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Saturday, September 13, 2014, Chandigarh, India

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updated at 6:00 pm

J&K flood fury
Over 1,42,000 rescued; relief operations in full swing
JAMMU: Over 1,42,000 people have been rescued from the flood-ravaged parts of Jammu and Kashmir so far, as the relief operations launched by Armed forces entered the 12th day today.

Stone-pelters target choppers, planes, boats

Security forces hit hard by floods 
SRINAGAR: When calamity strikes, it does not discriminate. This was on ample display when floods ravaged Kashmir.

14 children found dead in Srinagar hospital
SRINAGAR: Fourteen children who died at a hospital here are among the 43 persons found dead in the Kashmir Valley, authorities said today.

Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remains closed
Vardhan to oversee medical relief efforts 
  Chhattisgarh to send 10,000 solar lamps

Helpline numbers
Control rooms at Srinagar, Jammu and New Delhi to monitor and coordinate rescue and relief operations can be reached at J&K House (011)-24611210 and 24611108;  Srinagar 0194-2452138;  Jammu 0191-2560401; and Home Ministry's control room in New Delhi at: (011) 23093054, 23092763, 23093564, 23092923, 23092885, 23093566, 23093563

Independence of judiciary is non-negotiable: CJI
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India R M Lodha today asserted that independence of judiciary is "non-negotiable" and it has the inherent strength to foil any attempt to interfere with that.

Bypolls: Brisk voting in 3 Lok Sabha, 33 Assembly seats
NEW DELHI: Voting today began on a brisk note in byelections to three Lok Sabha and 33 Assembly constituencies spread across ten states, seen as a test of Narendra Modi government's popularity, especially as BJP braces for polls in two states next month.

ABVP sweeps DUSU polls after 18 years
NEW DELHI: After a gap of 18 years, BJP's student wing Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad today swept Delhi University Students' Union elections, trouncing Congress' NSUI to bag all four positions.

British hostage's family appeal to IS
LONDON: The family of a British man being held hostage by Islamic State (IS) militants have appealed to his captors to make contact with them, media reported Saturday.

Obama points to 'silver lining' in IS mayhem in the region
US court renews phone surveillance programme

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Single-phase Assembly polls in Haryana, Maharashtra on Oct 15
Counting on Oct 19
Model code comes into force
New Delhi, September 12
Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath at a press conference in New Delhi on Friday. The Assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra will be held in a single phase on October 15, said Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath on Friday.

Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath at a press conference in New Delhi on Friday. PTI


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J-K flood fury 1.27 lakh rescued
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Jammu/Srinagar, September 12
Stranded people board an IAF MI-17 V5 helicopter at Nehru helipad in Srinagar as others await their turn.Amid fears of an epidemic outbreak in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, rescue teams today expedited efforts to reach out to tens of thousands of people stranded in the Valley and other areas of the state.

Stranded people board an IAF MI-17 V5 helicopter at Nehru helipad in Srinagar as others await their turn. A ministry of defence photo

Rs 3.5 lakh ex gratia to kin of dead

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Army to hand over relief ops to local admn
Finance Ministry releases Rs 865 cr
SC: Consider unified authority for relief work
Within minutes, a prosperous village turned into a graveyard
Air-dropping supplies a tricky task

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DELHI: Woman, son found murdered

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NATION: Army to hand over relief ops to local admn

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made an appeal to all Indians to donate generously to the PM's National Relief Fund for the flood-affected people in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Jammu and Kashmir faces a massive natural and human calamity. Many lives have been lost and there has been widespread destruction of property following the floods in the state. The people of state need help for relief and rehabilitation.

Jyoti murder case
Haryana DGP orders probe into ‘shoddy’ investigations
Panchkula, September 12
A day after Doon MLA Ram Kumar Chaudhary and 11 others walked free in the Jyoti murder case, Haryana Director General of Police SN Vashisht today ordered a probe into the alleged shoddy investigations that led to their acquittal.

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