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  • 16 dead as speeding truck runs over sleeping pilgrims

    At least sixteen persons were killed when a speeding truck run over them on Dolka-Bagodra highway in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning, police said. The incident took place near Bejwa crossroad on the highway where a number of people on their way to pilgrimage were sleeping on the roadside, they said. Sixteen persons have died on […]

    Baba Ramdev’s anti corruption movement conspiracy against Govt: Congress

    Congress on Wednesday termed Baba Ramdev’s anti corruption movement as a political conspiracy against the government. Talking to media in New Delhi, Party Spokesperson Jayanti Natrajan reiterated that Congress and the government, both are determined to introduce Lakpal Bill in Monsoon session of Parliament.

    Govt to bring IT’s Intelligence, criminal investigation units under one umbrella

    The Finance Ministry is bringing under one umbrella the intelligence and criminal investigation units of the Income Tax department to enhance prosecution powers to counter terror financing and check transactions that pose threat to national security. A top official in the ministry said in New Delhi on Wednesday, the department will now train and designate […]

    Act against 26/11 attackers to restore confidence: India to Pak

    Home Minister P Chidambaram has said confidence cannot be restored between India and Pakistan till Islamabad takes action against the “real culprits” responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. “The fundamental cause of friction between the two countries is Pakistan not taking action to bring the real controllers and perpetrators of the 26/11 attacks to justice,” […]

    RSS behind anti-corruption movement: Chidambaram

    Home Minister P Chidambaram charged the RSS with being behind Baba Ramdev’s anti-corruption campaign, saying the Sangh fountainhead had decided to support anyone raising the corruption issue. “I think you should know who is behind Baba Ramdev. Go back to March 2011. At a meeting at Puthur in Karnataka, the Akhil Bhatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, which […]

    Health authorities yet to substantiate source of the E coli infection

    In Germany, health authorities groped in the dark in search of the source of the E coli infection with suspicions about bean sprouts being a potential carrier yet to be substantiated, as the death toll in Germany’s worst outbreak since the World War II rose to 25. An organic farm in the state of Lower […]

    Country going through a transparency revolution: Antony

    The Defence Minister A.K.Antony has said that the country is going through a transparency revolution which can’t be stopped midway. He said the transition was facing problems as the country including politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen, armed forces and all those who are holding key position are not ready for this transition. He quipped that secrecy is […]

    ‘INS Kabra’ commissioned today at Kochi Naval Base

    India’s latest warship ‘INS Kabra’ was today commissioned at Kochi Naval Base. This will add edge to Indian Navy in combating low intensity conflicts and anti-piracy operations. With a top speed of over 35 knots and maneuverability offered by her water-jet propulsion, the ship is ideally suited for high-speed interdiction of fast-moving targets and useful […]

    Anna Hazare begins day-long hunger strike at Rajghat

    Civil Rights activist Anna Hazare and his supporters today began a day-long hunger strike at Rajghat to protest the police action against Baba Ramdev’s supporters during their agitation against corruption in Delhi on Saturday night. Tight security arrangements are in place around the Rajghat. Veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare today deplored police action against peaceful agitation […]

    HC dismisses bail pleas of Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar

    The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, accused in the 2G spectrum case, saying there are prima facie evidences against them. “There are certain prima facie evidences against the accused. Considering the complicity of the accused in the offence, the bail applications […]