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  • Remanded Madani to police custody till 26th August

    PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani has been remanded to police custody till 26th August by a magistrate in Bangalore in connection with the 2008 Bangalore serial blast case. Hours after his arrest at Kollam in Kerala by Karnataka police, Madani was flown in Bangalore on Tuesday night and produced before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Venkatesh […]

    MPs Condemn ‘forcible’ land acqusition in UP

      Members in the Lok Sabha  condemned the “forcible” acquisition of land in Uttar Pradesh and firing on protesting farmers prompting the government to state that a comprehensive bill in this regard would be brought in Parliament at the earliest. BJP and SP members trooped into the well as soon as the House convened and […]

    Madani to be quizzed in police custody, remanded till August 26

    Abdul Nasser Madani  who was booked on Tuesday afternoon for his alleged involvement in Bangalore bomb blast case has been remanded to police custody till 26th August by a magistrate in Bangalore . Hours after his arrest at Kollam in Kerala by Karnataka police, Madani was flown in Bangalore on Tuesday night and produced before Additional […]

    Gay couples have equal inheritance rights: top German court

    Gay couples in Germany who have formally registered their partnerships must have equal inheritance rights to married couples, the country’s top court said Tuesday. Germany introduced “registered partnerships” for same-sex couples in 2001 but stopped short of granting them the full rights and privileges afforded to married couples. The ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court […]

    Afghan president formally orders security firms to disband

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai   issued a decree ordering that all private security firms in the country should be disbanded within four months. “I approve the full disbandment of private security companies, both national and international, within four months,” Karzai said in the decree. The decision aims “to better provide security for the lives and […]

    Hearing on Shah’s bail plea adjourned till 30th Aug

    A special CBI court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on the bail application of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, arrested in connection with the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, till 30th August. When the matter came up for hearing in the court of CBI Judge G K Upadhyay, Shah’s lawyer Mitesh Amin requested adjournment […]

    Cap on liability in Nuke bill likely to be hiked

      The parliamentary panel examining the nuclear liability bill is likely to recommend an increase in the cap on damages. The Nuclear Civil Liability Bill is slated to be tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. Besides, a few amendments suggested by members of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology are also being incorporated in the […]

    Rs 125 crore relief for Leh cloudburst victims:PM

     Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on  announced a Rs 125 crore relief packaged for the Leh cloudburst victims and said all houses destroyed by the natural calamity will be reconstructed within the next two-and-a-half months. Singh, who arrived in Leh on a day-long visit to take stock of relief and rehabilitation undertaken in the aftermath of […]

    7 Injured in Undersea Earthquake on Sicilian Island

    Seven people were injured on Monday in an undersea earthquake that hit the Aeolian island of Lipari in Italy’s Sicily and caused several landslides. The quake, with a magnitude of 4.5, rocked the beach where many people were sunbathing and swimming, making a rock cliff fall off into the water and causing the injuries, according […]

    Australia Should Be a Republic: PM

    Australia should move to be a republic when reign of Queen Elizabeth II ends, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Gillard also planned to lead a national debate on republic after the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, 84, ends. The prime minister said that despite being a republican, she understood that Australians had a “deep […]