Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Adarsh case: Land does not belong to defence, says interim report

Adarsh case: Land does not belong to defence, says interim report


Adarsh case: Land does not belong to defence, says interim report

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 03:20 AM PDT

In a huge relief to the Maharashtra government, the judicial commission of inquiry looking into the Adarsh housing scam has held that the land on which the controversial building stands belongs to the...


MCD election results: BJP all set to win despite Congress' gains

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 03:04 AM PDT

MCD election results: BJP's Delhi veteran VK Malhotra is smiling. And there is little activity at the Delhi Congress headquarters. Therein lies the tale of trends halfway into counting of votes for th...


Chaos in Maharashtra Assembly after CAG report on land grab indicts ministers

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 02:30 AM PDT

Amidst much chaos, the Maharashtra government today tabled the controversial report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in the state Assembly. The contents of the report, a copy of which is w...


Farooq Abdullah suffering from pneumonia, admitted to AIIMS

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 02:17 AM PDT

Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences after he complained of fever and pain. After investigations doctors diagnos...


West Bengal CID asks Facebook to remove pictures mocking Mamata Banerjee

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:57 AM PDT

After the controversial cartoon case, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee now seems to have taken offence to some of her pictures posted on Facebook. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID)...


We see MCD elections as civic polls, nothing else: Congress

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 01:35 AM PDT

Congress sought to downplay BJP's clear lead in the Delhi municipal elections saying that the elections should be seen only as civic polls and nothing else. BJP on the other hand said issues of corrup...


Maharashtra government tables controversial CAG report in Assembly

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 12:37 AM PDT

The Maharashtra government has tabled the controversial report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in the Assembly. This comes more than ten days after the Bharatiya Janata Party leaked what ...

Now Trinamool tells workers: Don't marry CPM members

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:47 PM PDT

No cartoons on social networking sites, no protests, and now, no marriage to anyone remotely connected to the Communist Party of India (CPM). The Trinamool Congress' list of don'ts just got longer, wi...


Norway custody row: Crucial hearing begins for NRI couple

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:44 PM PDT

Today is a crucial day for the Bhattacharyas whose children were taken away by the Norwegian child welfare services in May last year. A Stavanger district court has begun hearing their case that will ...

MCD election results: BJP leads in early trends

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 09:56 PM PDT

MCD election results: Delhi will know who will rule its three newly-created municipal corporations today. The counting of votes for 272 wards began at 33 centres across the capital at 8 this morning a...


Delhi civic polls: Counting of votes begins

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:24 PM PDT

Delhi will know who will rule its three newly-created municipal corporations today. The counting of votes for 272 wards began at 33 centres across the capital at 8 this morning amid tight security. Th...


Woman allegedly strangled to death by husband for giving birth to girl

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:21 PM PDT

India's shameful and sordid story of unwanted daughters continues. In the latest incident, a woman in Amritsar was allegedly strangled to death by her husband after she gave birth to a baby girl for t...


Modi, Patnaik meet Jayalalithaa: Courtesy call or political realignment?

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:57 AM PDT

The Centre today hosted an internal security meeting in New Delhi where it invited chief ministers of all the states to discuss the strengthening of anti-terror capabilities and intelligence, the key ...


Jayalalithaa, Modi, Patnaik slam government's overtures on anti-terror body (NCTC)

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:51 AM PDT

The Central government today hosted an internal security meeting in New Delhi. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram tried to reach out to the chief ministers saying they were...


Kashmir to have first ever international literary festival

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:18 AM PDT

The first ever international Kashmir literary festival, on the lines of the Jaipur Literary Festival, is to be organized in the Valley this year, an official said in Srinagar on Monday.


Media paints negative picture of West Bengal government, says Mamata Banerjee

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:11 AM PDT

Stung by criticism of her government's choice of newspapers for state-aided libraries and a professor's arrest over circulation of a cartoon showing her in poor light, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamat...


Top ten developments at Chief Ministers' meet on internal security

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 10:53 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today tried to reach out to Chief Ministers of all states on the contentious issue of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC). But at a meeting convened in New Delhi...


Indian parliamentary delegation leaves for Oxford

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 10:23 AM PDT

A 10-member multi-party delegation under the aegis of Indo-British Forum of Parliamentarians (IBFP) has left for Oxford to cover a diverse range of subjects from strategic planning to economic issues ...


Gehlot criticises Modi, Jayalalithaa at Chief Ministers' security meet

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday hit out against his Gujarat and Tamil Nadu counterparts saying that forums like the internal security conference should not be used for "cheap popularit...


Scientists write to PM condemning action against Bengal biologist

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:49 AM PDT

Leading scientists from India and abroad as well as other public personalities have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, condemning the police action against two West Bengal-based scientists. One...


Titanic 100 years ago: The India connection

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:26 AM PDT

On the 100th anniversary of one of the biggest maritime disasters in history, untold memoirs from the decks of the RMS Titanic include that of a crewman from Jhansi, and a Telugu-speaking Englishwoman...


Chandy calls for measures for safety of fishing community

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:14 AM PDT

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday emphasised the importance of strengthening coastal security and protecting fishermen in view of incidents like the recent shooting down of two Indian fish...


State's powers being abrogated by the Centre: Jayalalithaa

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 07:42 AM PDT

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday warned against an "emerging pattern" wherein the state's powers are "abrogated" by the Centre through passage of bills and accused it of showing "sca...


Patnaik seeks urgent consultations over law and order issues

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 07:34 AM PDT

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday sought urgent consultations between the centre and the states over issues like the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) saying any delay in this rega...


Modi, Jayalalithaa, Patnaik slam Centre, as states snub PM's overture

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 07:19 AM PDT

The Centre and State must work hand in hand on internal security as the country battles terror from across the border, Left Wing extremism and religious violence: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's appea...


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