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  • Audio-visual of five verses of Jana Gana Mana unveiled

    Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday launched an audio-visual presentation of five verses of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem — ‘Jana Gana Mana’ on the 150th birth anniversary of the poet, who gave India its national anthem. “We are celebrating this event of the arrival of the great personality who influenced our lives substantially through his versatile […]

    Rohit Nandan new AI Chief, Jadhav removed

    Arvind Jadhav was on Saturday removed as CMD of Air India by the Government which appointed a senior Civil Aviation Ministry official Rohit Nandan as his successor in a bid to speed up the revival of the ailing national air carrier. The appointment of 54-year-old Nandan, who was the Joint Secretary in the Ministry, was […]

    Prez, PM, Vice Prez greet nation on Raksha Bandhan

    President Pratibha Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday wished people on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan and hoped that the festival would strengthen goodwill in the society. In her message, Patil said, “I express my warm greetings and good wishes to all my fellow citizens in India and abroad.” […]

    HC grants bail to Hasan Ali

    The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to Pune’s stud farm owner, Hasan Ali Khan on the surety of 5 lakh rupees. The bail was granted following observation by the Justice A M Thipsay that the Enforcement Directorate had not provided any substantial evidence to prove that the wealth amassed by Khan is because […]

    HC grants bail to Hasan Ali

    The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to Pune’s stud farm owner, Hasan Ali Khan on the surety of 5 lakh rupees. The bail was granted following observation by the Justice A M Thipsay that the Enforcement Directorate had not provided any substantial evidence to prove that the wealth amassed by Khan is because […]

    Five killed in Uttarakhand cloudburst

    Five persons were killed and another was injured when a house was flattened in a cloudburst in Moldhar village of Tehri district in the wee hours of Friday. The cloudburst struck around 0200 hours when the people were sleeping, official sources said. All the bodies have been recovered from the debris of the house, they […]

    600 farmers take the hiked compensation in Noida Extn

    Around 600 farmers of the Patwari village, whose land was acquired for constructing the Noida Extention apartments, signed the agreement on Thursday and accepted the hiked compensation. “Of the 1400 farmers of Patwari village around 600 farmers have signed the pact and taken the hiked compensation cheque,” Gautam Budha Nagar MP Surinder Singh Nagar said. […]

    JD(U) urges Jharkhand MPs to demand increase in house numbers

    The ruling Janata Dal (United) on Thursday urged all Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand to raise in Parliament the long-standing demand of all state parties to increase strength of the state Assembly. “The state Assembly had twice adopted resolutions in the past to increase the effective strength of 81-member house to at […]

    Caste census as per members’ suggestions: Pranab

    With members voicing concerns over the format of caste census, the government on Thursday assured the Lok Sabha that the exercise would be carried out as per the suggestions made by members. “There have been problems at the implementation level. They will be sorted out. We will look into it so that it is implemented […]

    President rejects mercy plea of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins

    President Pratibha Patil has rejected the clemency petitions of three killers of Rajiv Gandhi whose death sentences were confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2000. The apex court had sentenced members of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan and Nalini to death in 1999 for the assassination of the former […]