New Delhi, Jan. 27: Is the fate of one more tiger reserve in jeopardy? The National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) decision to slice the Pench tiger reserve in two by building a four-lane highway (N.H. 7) through it could well mean the death knell for the 30 tigers living in this reserve.

Mumbai, Jan. 27: The BSE’s benchmark Sensex plummeted 491 points on Wednesday, its biggest single-day fall since August. Market watchers said international factors had driven the indices down. The Sensex has fallen almost 1,350 points in the last six sessions.

New Delhi, Jan. 26: Expecting a forward movement on the Telangana issue shortly, the Congress asked its Andhra Pradesh leaders not to rush to Delhi to press for their resignations.

Lucknow, Jan. 26: Encouraged by the overwhelming public response to the Samajwadi agitation on price rise, the Bharatiya Janata Party has also decided to launch a statewide agitation against price rise.

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Bengaluru, Jan. 26: Ailing former defence minister George Fernandes’ brothers have vowed to go ahead with a charitable foundation desp-ite differences of opinion with the veteran socialist leader’s immediate family. 

Pramod Kumar

New Delhi, Jan. 26: The banner of revolt raised by former Janata Dal(U) MP Prabhunath Singh against the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is giving sleepless nights to the senior party leaders as they feel that it may damage party’s electoral prospect in the coming state Assembly polls. 

New Delhi, Jan. 26: BJP parliamentary party chairman Mr L.K. Advani, who celebrated country’s 60th Republic Day hoisting flag at his residence, feels that though the day is special as it marks the diamond jubilee of the adoption of the Constitution, countrymen are worried due to issues like price rise, internal security situation and growing corruption level, especially in politics. Asserting that there are still apprehensions about another 26/11-like terror strike in the country, Mr Advani said that the government should be concerned about it. 

Namrata Biji Ahuja

New Delhi, Jan. 26: The UPA government is planning an emergency recruitment drive to meet the shortfall of Indian Police Service Officers, the first such emergency exercise in post-Independence India. 

MUKESH RANJAN

New Delhi, Jan. 26: In a major move to unshackle UPA’s ambitious schemes under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from huge regional variations in the level of implementation and also the resource crunch because of restriction on allocation beyond 11th Plan (2007-11) target, the government is actively considering putting the entire programme on a "mission mode" with an officer in the rank of director general heading it. 

Srinagar, Jan. 26: A "love and hate" relationship between facing Armies along the India-Pakistan borders in Jammu and Kashmir was on display on Tuesday, India’s Republic Day.