U’khand gets rehab authority
Agency to rebuild flood-ravaged state
Construction along riversides banned
Dehradun, July 1
Severely jolted by rain, landslides and massive flooding of rivers, the Uttarakhand Government today banned all construction activity along river banks. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna also announced the constitution of the Uttarakhand Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority.

ITBP jawans rescue a child flood victim near Badrinath. — PTI

3 Hizb militants, cop killed in Kashmir encounter
Anantnag, July 1
A member of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the police was killed and two security personnel — a policeman and a CRPF jawan — were injured in an encounter with militants in the Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

A jawan takes position near the house where militants were holed up at Tral in Pulwama on Monday. — PTI

India’s first navigation satellite put into orbit
Bangalore, July 1
India’s first dedicated navigational satellite IRNSS-1A was today successfully launched by a polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV-C22) from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota near Chennai.

Nation page: India to have navigation satellite system by 2015

4 more Haryana dists come under NCR
Bhiwani, Mahendragarh, Jind, Karnal & Rajasthan’s Bharatpur included
New Delhi/Chandigarh, July 1
The National Capital Region (NCR) will now cover 13 districts of Haryana with the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) today approving the inclusion of Bhiwani, Mahendragarh, Jind and Karnal districts, besides Bharatpur district of Rajasthan.