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  • Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary celebrated today

    The 150th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore is being celebrated today. In West Bengal, various programmes have been organised to pay respect to Gurudev Tagore. Our Kolkata correspondent reports that streams of people have converged at the Jorasanko Thakurbari, the birth place of Rabindranath. A fortnight long programme organised by the State Government […]

    Award death penalty for honor killings, says SC

    The Supreme Court today directed courts to view honor killing cases as “rarest of rare” category for awarding death penalty to the convicts. It held such killings as a slur on the nation and a barbaric, feudal practice that ought to be stamped out. A bench of justices Markandeya Katju and Gyan Sudha Mishra passed […]

    Situation in violence-hit areas tense, leaders detained

    Tension prevailed on Monday in parts of western UP hit by farmers’ unrest over land acquisition even as a heavy police deployment was made in the affected areas and political leaders were detained preventing them from reaching the troubled spots. BJP leader Rajnath Singh and SP leaders Shivpal Singh Yadav and Mohan Singh were detained […]

    Centre asks MP to beef up security in Indore for IPL matches

    The Centre has asked the Madhya Pradesh govt to tighten security in Indore in the wake of intelligence inputs that terrorists may try to target the city during the two IPL matches to be hosted by it this week. Acting on a tip off, the Home Ministry conveyed to the state government to deploy additional […]

    US files second chargesheet in Mumbai terror attack case

    The US government has filed a second chargesheet in a Chicago court in the 26/11 terror strike in Mumbai naming five people as accused in the case. The chargesheet filed in the US court, according to media reports on Monday, named the five accused as-Sajid Majeed, Abu Qahafa, Mazhar Iqbal, Major Iqbal and a Lashkar-e-Toiba […]

    PMO suggests CBI, ED probe in CWG contract

    The Prime Minister’s Office has suggested to Sports Ministry a probe by CBI and Enforcement Directorate into alleged irregularities in the contracts executed by Common Wealth Games Organising Committee. In its letter, the PMO has asked for probe by the agencies specifically in works carried out by Event Knowledge Services (EKS), an international private consultant, […]

    Orissa boat mishap: One body fished out, six still missing

    In Orissa, the body of a woman was fished out today while six others remained missing after yesterday’s boat capsize in a water reservoir in Orissa’s Koraput district. Rescue and search operation resumed on Monday morning in the Kolab reservoir in Lamptaput block area. Efforts were on to establish the identity of the woman. Search […]

    21 passengers injured as train derails in MP

    In Madhya Pradesh, five coaches of the Mumbai-Lucknow Udyognagri express derailed between Vidisha and Ganjbasoda near Sirohi railway station on Monday morning. 21 passengers have been injured in the accident. The injuries are said to be of minor nature. Rescue teams have reached the spot and the injured have been admitted in Vidisha. Divisional Railway […]

    Situation in violence-hit areas tense, leaders detained

    Tension prevailed on Monday in parts of western UP hit by farmers’ unrest over land acquisition even as a heavy police deployment was made in the affected areas and political leaders were detained preventing them from reaching the troubled spots. BJP leader Rajnath Singh and SP leaders Shivpal Singh Yadav and Mohan Singh were detained […]

    Supreme Court stays Allahabad High Court’s verdict on Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute

    The Supreme Court has stayed the Allahabad High Court’s verdict dividing in three parts the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya, terming as “something strange” the judgement although the parties had not asked for trifurcation of the land. The court on Monday, while staying the 13th September 2010 judgement of the Lucknow bench of […]