Joint statement issued by
11 journalist organisations
New Delhi, June 18 : Press Club of India, Indian Women's Press Corps, Press Association, Editors' Guild, SAFMA and South Asian Women in Media, IJU, FCC, NUJ, Working News Camerapersons Association, All India Urdu Editors Conference have issued the statement. Statement said..
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check dam triggered landslide
Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 18 : The Kerala government today said a probe would be conducted to ascertain whether a private check dam atop a hill was the cause of the massive landslide that struck Kattipara in Kozhikode district leaving 13 people dead.....
Read moreTwo militants killed in encounter
Srinagar, June 18 : Two militants were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir today, the Army said. The operation comes a day after the Centre announced its decision not to extend the ceasefire in the state..
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COMMENT
‘Civil war in G7’:
The Free for All in Quebec
Nilotpal Basu
THE allegations and counter allegations were flying thick and fast! The summit of the G-7 in Quebec in Canada saw these fireworks. This was not an abrupt development; but the magnitude of spat was mind boggling.....
Read more16 DAYS GLORIOUS
GDS ALL INDIA STRIKE
M.Krishnan
Background
... Read moreIn the Department of Posts, there are 1,55,000 Post Offices out of which 1,29,346 are Branch Post Offices functioning in rural villages. Out of five lakhs employees 3.07 lakhs employees are Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) mostly working in Branch Post Offices..