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    Raja sent to CBI remand for three more days

    Former Telecom Minister A Raja was today sent to CBI remand for three more days by a Delhi court in the 2G spectrum case. It also extended the custody of Swan telecom promoter Shahid Balwa for four days after the CBI said it wanted to confront them on the money trail. Special CBI judge O […]

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    Website launched to make adoption process more transparent

    Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) on Monday launched a web-based information management system which will link all adoption agencies across the country to make the process of adopting children more transparent. The website “Carings” will be monitored online by CARA and also provide a national database to enable policy making in this regard. Launching the […]

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    21 killed as van collides with truck in Rajasthan

    Twenty-one people, including 19 women, were killed and nine injured when a pick-up van in which they were travelling collided with a truck in Kuchera area in Rajasthan on Monday, police said. The accident took place when they all were returning home in Luwari village of Jodhpur district after performing some rituals in Butati village. […]

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    Himachal govt to acquire land of Karmapa’s Gyuto Monastery

    Himachal Pradesh govt is now moving to acquire the land of Gyuto Monastery, the transit home of Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje, as the probe into seizure of large amount of foreign currency from the monastery brought fresh focus on benami deals by the community members. Officials said that the process of mutation of ‘benami’ lands […]

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    HC dismisses five K’taka MLAs’ plea on disqualification

    In a shot in the arm for B S Yeddyurappa govt, the K’taka High Court upheld the Speaker’s order disqualifying five independent MLAs, who had withdrawn support to the ruling BJP, from the assembly membership on the eve of 11th Oct trust vote which it won. Dismissing petitions filed by the five MLAs challenging their […]

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    Cong holds deliberations on Budget Session

    With the Budget Session of Parliament less than a week away, Congress top brass including party chief Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh held deliberations on Monday to chalk out a strategy. Keen to see that the budget session of Parliament commences on a smooth note, Congress today gave indications that it might not be […]

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    Civil Aviation Ministry seeks another Rs 2,000 crore for ailing national carrier

    The Civil Aviation Ministry has sought another 2,000 crore rupees for the ailing national carrier in this financial year. Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi would meet Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi tomorrow to discuss issues pertaining to the aviation sector in the upcoming budget. AIR correspondent quoting sources reports, while a demand for […]

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    Govt to tackle monopoly of cable network says Ambika Soni

    Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has said that the monopolisation of cable network system in some states, including Punjab, was not acceptable and soon the government would bring about some way of tackling this issue. Speaking at the inauguration of Community Radio station of the Punjab University in Chandigarh , she said, she had […]

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    Govt sets up committee to examine installation of body scanner at airports

    The government today said that a committee has been set up to explore the possibility of installing body scanner technologies at airports. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an aviation safety conference in New Delhi today, civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi said the committee has been asked to look into the possibility of its […]

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    Rahat Fateh Ali Khan detained over undeclared foreign currency

    Noted Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was detained at the IGI airport in New Delhi on Sunday evening by revenue intelligence sleuths for allegedly carrying a huge amount of undeclared foreign currency. Khan, who is a hit Bollywood playback singer, arrived in New Delhi on a flight from Karachi and was intercepted by personnel […]

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