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  • Hazare to continue fast from Ramlila Maidan today

    Social activist Anna Hazare came out of Tihar Jail premises on Friday and headed towards capital’s Ramlila Maidan to continue his fast. Escorted by police officials, Hazare came out and mounted a small podium erected just outside one of the gates of the prison that was his home for over 67 hours. In the short […]

    UPSC announces results for Preliminery examination

    Union Public Service Commission has finally announced the results of preliminery examination 2011 on Thursday. The Union Public Service Commission have a Facilitation Counter near the ExaminationHall Building in its Campus. Candidates may obtain any information/clarification regarding their result of the above mentioned examination on all working days between 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM, in person or on Tel. No. […]

    Prez, VP, PM greet nation on Navroz

    President Pratibha Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Mnamohan Singh on Thursday greeted the nation on the occasion on Navroz -the Parsi New Year . “On the happy occasion of Navroz, I send my greetings and good wishes to all my Parsi fellow citizens,” Patil said. “May the year ahead bring happiness, joy and […]

    Rajya Sabha creates history; Adopts impeachment motion to remove Justice Soumitra Sen

    The Rajya Sabha created history on Thursday by adopting an impeachment motion to remove the Judge of Calcutta High Court, Justice Soumitera Sen from the post for misappropriation of funds and misrepresentation of facts. The motion moved by Sitaram Yechuri of the CPIM was adopted by more than two-third of the members present in the […]

    BJP urges Govt to introduce Land Acquisition Bill in present session

    BJP on Thursday urged the Government to introduce the Land Acquisition Bill in the present session of Parliament. Briefing reporters in New Delhi, Senior Party leader Rajnath Singh said that the Centre should issue an advisory to all State Governments to put on hold all land acquisitions till the proposed bill is passed. Mr Singh […]

    All shortcomings of Lokpal Bill will be looked into: Congress

    Congress on Thursday said that all the shortcomings of the Lokpal Bill will be looked into by the Standing Committee of Parliament. Briefing reporters in New Delhi, party Spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary said that the Government has already considered various demands of the civil society and the bill will be debated upon in detail after the […]

    Permission for Ramlila ground with conditions till 2nd Sept: Govt

    Permission has been given to Anna Hazare and his associates for his fast at Ramlila Maidan till 2nd September and it is conditional, Home Secretary R K Singh said on Thursday. He said the government was not involved in any discussion with Team Anna and it was the Delhi Police which held the talks and […]

    Rahul Gandhi visits Mawal, keeps party leaders out of loop

    Rahul Gandhi on Thursday visited the kin of farmers killed in the police firing at Mawal in Pune district recently and also met the injured at a hospital. The AICC General Secretary straightaway drove to Mawal early Thursday morning from the airport in an unscheduled visit to a cluster of villages. Three farmers were killed […]

    Illegal assets case:CBI conducts searches at premises of Jagan

    A day after it registered an FIR against YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in the illegal assets case, the CBI on Thursday conducted searches at the premises of various companies which have invested in the businesses of the Kadapa MP in five cities. The searches were carried out in Hyderabad and other […]

    Eligibility for OBCs at most 10% less than gen category:SC

    The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the minimum eligibility percentage for admission in central universities for OBC category should be at most 10 per cent less than that of general category students. A bench headed by Justice R V Raveendran said that the eligibility criteria for OBC category students should not be decided on […]