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  • PM arrives in Frankfurt, calls for UN reforms

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Frankfurt on Wednesday night en-route to New York where he will attend the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.   Dr Singh stayed in Frankfurt overnight and will leave for New York on Thursday.  In a statement before leaving for Frankfurt en-route to New York, Dr Singh had […]

    India’s security capacity being built: Home Minister

    India is building its capacity “brick-by-brick” to deal with the multiple internal security challenges facing it, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday.   “In no other time has India faced multiple security challenges. We face infiltration in J-K, Maoist and Naxalite problems in central India, several insurgent and separatist groups in Northeast and threat […]

    Tarapur gas leak case: Three company officials booked

    Police have booked three officials of a chemical firm in connection with leakage of poisonous gas at the company’s plant in Tarapur Industrial Estate in Thane district, which resulted in the death of four workers. Thane district police said they have booked chief manager, production manager and plant supervisor of Sequential Scientific Limited for culpable […]

    Nuke row: Protesters call off fast

    The 11-day-old fast by locals demanding the scrapping of the Koodankulam nuclear power project was called off on Wednesday after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa agreed for a cabinet resolution to request the Centre to halt the project. “The Chief Minister has requested us to call off the fast and we are doing it […]

    Rahul visits quake-hit Sikkim; rescue operations continue

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday made an aerial survey of quake-hit North Sikkim, besides visiting an affected village and a hospital in Gangtok. Accompanied by Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling, the Congress General Secretary made the aerial survey of the north district which had suffered the maximum number of casualties – 37, officials […]

    PM leaves for New York today to attend UNGA

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for New York on Wednesday to attend the United Nations General Assembly session on Saturday where India will push for reforms of the Security Council to reflect current realities and early adoption of a convention on terrorism that will provide a global framework to fight the menace. Singh, who will […]

    2G scam: Centre, CBI oppose probe against PC

    The Centre and the CBI on Tuesday opposed Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy’s plea for probing home minister P Chidambaram’s alleged role in the 2G- scam case, saying the Supreme Court did not have the jurisdiction to pass such an order after filing of chargesheet in the case. Senior counsel KK Venugopal and PP Rao, […]

    Congress leaders end their fast

    Congress leaders Shankarsinh Vaghela and Arjun Modhvaida on Tuesday ended their fast, which was a counter to the one observed by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. They ended their fast by consuming lemon juice offered by children. The Congress leaders were on a fast to counter Modi’s three-day long fast under ‘Sadbhavna Mission’ for peace, […]

    CBI files chargesheet against Ketan Desai, three others for graft

    The CBI has filed a charge sheet against sacked President of Medical Council of India Ketan Desai and three others for allegedly accepting bribe of two crore rupees to grant recognition to a medical college in Punjab. Besides Desai, the other charge sheeted include alleged middleman Jitender Pal Singh, faculty member of Patiala-based Gyan Sagar […]

    Relief, rescue operations in full swing in quake hit Sikkim, WB and Bihar

    Relief and rescue operations are in full swing in quake-hit Sikkim, West Bengal and Bihar. Government started air dropping of food to earthquake-affected people in Sikkim. Union Home Secretary R K Singh told reporters in New Delhi that two medical teams with doctors and paramedics have reached worst affected Mangan and Sangthan with the help […]