Jammu, Aug 12 : The Amarnath Yatra was suspended again on Tuesday due to bad weather in the Baltal and Pahalgam areas of South Kashmir.

According to police officials, the pilgrimage was suspended and no batch was being sent to the shrine from Jammu.

The last batch of the pilgrims will leave from here on August 14.

The yatra was earlier suspended on Monday due to inclement weather.

It began on June 17 and will end on August 16.

Security forces have been put on a high alert along the entire route of the pilgrimage to ensure the safety of the pilgrims.

Monday saw a formal request coming to the Centre by the Manipur government, which seeks a CBI probe into the manipulative game played by the IOA and Sports Authority of India (SAI) to keep out weightlifter Monika Devi out of the Beijing Olympics.

The Sports Minister of Manipur N Biren said that anyone who is found guilty in manipulating game and keeping Monika out of the Olympics would not be spared.  

India got place in the Olympic medal tally after Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra won a Gold medal in 10m Air Rifle event held in Beijing Olympics. It is a first ever individual gold medal in the kitty of India. The country has won a gold medal in the Olympic Games after a long gap of 28 years.

President Pratibha Patil, PM Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Deputy Speaker K. Rehman Khan, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, BJP leaders S.S. Ahluwalia, Ananth Kumar, Sushma Swaraj and many others congratulate Abhinav Bindra on his success.

Indian government has launched National online portal on environment. This portal will help people to know about environmental issues and waste management. The online portal is a result of efforts of the National Knowledge Commission (NKC), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and a green group.

The online portal will not only help common people but also help students and researchers and NGOs. NKC chairman, Sam Pitroda expressed satisfaction over the launch of portal and said that it will make sure public scrutiny of government papers on environment.

The web portal contains about 300,000 articles and documents from different sources for researchers. The portal will cover subjects like climate changes and latest meteorological news.

Now users can avail shaadi.com matrimonial service via Vodafone in their cellular phones.

Vodafone Essar Limited and Shaadi.com have joined hand with an intention to launch ‘Shaadi.com’ on mobile phones.

In a plush event held in Mumbai, the companies made announcement of the first-of-its kind affiliation, which will bring India’s biggest matrimonial site to the widely used mobile service.

Powered by Mauj Mobile, the newly launched service can be used through WAP, SMS and Voice.

In order to bring the raising fuel prices at par with the production cost, the BK Chaturvedi panel has suggested that there should be monthly revision of prices at the rate of Rs 2.50 for petrol and 75 paise for diesel.

At present the major oil marketing companies - Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum - are selling petrol and diesel at a loss of Rs.11.60 a litre and Rs.23.23 a litre respectively. The recommendations of this report are yet to be made public.