Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Officer burnt alive in Maharashtra during raids

Officer burnt alive in Maharashtra during raids

Officer burnt alive in Maharashtra during raids

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Reports are coming in of an Additional Collector at Malegoan in Maharashtra being set on fire. He has died. Yaswat Sonawane, the Additional District Collector, was burnt alive during raids to uncover illegal hoarding of kerosene.


Hundreds of Andhra students may be deported from US

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Hundreds of Indian students, mostly from Andhra Pradesh, face the prospect of deportation from the US after authorities raided and shut down a university in the Silicon Valley on charges of a massive immigration fraud.


Teen found beheaded in Uttar Pradesh

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The beheaded body of a 17-year-old school student, who was missing from the last two days, has been recovered from Unnao district, police said on Tuesday.


Black money: Can't reveal tax evaders, says govt

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Under attack from the Supreme Court and the Opposition over stashing of large amount of money in Swiss banks and other tax havens, government today maintained that it cannot disclose information received from foreign entities on black money held by Indians abroad because of absence of Legal framework.


Indian-American sold military secrets to China

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Indian-American Noshir Gowadia, a former B-2 stealth bomber engineer has been sentenced by a US federal judge to 32 years of imprisonment for selling military secrets to China. Gowadia, 66, has spent the past five years in prison.


Karnataka crisis: BJP MLAs stage protest outside Raj Bhavan

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The BJP took its war against the Karnataka Governor to Raj Bhavan door steps by staging a dharna outside the Governor's house, making it clear that it wants the recall of Governor HR Bharadwaj after he took on the Yeddyurappa government on corruption issues.


Live Webcast of BJP's Madhopur rally

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The rally is the BJP's retort after its top leaders were banned from entering Jammu. After they landed in a chartered plane in Jammu last evening, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar were detained at the airport for nearly five hours by the local administration. They were then bundled into separate cars and driven to the Punjab border.


Ekta Yatra standoff: Sushma, Jaitley insist no turning back

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After the Jammu airport, it's now a bridge on the border between Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir that's turned into the epicentre of a political stand-off that's played out as much on Twitter as it has on the ground.


Supreme Court expunges remarks in Staines killing case

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The Supreme Court today expunged some of its controversial remarks in the Graham Staines killing case.The remark expunged relates to Dara Singh's motive for killing Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons in Orissa in 1999. It was made by the Supreme Court in its January 21 judgement that held life sentence for Dara Singh now stands deleted.


Who is Utsav Sharma?

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Utsav Sharma, the young man who attacked Rajesh Talwar at a Ghaziabad court with a butcher's knife, is a resident of Navada Lanka in Varansi. On Tuesday, Sharma attacked Talwar as he came out of the court and was moving towards a photocopying shop in the court premises. In the midst of the commotion, the youth was apprehended by a bystander and taken into custody by police personnel who took him to a lock-up in the court premises.


Aarushi's father attacked with knife at court

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Rajesh Talwar, whose young daughter, Aarushi, was murdered at home in 2008, is undergoing an operation after he was attacked with a knife at a Ghaziabad court this morning. Speaking to NDTV, members of the Talwar family said that Rajesh is in serious condition.


Ekta Yatra standoff: Centre backs Omar government

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On Monday, BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were forcibly escorted out of Jammu and sent to Madhopur in Punjab. Strongly condemning the arrest, Jaitley had called the action "illegal, unconstitutional and undemocratic." But Home Ministry sources tell NDTV that the state is well within its rights to take the leaders out of the state apprehending trouble.


Chidambaram's statement on BJP's Ekta Yatra

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A day after BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj were forcibly escorted out of Jammu and sent to Madhopur in Punjab, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has issued a press statement.


Ekta Yatra standoff: J&K govt seals border with Punjab

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Ekta Yatra standoff: J&K govt seals border with Punjab - The BJP is adamant that it will go ahead with its Ekta Yatra and hoist the tricolour in the heart of Srinagar on Republic Day tomorrow. The Jammu and Kashmir government is determined not to let the BJP leaders and workers get there. And it is backed firmly by the Centre that has asserted that BJP leaders must respect law and order measures.


Now, a case against Binayak Sen's wife

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The Nagpur Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Monday registered a case against Human Rights activist Binayak Sen's wife, Ilina Sen, for 'misusing' an event organised by an association headed by her and seeking support for some alleged Naxal sympathisers.


Arrested, tweeted Sushma, then deposited in Punjab

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As she was led away from the Jammu airport where she had been detained for several hours, Sushma Swaraj tweeted, "Arrested - cars - separate - dont know where to?" The answer became clearer as a police convoy zipped down a highway - she was being taken to Madhopur on the Punjab border. Here, Ms Swaraj and Arun Jaitley held a rally on Tuesday morning - before attempting to cross, along with thousands of BJP youth activists - back into J&K.


Arrested, tweets Sushma after Jammu airport drama

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As she was led away from the Jammu airport where she had been detained for several hours, Sushma Swaraj tweeted, "Arrested - cars - separate - dont know where to ?"


Nitish slams ally BJP over rally for Kashmir

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The BJP's insistence, on going through with its Tiranga Yatra, has once again flared up tensions with alliance partner JD(U).


Godhra judgement on February 19

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The judgement on the Godhra carnage case, where 58 people were burnt to death triggering massive communal riots across Gujarat, will be pronounced on February 19, nearly nine years after the incident took place.


What Sachin Tendulkar is asking for

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Sachin Tendulkar has joined the NDTV-Coca Cola campaign to raise funds for better schools for India's children.


I am of impeccable integrity, Thomas tells Supreme Court

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Controversial bureaucrat P J Thomas today opposed the petition in the Supreme Court seeking his removal as Central Vigilance Commissioner saying he was a person of "impeccable integrity" and became a "victim of political battle".


Government's official statement on sacking Suresh Kalmadi

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The Government has decided today to remove Shri Suresh Kalmadi from the position of the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, CWG, Delhi, 2010.


List of all Bharat Ratna award winners

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Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian honour, given for exceptional service towards advancement of Art, Literature and Science, and in recognition of Public Service of the highest order. The provision of Bharat Ratna was introduced in 1954.


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