New Delhi (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the much talked Bill to hike salaries of the Members of Parliament (MPs) by over three times from Rs. 16,000 to Rs. 50,000, and doubling two of their key allowances to Rs. 40,000 each The legislation, passed by voice vote, has also raised constituency allowance of [...]

Aligarh: The Department of Anaesthesiology, JN Medical College, AMU has extended its horizon of Anaesthesia practice. The department has conducted for the first time a Hands-on-workshop in Ultrasound guided Central Venous Access, Focused Echocardiography in Emergency Life Support (FEEL) and the Nerve Blocks for Regional Anaesthesia in collaboration with SONSOTIE. The workshop was Chaired by [...]

By Jaikumar Dharampuri (Tamil Nadu) (ANI): Farmers of Tamil Nadu’s Dharampuri district rejoicing after good rains and favourable climatic conditions have helped deliver a bumper sunflower crop. Farmers said this year”s yield was much better, compared to last year. “In comparison with last year”s yield, the growth is good, no soil cost, no water cost [...]

By Vipul Goel Nainital (ANI): Various authorities in Uttarakhand have come together to prevent accidents by taking up bio fencing along the state’s accident-prone highways. The forest department, the department of transportation, public works department and the district administration have now identified 45 places that are prone to such frequent accidents. The highways entwine steep [...]

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh): State Government has deployed adequate man and machinery, which include 137 dozers and 330 JCBs in the State in order to expeditiously restore damaged roads during the torrential monsoon rains. Thakur Gulab Singh, Public Works and Revenue Minister revealed this while presiding over the meeting with the senior officers of the Public [...]

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh): National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) would be adopting villages for developing as Herbal Villages with a view to give boost to herbal cultivation in the State so as to strengthen the economy of the farmers. This was revealed by Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, after meeting with the [...]

New Delhi (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged demonstration here on Friday to protest against increased prices of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). On Friday, cost of CNG went up by 5.60 rupees in New Delhi and Mumbai. Police had to resort to mild use of force and water canon to disperse protesting workers. ” [...]

New Delhi (ANI): Union Home Secretary G K Pillai has summoned the chief secretaries of Nagaland and Manipur to Delhi for emergency talks related to the ongoing Naga students economic blockade. Pillai is expected to discuss steps to keep National Highway-39 open. The expected arrival of the chief secretaries follows Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s [...]

Amritsar (ANI): Punjab Police Special Operation Cell (SOC) has seized a huge cache of heroin and ammunition along the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar District. Addressing the media on Thursday, Additional Inspector General (AIG) Manminder Singh said that the police had recovered over two kilograms of heroin, six kilograms of RDX, 20 detonators and ten timer [...]

Suarat (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has slammed the central government for failing to tackle the Maoist violence. Addressing a public meeting here on Sunday, Modi said: “They (central government) have not been able to fulfill the responsibility assigned to them. Day and night we are witnessing Maoists attacks and thousands are getting killed [...]

Patna (Bihar): Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Thursday urged the Chinese Government to address the issues of Tibetan people. Dalai Lama said that in 1980, China had offered him five points of proposal about his return. “I had refused saying that my return was not the issue. The issue really was the basic rights of [...]

Srinagar (ANI): The proposed visit of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to Jammu and Kashmir has evoked a mixed response from different sections of society, particularly from political and separatist factions. Dr. Singh is expected to undertake a visit to the State on June 7. The high-profile visit by the prime minister has become the [...]

By Praful Kumar Singh New Delhi (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, who will be visiting China from May 26-31 to deepen and expand strategic and cooperative partnership, will be the first Indian head of state to visit that country in a decade. President Patil’s visit coincides with the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic [...]

Mangalore: An Air India Express Boeing 737-800 aircraft arriving from Dubai with 167 on board 2010 tragically crashed at Mangalore International Airport at 6.30 am today (22 May 2010). It is reported that the plane overshot the runway while landing and fell over a cliff resulting in this disastrous crash. Very few are known to [...]