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  • Govt extends ban on bulk SMSes till Friday

    The government on Thursday has extended the ban on bulk SMSes and MMSes till Friday in view of the Ayodhya verdict on title suit. “We have decided to extend the ban by a day in consultation with the Ministry of Home Affairs in the wake of the Ayodhya verdict, which is to be pronounced today,” […]

    Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowships, awards given

    Veteran actor Shriram Lagoo, danseuse Yamini Krishnamurti and classical music exponent Kishori Amonkar were among a host of artistes honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowships and awards for the year 2009 by President Pratibha Patil. Six eminent personalities were conferred Akademi Fellowships for 2009 and 33 artistes received the Akademi Awards. Giving away the […]

    PM, Sonia Gandhi launch ambitious UID project

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi launch ambitious UID project in Tembhli village in tribal Nandurbar district of Maharashtra on Wednesday.Dr Singh and Gandhi distributed the first ten ‘Adhaar’ cards of Unique Identification Authority of India to ten residents of the tribal hamlet at a function attended by Maharashtra Governor K Shankaranarayanan, […]

    CCTV footage submitted to HC showing Kasab hitting jail staff

    Maharashtra Government has submitted to the Bombay High Court a CCTV footage of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab assaulting jail staff and opposed his plea for a closed-door interview with his lawyers. The high court is hearing confirmation of death sentence awarded to Kasab for his role in the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai in which […]

    Cong announces list of 77 candidates for Bihar polls

    PCC President Mehboob Ali Kaiser and CLP leader Ashok Ram figure in a list of 77 candidates announced by the Congress for the six-phase Bihar Assembly elections beginning on 21st October. While Kaiser, who was appointed the PCC chief a few months back, will be contesting from Simri Bakhtiarpur segment, Ram will fight the elections […]

    SC begins hearing on plea seeking deferment of Ayodhya verdict

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday began crucial hearing on a plea seeking deferment of the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. The hearing before a three-judge special bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia started with senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi putting forth arguments on behalf of a retired bureaucrat Ramesh Chand […]

    Pasha knew ‘rogue’ ISI elements involved in 26/11

    Less than a month after the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan’s spy agency chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha had admitted before the CIA that the terror strikes had ISI links but claimed it was not an “authorised” operation and carried out by “rogue” elements, according to a new book. However, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) later […]

    Bihar poll exercise to be set in motion today

    The month-long Bihar Assembly poll exercise, which is expected to be a triangular affair among the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-BJP ruling alliance, RJD-LJP combine and the Congress, will be set in motion Monday. This is the first Assembly election during the current year and the Election Commission is leaving nothing to chance keeping in view the […]

    SC slams CBI for dilly-dallying on UP CM’s assets case

    The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the CBI for dilly-dallying on the issue of prosecuting UP Chief Minister Mayawati in the disproportionate assets case. A bench of Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar bluntly told the CBI counsel that if it was not keen on pursuing the case, then the “petition must go”. […]

    12 Maoists killed in Jharkhand

    Around 12 Maoists have been killed in the massive anti-Naxal operation launched jointly by security forces of Jharkhand and Orissa since Saturday in Saranda forest, the police said on Monday. Jharkhand Director General of Police Neyaz Ahmad said that ten to 12 Maoists have been killed since Saturday, with some of the bodies having been […]