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  • Telecom ministry proposes hefty penalty for tapping phone unlawfully

    Government has proposed penalty up to two crore rupees on unlawful phone tapping. The present amount is just 500 rupees. In a communiqué to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the Department of Telecom (DoT) has proposed the imposition of a penalty between one lakh and two crore rupees for breaches under different sections of the […]

    Naval War Room leak case: CBI team leaves for London to assist British prosecutors

    A two-member CBI team has left for London to assist British prosecutors in the extradition case of Ravi Shankaran, kin of former Naval Chief Arun Prakash and the main accused in the infamous Naval War Room leak case. AIR correspondent quoting CBI sources reports a two-member team led by a Superintendent of Police left today […]

    Police to submit initial report in 4 days in Sabarimala tragedy

    Forensic experts and a special team of the Crime Branch of Kerala police probed Friday’s stampede at Pullmedu near Sabarimala that claimed 102 lives and are expected to submit their report next week. S Surendran, heading the crime branch team, said the report including forensic findings would be submitted to Additional Director General of Police […]

    J&K police sets 2012 deadline to train police force in CCTNS

    Set to connect all police stations in the state under Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS), the Jammu and Kashmir Police has set 2012 as the deadline to train the force to operate the system. “We have set 2012 deadline for training the entire police force in the state in CCTNS so that all the police […]

    Navy ships carry out naval exercises for benefit of public

    Ships belonging to the Eastern Fleet of the Indian Navy on Sunday carried out naval games for the public as part of Navy Week celebrations. INS Rana and INS Kulish of the Eastern Fleet took members of the public and the media on a 30 km sojourn into the ocean to witness the games, “meant […]

    Political parties protest increase in petrol prices

    The BJP has demanded rollback of increase in petrol prices, saying the seventh hike in last six months was totallly unjustified. Prakash Javedkar said the ground of under recovery by the oil companies cited by the govt as the reason for the hike is not correct. He further expressed fear that now diesel prices may […]

    Demolish Adarsh building in 3 months: Environment Ministry

    In a terse order, the Environment ministry on Sunday directed the scam-hit Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai to demolish within three months the “unauthorised” 31-storey building in upmarket Colaba for violating coastal regulations and restore the area in its original condition. If the society failed to comply with it on its own, “the ministry will […]

    Bhimsen Joshi in critical condition

    Eminent classical vocalist Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, undergoing treatment at a Pune hospital, is in a critical condition. Doctors attending on him said, the 88-year-old Bhimsen Joshi is on periodic dialysis following a kidney failure. He was admitted to the hospital last week after he complained of breathlessness and vomiting.

    Northern India again under cold wave grip

    After the weather in Punjab and Haryana relented for a few days, the minimum temperature in most parts of the region today plummeted by up to three degrees Celsius, throwing normal life out of gear. The Met office said the minimum temperature, which had risen to around five degrees Celsius in the past few days, […]

    Sabarimala stampede: Bodies of 19 pilgrims airlifted to Hyderabad

    In Kerala, the bodies of 19 Ayyappa devotees who were killed in the stampede at Uppupara in Idukki district have been airlifted from the Kochi International Airport to Hyderabad. Three more bodies will be airlifted later this afternoon. Eight bodies , still to be identified, are kept at the Ernakulam General Hospital. A team of […]