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    Hazare meets Sonia, demands ‘proper’ draft be sent to Parl

    Ahead of the all-party meet tomorrow on Lokpal Bill issue, Anna Hazare on Saturday had a meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi . Emerging after the 30-minute talks, Hazare said that a “proper” draft of Lokpal Bill should go to Parliament and that he will respect whatever the House decides as he was not against Parliament or […]

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    Neeraj Grover murder case: Maria walks free

    Kannada actress Maria Susairaj, sentenced to three-year imprisonment in the 2008 murder of TV executive Neeraj Grover, walked free out of a jail on Saturday in Mumbai as she has already spent the term behind the bars. The starlet was found guilty under IPC Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) and awarded the jail term […]

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    Defence secretary Pradeep Kumar is new CVC

    Four months after the Supreme Court quashed the appointment of P J Thomas, a high-level committee chaired by Prime Minister Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday finalised the name of defence secretary Pradeep Kumar for the post of Chief Vigilance Commissioner. “The name (of  Pradeep Kumar)  has been finalised. Government will announce it. I have not raised […]

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    BJP keeps up suspense on Lokpal meet to be held today

    Ahead of Sunday’s all-party meeting on the Lokpal Bill, BJP on Saturday kept up the suspense over its participation and refused to spell out its stand, prompting Congress to charge the opposition of being “irresponsible”. After a 90-minute meeting between civil society members led by Anna Hazare and BJP top brass including L K Advani, […]

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    CBI books ex-DGH on graft charges

    The CBI has registered a case against former chief of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, V K Sibal and seven others for allegedly favouring a US-based firm in carrying out seismic exploration of oil and gas along Indian coasts. Besides Sibal, the agency has named the then Directorate officials — Chief Geologist D K Rawat, Manager […]

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    Maria gets 3 yrs, boyfriend Jerome 10 in Grover murder case

    Kannada actress Maria Susairaj was awarded a maximum three years’ imprisonment while her boyfriend and former Navy officer Emile Jerome got a 10-year jail term in the brutal killing of Neeraj Grover, a day after they were absolved of murder charge. Maria can walk free anytime and Jerome will have to be behind bars only […]

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    SC defers hearing on ambiguity in OBC quota admission

    The Supreme Court on Friday declined to give any immediate direction on discrepancies in implementation of the reservation policy relating to OBC quota in central universities and posted the matter for hearing on 4th July. A vacation bench of justices P Sathasivam and A K Patnaik directed that the matter be listed on Monday before […]

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    Govt doubles honorarium for 22 lakh anganwadi workers

    Government on Thursday doubled the honararium for over 22 lakh anganwadi workers and helpers, the frontline functionaries who render health, nutrition and child care services in rural India. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the enhancement of honoraria for anganwadi workers to Rs 3000 per […]

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    Death toll of children in Kolkata gone up to 21

    The death toll of Children in the BC Roy Memorial Child Hospital in Kolkata has gone up to 21 with nine more child deaths reported in the last 48 hours. Six babies had lost their lives on Thursday. Hospital authorities said, the children were brought to the hospital in a critical condition. They have been […]

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    ED issues notice for attachment of Hassan Ali’s properties

    The Enforcement Directorate, ED has issued a show cause notice for attachment of properties of Pune stud farm owner Hassan Ali Khan and his Kolkata-based associate Kashinath Tapuriah in a money laundering case. The ED issued the order on Thursday under the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act after it got the approval of the […]

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