Thursday, September 3, 2009

Obama hosts iftaar at White House

US President Barack Obama praised Islam and American Muslims during an Iftaar party hosted by him at the White House. He said

he was committed to building a better relationship between the country and the Muslim world.

Rahul Gandhi's next target: Tamil Nadu

After placing the party on the revival path in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's next stop seems to be

Tamil Nadu where he is making efforts to give a new lease of life to the local base by injecting 'youth power'.

Army kills 5 terrorists at LoC; encounter on

Five terrorists were killed in an encounter in the north Kashmir area of Bandipore district early on Wednesday, when the army

foiled a major infiltration bid into the Indian side of the Line of Control.

14 teams, 5,000 jawans look for missing AP CM

The Andhra Pradesh Government has set up 14 teams, each consisting of eight members (112 personnel), to search for missing Chief Minister Y S Rajshekhar Reddy and the seven-seater Bell chopper in which he was traveling to Chitoor District.

'Helicopter may have made safe landing'

The Andhra Pradesh Civil Aviation Corporation, which manages the two government-owned helicopters, has ruled out the possibility of the Bell 430 helicopter carrying state Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy having crashed.

ISRO aircraft sends first images from Nallamalla

The first images clicked by the manned aircraft of the Indian Space Research Organisation, sent earlier on Wednesday to find traces of the missing Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y S Rajashekhar Reddy in the Nallamalla forests, have been received and are being analysed by the National Remote Sensing Centre in Hyderabad, according to sources in ISRO.

High anxiety: Andhra CM goes missing in jungle

A helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy today went missing on its way to Chittoor district.