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  • CWG bridge collapse: Govt told to pay Rs 3 lakh to injured

    The Delhi High Court directed the Delhi govt to pay Rs three lakh to the labourers who were seriously injured when a foot overbridge collapsed outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue of the Commonwealth Games. The court also asked it to pay Rs one lakh to those who suffered fracture injuries in the […]

    Sonia chairs CEC meeting to decide Bihar candidates

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee to finalise candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other members of the CEC, which is the apex body of Congress to decide candidates for elections. The party, which is […]

    Plea for deferment of Ayodhya verdict filed in SC

    With just two days left for the verdict on Ayodhya title suit dispute, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking deferment of the judgement and to allow mediation. The application moved by retired bureacrat Ramesh Chand Tripathi has been listed for early hearing before a bench of Justices Altmas Kabir and […]

    Sonia seeks liberal Central package for flood-affected areas

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday made an aerial survey of the worst flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh after which she spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought a liberal package for them to tackle the situation. Accompanied by Defence Minister A K Antony and Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, Gandhi flew […]

    President to lay foundation of new Metro in Kolkata

    President Pratibha Patil will lay the foundation of a Metro between Joka in South 24-Paragana district and BBD Bagh, the central business district of the metropolis in Kolkata, on Wednesday. The Metro to connect large areas of neighbouring South 24-Pargana district with BBD Bagh is part of Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee’s plan to expand the […]

    APD led by Chidambaram visits Tangmarg for on spot assesment

    On the second day of their visit to Jammu and Kashmir, the all-party delegation led by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram visited Tangmarg, in north Kashmir district of Baramulla, for on the spot assessment. The place witnessed incidents of arson recently in which six people were killed and several others wounded during demonstration on 13th […]

    All-party team got balanced view about Valley situation: Omar

    Expressing satisfaction over the all-party delegation’s visit to Kashmir Valley, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that it was the endeavour of his government that the visiting team got a balanced view about the situation in the state. “I cannot expect everyone to praise me but the fact that they got a balanced view (about the […]

    Delhi CM for special teams to accomplish unfinished CWG work

    With just 12 days left for the Commonwealth Games and several projects not yet complete, a worried Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday directed concerned agencies to set up special teams to accomplish all the unfinished work. At a high-level meeting attended by all her Cabinet colleagues and top officials of PWD, NDMC, MCD, Delhi […]

    Surrender Bogus Ration Cards or Face Criminal Prosecution

    From Our Correspondent New Delhi: While hearing Writ Petition (Civil) No. 196 of 2001, People’s Union for Civil Liberties V/s Union of India & Ors. on 31.08.2010, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has directed that a warning be issued asking all the bogus card holders to surrender the bogus cards forthwith, in any event, within two […]

    Train tragedy in MP, 15 dead: Mamata announces 5 Lakh to the Next Kin of Dead

    In an unfortunate accident in the early hours today, 15 passengers lost their lives and 30 were injured out of which 10 are grievously injured when an empty goods train collided head-on with the Indore – Gwalior Intercity Express (1125 Dn) which was stationed at a platform of Badarwas railway station between Guna and Shivpuri […]