Land of Jewels (Sana Leibak)

Heavy fog hits air, rail traffic New Delhi, Jan 1: After a day's break, fog returned with a vengeance to the national capital today (Thursday) badly affecting air and rail traffic with over 76 flights being delayed and 18 cancelled and more than 25 trains running behind schedule. Several trains approaching the national capital were running several hours late, with some behind schedule by up to 20 hours, railway sources said. The trains running late included Goa Express, Mumbai- Firozpur Express and Vaishali Express. North-east Express and Dibrugarh Rajdhani from Delhi have been rescheduled, they said. Flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International airport here came to a standstill with the general visibility falling below 50 metres and runway visibility range (RVR) dipping to 125 metres, lower than the required minimum of 150 metres for the planes to take off, sources at the airport said. Around 40 outgoing domestic flights and 15 incoming ones were delayed by up to five hour...

Student body denied audience: Imphal, Jan 11: Manipur Students' Association, Delhi (MSAD) has decried conduct of the Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh for turning down the appointment granted even after making its delegates to await from 10 am to 5.30 pm on Friday. The delegates have reportedly gone to meet the Chief Minister to discuss the issues related to the problems being faced by the students in the light of the recent molestation of two girl students from Manipur at the National Capital. In a statement, the student body observed that recurrence of the incidents of molestation and harassing of Manipuri students at the National Capital has shown that there is no one to protect them. If the Chief Minister of Manipur himself does not respect the students of the state then who is going to respect them?, it questioned. The student body, however, expressed its gratitude to MLA Oken and MLA Bijoy Koijam for visiting their victims at their Gandhi Vihar rented house and extending their mor...