PM’s Assam rally cancelled due to hailstorm

September 20th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Students of the All Assam Student Union and the All Bodo Student Union here took out a rally demanding restructuring of education system. Holding placards and banners, they marched on the streets of Guwahati.

August 29th, 2009 DHUBRI - Resident in Dhubri district of Assam organised a protest against cattle being smuggled across the border to Bangladesh. The protest was organised by the Asomiya Yuva Manch (Assam youth organisation).he protestors who assembled with their cattle demanded that the Assam government should act against the cattle smuggling, which they said had become rampant.

August 27th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Experts have claimed that a big earthquake might hit Assam shortly. "There is no accurate method of prediction of earthquake.

May 10th, 2009 LUDHIANA - The Chief Ministers of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-ruled states will participate in a rally here today. NDA's largest ally, the Janata Dal-United, the Assam Gana Parishad, Om Prakash Chautala's Indian National Lok Dal, Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal and Shiv Sena will participate in the rally.

May 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A western disturbance in Jammu and Kashmir and a cyclonic circulation over Rajasthan brought unexpected relief from heat for Delhiities as brief thundershowers in the capital Sunday brought the temperature down by few notches, Met office said here. 'Sudden, but brief, thunderstorm hit the capital, and a hailstorm was also reported in some parts.

May 4th, 2009 FARIDABAD - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to cancel his public meeting in this Haryana town bordering the national capital Monday because of inclement weather. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda told the gathering waiting to hear the prime minister that his flight did not get permission because of the bad weather.

April 22nd, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were engaged in a war of words on Wednesday hours after Maoists struck in four places in Bihar and Jharkhand. "The entire Nitish Kumar Government is a failure in Bihar.

April 9th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Assam Director General of Police G M Srivastava said that there are enough security forces to ensure fair and peaceful conduct of the ensuing polls in the state. "The forces that have been given to us, they have been distributed.

April 7th, 2009 DIBRUGARH - A day after serial blasts rocked Assam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Tuesday to address a campaign rally that had to be delayed due to a hailstorm. The venue of Manmohan Singh's rally was flooded and officials said attempts were being made to arrange the public meeting in another place.

April 7th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has cancelled plans to address an election rally in Dibrugarh, Assam, due to inclement weather in the area.

March 31st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least eight people were killed and over 100 injured when an unseasonal violent tornado followed by hailstorm wreaked havoc in about a dozen Orissa villages Tuesday, an official said. The tornado and hailstorm hit about 11 villages in Kendrapada district around 4.30 p.m.

March 15th, 2009 SILIGURI - More than 300 members of a tribal body in West Bengal Saturday set out on a 150-km motorcycle rally to press for their demands, including the reopening of the tea gardens in the northern part of the state. The rally was organised by the tribal group Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Bikash Parishad (ABABP).

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday announced an alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) for the Lok Sabha elections in Assam. 'In the Lok Sabha elections, BJP would be the major partner, but in the assembly elections in the state the AGP would be the senior partner,' BJP president Rajnath Singh said here.

January 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For the second time in the history of India, the annual Beating Retreat ceremony, the grand finale to the Republic Day celebrations, was called-off Tuesday following the demise of former president R. Venkataraman, officials said.

January 14th, 2009 ABU DHABI - It was a disappointing start for the Indian quartet on a hailstorm-hit opening day at the $2.5 million Abu Dhabi Open, as Shiv Kapur alone managed a par-round here Thursday. Kapur shot 72, despite a triple bogey on the second nine and a bogey on his closing hole, the ninth, and was lying tied 62nd.