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  • India releases 76 Pakistani prisoners

    In a goodwill gesture India released 76 Pakistani prisoners, 53 of them fishermen lodged in various jails in the country on Monday. The BSF handed over them to PAK Rangers at JCP ATTARI. Apart from fishermen from jails of Gujrat they were released from Agra, Jammu Kashmir, Delhi, Amritsar, West Bengal and Allahabad. All of […]

    Cong MPs end fast as govt withdraws all cases against students

    Congress MPs from Telangana on Tuesday called off their hunger strike as Andhra Pradesh govt announced it would withdraw all cases against pro-statehood students and other protesters in connection with the agitations for and against bifurcation of the state. Just 30 hours after the party MPs from the region launched an indefinite hunger-strike on the […]

    No question of disrespecting National Flag: Naveen

    Facing flak from opposition parties for allegedly insulting the National Tricolor, Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik has said he had not shown any ‘disrespect’ to it. “As far as I am concerned there is absolutely no question of showing any disrespect to our National Flag,” he told reporters at the sidelines of a function in Bhubaneswar […]

    India, Pak should have free info flow: Pranab

    Favouring free flow of information between India and Pakistan, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said some progress has been made about visa restrictions but still there are hindrances which can be addressed. “There should be a free flow of information. Naturally when I am suggesting that there should be free flow of information sometimes the […]

    CWG scam: CBI questions Kalmadi’s three key aides

    Commonwealth Games Organising Comm Secy. General Lalit Bhanot and his colleague R K Sacheti were among three persons questioned by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in the conduct of mega sporting event. The CBI also questioned Manoj Bhori, political advisor to OC head Suresh Kalmadi in connection with the scam in New Delhion Tuesday. […]

    Telangana report to give ‘several options’ on statehood issue

    The five-member committee on Telangana statehood issue has said it will give “several options with their pros and cons” in its report that will seek to achieve the “highest satisfaction of the largest number”. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, the committee chairman and former Supreme Court Judge Justice B N Srikrishna hoped that […]

    Govt to bring new law against land acquisition: Moily

    Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has said the Centre would introduce a new law to set guidelines on acquisition of farm land for industrial and other commercial purposes and ensure that lands are purchased at prevailing market value. The draft law had been prepared and it would be placed before the Parliament during the coming […]

    Govt allocates 5 MT additional wheat, rice to states

    The govt has allocated five million tonnes of additional wheat and rice stocks to states for sale to the poor at subsidised rates, with a view to contain food inflation and free up godowns for new crops. The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, also decided to extend the ban […]

    Adarsh scam : Maha Govt. seeks resignation of Tiwari, Lala

    The axe has finally fallen on the bureaucrats for their alleged role in the Adarsh housing scam; the latest who will go through the axe are state Information Commissioner Ramanand Tiwari and State Human rights commission member Subhash Lala. The Maharashtra Government has sought their resignation for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh Housing scam. […]

    BJP reiterates its demand for JPC probe into 2G scam

    The Bharatiya Janata Party today reiterated its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum issue. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, party spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy said the JPC would fix accountability of the government while PAC will only look into account.