
Idukki: Normal life was hit on Monday due to a dawn-to-dusk hartal called here by the ruling Congress-led UDF and Opposition LDF protesting Tamil Nadu's stand over Mullaperiyar issue and Centre's "reluctance" to mediate on it. Cutting across political lines, activists of various parties and resistance groups protested over delay in endorsing their demand of building a new dam at Mullaperiyar, over which the state has been locked in a...

12:47 PM, Nov 28, 2011

Kolkata: All polling booths in West Bengal would be manned by central forces as there would be elaborate security arrangement around the centres for a peaceful polling in the first leg of the Assembly election beginning on Monday. Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Kumar Gupta said the 54 constituencies in six north Bengal districts going to polls, have an electorate of over 97.42 lakh. There are 364 candidates in fray. The...

08:54 PM, Apr 17, 2011

CRPF, ITBP, BSF personnel will be deployed in the state in December first week. ...

11:40 PM, Nov 13, 2007

The Centre intervened in Punjab on Thursday night and rushed para-military forces to take control of the situation. ...

11:54 PM, May 17, 2007

Tamil Nadu wants Union govt to step in and solve Mullaperiyar row; Kerala says no. ...

09:40 PM, Jan 02, 2007