got a relief on Saturday as heavy rain lashed the coastal town from early morning. According to an official at the Public Works Department, which monitors rainfall in ...

Warm welcome for Queen's baton
PUDUCHERRY: The Queen's baton that arrived here ahead of the Commonwealth games to be held at New Delhi, received a warm welcome despite heavy rain on Saturday. The relay run of the baton began at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium at ...

Holiday declared
PUDUCHERRY: The government has declared August 23 as holiday for all government and private schools in Puducherry and Karaikal for Onam festival, a release from the School Education Department said on ...

Ten arrested
PUDUCHERRY: The police on Saturday arrested 10 history sheeters and recovered deadly weapons from their custody. The arrest was made by the Lawspet and Mudliarpet police based on tip-off that anti-social elements were planning to attack ...

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Punjab
Punjab sounds alert as rivers swell
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has sounded an alert in most districts with the water level of the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi rivers continuing to rise following heavy rain in the catchment areas in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh. The floodgates ...

Five migrant labourers die in paper mill blast
Sangrur (Punjab): Five migrant labourers from Bihar were killed and one injured in a blast in the dryer of a paper mill near Malerkotla early on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Jeevan Kumar, Dev Kumar, Guddu Tiwari, Guddu Singh ...

Four of family found murdered
Ludhiana: Four members of a family were found murdered in their house at Satnam Nagaron the outskirts of Doraha, 25 km from here, on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Charnjit Kaur (40), Jassa (18), Karamjit Kaur (10) and Navdeep ...

Rajasthan
‘Delhi-Mumbai corridor to be eco-friendly'
JAIPUR: Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma said here on Saturday that the proposed Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Development Corridor (DMIC) would come up with people's participation and cooperation. The projects under it ...

Uttar Pradesh
Congress backs farmers' agitation
Farmers want Rahul Gandhi to lead stir

Uttaranchal
Nishank demands 5,000 crore for flood relief works
DEHRA DUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has sought Rs.5,000 crore from the Centre to restore government and private properties that have been damaged by flash floods and landslips in the State over the past ...

Five crushed to death
DEHRA DUN: Five persons were crushed to death and three injured when a heavy boulder fell on their home at Sayana Chatti in Uttarakashi district of Uttarakhand on Friday night, the State Disaster Management and Mitigation Centre here said on ...

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West Bengal
Save cultivated crops: Buddhadeb
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, now on a tour of the State's drought-hit areas, has said that the prime task before the government was to save whatever crop had been sown in the 11 districts where cultivation had ...

West Bengal to discharge 350 mentally-ill convicts
KOLKATA: In a move to allow mentally-ill convicts and undertrials lodged in West Bengal's correctional homes a life of dignity and proper treatment, the State Government has decided to discharge and rehabilitate more than 350 such inmates in ...




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