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  • ULFA to sit for talks with Centre on 10th Feb

    The banned ULFA has announced unconditional peace talks with the Centre on 10th February in New Delhi to find an amicable solution to their 31-year-long armed struggle. Terming the first round of talks as a “courtesy call”, senior ULFA leader Sasadhar Choudhury told reporters in Guwahati on Saturday that the outfit “would like Prime Minister […]

    FM rules out giving names of black money holders abroad

    Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday yet again ruled out disclosing names of those who have stashed away money in tax havens abroad. He disclosed to the media that of the 18 names of secret account holders in a bank in Liechtenstein notices have been issued to 17. One person was dead and so no […]

    Coming soon: 5-point agenda to fight corruption

    Union Law Minister Verappa Moily has said that the Centre is working on a five-point agenda against corruption. Addressing a seminar on Election Reforms in Chandigarh today, he said that a group of ministers is working to curb the corruption. He said that elections are the origin of corruption which ultimately pollutes the whole system. […]

    Ban opinion polls, says CEC

    A national seminar on electoral reforms is being held in Chandigarh today. This seminar is organised by Union Law Ministry and Election Commission of India. Issues like better management of elections, state funding of elections, criminalisation of politics and review of anti-defection law are being discussed. Addressing the seminar, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Qureshi […]

    2 Naxals killed in Narangburu encounter

    Five police personnel have been injured in a five hour long encounter with about 40 Naxals at Narangburu village in Arki police station in Khunti district of Jharkhand. The encounter, which started in the morning, continued till 11 AM. The Police claimed that two Naxals have been killed although their bodies have not yet been […]

    Telangana bill: Pro-statehood parties threaten non-coop

    TRS, BJP and other pro-Telangana outfits have threatened to start a “non-cooperation” movement from 17th Feb if the Centre fails to give them an assurance that a bill for formation of the separate state will be tabled in the Budget Session of Parliament. The leaders of TRS, BJP and several peoples’ organisations met Andhra Pradesh […]

    Foreign Secretaries of India, Pak to meet on Sunday

    Making a fresh attempt to restart the bilateral dialogue process, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir will meet in Thimphu on Sunday during which the Indian side is expected to seek an update on the Mumbai attacks investigations and trial. Rao and Bashir, who are in Thimphu for the SAARC meeting […]

    2G case: Court issues notice to CBI

    A Delhi court on Saturday issued notice to the CBI, asking it to file a detailed report on whether its probe in the 2G spectrum case covers the aspect of national security as raised by Janta Party chief Subramanian Swamy in his private complaint seeking prosecution of former Telecom Min A Raja. “Issue notice to […]

    Govt sends notices to 17 related to black money trail

    Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said the government has served notices to 17 persons related to the foreign banks black money trail, but it is not possible to reveal their names. “We have received a few names and already served notices on 17 persons and prosecution has begun,” he said in Kolkata on Saturday. He […]

    Justice has to be done by bringing to book 26/11 attackers: Rao

    The Foreign Secretary Mrs. Nirupama Rao has asserted that justice will be done only when the perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks are brought to the book. Mrs. Rao told this to newsmen in reply to a query whether she will raise this issue when she meets her Pakistani counterpart in Bhutan. She was talking to […]