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  • Supreme Court terms honour killing as barbaric and shameful

    The Supreme Court has termed the ‘khap’ panchayats or Caste Councils as illegal saying these should be stamped out ruthlessly. A bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and Gyan Sudha Mishra said, honour killing is barbaric and shameful and asked states to suspend District Magistrates and SPs concerned if they failed to act against the offenders. […]

    PSLV C 16 stands ready for tomorrow’s launch

    All is set for the launch of the country’s latest remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 and two mini spacecraft on board PSLV-C16 tomorrow from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, over 90 km from Chennai. “The countdown is smooth. There are some sequences which are in progress. The weather is perfectly fine. With all this in […]

    Normal monsoon forecast for second consecutive year

    Met Department has predicted normal monsoon this year and announced its first official long range forecast for south west monsoon as Science and technology minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that monsoon will reach Kerala by 1st of June and Delhi by 29th of June. India Meteorological Department (IMD) today forecast normal monsoon season this year […]

    Jaitapur project to continue, magisterial enquiry into firing

    Ignoring protests, Maharashtra govt on Tuesday stuck to its guns over the Jaitapur nuclear project, saying it will probe if the agitation was a “pre-planned conspiracy” and ordered a magisterial inquiry into the police firing at the project site that left one dead. Home Minister R R Patil told the Legislative Assembly in a reply […]

    DGCA orders probe into Arunachal copter crash

    The DGCA has ordered an inquiry into the crash of a Pawan Hans helicopter in Arunachal Pradesh even as initial reports suggested that “wind shear and down draft” led to the accident which claimed atleast 17 lives. Officials here said a committee would be set up to investigate the accident and a high-level team of […]

    PMO gives nod to questioning of Puducherry LG by ED

    Prime Minster Office has given green signal to Enforcement Directorate to question Puducherry Governor Iqbal Singh over his alleged links with Pune based tax evader Hasan Ali. PMO’s decision came on Home Ministry’s proposal for allowing ED to record a statement of Iqbal Singh who had admitted to recommending speedy issue of pass port to […]

    Ramkrishna Mission chief Swami Aksharananda passes away

    Principal of Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka Swami Aksharananda passed away in Dhaka on Monday following prolonged illness. Born at Khurda village of Satkhira district in 1929, Swami Aksharananda joined Ramkrishna Mission in Narendrapur, Kolkata in 1950. He later came to Bangladesh in 1972 and became the Principal of Dhaka Ramakrishna Mission in 1974 and has […]

    Six-member delegation of EC will be on a three-day visit to Egypt beginning today

    A six-member delegation of the Election Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi, will be on a three-day visit to Egypt beginning today to share experiences and expertise in conducting elections. Briefing reporters in New Delhi, the Director General of the Election Commission said that there was a request from the Egyptian Government […]

    Indo-German bilateral trade stood at 15 billion Euros for 2010

    Bilateral trade between India and Germany stood at 15 billion Euros for the year 2010, registering an increase of over 17 percent on year to year basis. This was revealed by Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Praful Patel while inaugurating the third meeting of the Indo German Working Group on Automotive Sector along with […]

    Railway orders probe into fire on Mumbai- Delhi Rajdhani Express

    The Railway has ordered a probe into the fire on the Mumbai- Delhi Rajdhani Express. Sources said in Delhi, that a three-member committee would examine the reasons of the incident. The train reached New Delhi Railway Station this afternoon, as already reported all the passengers are safe. Three coaches including pantry car of 12951 Mumbai-Delhi […]