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Srinagar, Dec 30: People's Conference leader Sajad Gani Lone has voiced his support for a stable coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir but hinted at a positive bias towards BJP, stating that a party at the Centre would help in expediting development process. "We are open to support any stable government in the state. There should be no uncertainty about the future of the government, whichever

Kathmandu, Dec 29: A Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Kathmandu on Monday made an emergency landing after one its engines caught fire when a bird hit its left wing, reports said. All passengers and crew members are safe, an official at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu said. Engineers from the airlines company are trying to repair the damage, the official said. The Boeing 737

Kathmandhu, Dec 29: A Jet Airways aircraft from Mumbai with 125 passengers and six crew members on board landed under emergency conditions here after it suffered a bird hit. The plane, however, made a safe landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Jet Airways said. "Jet Airways flight 9W 268 Mumbai to Kathmandu B737 experienced a bird ingestion on approach and continued the flight with an

New Delhi, Dec 28: Director of IIT Delhi, Raghunath K Shevgaonkar, who was under pressure to provide IIT ground for Sachin Tendulkar's cricket academy and clear BJP party member Subramanian Swamy's salary dues, has reportedly put down the papers. According to The Times of India, the IIT director had opposed a cricket academy in the premises of the Indian Institute of Technology. He wanted the

Srinagar, Dec 27: The stalemate over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir continued for the fifth day today as PDP sought assurance from BJP over certain issues like safeguarding Article 370 and revocation of AFSPA which form the core agenda of the regional party. "All options are still open, no decision has been taken yet on formation of government in the state with any other party," PDP

New Delhi, Dec 27: Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag will on Saturday visit violence-hit areas in Assam, a day after vowing to intensify operations against the NDFB(S) militants. Singh will first visit Guwahati and then Sonitpur and Kokrajhar where militants belonging to National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit faction) killed tribals on Tuesday. He would be briefed by officials there

Srinagar, Dec 27: Even after days of uncertainty, the suspense over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir continued unabated as Omar Abdullah-led National Conference offered to support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but stopped short of formalising the proposal in writing. After it was reported that the NC had formalised its support to PDP in 'writing' (as was demanded by the Mufti

Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 26: Amid continuing suspense over formation of new government in Jammu and Kashmir, Governor N N Vohra today invited PDP and BJP, the first and second largest parties in the elections, which threw up a highly-fractured verdict with no clear winner. Vohra has sent separately to PDP Patron Mufti Mohd Sayeed and state BJP chief Jugal Kishore "for holding discussions on the

Ranchi, Dec 26: Five-time MLA and BJP national vice-president Raghubar Das was elected Jharkhand's first non-tribal chief minister Friday, three days after his party's victory in the assembly elections. Khunti legislator Neelkanth Singh Munda proposed Das' name at a meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) newly elected MLAs that was convened to choose the leader of the legislative party. The

Khao Lak/Thailand, Dec 26: Beachside memorials and religious services were held across Asia on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that left more than a quarter million people dead in one of modern history’s worst natural disasters. The devastating December 26, 2004 tsunami struck a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean rim. It eradicated entire coastal communities