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  • Five persons detained in J&K in connection with Delhi HC blast, Death toll rises to 13

    Five persons were detained by the Jammu and Kashmir police in Kishtwar on Thursday after investigations traced the HuJI e-mail claiming responsibility for Delhi High Court blast. AIR Jammu correspondent reports that a police team led by the DIG of the area, along with some computer experts, questioned the detained people for several hours on […]

    High Court blast: NIA announces Rs 5 lakh reward

    The NIA on Thursday announced a reward of Rs five lakh for anyone providing clues about the Delhi High Court blast even as investigators were quizzing a Patna- based man in the case. “NIA has announced a reward of Rs five lakh for anyone giving any information to follow up the case. As far as […]

    AI move to acquire 111 planes a recipe for disaster: CAG

    The CAG has come down hard on the Civil Aviation Ministry over the decision to acquire 111 planes for Air India through debt, calling it “a recipe for disaster” and also on the merger of the two erstwhile state- run carriers. The merger of Air India and Indian Airlines was described as “ill-timed” by Comptroller […]

    PM drives straight to RML on his return from Dhaka

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night drove straight on his return from Dhaka to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi to visit those injured in the bomb blast outside Delhi High Court. Dr Singh, who arrived in New Delhi after his two-day Bangladesh visit, met the injured and enquired about their condition from […]

    Quake jolts Delhi and adjoining towns

    An earthquake of medium intensity jolted Delhi and its satellite towns late last night, pulling panic-stricken people out of their homes. The tremors, measuring 4.2 on Richter Scale with Haryana’s Sonepat as epicentre, were felt across Delhi and its adjoining satellite towns of Ghaziabad and Noida in Uttar Pradesh and Gurgaon in Haryana at 11:28 […]

    PM, wife pledge to donate eyes

    Setting an example, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Singh on Thursday pledged to donate their eyes. Dr Singh and Kaur signed the pledge form on the occasion of National Eye Donation day. There are over 4.5 million visually challenged persons in the country and doctors feel that at least three million can […]

    Cash-for-vote scam rocks Parliament, both Houses adjourned

    The cash-for-vote scam rocked both Houses of Parliament today with BJP objecting to the arrest of two of its “whistleblower” former MPs and demanding suspension of Question Hour to discuss the issue. BJP Parliamentary Party Chief L K Advani had given a notice for suspension of Question Hour in the Lok Sabha to discuss the […]

    Sonia returns to Delhi after undergoing surgery abroad

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi returned to the capital early Thursday morning from abroad where she underwent surgery a month ago for an undisclosed ailment. “Congress President returned early today and she is fine,” party general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said. 10 Janpath sources said she is not meeting anyone. The 64-year-old Gandhi had left the country […]

    Toll in Delhi blast rises to 12, condition of 4 critical

    A 40-year-old man, injured in Wednesday’s blast outside the Delhi High Court, died at a hospital in New Delhi on Thursday taking the toll to 12 while the condition of four of the victims continued to be critical. Pramod Kumar (40), a resident of west Delhi’s Hari Nagar, breathed his last at the Ram Manohar […]

    Twenty member NIA team probing the blast

    The government on Wednesday handed over the Delhi High Court probe to the National Investigation Agency as a 20-member NIA team, headed by a DIG is probing the blast. The blast that took place at 10.15 am claiming at least 11 people, while injuring more than 60 others. A team of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad is […]