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  • Kokrajhar toll 10

    Four persons have been killed in Kokrajhar amidst indefinite curfew taking the toll in the current wave of violence between Bodos and Muslims in the lower Assam district to 10. The four were killed at Jiaguri by armed assailants who fired randomly on a group of persons last night following which patrolling was intensified and […]

    PM cancels dinner for BJP leaders to be held today

    Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh cancels dinner for BJP leaders to be held today in view of Thackeray’s death on Sushma Swaraj’s request. In an apparent bid to reach out to the Opposition before the winter session, Prime Minister had invited BJP top brass for dinner on Saturday. The Government has made an appeal to […]

    FIR filed against Deve Gowda, Krishna, BSY in NICE case

    Lokayukta police has filed an FIR against three former Karnataka Chief Ministers H D Deve Gowda, S M Krishna and B S Yeddyurappa and 27 others on a complaint alleging irregularites in the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway project. Executives of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE), which had bagged the project, and several officials have also been named […]

    States asked to implement new rules on sexual offences against children

    Minister for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath today asked the states to implement the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 . Chairing the meeting of the Consultative Committee of Parliament in New Delhi today, the minister said she has written to all the states to designate special courts in each district […]

    10 including five policemen injured in fresh incidents in Hyd

    In Andhra Pradesh, 10 persons including five policemen were injured and over a dozen vehicles damaged when unruly mobs pelted stones at people and police in fresh incidents in Hyderabad yesterday. Police had to resort to lathicharge and fired tear gas shells in nine different areas of the old city to control the mobs. Hyderabad […]

    President to unveil campaign on malnutrition & IGNCA

    President Pranab Mukherjee will launch a nationwide mass communication campaign against malnutrition next week. A Rashtrapati Bhawan statement said the campaign event would be launched on November 19 to commemorate the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi . A decision was taken in this regard by the Prime Minister-led National Council on India’s […]

    Kokrajhar Violence: Assam seeks 10 additional companies of Para-military forces

    The Assam government has sought 10 additional companies of Para-military force from the Centre in the wake of recent violence in Kokrajhar. Speaking to AIR, state Home secretary G D Tripathi said, government required additional companies to intensify search operation against illegal arms. So far 17 illegal arms have been recovered by security forces in […]

    PM hosts dinner for UPA partners ahead of winter session of Parliament

    Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh hosted a dinner last night to the UPA partners at his residence in New Delhi to chalk out Government strategy ahead of the winter session of Parliament beginning from 22nd of this month. Leader of Lok Sabha and Home Minister Sushil kumar Shinde briefed the allies about the notices that […]

    SP’s 1st list of candidates for LS poll, no mention of Amethi, Rae Bareli

    Getting into early poll mode, Samajwadi Party came out with its first list of candidates for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections containing the names of its chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his daughter-in-law Dimple but leaves out Rae Bareli and Amethi. “The party today releases its first list of 55 candidates for the coming elections, […]

    PM hosting dinner to UPA allies in a bid to seek support

    The Government is gearing up to mobilise more support on crucial issues like FDI ahead of winter session of Parliament. In order to fine tune government’s strategy, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is hosting a dinner for UPA allies on Friday ahead of the session which begins on the 22nd of this month. He is […]