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  • ED to attach Koda properties worth Rs 130 cr; more in offing

    The Enforcement Directorate is all set to attach properties worth Rs 130 crore allegedly belonging to former Jharkhand Chief Minister MadhuKoda and his aides. The Directorate, which is probing charges of huge illegal investments and hawala transactions against Koda and his associates, got an approval order from the adjudicating authority under the Prevention of Money […]

    FinMin wants DoT to probe role of telcos in Radia tape leake

    Amid controversy over leakage of telephonic conversations involving top industrialists, corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others, the Finance Ministry has asked the DoT to enquire into the conduct of telecom operators and identify individuals involved in it. “DoT (Department of Telecom) will have to conduct a further enquiry to establish leakage of the telephonic intercepts […]

    NATO not doing enough in Libya: France

    As forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi continue to push the rebels from their positions, cracks seem to be appearing in NATO over militarystrategy in Libya, with major NATO alliance partner France demanding that the punishing raids should be carried out to finish strongman’s tanks and heavy artillery. NATO is not doing “enough”, the French Foreign […]

    Govern on behalf of all people: Obama tells new ICoast leader

    Welcoming the end of the illegitimate rule of Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, US President Barack Obama has appealed to the new leader Alassane Ouattara to govern on behalf of all people. “For President Ouattara and the people of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), the hard work of reconciliation and rebuilding must begin now. President Ouattara […]

    French police fine woman for wearing full Islamic face veil

    French police fined a woman for wearing a full-face Islamic veil, the first reported enforcement of a ban on the garment on the day it came into effect, a police source said Tuesday. The young woman, born in 1983, was fined 150 euros “without incident” in a shopping centre in Mureaux, northwest of Paris, early […]

    Bhopal gas case: SC to hear for harsher charges against accused

    A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the Centre’s plea for prosecuting Bhopal gas tragedy case accused, who have escaped with lighter punishment of two years jail term, under the stringent penal provision attracting maximum ten years of imprisonment. The bench headed by the Chief Justice S H Kapadia will take […]

    PM reaches China to attend third BRICS summit

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reached China on a three day visit to attend the BRICS summit as he will holdbilateral meetings with participating leaders of member countries Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa. At the summit meeting of top leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), Singh is expected to make […]

    Kerala, Puducherry go to Assembly Poll tomorrow

    Kerala is going to polls on Wednesday to elect 140 members of the state Assembly after an acrimonious campaign marred by sporadic clashes in the concluding moments between workers of ruling CPI(M) led LDF and opposition Congress-headed UDF, the main contenders for power. The electoral battle is intense in all the 140 segments between UDF […]

    Japan Nuclear Crisis on Par with Chernoby

    Japan’s nuclear safety agency announced on Tuesday that it has raised the severity level of the accident at the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant to 7, the worst on an international scale, from the current 5. The ranking had only been applied to the 1986 Chernobyl accident. According to Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety […]

    US want ceasefire in Libya with withdrawl of Gaddafi forces

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that United States wants a ceasefire in Libya with the forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi pulling back from the areas where they forcibly entered. “We have made it very clear that we want to see a ceasefire. We want to see the Libyan regime forces pull back […]