United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India) back issues from May 2009:
Light showers give relief to North Gujaratis.
May 01, 2009 ... Palanpur, May. 1 -- Cloudy atmosphere with sudden shift in wind followed by a light drizzle gave respite from scorching heat wave in North Gujarat this evening. According to information reaching here from Himmatnagar, Prantij, Mehsana, Vijapur, Patan and remote places in ...
DMK-Cong committed to forming secular govt at Centre: Karunanidhi.
May 01, 2009 ... Tiruchirapalli, May. 1 -- DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi tonight said DMK-Congress alliance is committed for establishing a secular government at the Centre, which would promote the communal harmony also. Addressing an election rally here in support of ...
Yuvraj efforts went in vain, Bangalore upest Punjab.
May 01, 2009 ... Durban, May. 1 -- A blistering knock from skipper Yuvraj Singh went in vain as Royal Challengers Bangalore upset Kings XI Punjab by eight runs in a keenly contested Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here tonight. Yuvraj, who was adjudged the man of the match, registered his ...
Jail employees thrash Superintendent.
May 01, 2009 ... Saharsa, May. 1 -- The superintendent of divisional jail Debendra Prasad was thrashed by three employees here today. District Magistrate R Laxmanan said incident took place when Mr Prasad was interrogating the three employees in connection with the recovery of cell phone from ...
ELECTION PUNJAB SHOES TWO LAST AMRITSAR.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Badhuria has come all the way to Amritsar from Golagokaran Nath village, which falls in the Sikh-dominated Lakhimpur Khiri district of UP bordering neighbouring Nepal. An advocate and agriculturist by profession, Badhuria has already contested six elections, ...
ELECTION BENGAL EVENING LEAD POLLING TWO LAST KOLKATA.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Block Development Officer (BDO) of Binpur I, Sauriv Barik, however, refuted Mr Mahato's charge. '' We have set up assistance booths in all the special polling stations here. Our officials at these booths are ready to help any voter to find out the booth where ...
Gehlot for more practical attitude over model code of conduct.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot urged the Election Commission to take a "more practical and judicious view" in implementation of model code of conduct so that governance related affairs of the state governments were not hindered. Talking to reporters ...
ELECTION BIHAR NOON LEAD POLLING TWO LAST PATNA.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Reports from Kishanganj said police resorted to lathicharge on some youths after they attacked the presiding officer at booth number 23 at Kochdhaman area under the constituency. Three people injured in the police action were rushed to a health centre. Polling remained ...
ELECTION BENGAL NOON LEAD POLLING TWO LAST KOLKATA.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Polling was also boycotted in two booths under Malda South constituency as the local people protested against tardy development. Official sources said no votes were polled in a number of booths at Chakadoba and Kagmari under Belpahari sub-division under West ...
ELECTION MAH SIDELIGHTS TWO LAST MUMBAI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray cast his vote at Navjeevan School in Bandra (E). Uddhav was accompanied by his wife Rashmi and son Aditya on the occasion. However, for the first time, Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray did not accompany his family ...
ELECTION RAJNATH GOVERNMENT TWO LAST LUCKNOW.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Criticising both the SP and the BSP, Mr Singh said these parties had misused their power in UP and were behind the backwardness of the state. When asked if the party would be revived in UP, he confidently said the party had already been revived and the Lok ...
ELECTION GUJ SECOND LEAD POLL BOYCOTT TWO LAST AHMEDABAD.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- A report from Surat said people of Amalsadi village in Palsana taluka boycotted the voting on developmental issues. The villagers were angered by authorities and current MP Tushar Chaudhry as they had failed to satisfy their long term demand of a causeway upon a rivulet ...
ELECTION NATIONAL SECOND LEAD POLLING THREE LAST NEW DELHI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Sporadic violence, police lathicharge, blank firing and poll boycott marked the third phase Lok Sabha elections to 11 seats in Bihar. Braving the scorching heat, 25 per cent of more than 15 million electorate exercised their democratic rights till 1200 hours ....
ELECTION KARNATAKA AFTERNOON LEAD POLLING TWO LAST BANGALORE.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Dakshina Kannada recorded the highest poll percentage of 59.3 per cent, while the voter turn-out was the lowest in Haveri at 38.84 per cent by 1500 hrs. Percentage of polling in the other segments was Bagalkot 41.96, Davangere 40, Shimoga 46.53, Udupi-Chikmagalur 47.04, ...
ELECTION HARYANA LEAD SONIA TWO LAST HANSI AMBALA.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Ms Gandhi charged the other parties with preaching the politics of communalism and casteism. The Congress steadfastly stood for the welfare of all castes and religions, she added while calling upon the electorate to vote for the Congress, which ''represents the secular ...
ELECTION KASHMIR AUTONOMY PDP TWO LAST SRINAGAR.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Senior PDP leader further said the NC contested the 2008 elections for the State Assembly with the restoration of autonomy as its main plank and during the election campaign its leaders attacked the Congress for eroding it. It again entered into an alliance ...
ELECTION KASHMIR ANANTNAG LEAD POLLING TWO ANANTNAG.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- As many as 11,65,951 electors, including 5,53,993 women voters have the right to vote in the constituency. Though there are 13 candidates in the fray, the main contest will be between Miraz Mehboob Beg of the ruling National Conference (NC) and main ...
ELECTION HARYANA SECOND LEAD SONIA TWO LAST HANSI AMBALA.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Ms Gandhi said besides the cross-border terrorism, the country facing the challenge of the communal forces. The Congress, she said, was a party who took everyone along and had the experience and ability to provide a government which could protect the ...
EXTERNAL PAK AFGHAN LAMBAH TWO LAST NEW DELHI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Contradicting US General David Petraeus' remarks that India is part of Af-Pak pointsman Richard Holbrooke's portfolio, Mr Lambah said there is no link between India and the Af-Pak policy. ''We have been told by the US that there is no connection between ...
ELECTION ORISSA EVM CONGRESS TWO LAST BHUBNAESWAR.
May 01, 2009 ... Bhubnaeswar, May 1 -- At a separate press conference, Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee Vice-President Sibananda Ray today alleged that the BJD, with the help of the police, administration, election officials, muscle and money power rigged the poll in the state. Mr Ray demanded ...
ELECTION MAH NOON LEAD POLLING TWO LAST MUMBAI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- At Airoli Sector 8 polling booth, a few activists of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Shiv Sena were arrested after they clashed with each other over bogus voting. Some vehicles were also damaged during the incident, police said adding that the ...
ELECTION BIHAR EVENING LEAD POLLING THREE LAST PATNA.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Incidentally, for the first time the EC had shifted 38 polling stations from inside the Maoist-dominated areas to outside zone in a bid to instil confidence among the electorate to cast votes without any fear or pressure from any quarters whatsoever. Among ...
ELECTION MAH EVENING LEAD POLLING TWO LAST MUMBAI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- As many as seven members of the 14th Lok Sabha were in the fray in the final phase. They included Milind Deora (Mumbai South), Priya Dutt (Mumbai North Central), Eknath Gaekwad (Mumbai South Central), Gurudas Kamat (Mumbai North West), Dhamodar Shingda (Palghar) of the ...
ELECTION LEAD POLLING NATIONAL SEVEN NEW DELHI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Barring some minor incidents, voting began on a peaceful note in 25,986 polling centres across 16 Parliamentary constituencies in Madhya Pradesh's second and final phase elections as nearly 15 to 20 per cent voter turn-out was reported in initial few hours. ...
ELECTION GUJ SIDELIGHTS TWO LAST RAJKOT.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- A report from Surat said Ratmi Desai (127), resident of Panikhadak village in Chikli taluka, was the eldest voter in entire Navsari district. Desai along with her three sons cast her vote in the polls. A presiding officer of polling booth at Sadarwel village ...
POLITICS ASSAM NATIONAL GAMES GOGOI TWO LAST GUWAHATI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Now, almost 26 months after the successful holding of the event, Hiranya Saikia, peace activist and close confidant of ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Barua, named one Assam Minister in a live television show and alleged that he had forged the ''peace deal'' with the ...
ELECTION BIHAR INCIDENTS TWO PATNA.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- A report from Begusarai said the police recovered four bombs near two polling booths of Cheriya Bariyarpur Assembly segment in the Begsusarai Lok Sabha seat. According to police , the security personnel detected the bombs near polling booths numbers 95 and 96 ...
ELECTION MAH SIDELIGHTS THREE LAST MUMBAI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- A UNI reporter, who toured the thickly-populated Muslim areas of the city and Thane district, saw a low voter turnout in the areas. There was low polling in Nagpada, Behrambaug, Bhendi bazaar, Byculla, Kurla, Mumbra, Mira Road and Bhiwandi. In ...
ELECTION LEAD POLLING NATIONAL EIGHT LAST NEW DELHI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- According to a report from Gangtok, about 25 per cent voters of the 3,00,165 electorate cast their ballots within first four hours to elect 32-member Sikkim Assembly and lone Lok Sabha representative in Sikkim. Chief Minister and Sikkim Democratic Front ...
ELECTION MP NIGHT LEAD POLLING TWO LAST BHOPAL.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Mr Mathur said poll boycott was reported from 28 polling centres over local issues including Bhind, Morena, Gwalior, Damoh, Guna, Mandsaur, Ujjain and Tikamgarh and other polling centres from all over the state. He said the boycott call was more than the last Assembly ...
HEALTH TN NEW BORN SURGERY TWO LAST CHENNAI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- The release said infants with HLHS born abroad were offered Norwood procedure which normally was a palliative operation and was the first in a series of three open-heart surgeries. The basic problem in a heart with HLHS is that blood flow to the entire body ...
ELECTION NATIONAL OVERALL LEAD POLLING THREE LAST NEW DELHI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- An estimated 55 per cent of the total 15.5 million electorate exercised their franchise at the end of the polling in the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies that went to polls in the second and final phase in Karnataka . Voting remained peaceful in all the segments ....
ELECTION MAH INCIDENTS TWO LAST MUMBAI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- The police said some activists of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Shiv Sena were arrested after they clashed with each other over bogus voting at a polling booth in Navi Mumbai under Thane constituency. Police said the activists of both the party ...
ELECTION UP POLLING TWO LAST LUCKNOW.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- Ms Gandhi is contesting for the third time from Rae Bareli seat and was set to win with a landslide margin. Congress' stake was also in the Kanpur seat, where Union Minister for State for Home Affairs Sriprakash Jaiswal was locked in a battle of ballots with ...
POLITICS MEGHALAYA RYMBAI MOOSHAHARY TWO LAST SHILLONG.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- On April 2, the Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) had also staked its claim to form a stable government with 31 members in the 60-member House. The MPA, a non-Congress alliance consisted of NCP (14), United Democratic Party (11), Hill State Peoples ...
Mulayam's son sitting pretty in glass-town constituency.
May 01, 2009 ... Ferozabad, May. 1 -- The glass-town of Ferozabad may be a sufferer of economic slowdown, but the plight of thousands of labourers and glass unit owners is not an issue in this Parliamentary constituency as the caste equations are likley to impact the results here. The Ferozabad ...
MRI-compatible pacemaker comes as boon for patients.
May 01, 2009 ... Chennai, May. 1 -- Pacemaker technology has extended the lives of millions of patients with heart rhythm conditions, and each year nearly one million pacemakers are implanted in patients worldwide. Until now, patients with pacemakers have been barred from undergoing MRI scans ....
Raju Mollah sets 7-stroke lead, Anirban, Vikrant share 2nd place.
May 01, 2009 ... Jaipur, May. 1 -- Kolkata's Raju Ali Mollah established a comfortable seven-stroke lead at the PGTI Players Golf Championship when he carded a six under 64, the best round of the tournament so far, here today. Mollah's total thus went up to 14 under 196. Anirban Lahiri also ...
Nun fails to turn up for TI parade, seeks another venue.
May 01, 2009 ... Bhubaneswar, May. 1 -- The nun, who was allegedly raped during communal violence in the strife-torn Kandhamal on August 25 last, did not turn up for TI parade inside the Baliguda jail today. Nun's counsel Manas Ranjan Singh moved a petition before the Baliguda Sub Divisional ...
Impressive polling baffles stakeholders in Gujarat.
May 01, 2009 ... Ahmedabad, May. 1 -- Poll analysts and stakeholders are baffled over an impressive turn-out of about 50 per cent in yesterday's polling in 26 parliamentary constituencies in Gujarat. Campaign managers were apprehensive over the turnout in view of the severe heat wave conditions ...
ACCIDENT TN TRAIN TATTOO TWO LAST CHENNAI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- As the mystery man's identity was the key to the investigaton, sources in the CB-CID said efforts were being made to find out from Andhra Pradesh police whether he had any links with Naxalites. The CB-CID has formed five special teams to probe into the ...
ELECTION MP SIDELIGHTS TWO BHOPAL.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- In Rajgarh Parliamentary constituency's Raghogarh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh's sibling Lakshman Singh and his wife exercised their franchise at polling centre number 51. Army's constables, officers ...
Manmohan Singh arrives in city for campaign.
May 01, 2009 ... Kolkata, May. 1 -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today by a special plane for his first election campaign in West Bengal. He was received at the Airport by several Congress leaders, including External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee and AITC supremo Ms Mamata ...
Mercury crosses 41 deg C mark in Jammu.
May 01, 2009 ... Jammu, May. 1 -- Continuing its upward trend, mercury today rose to season?s high 41.7 degrees Celsius in this winter capital city of Jammu and Kashmir. Scorching heat wave continued to sweep the city making normal life miserable with the temperature rising day by day. ...
15 film Directors to campaign against"betrayers of Lankan Tamils".
May 01, 2009 ... Chennai, May. 1 -- Espousing the cause of Lankan Tamils, Tamil film directors led by Seeman and Bharathirajaa, will address a series of campaign meetings in select constituencies ''to expose the betrayers'' of Lankan Tamils during the May 13 Lok Sabha polls in the state. ...
Commonwealth games' 17 sports training kicks off.
May 01, 2009 ... Bhopal, May. 1 -- Sports Ministry is geared up to bag more than double medals in the Commonwealth Games scheduled here next year. ''In view of the Commonwealth Games, training camps for 17 probable teams of India for as many sports has been kicked off in 10 cities, including ...
ELECTION NATIONAL SECOND LEAD POLLING TWO NEW DELHI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- A few stray incidents of violence were also reported wherein police said, panic spread at a polling booth in Gorai in Mumbai North seat after a police constable misfired a round from his rifle injuring a fellow policeman during the change of guard. However, ...
More para military forces to arrive for LS polls.
May 01, 2009 ... Chennai, May. 1 -- Three more companies of paramilitary forces would arrive in the city soon for the May 13 Lok Sabha polls, Chennai City Police Commissioner K Radhakrishnan said today. Speaking to reporters after inspecting the ''sensitive'' booths at Vepery, Otteri and ...
Renovated "Topaz" leaves for Seychelles.
May 01, 2009 ... Visakhapatnam, May. 1 -- A Seychelles Coast Guard Patrol Ship 'Topaz', which has been with the Naval Dockyard since September 21 for maintenance work, has undergone necessary repairs on schedule and left the Indian shores today. His Excellency, Mr Dick Patrick Esparon, High ...
US ranks India among world worst terrorism-afflicted nation in '08.
May 01, 2009 ... Washington, May. 1 -- The United States ranked India among the world's worst terrorism-afflicted countries last year with November 26 attacks in Mumbai, killing at least 183 people, including 22 foreigners, six of whom were Americans. The State Department's report on terrorism, ...
Severe heat wave conditions in Rajasthan, MP, Vidarbha.
May 01, 2009 ... Pune, May. 1 -- Severe heat wave conditions prevailed in some parts of east Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha. Heat wave conditions were also dominant in some parts of Orissa, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, ...
Heat claims 18 in Orissa so far; 78 suspected sunstroke deaths.
May 01, 2009 ... Bhubaneswar, May. 1 -- The western and northern parts of Orissa turned into a burning cauldron as heat wave conditions prevailing in the area showed no signs of let up with the mercury shooting above 43 degrees Celsius. The local weather office here warned that the heat wave ...
Varun escapes unhurt as stage caves-in.
May 01, 2009 ... Pilibhit, May. 1 -- BJP candidate Varun Gandhi today escaped unhurt after the dais of his election meeting at Bihautara Kala in Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat collapsed, due to overcrowding. The incident occurred as a large number of BJP supporters followed Varun to shake hands with ...
Taliban releases Pak paramilitary soldiers; over 55 militants killed.
May 01, 2009 ... Islamabad, May. 1 -- Pakistani Taliban unconditionally released at least 10 paramilitary soldiers after holding them hostage for a brief period, as military killed more than 55 militants during an ongoing operation against the insurgents in the northwestern Buner district. A ...
SC awards death sentence to 6 in dacoity, rape, murder case.
May 01, 2009 ... Nashik, May. 01 -- The Supreme Court has awarded death penalty to six people in a 2003 dacoity, rape and murder case of Jalna district, upholding the Nashik district and sessions court's decision and setting aside the decision of the Bombay High Court. In the incident, that ...
Ramps for handicapped, escorts for blind voters.
May 01, 2009 ... Chandigarh, May. 1 -- Ramps have been made in all the polling booths in Karnal to enable the handicapped electors to reach the electronic voting machine to cast their votes. District Election Officer Chander Prakash today said special attention has been paid to facilitate the ...
SAD Haryana chief summoned in misappropriation case.
May 01, 2009 ... Ambala, May. 1 -- Haryana Shiromani Akali Dal chief Kartar Singh Takkar and a 'Kar Sewak' Charan Singh have been issued summons by a local court with regard to misappropriation of funds worth Rs 1.30 lakh of Shri Guru Harkishan Sahib Khalsa College in Panjokhra. The summons were ...
RO of Hazratbal Assembly segment suspended: ECI.
May 01, 2009 ... Srinagar, May. 1 -- Denying the allegation that Election Commission re-issued the notification for bypoll to Hazratbal Assembly constituency in favour of any political party, Election Commissioner S Y Qureshi today said the Returning Officer, who committed the mistake, has been suspended. ...
12-year-old boy, aunt drowned in Cauvery.
May 01, 2009 ... Karur, May. 1 -- Two people, including a 12-year-old boy, drowned in river Cauvery while they were having a bath at Ranganathampettai village near here today. Police said the deceased were identified as C Paramporul, studying in seventh standard and his aunt Mrs K Chitra(35). ...
AGITATION KASHMIR HOUSE ARREST TWO LAST SRINAGAR.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- A spokesman of moderate HC Saleem Geelani said chairman Mirwaiz Omar Farooq also remained under house arrest for the past two weeks. Geelani said about a dozen other separatist leaders, including Dr Ghulam Nabi Hubbi, Agha Syed Hassan Almosvi Alsafvi, Nayeem ...
AP Govt committed to welfare of workers.
May 01, 2009 ... Hyderabad, May. 1 -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today reiterated that the state government was committed to the welfare and prosperity of all sections of workers. In a special message, Dr Reddy, who is vacationing in Shimla, said his government had ...
Akalis claim Centre tried to create hurdles in wheat purchase.
May 01, 2009 ... Chandigarh, May. 1 -- The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today claimed that through meticulous planning the state government had thwarted the ulterior designs of the Congress-led UPA government to foil wheat procurement in Punjab. In a statement issued here today SAD, chief and ...
Citizens activism fails, poorest turnout in Mumbai.
May 01, 2009 ... Mumbai, May. 1 -- Voters apathy, summer vacation and long weekend saw about 58 per cent of the nearly 16 million electorate in ten constituencies of Mumbai and Thane keeping away from the voting machines in the final phase of the three phase general elections to 48 Lok Sabha constituencies ...
LAW TN LAND DEAL ANTICIPATORY BAIL TWO LAST CHENNAI.
May 01, 2009 ... New Delhi, May 1 -- In its petition, filed by the UAE firm 'Messrs Rakindo Developers Private Limited', the court ordered the CBI probe against Mr Velayutham, who was earlier nominated by the VCK to contest the May 13 Lok Sabha polls from the Villuppuram (Reserve) constituency. ...
Landslide claims 4 Arunachal, CM announces ex-gratia.
May 01, 2009 ... Itanagar, May. 1 -- Four persons of a family, including two children, died while two others were seriously injured when a retaining wall of a private building fell down on a house at Polo Colony, 14 kms from here, today. Police said the retaining wall collapsed following heavy ...