Agartala, Feb 20: The Tripura Government has taken up measures to provide safe drinking water to all the rural areas by 2010, an official release today said.
According to the release, there has been a scarcity in drinking water supply, particularly in rural and hilly areas, due to high iron content in water in recent years.
The first initiative taken to improve the situation was the setting up of two mini rural surface water.....
New Delhi, Feb 20: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today visited the Safdarjung Hospital and met the eleven people injured in yesterday's Samjhauta Express blasts.Ms Gandhi met all the eleven patients undergoing treatment at the burns ward of the Hospital and spoke to the doctor about the treatment being given to them, hospital sources said.''She was very concerned about the health of the injured, particulary children including a one-year old girl and a nine-year old boy,'' sources added.The Congress President, however, declined.....
New York, Feb 20: Strongly condemning the blasts aboard the Samjhauta Express yesterday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the perpetrators of the shocking attack should be punished.
''This heinous crime cannot be justified by any cause and its perpetrators should be brought to justice, '' Mr Ban said.
The Secretary-General extended his deep condolences to the families of the innocent victims as well as the governments of both India and Pakistan.
The Secretary-General expressed his satisfaction that the.....
Bhopal, Feb 20: The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly today paid glowing tributes to former Chief Minister Shyama Charan Shukla and others and adjourned its sitting till tomorrow as a mark of respect to the departed leaders. The house also observed two minutes silence to mourn their death.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Mr Shukla, who died at Raipur a week ago, symbolised clean and value based politics. He never compromised on his principles and preferred.....
Panipat, Feb 20: Claiming vital clues, the Haryana Police today released the sketches of two suspects who could be behind the twin blasts in the Samjhauta Express which left 68 people dead yesterday.
Addressing a press conference here, Rohtak range IGP Sharad Kumar said the two suspects were seen arguing with the RPF personnel in one of the coaches of the Samjhuata Express as it was running from Delhi towards Panipat.
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