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Bareilly, March 17 (IANS) Curfew was relaxed in Bareilly Wednesday for 11 hours as the Uttar Pradesh town limped towards normalcy after a serious bout of communal violence, authorities said.
It was the third relaxation since curfew was imposed two weeks ago.
‘As peaceful situation prevails in Bareilly, we have decided to relax the curfew for 11 [...]

Bhubaneswar, March 16 (IANS) The local administration in Orissa’s Kandhamal district has not allowed the proposed visit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia to the area later this week, officials said.
The VHP leader was scheduled to go to visit Kandhamal during his visit to the state on Thursday.
‘We have decided not to allow [...]

Lucknow, Mar 6 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati claimed that the state was facing an “acute financial crisis” and was not in a position to give any monetary compensation to the families of those killed or injured in Thursday’’s Pratapgarh stampede.
On Thursday, 63 people were killed in a stampede in Kripaluji Maharaj Ashram in [...]

Rampur (HP), Sept 18 (ANI): Hundreds of residents and farmers here protested against the construction of run-of-river hydropower plant project on the river Satluj.

The campaigners called for Save Satluj drive and complained that the hydropower plant would disturb the ecological balance [...]

Islamabad, Sep.10 (ANI): At least eighteen Islamic seminaries in Islamabad have refused to register themselves with the government, claiming that they will cooperate only if they are contacted through the madrassah body, known as the Tanzeemul [...]

Hisar, Sep. 9 (ANI): Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s helicopter today made an emergency landing here due to bad weather.

District administration officials confirmed that the helicopter carrying Hooda, who was flying from New Delhi to Muktsar in Punjab, landed in Hisar on Wednesday afternoon.

“The chief minister’s chopper made an absolutely safe landing here. [...]

Jaipur, Sep. 2 (ANI): In a bizarre move, the Rajasthan government has directed all the government employees to properly welcome and see off visiting MPs and MLAs.

Among other things, the directive requires government employees to stand up when a lawmaker comes to [...]

Ropar (Punjab), Sep. 1 (ANI): Heavy floods have disrupted normal life in Punjab’s Ropar district.

The sub divisions of Anantpur Sahib and Nangal of Ropar district have been inundated by waters of the floods in Swan River in Himachal Pradesh.

The river is running above danger level following heavy rains [...]

New Delhi, Aug.28 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary on Friday candidly admitted before the Full Commission of the NHRC on 25th of this month that the pollution caused by the furnaces for extraction of fat from animal remains in Meerut is a serious issue concerning the health of citizens.

He assured that there would [...]

Datia (Madhya Pradesh), Aug. 9(ANI): Farmers are a worried lot in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia district as they are experiencing acute water scarcity, which has been further aggravated by deficit rainfall leading to a drought like situation in the region.

“Due to inadequate rains we are sitting idle. [...]

Kolkata July 5 (ANI): The central paramilitary forces and West Bengal state police are moving towards Maoists strong holds of Pingboni and Birbhanpur, after the capture of Kalimuri and Madhupur.

In a major operational success security forces took Kalaimuri and Madhupur in their control, from where they are expected to launch further operations.

Meanwhile, West Bengal Home [...]

Kanpur, June 23 (ANI): The controversial ban of college authorities prohibiting girls to wear jeans to prevent incidents of eve-teasing has triggered furious reaction from college girls here.

College girls consider the decision deprives them of their basic freedom to wear something like [...]

Narayanpatra (Orissa), May 30 (ANI): Thirty families of Kondh community have taken shelter in District Collector’s office after being left homeless in Narayanpatna area here following a Maoist support group’s attack on their village.

Villagers said that a Maoist support group ‘Chashi Mulia Adivasi Sangh’, arrived here in their [...]

Bhopal, May 28 (ANI): The tuberculosis hospital at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, is facing acute water shortage, and this is affecting the patients.

Although authorities are trying to tackle the problem by supplying water through water tankers, the effort is inadequate.

The hospital has 250 beds, of which over 150 are occupied at all times.

“We can [...]

Kolkata, May 26 (ANI): The death toll due to havoc caused by cyclone ‘Aila’ in West Bengal has increased to 60. The highest number of deaths occurred in South 24 Parganas district followed by North 24 Parganas, Kolkata and Howrah.

Aila also wrecked havoc in Hooghly, Burdwan and [...]

Kolkata, May 26 (ANI): About 24000 people have been rendered homeless in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas District, the area worst hit by ‘Cyclone Alia’.

The district administration has set up about 100 relief camps across the disaster zone and launched relief and rescue operations at the block level.

Television reports said that West Bengal [...]

Kolkata, May 26 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday visited cyclone relief camps in Nimpith in South 24 Parganas, the area worst hit by ‘Cyclone Alia’.

Bhattacharjee talked to people who have taken shelter in the relief camp.

About [...]

Jharkhand, May 24 (ANI): An orphan, Rinkita, could never have thought that she would enjoy marital bliss. But in stepped the government of Jharkhand and organised her wedding through a unique scheme.

“Rinkita’s parents expired when she was young and since then her family condition became miserable. She had to beg to run the family. It [...]

Guwahati, May 24 (IANS) The Assam government Sunday ordered a probe into the recovery of a large number of human skeletons from the outskirts of the state capital last week.
As many as 14 human skeletons were recovered Friday at a construction site near a college here at Fatasil-Amabri area creating a sensation in the city.
“The [...]

Kotkapura (Punjab), May 24 (ANI): A major fire destroyed a power sub-station at Kotkapura near Faridkot on Saturday. Although the inferno caused enormous damage, there have been no casualties reported.

The fire broke out at around 6′o clock in the evening reportedly by a short circuit [...]