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    Speaker’s secretary removed after CBI raids in DPA case

    Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar’s secretary A P Pathak was summarily removed on Friday just hours after CBI carried out searches at his premises in a disproportionate assets case. “A P Pathak has been removed with immediate effect from the Hon’ble Speaker’s office,” Kumar’s media advisor Rakhee Bakshee said in a statement. Bakshee said Pathak had joined the […]

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    12 people killed in two separate attacks in NW Pakistan

    Pakistani authorities said that at least 12 people were killed on Thursday in two separate attacks in the country’s volatile north-west. Local police said that in the first attack in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a suicide car bomber blew himself up as he approached a police station. The blast killed the bomber […]

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    U.S economy will avoid falling back into recession this year: White House

    The White House has predicted that the U.S economy will avoid falling back into recession this year and instead grow 1.7 per cent. The figures come in the mid-year fiscal budget review by its Office of Management and Budget, OMB. They show that the Obama administration expects the economy to improve towards the end of […]

    Breaking News National

    SC asks police to trace fund source in vote-for-cash scam

    The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi Police to trace the source of money used to allegedly bribe some parliamentarians ahead of a confidence vote in Lok Sabha in 2008. While asking police to trace the source of the funds, a bench of justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha, however, refused to monitor […]

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    Windmills in Rajasthan blowing sand-dunes, affecting tourism

    Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan has expressed concern over installation of “cobweb-like” windmills for power generation in their constituencies as these were blowing away sand dunes and driving away tourists. Addressing their concern, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said during Question Hour that a windmill atlas was being formed and asserted that […]

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    SGPC polls on schedule, 2003 notification not withdrawn: HM

    The government has not withdrawn a 2003 notification preventing Sehajdhari or non-baptised Sikhs from participating in the elections to the SGPC and the polls would take place as scheduled, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday. He told the Rajya Sabha he has been in touch with Punjab government and schedule for the Shiromani Gurdwara […]

    Breaking News International

    Libya rebels hailed in Paris but Gaddafi defiant

    Libya’s new rebel rulers were hailed by world leaders in Paris on Thursday and won a promise of a UN state-building mission, as fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi issued a new barrage of threats. Forty-two years to the day since Gaddafi stormed to power in a coup, senior envoys from 60 countries met the leaders of […]

    Breaking News National

    SC agrees to hear plea against acquittal of 26/11 accused

    The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the plea of Maharashtra government against the acquittal of two accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. A bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam, however, made it clear to the state government that it is a weak case. “Having regards to the seriousness of the matter, we […]

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    Gorkhaland Bill to be tabled in West Bengal State Assembly today

    Ahead of tabling of a bill seeking more autonomy for Gorkhaland, members of GJM met CM Mamata Banerjee with their list of proposed changes to the proposed law claiming the draft is different from what was promised in the 18th July declaration. A GJM team, including general secretary Roshan Giri and party MLA Harka Bahadur […]

    Breaking News International

    Gaddafi’s son in talks with rebels to end bloodshed

    In Libya, reports say differences have emerged within Col. Gaddafi’s forces as one of his sons claimed to be in talks with the rebels on ending the bloodshed. Saadi Gaddafi, the third son of Gaddaffi, told al-Arabiya TV that he had talked on the phone with Abdel Hakim Belhadj, a member of the Libyan National […]

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