Thursday, November 11, 2010

Raja adamant, says won't step down, ready for probe

Raja adamant, says won't step down, ready for probe

Raja adamant, says won't step down, ready for probe

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:48 PM PST

At the centre of a Rs1.7Lcr scam, Telecom minister A Raja has said that there is no question of him resigning. Raja broke his silence a day after AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa offered open support to the UPA.

44 CPM men get life for mass murder

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 03:41 PM PST

In yet another blow to the CPM months before the assembly elections, all 44 CPM men convicted of the Suchpur mass killings in 2000 have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

'Veena had links with bookie'

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 03:15 PM PST

Dheeraj Dixit, a freelance photographer embroiled in match-fixing controversy following allegations made by tainted Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif's former girlfriend Veena Malik, has accused the Pakistani actress of having close links with alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed.

Quantum of punishment has diluted message, says family

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 02:06 PM PST

A local court's verdict in Aman Kachroo ragging death case, has come much to his family's dismay. His father, Raj Kachroo, said the family is unhappy with the quantum of punishment ''that has diluted the message of the verdict''.

Compulsory retirement for Shimla principal

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 02:05 PM PST

The Himachal Pradesh government compulsorily retired a former principal of a medical college, who was indicted by a magisterial inquiry in Aman Kachroo ragging death case.

UGC has failed to stop ragging: Kachroo

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:59 PM PST

In a scathing attack on the UGC and its initiatives to curb the ragging menace, Rajendra Kachroo, father of ragging victim Aman, said that the regulatory agency has failed in its duties. Kachroo also expressed his disappointment on the quantum of punishment.

The 1996 TN case that started it all

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 02:03 PM PST

In Tamil Nadu, the very mention of the term ragging invariably evokes painful memories of a chilling murder of Pon Navarasu, a first year MBBS student at the Annamalai University in Chidambaram, a temple town in the northern district of Cuddalore, in November 1996.

With 3 MPs, JD(S) keeps options open

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:57 PM PST

In the event of DMK pulling support to the UPA government if Union telecom minister A Raja is sacked, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda with his three JD(S) MPs is keeping options open to bail the Congress out.

Jaya bids to break up partners

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:49 PM PST

AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa's offer to back Congress is being interpreted in political circles as a shrewd move to exploit possible strains between Congress and DMK on the 2G spectrum scam and also a bid to stoke a simmering anti-incumbency mood in the state in the run-up to a crucial assembly election.

Rahul cavalcade stuck in traffic for 15 minutes

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 02:18 PM PST

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday made a surprise entry into a Youth Congress workshop in Chinhat, about 18 km from the state capital.

CBI questions officials from private telcos

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:43 PM PST

After a year of virtual inaction, the CBI finally got off its feet on the 2G spectrum scam investigation on Thursday by interrogating several officials working in private telecom firms that are alleged to have benefited from allocation of spectrum at dirt cheap rates. However, the details are being kept under wraps.

Cong now willing to take on DMK over Raja?

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:45 PM PST

While the Congress looks to pressure the DMK to ensure telecom minister A Raja's exit from the government over the 2G controversy, the party seems confident of managing the numbers game in the Lok Sabha as it does not think its ally is in a position to take matters to the brink.

Staff quarter allotted to fake institute at IIT-Kharagpur

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:27 PM PST

The startling revelation by IIT-Kharagpur registrar T K Ghoshal that a staff quarter was allotted to the fake institute - Institution of Electrical Engineers (India) - before A K Ghosh, the suspended professor of aerospace engineering, took over as president of IEE (I) proves that others, including directors, were also involved in the scam.

Prithviraj and Ajit won’t get free hand in cabinet choices

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:11 PM PST

Congress chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and NCP deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar will not have a free hand when picking their cabinet-rank ministers.

Prithvi takes over Maharashtra reins

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:08 PM PST

Prithviraj Chavan, till Tuesday a Union minister, was sworn in as the 16th chief minister of Maharashtra on Thursday. He was sworn in along with Ajit Pawar, of the NCP, who will be the deputy chief minister of the state.
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