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  • Centre to authorities: Take steps to deal with problems caused by winter fog

    Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has asked the concerned authorities to take all necessary steps in advance to meet eventualities arising out of fog during the winter season particularly at the airports in North India. At a meeting of all stakeholders to review the fog preparedness at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi and other […]

    Ex Jawaharlal Nehru Students Union prez murder: One more accused convicted

    Patna CBI court today convicted one more accused in the murder case of Former Jawaharlal Nehru Students Union president Chandrashekhar. The court fixed November nine for the pronouncement of sentence. CBI judge Chaudhary Birendra Kumar Rai passed the order convicting Rustam Mian. Chandrashekhar was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in Bihar’s Siwan district on […]

    JPC Chairman on 2G rules out summoning PM to depose before panel

    Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G scam P C Chacko today ruled out summoning Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to depose before the panel. He said there was no such precedent to call the Prime Minister before the JPC . On reports that the BJP is likely to attend the JPC meeting tomorrow, Mr. […]

    Centre assures help for Arunachal’s education sector

    Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor has assured the Centre’s full support to Arunachal Pradesh for all round development of its education sector. Tharoor gave this assurance when state Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, along with Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Ninong Ering and Education Minister Bosiram Siram called on […]

    Jethmalani slams BJP core group backing Gadkari

    A defiant Ram Jethmalani today diasapproved the BJP’s core group backing Nitin Gadkari, saying the party is losing moral ground in the fight against corruption. “It is a betrayal of the people,” Jethmalani, Rajya Sabha MP and noted lawyer, said in a written statement in response to yesterday’s decision of the BJP core group in […]

    BJP backs Gadkari again, divisions persist in party

    Divisions persisted within BJP over the continuance of Nitin Gadkari as its president even as its Core Group yet again stood behind him insisting that there was no legal or moral wrongdoing by him in the running of his company. The party’s second public backing for Gadkari in a fortnight came on a day of […]

    Sonia to inaugurate Rae Bareli coach factory today

    UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate a modern coach manufacturing factory in her Lok Sabha constituency Rae Barreli on Wednesday. The inauguration of the Rs 1,685 crore coach factory was delayed for more than a year due to the vexed issue of compensation to farmers whose land was used for the factory. […]

    EC rejects Subramanian swamy ‘s plea seeking derecognition of Congress

    The Election commission today rejected Janata Party leader Subramanian swamy ‘s plea seeking derecognition of the Congress party. Taking serious exception to Swamy’s allegations questioning the impartiality of the Election Commission, also rejected the Swamy’s allegations as completely baseless. The commission said, Mr. Swamy has failed to show that there had been any violation of […]

    Kerala HC directs Special Court to complete trial of Chandrasekharan murder case

    The Kerala High Court today directed the Special Court at Kozhikode to complete the trial of the T P Chandrasekharan murder case before July 31st next year. Justice P Bhavadasan gave the direction in this regard while considering a bail application moved by one of the accused in the case, P K Kunjananthan. The bail […]

    Voices grow in BJP for resignation of Party President Nitin Gadkari

    Stepping up further pressure, Ram Jethmalani today demanded the immediate resignation of BJP President Nitin Gadkari and claimed three other senior leaders including Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha were with him on the issue. “I am in touch with Jaswant Singh, Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha (all Lok Sabha members). We seem to be on […]