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  • HM in Jh’khand today; to review security & development in naxal-hit areas

    Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde arrives in Jharkhand today on a day-long visit to review progress in the security situation and development initiatives in the Naxal-affected districts of the state. Our Ranchi Correspondent informs that Mr. Shinde’s visit comes agaisnt the backdrop of the ministry’s decision to deploy additional 10 battalions of paramilitary forces […]

    Naroda Patiya riots case: Guj govt keeps on hold decision on death for Kodnani & 8 others

    Gujarat government today kept on hold its decision to seek death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani, Babu Bajrangi and eight others in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case. The state government had earlier given its consent to file an appeal in the High Court seeking death sentence for Kodnani, Bajrangi and others, who were […]

    Siddaramaiah sworn in K’taka CM; unveils Rs 4,409.81 cr bonanza for poor

    Siddaramaiah was sworn in as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka at a grand show at a stadium in Bangalore on Monday, marking the return of the administration back to the hands of Congress after more than seven years. Ressurecting the Congress rule in Karnataka after seven years, Siddaramaiah today took over as Chief Minister, […]

    Situation tense in Rohtak village, CM orders probe

    The situation was on Monday tense but under control in Rohtak’s Karontha village where three persons were killed and about 100 others injured in a clash between two groups, even as CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda ordered a magisterial probe into the violence. Around 500 CRPF personnel have been rushed to maintain law and order near […]

    CLP leader Siddaramaiah to be sworn-in as CM

    Siddaramaiah, who led the Congress party to victory in the Assembly elections in Karnataka is, will take oath on Monday as the 22nd Chief Minister of the State. He will be sworn in by Governor H R Bhardwaj at a ceremony at Sri Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore. Siddaramaiah was elected as the leader of Congress […]

    4 cops killed in Naxal attacks

    Four police personnel were killed and another was injured in two separate attacks by suspected Naxalites in Maoist-hit Bastar and Sukma districts of Chhattisgarh on Sunday. The first incident took place at the Doordarshan transmission centre at Marenga village under Parpa police station in the district at around 3 AM, leaving three policemen dead and […]

    Anti-Posco leader Sahu arrested, sent to jail

    Anti-Posco leader Abhay Sahu was arrested on Saturday in connection with several cases, including a bomb blast in which three people had been killed at the proposed steel plant site in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. After being arrested from Bhubaneswar by a police team from Jatatsinghpur, Sahu was taken to Kujanga near here and produced before […]

    PM talks to Siddaramaiah, congratulates him on election as CM

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday congratulated Siddaramaiah on his election as Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Prime Minister also wished him well for the future. Siddaramaiah was on Friday elected as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party in the state. “Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talked to Siddaramaiah to congratulate him on his election […]

    SC sets aside Orissa HC order on iron ore license to Posco

    The Supreme Court set aside the Orissa High Court order which had quashed state government’s petition to allot iron ore licence to South Korean steel major Posco in Khandadhar hills in Sundergarh district for a multi-crore steel plant. A bench headed by Justice R M Lodha asked the Centre to consider all the objections raised […]

    Panchayat poll in three phases with central forces: Cal HC

    The Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the primacy of the State Election Commission and directed that the panchayat elections be held in three phases with central armed police forces, with the West Bengal govt saying that an appeal would be made against the order in a division bench. Justice Biswanath Somadder, holding that the […]