New Delhi, Sept 01 : The Samajwadi Party and Congress today decided to jointly contest the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.
The SP is also seeking alliance in four other states including Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka
After a marathon four-hour long talk with a Congress delegation led by party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, SP general secretary Amar Singh said that the seat-sharing would be carried out with winnability as the criteria in the state.
New Delhi, Sep 1 : The Army today intensified its ongoing rescue work in flood hit areas of Bihar, and rushed 16 additional columns of men to join relief efforts.
Central Army Commander Lt General H S Panag, who is supervising the operations, said: “Another 16 columns of men have been sent to areas affected by the floods in River Kosi.”
The Army also pressed into service six helicopters -- four Cheetahs and two Dhruvs -- for rescuing people marooned in areas inaccessible by road or by boat. Twenty one columns are already deployed for rescue and relief work.
New Delhi, Sep 1 : The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has ordered an extra 10, 000 metric tonnes of kerosene for flood victims in Bihar besides sanctioning rupees 50 million rupees as part of its flood aid effort.
Announcing this at a news conference in New Delhi on Monday, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora said that the Government was trying to meet the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) needs of the flood victims free of cost.
New Delhi - An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-29 fighter jet crashed
in the western state of Gujarat on Monday but the pilot managed to
eject safely, officials said.
"The aircraft had taken off from the Jamnagar airbase for a
training sortie but the pilot lost control and it crashed," IAF
spokesman Mahesh Upasani told reporters in New Delhi.
"The pilot, managed to eject safely," he added. The Jamnagar base is located 280 kilometres west of state capital Gandhinagar.
There were no reports of any casualties or damage to property on
the ground at the crash site, about 50 kilometres away from the
airbase. The pilot was moved to an Air Force hospital for treatment.
New Delhi - Indian authorities, aided by the military, intensified their efforts Monday to rescue more than a half-million people marooned by floods in the eastern state of Bihar.
Medical teams were rushed in to prevent outbreaks of diseases in the affected areas.
An estimated 3.5 million people were affected or displaced when the monsoon-driven Kosi River changed its course after almost two centuries after a breach in a dam upstream in Nepal.
Nearly 80 people were killed in Bihar's 16 districts. Saharsa, Supaul, Araria, Purnea and Madhepura districts were among the hardest hit.
Authorities said 1.1 million people were marooned as two weeks of flooding continued in 1,600 villages in the region.
New Delhi, Sep. 1 : Experts have said that China is concerned, if not annoyed with India’s plans to have a fleet of aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines in the next decade and recently tested nuclear-capable missiles that put China''s major cities well within range.
New Delhi’s decision to reopen air force bases near the Chinese border has also invited negative reactions from officials in Beijing, they claim.
New Delhi, Sept 01 : The Samajwadi Party and Congress today decided to jointly contest the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.
New Delhi, Sep 1 : The Army today intensified its ongoing rescue work in flood hit areas of Bihar, and rushed 16 additional columns of men to join relief efforts.
New Delhi, Sep 1 : The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has ordered an extra 10, 000 metric tonnes of kerosene for flood victims in Bihar besides sanctioning rupees 50 million rupees as part of its flood aid effort.
New Delhi, Sep. 1 : Experts have said that China is concerned, if not annoyed with India’s plans to have a fleet of aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines in the next decade and recently tested nuclear-capable missiles that put China''s major cities well within range.
