Monday, September 3, 2012

Legislator rips off shirt, Jharkhand Assembly adjourned

Legislator rips off shirt, Jharkhand Assembly adjourned


Legislator rips off shirt, Jharkhand Assembly adjourned

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:52 AM PDT

Jharkhand Assembly was adjourned twice today after an opposition MLA ripped off his shirt inside the House to press for demands. As soon as the Assembly convened at 11 AM, opposition members troope...


Mamata Banerjee accused of targeting former police officer's book

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:34 AM PDT

The Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal has been accused of targeting a book written by former IPS officer Nazrul Islam, which reportedly is critical of the state government. Mr Islam's book...


Skin of adult tiger seized, four arrested in Odisha

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:21 AM PDT

Forest personnel have recovered the skin of a Royal Bengal Tiger and arrested four persons in this connection. This is the first time that such an incident has been reported in the Similipal Tiger Res...

Raj Thackeray comments: Who said what

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:10 AM PDT

Political voices across party lines have united in condemning Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's comments on Hindi news channels accusing them of distorting his statements about pe...


Why Maharashtra won't ban Raj Thackeray's speeches altogether

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:44 PM PDT

After Raj Thackeray's speech against north Indians on Friday, the Home department is contemplating serving him a notice; sources claim that the state will refrain from banning Thackeray's speeches alt...


Raju Ramachandran does not want fee for defending Kasab

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:26 PM PDT

Raju Ramachandran, the senior lawyer who defended Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab in the Supreme Court as amicus curiae on the orders of the court, has said he does not want the fee of Rs 11 lakh due ...


Could cancellation of coal licences help Parliament get back to work?

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:22 PM PDT

The coal scandal has dominated this session of Parliament - not through discussion or debate, but by becoming the point of paralysis that has led to virtually no business being transacted in either Ho...


BJP alleges coal questions removed from Parliament website

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:01 PM PDT

Alleging that all questions related to coal department have been removed from Parliament website, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused Congress of trying to hide the truth about the "coal scam" an...


Coalgate: CBI dispatches teams to Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:01 PM PDT

Cauvery water dispute: Supreme Court slams Prime Minister's Office

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:52 PM PDT

Read letter on coal block on allotments

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:37 PM PDT

An Inter-Ministerial Group is likely to meet today to review the status of 60 coal blocks which both public and private firms failed to develop within a stipulated time-frame.


Coal scandal: 60 coal blocks up for review today, licences at stake

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:33 PM PDT

With just a week left of this Parliament session, the government is keen to end the paralysis caused by the "coal-gate" scandal. The Opposition has said that it will only allow discussion and debate i...


Nitish takes on Raj Thackeray for threatening Biharis

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 09:55 PM PDT

Political voices across party lines have united in condemning Raj Thackeray's comments, which accused Hindi news channels of distorting his statements about people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and thr...


Abandoned patient taken to ward in Jammu hospital

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 09:16 PM PDT

After an NDTV report, a patient, who had been left to die at a hospital corridor in Jammu, has been taken back to the ward for treatment. The patient had been abandoned after hospital staff realised t...


Coal scandal: Now blocks allocated in the NDA regime come under scrutiny - 10 latest developments

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 09:08 PM PDT

An Inter-Ministerial Group, with an expanded mandate to review the status of 90 coal blocks allotted since 1993 to private firms, will meet today. Sources say the panel might recommend that licences f...

Tigers move out of Corbett park boundary

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 08:17 PM PDT

The Corbett Tiger Reserve has one of the densest tiger populations in the country. But now with the number of big cats on the rise, the new worry for the forest department is that many tigers are goin...


Last week of Monsoon Session begins today, will impasse over coal scandal end?

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:40 PM PDT

With the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) embroiled in a battle over the coal block allocation controversy, the Monsoon session of Parliament has, till now, been completely paralysed. And...


Coal scandal: 60 coal blocks up for review today, licences at stake

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:17 PM PDT

An Inter-Ministerial Group is likely to meet today to review the status of 60 coal blocks which both public and private firms failed to develop within a stipulated time-frame.


Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan accuse police of harassing supporters

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:16 PM PDT

Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and four other leaders of India Against Corruption today accused police of harassing their supporters who participated in the August 26 protest against coal block all...


Five killed as portion of temple caves in Maharashtra

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:34 AM PDT

Five people were killed when a portion of a temple in Amravati district in east Maharashtra collapsed following heavy downpour tonight.


Nitish Kumar slams Raj Thackeray for 'migrant' remark, asks Centre to take action

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:06 AM PDT

Raj Thackeray makes 'migrant' remark: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today charged the Centre and Maharashtra government with failing to rein in Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray...


Chinese Defence Minister arrives on a five-day visit

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 06:54 AM PDT

China's Defence Minister Gen Liang Guanglie today commenced a five-day visit to India during which he is expected to allay New Delhi's concerns over Chinese military infrastructure build-up along the ...


No mobile connection for more than 3 months to foreigners: Govt

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 05:38 AM PDT

To check misuse of SIM cards, the government has asked Telecom Service Providers not to provide mobile connection for more than three months to any foreign tourist visiting India.


Now, Jayalalithaa orders Sri Lankan soccer teams to be sent back

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 05:37 AM PDT

After expressing her strong displeasure over Sri Lankan defence personnel undergoing training in her state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has now ordered for sending back two Sri Lankan foo...


Czech pistol case: Court summons former Union Minister Arun Nehru

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 05:02 AM PDT

A Delhi court has summoned former Union Minister Arun Nehru to appear before it on September 15, in connection with a case related to the 1988 pistol purchase deal for the Army.


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