Friday, June 24, 2011

Six injured as militants attack police station in J&K

Six injured as militants attack police station in J&K

Six injured as militants attack police station in J&K

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Six people, including a policeman, were today injured in a grenade attack by militants on Sopore police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, officials said. Militants hurled a grenade towards the Sopore police station, 52 km from Srinagar, at around 12.30 pm, they said.


Want Admission To 'Super 30' IIT lab? Here's How

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Bihar's famous 'Super 30' Institute, which has helped financially challenged students to get admission to prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology by providing free training, is all set for expansion this year.


Team Anna briefs Advani about their Lokpal Bill

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Initiating their dialogue with political parties, the Anna Hazare team on Friday met senior BJP leader L K Advani to drum up support for their version of the Lokpal Bill. Activists Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia briefed Advani about the deliberations in the joint draft committee meetings on the Bill and their stand on Jan Lokpal Bill and the government's draft.


Should RTI cover CBI? Madras High Court steps in

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On Saturday, the Cabinet approved the CBI's request, which stressed the need for privacy on the grounds that it handles "the investigations of several politically sensitive cases which have inter-state and international ramifications." The court has asked the government to defend this stand in three weeks. It's intervention was based on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL).


Jailed Kalmadi misses Jhansi Ki Rani

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The way he was hounded and castigated by broadcast media in particular after the Commonwealth Games scam came to light, one would assume Suresh Kalmadi has had enough of television. On the contrary, the sacked CWG 2010 Organising Committee chairman, who is now lodged in Tihar Jail, is making demands to the prison staff about what he wants to watch on the idiot box.


Rahul should be PM, Manmohan's 'Fairly Good': Digvijaya

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Despite the furore over his latest googly - that Rahul Gandhi is ready for Prime Ministership - Digvijaya Singh refused to retract his statement in an interview to NDTV. Speaking to Sreenivasan Jain, the Congress General Secretary said that while there is no need to replace Dr Manmohan Singh, who is doing "a fairly good job," Rahul Gandhi has the competence to be PM. Mr Singh also said India needs a young Prime Minister. (Watch the entire interview on Saturday at 9.30 pm IST on NDTV Profit).


No evidence of rape in Bhatta-Parsaul: Human Rights panel

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A few weeks after UPA General Secretary Rahul Gandhi alleged that women had been raped by Uttar Pradesh policemen during the Bhatta-Parsaul agitation, a media report said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found no evidence of rape.


India biggest market of heroin in South Asia: report

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A major share of heroin in South Asian market goes to India's local criminal groups, a UN annual drug report said today.


Dalit woman gangraped at railway station in Andhra Pradesh

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A 30-year old Dalit woman was allegedly gangraped by three persons at the Simhachalam Railway station here, police said on Friday. Railway Police today arrested two of the accused besides another woman on charge of helping the trio in the crime which took place last night.


Another fake encounter case reopens

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It has been an 8-year-long wait for Shabbir to register a complaint about his brother Sadiq's murder in an alleged fake encounter by the Gujarat Police in 2003. Till now, the Ahmedabad Police have allegedly refused to enter his complaint and to mention in the FIR the names of the officials involved in the encounter.


Deputy CMO's death: Won't cremate till CBI probe is ordered, says family

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There is yet another controversy surrounding the mysterious death of deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Family Welfare Department, Yogendra Singh Sachan, in a Lucknow jail. Now, Mr Sachan's family has said they will not conduct his last rites unless the government orders a CBI inquiry into the matter.


US encouraged by Indo-Pak talks: Clinton

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday told law makers that she is encouraged by the resumption of talks between India and Pakistan while expressing support to India's stand that Pakistan needs to prevent the use of its territory against India.


Indo-Pak talks: On Day 2, focus on Jammu and Kashmir

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It's the second day of talks between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan in Islamabad today. The two sides have started talks on Jammu and Kashmir. On the agenda are Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) such as more buses across the Line of Control (LoC) and increasing the cross-border trade.


Lokpal Bill: Now UPA allies divided

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Bowing to Anna Hazare's fast against corruption in April, the government had agreed to setup a drafting committee to discuss the formation of a Lokpal (Ombudsman). "We will sit with Anna Hazare and draft a good bill," Congress leader and one of the members of the drafting committee, Kapil Sibal, had said in April.


Group of Ministers to meet on diesel, LPG price hike today

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In a bid to bring some respite to the bleeding Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet today at 7:30 pm to review the diesel and domestic LPG prices.


Home at last! Suez sailors meet families

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Anxious parents, wives and children holding posters that said "Thank You, Burney Uncle" waited for hours at the Delhi Airport this morning. This wait, so different than the agonising 10 months while their men were hostages for Somali pirates.


Why this man's death is a crisis for Mayawati

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When Dr Y S Sachan - the Deputy Chief Medical Officer in the Department of Family Welfare - was found dead in a Lucknow jail, officials declared it was a suicide. They said he had hung himself in a bathroom at the jail.


This Surat businessman bought Sachin's red Ferrari

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The '360 Modena Ferrari', which once occupied a pride of place in batting icon Sachin Tendulkar's fleet of premium cars, is now a prized possession of a city businessman.


We are ready to face bullets for Lokpal Bill: Hazare

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Anna Hazare today said he was not afraid of death and dared the government to fire bullets in the event of his going on fast to press for a strong Lokpal bill.


MV Suez finally safe, Indian sailors in Pakistan

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MV Suez: It was a emotional welcome for the crew of MV Suez in Karachi today. As Captain Wasi Hasan came on land after ten months in captivity, he was greeted by his 12-year old daughter, Laila.Indian officials from the embassy in Islamabad were present to greet the six Indian sailors who were on board the Egyptian-owned commercial ship.


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