In Thailand’s worst floods in half a century, one-fifth of Bangkok is now under water, prompting warnings for affected residents to evacuate. An official today said many people, however, have ignored the advice, choosing to stay in their inundated homes despite risks including electrocution and disease as well as shortages of food and drinking water. […]
Hours before the opening of the G20 summit, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa(BRICS) met in French resort town on Thursday to chalk out a common stand on major issues facing the world including the Eurozone debt crisis. The two day summit began in the French city of Cannes with the worsening eurozone crisis dominating […]
The Greek government teetered on the brink of collapse on Thursday over plans for a referendum on a euro zone bailout with turmoil in the ruling party casting grave doubt on whether Prime Minister George Papandreou can survive a confidence vote. Conservative opposition leader Antonis Samaras demanded that a transitional government be formed immediately to […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed an ongoing probe by the Election Commission into the authenticity of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan’s spending during the 2009 state assembly polls allegedly involving expenses on “paid news”. A three-judge bench of justices Altamas Kabir, S S Nijjar and J Chelameswar temporarily halted the Commission from probing […]
Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, facing prosecution for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, was allowed by a Delhi court to go abroad for treatment of his kidney ailment. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal on Thursday allowed Singh to go to Singapore from 8th November to 30th November, stipulating that he would furnish […]
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted continuation of the stay of the trial court order validating the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act which has been challenged by the Tatas. A division bench of justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Mrinal Kanti Chaudhuri passed the order granting continuation of the stay till disposal of the […]
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday granted conditional bail to former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in a corruption case relating to alleged irregularities in denotifying lands. Yeddyurappa has been given bail in the third private complaint against him and his bail application in the fourth private complaint has been posted for orders in the […]
New Delhi has welcomed Pakistan’s decision to award Most Favoured Nation Status to India. It said, the move will also help improve political ties between the two neighbours. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma termed it as a positive gesture. Mr Sharma spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Amin Fahim immediately after the decision taken […]
In a setback to DMK MP Kanimozhi and seven others, a Delhi court on Thursday dismissed their bail pleas in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Special Judge O P Saini dismissed the bail pleas, including that of former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, saying the charges levelled against them were of “very serious nature.” The others […]
At least 10 people, including five women, were killed and 15 others injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a truck in Sambalpur district of Orissa on Thursday. The bus from Bargarh was proceeding to Rourkela when it collided head-on with the truck RPT truck near Babubandha on NH-6 under Burla police station. […]
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