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Assam
Top Boro leader held
GUWAHATI, JAN. 1. In the second prize catch in less than a month, police today arrested top leader of the Boro insurgent group in Gangtok. Assam's Inspector General of Police, Khagen Sarma told PTI that Dhiren Boro, vice-president of the National ...


Bihar
Laloo targets BJP, allies
PATNA, JAN. 1.The Rashtriya Janata Dal president, Laloo Prasad Yadav, today described as uncalled for the call for Bihar bandh on January 3 even as the Opposition parties are desperately trying to make an issue of the fake encounter in which ...
Partial power reforms effected
PATNA, JAN. 1.Partial reforms in the power sector came into force from today with the introduction of separate accounting system for three `functionally independent' units for generation, transmission and distribution. However, all the units ...


Gujarat
Congress meet cancelled
GANDHINAGAR, JAN. 1.A meeting of the defeated candidates of the Congress in Gujarat tomorrow to analyse the causes for the party's rout in the just-concluded Assembly elections has been cancelled by the Pradesh Congress Committee. Ostensibly, ...
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  • Underground blast rocks Rajkot


    Jammu & Kashmir
    Hurriyat Conference for tripartite talks
    SRINAGAR, JAN. 1. The All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) today reiterated that the Kashmir issue could be resolved only through tripartite talks. ``We urge India and Pakistan to initiate a meaningful dialogue to resolve the Kashmir issue ...
    Cow slaughter sparks tension in Jammu
    JAMMU, JAN. 1.Shopkeepers downed their shutters and demonstrations were staged in the old city following reports that a cow was slaughtered by some unidentified persons at the residence of a prominent person in Jhullaka Mohalla, official sources ...
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  • NC against giving more powers to Ladakh Hill Council


    Maharashtra
    Ultras sneak in, Mumbai on alert
    MUMBAI, JAN. 1. The city would continue to be on a high security alert in the wake of intelligence reports that two members of the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba, have sneaked into the commercial capital. The Maharashtra ...


    New Delhi
    A reminder of nexus between officials, politicians
    NEW DELHI, JAN. 1. The tragic death of nine people after an explosion inside the furnace of an illegal glass factory running for the past nine years at Samaipur Badli in West Delhi is an ugly reminder of an unholy nexus that exists between ...
    Fog delays flights
    NEW DELHI, JAN. 1. Fog played spoilsport at Indira Gandhi International Airport on New Year's Day as flight operations came to standstill after low visibility made it impossible for aircraft to operate for nearly six hours this ...
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  • Minor girl goes missing


    Rajasthan
    Drought-hit farmers find relief in rain
    JAIPUR, JAN. 1. Widespread rain in Rajasthan coinciding with the arrival of the New Year has brought cheers to the drought-hit farmers in remote areas. The rain in this season is expected to benefit the current rabi crop, even though its sowing ...


    Uttar Pradesh
    U.P. police raid house of dissident MLA's father
    PRATAPGARH, JAN. 1. In the Mayawati Government's continuing drive against rebel MLAs in Uttar Pradesh, police raided the residence of the dissident legislator, Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya's father and invoked Gangsters Act against ...


    Chattisgarh
    Ajit Jogi Govt. winds up CSRTC
    RAIPUR, JAN. 1. The Ajit Jogi Government in Chhattisgarh today wound up the State Road Transport Corporation (CSRTC) allowing private buses for public transportation and announced a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for its employees. The ...

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