Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, his cabinet colleagues and senior civil and police officials attended the function.
He was arrested amid high drama as his security guards offered stiff resistance against police action.
Ray expressed happiness that the portion of the bridge which was damaged in the blast has already been repaired by the jawans of BSF and Odisha Police.
A major fire broke out in a timbre depot here and spread to an adjacent residential building in the early hours of Monday. There were no casualties, police said.
Railways rescheduled the departure timings of 15 trains, including Howrah Janta and Swantra Senani Express, because of the dense fog and poor visibility.
Air Marshal DP Joshi said that medical wing of the armed forces has been participating in UN peacekeeping programmes and have even undertaken training for defence personnel of other countries.
Tharoor urged the National Council for Teacher Education to ban the use of animals, such as for dissection, in training teachers.
The services from Kolkata to Gangasagar will be on every Sundays and one way fare will be Rs 1,500.
Before starting from Kakinada, the Second Class A2 coach of the Secunderabad-bound Goutami Express developed some electrical snags which were rectified.
Suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, who was arrested on November 23 in connection with the Saradha Group ponzi scam, was today sent to police custody till Januaray 6.
Anna Hazare today said he would not be attending his one time protégé Arvind Kejriwal's swearing-in ceremony in Delhi on Saturday owing to ill-health.
The police official said the attack was a desperate attempt by the Maoists to counter stepped up anti-naxal operations mounted by the security forces in the region.
A 13-member AVP delegation of tribal leaders from the state called on Defence Minister AK Antony and submitted a 14-point memorandum with the demand on Saturday, a party release said today.
The BEA also decided that in order to encourage quality journalism in television, it would institute annual awards.
Gaya Dehuri, 45, became infuriated when his cousin Ajaya Dehuri, 40, scolded his wife on some trivial issue.
Unlike the last few meetings, the chief minister this time sent questionnaires to all ministers and bureaucrats for their replies.
The culmination phase of the exercise was witnessed by Southern Army Commander Lt Gen Ashok Singh.
The land swap agreement would also ensure demarcation and erection of fencing on the unfenced 2.86-km stretch in the Lathitilla-Dumabari sector in Karimganj district along the Indo-Bengal border.
The BJP vice president advised those involved in the scam to submit themselves before the STF instead of running away from investigations.
The Met Office said Delhi will experience a clear sky today, but fog may return late evening.
The West Bengal Human Rights Commission Wednesday issued orders that action be taken against a woman law clerk who earlier sent a letter threatening to implicate its chairman AK Ganguly in a case of molestation.
The outfit's spokesman Joy Asom alleged that such incidents were "usually the handiwork of security forces who carry out the blasts with the help of some agents who are kept in their custody".
Demand in the southern states was 34,118 MW, of which 31,786 MW was made available -- a deficit of 6.8 percent.
The minister said there is a shortfall of the number of doctors in the country, with 2,489 doctors falling short in primary health centres.
Defence Minister AK Antony said flag meetings with Pakistani side have been effective in dealing with cases of ceasefire violations, construction activities, infiltration attempts and return of inadvertent crossers.
Under the MDO model, a coal block owner contracts a third party for the entire mining operations, including land acquisition and the resettlement and rehabilitation of displaced people.
Section 4 of RTI Act mandates disclosure of almost all matters of governance by all public authorities on a suo motu or proactive basis.
The duo, identified as Joga Naresh Markam and Fagni Mandavi, were the local commander rank cadres of Mad region.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today released a postage stamp in the memory of Punjab leader Beant Singh, saying it is the duty of every citizen to fight against divisive forces posing threat to the country.