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  • Adviser to Afghan President murdered

    A team of attackers murdered a senior adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a raid on his Kabul home along with a visiting lawmaker, a police spokesman said on Sunday. The siege was ongoing late Sunday, with gunshots ringing out as dozens of Afghan police deployed at the residence near the main parliament building […]

    CCPA approves creation of new GTA

    The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) on Monday approved the creation of a new Gorkhaland Territorial Administration; the tripartite agreement will be signed at Sukhna in Darjeeling district of West Bengal later today. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh chaired the meeting of the CCPA which took the decision. The tripartite agreement will be signed […]

    2G case: Court allows CBI to quiz A Raja, 2 others

    A Delhi court on Monday allowed CBI to interrogate afresh former Telecom Minister A Raja and two other accused in the 2G case in the Patiala House court complex. Special CBI Judge O P Saini on Monday allowed CBI, which is yet to file its second supplementary charge sheet in the case, to interrogate Raja, […]

    British police chief quits amid phone-hacking scandal

    Britain’s senior-most police officer, Sir Paul Stephenson, resigned on late Sunday as a result of allegations over Scotland Yard’s links to the Rupert Murdoch newspaper at the centre of the phone-hacking scandal. Earlier on Sunday, Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, was arrested by police investigating allegations of phone hacking at the […]

    Cash-for-vote scam: Police make first arrest, to quiz Amar

    Delhi Police on Sunday made its first arrest in the cash for vote scam case picking up Sanjeev Saxena, believed to be an aide of Amar Singh, for allegedly trying to bribe BJP MPs ahead of UPA govt’s trust vote in 2008. A senior police official said the investigators would also question expelled Samajwadi Party […]

    Obama conveys ‘strong support’ for human rights in Tibet

    Defying Chinese protest, US President Barack Obama on Saturday met Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and conveyed his “strong support” for human rights in Tibet. The meeting, which was closed for press, lasted for 44 minutes, White House officials said. “The President reiterated his strong support for the preservation of the unique religious, cultural, […]

    Blasts: Police prepare suspect’s sketch, man dies in custody

    Looking for clues to Wednesday’s serial blasts, Maharashtra’s Anti-Terrorism Squad has fanned out teams to various locations across the country and prepared a sketch of the suspect based on eyewitness accounts. In another development, Fayaz Usmani, brother of 2008 Gujarat blast suspect Afzal Usmani, died in hospital after being questioned by police in connection with […]

    Two lakh affected in Assam flood

    Nearly two lakh people have been affected by the first wave of flood which has hit Assam’s twin districts of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji, at least 20000 hectare of agricultural land had been covered by the flood waters damaging standing crops. Four people have so far lost their lives in the flood that has inundated nearly […]

    Nirupama Rao named India’s next ambassador to US

    The Government on Saturday officially announced the appointment of Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao as the next Ambassador to the United States, an assignment she will take up shortly. Rao, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United States of America and she is expected to take up her assignment shortly, official […]

    Rebekah Brooks arrested in phone hacking probe

    Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, became the second top executive of Rupert Murdoch’s embattled group, to be arrested in connection with the probe into the phone hacking and bribery scandal in Britain. Brooks was arrested on Sunday by the Scotland Yard team incharge of investigations around phone hacking and other unethical […]