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  • Govt will give appropriate response on 2G to apex court: Cong

    Congress steered clear of comments on the Supreme Court observations over the delay in PM Manmohan Singh’s response to a plea seeking prosecution of then Telecom Minister A Raja in connection with the alleged irregularities in allocation of 2G spectrum. “The Supreme Court has asked the government a question and the government will give an […]

    Mamata calls LF govt “land scam-tainted”

    Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee pooh-poohed the Left Front’s suggestion for returning 100 acres in Tata Motors’ abandoned land at Singur to help in restarting an industry there and alleged that the state govt was “land scam-tainted”. “The government is absolutely corrupt, land scam-tainted and blacklisted,” Banerjee told reporters in Kolkata on Wednesday. She turned […]

    Cong-NCP ministry 23:20 formula to stay

    Against the backdrop of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s demand for an additional portfolio for NCP in the Maharashtra ministry, top leaders of Congress and its ally met Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Wednesday. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, state Congress chief Manikrao Thakre, city unit president Kripashankar Singh met Pawar along with the […]

    ‘Big Boss’ and ‘Rakhi ka Insaaf’ only after 11 pm: Govt

    Faced with mounting complaints from TV viewers and women outfits about objectionable contents, the Govt has ordered channels airing TV shows ‘Big Boss’ and ‘Rakhi ka Insaaf’ to broadcast them only between 11 PM and 5 AM, virtually bracketing them as only for adult viewing. Both the shows are not for universal viewing and can […]

    JDS to raise issue of Karnataka land scams in Parliament

    Opposition JDS on Wednesday said it would raise in Parliament the alleged land scams during the B S Yeddyurappa regime, as it charged the Chief Minister with favouring his family in the allotment. JDS state unit president and Lok Sabha member H D Kumaraswamy alleged that the scams are estimated to be between Rs 5,000 […]

    Sonia attacks Nitish, Lalu for Bihar’s backwardness

    Holding non-Congress governments responsible for Bihar’s backwardness during the past 20 years, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has attacked the NDA government for its “failure” to utilise thousands of crores of rupees sent by the Centre to benefit the poor. “This is time that people of the state decide their future with the elections hardly a […]

    PM should respond to SC observation on Raja issue: Advani

    Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should immediately respond to Supreme Court’s observation on delay in taking a decision on the plea for sanction for prosecution of former Telecom Minister A Raja in the 2G spectrum allocation issue. “The PM should immediately respond to what the Supreme […]

    PM greets nation on Id-ul-Zuha today

    Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh while greeting on this festive day said in his message that the Id-ul-Zuha is an occasion to remember the spirit of supreme sacrifice of Hazrat Ibrahim and the festival teaches us to be humble, charitable and to work for the greater good of humankind. The President, Vice President have also […]

    HC seeks details of Rathore’s promotion

    The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday sought details from the Haryana government how disgraced former top police official S P S Rathore was promoted to the rank of DGP when a complaint of molestation was pending against him. The direction came while hearing a PIL filed by a local advocate seeking a fresh […]

    Building collapse: Delhi govt orders judicial inquiry

    Delhi Government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the east Delhi building collapse in which at least 67 people were killed even as a cautious MCD asked occupants of 38 “dangerous” buildings in the locality to move out. The inquiry will be conducted by former Delhi High Court judge Justice Lokeshwar Prashad, top officials said. […]