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  • Delhi HC dismisses PIL against Sachin’s nomination to RS

    The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL challenging cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s nomination to the Rajya Sabha. “The petition is dismissed,” a division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said. Earlier, Additional Solicitor General Rajeev Mehra, who appeared on behalf of the Centre, had said that Tendulkar’s nomination to […]

    Gang-rape case: Delhi Police Comm meets Shinde

    Home Min Sushilkumar Shinde and Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar had a meeting in the wake of the brutal gang-rape of a girl here during which it was decided that a drive will be launched to ensure removal of tinted glasses and curtains from buses. It was also decided that the mobile number and licence […]

    Sonia Gandhi meets Delhi gangrape victim in hospital

    Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the government to take the strictest possible measures to ensure that there is no recurrence of incidents like the barbaric gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl in the national capital that has shaken the country. Sonia Gandhi visited Safdarjung Hospital late on Tuesday evening to inquire about the condition of […]

    Delhi gang-rape case: Case to be tried by Fast track court

    Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said in the Rajya Sabha today that Sunday’s rape incident in Delhi will be tried by a Fast Track court. The hearing will be on a day-to-day basis to facilitate a quick trial and punishment of the culprits. Replying to a three-hour discussion, he said the Delhi Police has arrested […]

    Gangrape case: Driver remanded to 5 day police custody

    A report just received says that the driver of the bus in which the rape was committed, has been remanded to 5-day police custody by a Delhi court. Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court has taken cognizance of the rape case as some women lawyers sought the intervention of the Court. The Court said, it is […]

    Delhi rape case: 4 arrested, two absconding

    Two days after a 23-year-old paramedical student was gang-raped and brutally assaulted in a moving bus, Delhi Police on Tuesday claimed to have solved the case with the arrest of four people and said it will seek a fast-track trial for speedy punishment. The condition of the victim continued to be critical but “better than […]

    NDA women MPs to hold Dharna to raise issue of women’s safety in Delhi

    Women parliamentarians belonging to the NDA will hold a Dharna before Parliament tomorrow to raise the issue of safety of women in Delhi. This was announced by the BJP spokesman, Ravi Shankar Prasad in New Delhi today. The decision to hold the dharna comes in the backdrop of the rape of a young woman in […]

    Second arrest in Samjhauta Express blast case by NIA in MP

    Another accused in the Samjhauta express blasts, Ram Lakhan Maharaj alias Dhan Singh alias Swami, has been arrested by Satna police in Madhya Pradesh.He was handed over to the National Investigation Agency, NIA yesterday. This is the second arrest in Samjhauta Express blast case in three days. Earlier, on Saturday, the NIA had nabbed another […]

    Govt to set up Real Time Water Quality Monitoring stations along Ganga

    The Government has decided to set up 113 Real Time Water Quality Monitoring Stations along the river Ganga. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha yesterday, Environment and Forests Minister Jayanti Natarajn said these stations will be set up in the next five years. They included eight in Uttarakhand, 57 in Uttar Pradesh, 13 […]

    Prez to present Presidential Standard to IAF squadrons in Coimbatore

    President Pranab Mukherjee will present the Presidential Standard to 25 and 33 Squadrons of the Indian Air Force today at a function in Sulur in Coimbatore. A Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said that Mukherjee, who is undertaking a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, would also inaugurate centenary celebrations of the award of Nobel […]