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Mumbai Police Commissioner D Shivanandan, confirmed on Monday that security has been beefed-up at major places in the city as a precautionary measure, prior to the first anniversary of 26/11 terror attack.

Retreat of smaller glaciers in the trans-Himalayas might affect people who depend on these glaciers for their livelihood, says a report by World Wide Fund for Nature- India (WWF-India).

Scuffles and slogans disrupted the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday after Home Minister P.Chidambaram tabled the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry report that probed the demolition of the Babri Masjid.

A 12-hour state-wide shutdown in West Bengal called by the regional Left front party,Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) evoked huge response in Siliguri on Tuesday with the shops, banks and other business establishments remaining closed.

The Naxal brutality is today responsible for the destruction of a number of families.And one such family is that of Prakash Verma.

Guwahati, Nov 24(ANI): A business conference organized by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) to explore and promote trade opportunities between India and ASEAN was recently held in Guwahati.

New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): Even as the details of the Liberhan Commission's findings are yet to be revealed to the public due to the availability of limited copies of the English version, the 13-page Action Taken Report (ATR) of the government have been put in the public domain.

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (ANI): Commission head Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan (retired) asked the media to read the mosque probe report, which was tabled in the parliament on Tuesday, and then put up questions in a bid to resolve the controversy, which spiralled up after the report was leaked to the media.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (ANI): CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury has asked the Congress-led UPA Government to pursue cases against those found responsible for the demolition of Babri Masjid in December 1992 by the Liberhan Commission.

New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): Former firebrand BJP leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on Tuesday condemned the Liberhan Commission report, describing it as politically motivated. He denied that the December 6, 1992 demolition of the Babri mosque was orchestrated or pre-planned.

Khongjom Bazar (Manipur), Nov 24(ANI): Thousands of students and teachers formed a human chain from Thoubal Haokha till Khongjom Bazar in protest after miscreants set fire to another school in Manipur.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (ANI): Parliamentarians of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi party (SP) heckled each other as the enquiry report of the Liberhan Commission, which probed the circumstances leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992, was tabled in parliament.

Pusparampara (Tripura), Nov 24(ANI): Members of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) recently raided Pusparampara village in North Tripura district and kidnapped eight tribals, including four women, at gunpoint and shot them in a nearby jungle.

Mumbai, Nov. 24 (ANI): With the first anniversary of the Mumbai massacre approaching, some of the unsung heroes of the 26/11 attacks recalled their experiences.

Dharamsala, Nov. 24 (ANI): Following his trip to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, Tibetan spiritual leader-in-exile Dalai Lama on Tuesday made his first public appearance and also began his three-day long teachings.

Agartala, Nov 24 (ANI): To tighten security along the Indo-Bangla border, the Border Security Force would set up nine more Border Outposts (BOPs).

New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): The United Progressive Alliance government finally tabled the much-awaited Librehan Commission Report on the Babri mosque demolition after the Opposition staged an uproar over its leakage to the media before its tabling in Parliament.

Siliguri, Nov 24 (ANI): The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) on Tuesday called for a 12 hour state-wide shutdown in West Bengal to protest against rising prices of essential commodities.

Lucknow, Nov 24 (ANI): Elephants will not be allowed in Lucknow Zoo As per the directive of the central zoo authority.

New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the mother organization of Bharatiya Janata Party, on Tuesday owned the Ayodhya movement but refused to apologise about what happened in Ayodhya in 1992 which led to demolition of the Babri mosque.