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Wednesday,
August
12,
2009, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Water,
power woes deepen
Bhakra curbs to hit
paddy in region
Chandigarh, August 11
Punjab and Haryana will
have less water for irrigation of their paddy fields from
tomorrow with the Bhakra Beas Management Board reducing outflows
from Bhakra Dam by 3,000 cusecs a day.
Industry,
farmers worst hit in Haryana
Chandigarh, August
11
The drought-like conditions
prevailing in Haryana have aggravated the power crisis, with
urban domestic consumers facing cuts for 12 -13 hours a day and
the industry being forced to go without power for up to 20 hours
a day.
Swine
flu toll reaches 12
Azad asks states to get into combat
mode
New Delhi, August 11
As the nationwide toll of swine flu
victims mounted from seven to 12 on Tuesday, a concerned Union
Health Minister asked all states to step up surveillance and
prevent the infection from spreading further.
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Fear
of tsunami gave them a sleepless night
Chennai, August 11
People of the coastal Tamil Nadu, including the capital
Chennai, spent a sleepless Monday night,
following slight tremors and a tsunami alert, which triggered
memories of December 26, 2004. People who fled from their homes and
spent the night in open places amid the late night showers, started
returning to their houses only after the tsunami alert was withdrawn
early morning today.
‘Secret’
rescue mission for missing Israeli raises eyebrows
Kasol (Kullu), August 11
A group of 10 Israelis, accompanied
by an equal number of local guides, today set out from Kheerganga, 26 km
from Kullu, to search for the missing 24-year-old Israeli backpacker,
Amichai Shtainmetz, who disappeared from a guesthouse in the area last
month.
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Three more deaths as govt sketches strategy
August 11, 2009
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NRI, teacher new fatalities
August 10, 2009
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Finally,
drought reality sinks in
August 9, 2009
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Govt wakes up on food front
August 8, 2009
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Rush
for test, only if you must: Govt
August 7, 2009
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Panic in Pune as 3 more test
+ve
August 6, 2009
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Jittery govt rewrites H1N1 rules
August 5, 2009
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First
swine flu death in country
August 4, 2009
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Pvt airlines call off strike
August 3, 2009
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No bailout for pvt airlines: Patel
August 2, 2009
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