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  • HC rejects plea for staying bidding in vehicle plates project

    The Delhi High Court has refused to stay the bidding process in the high security registration plates (HSRP) project, intended to prevent vehicle thefts in the national capital. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Rajiv Sahai Endlaw did not entertain the plea of Tonnjes Eastern Security Technologies Pvt Ltd seeking stay of the bidding […]

    Ramdev ends nine-day-old fast

    Yoga guru Ramdev  ended his nine-day-old fast on Sunday in the presence of some spiritual leaders. Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar, who met the 46-year-old yoga exponent for the third day at a Dehradun hospital, said, “Ramdev has broken his fast by taking juice. He ended the fast in the presence of various religious and […]

    One of the longest lunar eclipses on 15th June

    One of the longest total lunar eclipses will occur on the night of 15th June and be visible everywhere in India. The celestial event, the first lunar eclipse this year, will be best visible almost near the zenith, according to Director (Research and Academics), M P Birla planetarium D P Duari. It can be seen […]

    Govt fully committed to draft Lok Pal bill by 30th June: Moily

    The government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that the draft Lok Pal Bill is ready by 30th June. Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Saturday said in Bangalore that few contentious issues remain in framing the Lok Pal Bill by the joint drafting committee. Moily said the draft would come before the Cabinet […]

    Journalist Shot Dead in Mumbai

    A senior investigative journalist, who extensively covered underworld and crime for over two decades, was shot dead in broad daylight on Saturday by four motorbike-borne persons who pumped at least four bullets into him from behind at close range in suburban Powai. Jyotirmoy Dey (56), Editor (Special Investigation) with an English tabloid ‘Mid-Day’, was riding […]

    Colombian Helicopter Crash Kills 9 Police Officers

    At least nine Colombian police officers were killed and three others wounded on Saturday morning when a helicopter carrying them crashed in the northeastern province of Casanare, the National Police said. The aircraft crashed into a mountainous area because of an apparent mechanical problem just a few minutes after taking off from the town of […]

    Hillary Arrives in Tanzania for Three-day Visit

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday arrived in Tanzania for a three-day official visit to enhance bilateral relations and partnership between the two countries. Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Bernard Membe welcomed Clinton at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam. Clinton’s visit to the East African nation […]

    U.S. says Death of Embassy Bombing Mastermind Huge Setback to al-Qaida

    The White House on Saturday said the death of the mastermind of the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania is a “huge setback to al-Qaida.” In a statement, John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, said the death of Harun Fazul is “another huge setback to al-Qaida and […]

    Somali Gov’t Confirms Death of Al Qaeda’s East Africa Chief

    The Somali government on Saturday confirmed that its forces killed Fazul Abdullah Mohamed who was Al Qaeda’s chief operative in East Africa. “Fazul and another accomplice were killed as they resisted arrest by our forces after they stopped his vehicle at a checkpoint manned by Somali troops,” Abdurrahman Omar, senior media advisor to the Somali […]

    UN General Assembly sets new target to combat AIDS

    The UN General Assembly has adopted a political declaration at the end of its three-day high-level meeting on AIDS, setting ambitious new targets to end AIDS and charting a new path in the global response for the next five years. The unanimously adopted declaration set a target of treating 15 million people with life-saving drugs […]