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India lodges strong protest with Pakistan at flag meeting
The Indian Army lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over its soldiers intruding into Indian side and brutally killing two of its soldiers in Sona Gali area of Mendhar sector on January 8 and repeated violations of ceasefire by Pakistan on the LoC.
Pongal, a grand harvest festival that has its roots in the deep rural South has slowly evolved into a quick-and-easy ‘cooker’ affair.
The residents of Jayanagar 3rd block have opposed a move by BBMP to construct a waste converter unit as they fear contamination of ground water and a swimming pool in the surrounding area.
With over 25 lakh people leaving for their native places from Hyderabad to celebrate Sankranti festival with their parents and other family members, the city roads wore a deserted look on Sunday.
Union Law Minister Aswani Kumar said that flagship programmes of the UPA like the MGNREGA will end disparities between ‘Bharath’ and ‘India’.
The report on the steps to be taken to tackle an imminent drought in the city is likely to be tabled before the State Disaster Management Authority on Monday, Deputy Collector V Chandrika has said.
A large number of train passengers had a miraculous escape late on Saturday night after two railway employees alerted their higher-ups and station masters at Mandapam and Pamban of a barge crash at the Pamban rail bridge.
Lakhs of pilgrims have thronged Sannidhanam and nearby areas to witness ‘Makarajyothi’, the celestial star Sirius, which will appear in the North-East sky of Sabarimala Temple on Monday evening.
Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje, who is said to be joining the KJP launched by her mentor and former CM B S Yeddyurappa soon, claimed that her utterances on Karnataka government had no political motive.
With signals emanating from New Delhi that the Congress might take a decision in favour of a separate Telangana state, Seemandhra leaders are going into an overdrive to throw a spanner in the works even as TJAC, which met on Sunday, declared that it would continue to keep up the heat with agitations pressing for bifurcation.
Stating that mining is not the only answer to poverty, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday advocated tribal- centric development and livelihood projects to tackle Maoist menace.
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Dhoni and his men will have to give a serious thought to the team composition as they take on England in the second ODI in Kochi on Tuesday.
The absence of top Chinese shuttlers has given Saina top billing in the women's singles event at the $400,000 Malaysia Open Super Series beginning in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday.
General Bikram Singh said that the killing of two Indian soldiers - one of whom was beheaded - by Pakistani troops is a 'gruesome and an unpardonable act.'
French military forces on Monday widened their bombing campaign against Islamic extremists occupying northern Mali, launching airstrikes for the first time in central Mali to combat a new threat.
