Archive for the Category ‘National News’
NEW DELHI: UPA establishment rallied behind Union minister Praful Patel, who is at the centre of a bribery scandal with a Canadian newspaper linking him to a $200-million offer for a civil aviation contract in 2007.
Stephanie Nolan, the journalist who
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New Delhi: The Ghaziabad court hearing the Aarushi murder case on Saturday adjourned the hearing till February 29. Meanwhile, the counsel for Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the prime accused in their 14-year-old daughter’s murder, Mr Tamta, said that the
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Dove was pitted against hawk live on television on Thursday evening when noted anchorperson Hamid Mir brought in “India’s most wanted” Hafiz Saeed on telephone to present the other voice to Rajya Sabha member and advocate of peace with Pakistan,
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Union Minister for Defence A.K. Antony on Saturday declined to comment on the Supreme Court’s criticism of the Union government over the process to fix Army Chief’s age.
“My dear media persons show some more patience. The matter is before the
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The CBI special court on Saturday deferred till 12:30 p.m. the pronouncement of its order on Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy’s plea to prosecute Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G case.
At 10 a.m. Special CBI Judge allowed only Dr.
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At least 50 passengers were injured when the engine and five compartments of a train derailed after hitting an earth-cutting vehicle on its track in Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam on Friday.
The Bongaigaon-Guwahati Chilarai Passenger train rammed into the vehicle
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New Delhi: In a major turnaround on Thursday, the Pakistan judicial commission probing the 26/11 Mumbai attacks called off its India visit without giving any apparent reason. The commission was supposed to record the statements of the 26/11 witnesses.
India has,
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NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday decided to continue the ban imposed on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) for its alleged links with certain Pakistan-based terrorist outfits including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its front, Indian Mujahideen.
The decision to continue the
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New York: A complaint from an Indian-American student who was near the top of his high school class but was rejected by both Harvard and Princeton universities has triggered an investigation by the US Education Department.
The unnamed Indian-American student in
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Having fought the 2011 Assembly polls shoulder-to-shoulder but drifting apart before the local bodies’ polls, the ruling AIADMK and DMDK have finally chosen to part ways. An acrimonious debate in the state Assembly on Wednesday, which left the Opposition DMK
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will hear final arguments in the objectionable online content case. Several social networking websites, including Google and Facebook, had approached the court requesting it to quash the trial court’s order, which summoned them earlier.
The
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New Delhi: The body of Balraj Singh Gill, a Deputy Superintendent of Police of Punjab Police, has been recovered at a farmhouse near Ludhiana.
Gill’s body was found along with a woman’s body. Sources said that foul play is not being
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New Delhi: Doctors at AIIMS are expecting a new culture report on Thursday to see how 2-year-old baby Falak has been responding to new antibiotics. Doctors said on Wednesday that her survival chances are less than 50 per cent and
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The road is narrow, but paved smooth. Set amid mustard and sugarcane fields, the village looks picture perfect as you approach it. Inside, the lanes are cemented, the drains channel away waste water from houses, and there are public toilets,
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Two-year-old baby Falak continued to remain critical on Wednesday with meningitis and brain fluid infection. Doctors have now inserted a pipe into Falak’s spinal cord to drain out the water from her brain. Though her vitals are still strong, she
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Washington: Visiting Union Minister for Labor and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge has been presented with ‘Pride of India’ award by the Indian-American community here for his over four decades of public service.
The award was presented jointly by the Indian American Friendship
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CHENNAI: The residence and business premises of former DMK minister N K K P Raja were raided on Wednesday morning for allegedly possessing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income, an official said.
The raids were conducted at several places
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Lucknow: The Election Commission has declined permission to BJP leader Uma Bharti to take out a rath yatra in Lucknow as it did not fulfill certain formalities.
“Permission was not granted as the party failed to submit a certificate from the
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