Thursday, March 24, 2011

Parliament passes bill to change Orissa's name

Parliament passes bill to change Orissa's name

Parliament passes bill to change Orissa's name

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The Rajya Sabha Thursday passed a bill to change the name of Orissa to 'Odisha' and an amendment in the constitution to rename Oriya language as 'Odiya'. "The name of the state specified as Orissa in the First Schedule of the Constitution be changed as Odisha," Home Minister P. Chidambaram said while introducing the bill in the Rajya Sabha.


Heads of UP, Haryana are supporting Jat agitation: Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court today said that the Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana seem to be supporting the Jat agitation that has seen protestors blocking highways and train tracks, mainly in Haryana, for the last few weeks.


Hasan Ali’s close aide Kashinath Tapuria arrested

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Kashinath Tapuria arrested: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today arrested Kolkata-based businessman Kashinath Tapuria, an associate of Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan, accused of money-laundering and tax evasion.


Enforcement Directorate summons Hasan Ali's accountant

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned India's supposedly biggest tax evader Hasan Ali's chartered accountant Sunil Shinde. Mr Shinde will appear before the ED today.


Jat agitation: 62-yr-old protester dies; travel deadlock continues

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A 62-year-old Jat protester, who was on a fast, died in Fatehabad on Thursday. The delegation that had come to meet Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, raised angry slogans and later headed towards Fatehbad. They may decide their future course of action by Thursday evening.


Hasan Ali case: Congress man Amlendu Pandey raided

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In the ongoing investigation against Hasan Ali, India's allegedly biggest tax evader, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted raids at the residence of Amlendu Pandey, who is an AICC member and the Congress spokesman in Bihar.


Cash-for-Votes: Probe or eyewash?

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Home Minister P Chidambaram may have said in Parliament that the cash for votes scandal was being probed by the Delhi Police, but in the over 30 months of investigation, the three BJP MPs who brought wads of notes to Parliament to show that an attempt had been made to buy them have still not been questioned.


The school where fake pilots trained

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Fake pilot licence scam: The Rajasthan Flying School is emerging as the epicentre of the fake pilot racket. It ran inside the Jaipur airport for 30 years till 2008 from two meagre rooms and one old aircraft.


Income Tax raids Nagarjuna, other Telugu cinestars

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The Income Tax department today conducted searches at the residences and offices of several Telugu cinestars including Nagarjuna and his brother Venkat, sources in the department said.


Advani believes being PM was his birthright: Manmohan

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was at his acerbic best in the Lok Sabha today as he took on the BJP veteran L K Advani to demolish the opposition attack on him in the cash-for-votes scam.


How Kalmadi’s decision caused Rs 10 crore loss

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There was world class food for the Commonwealth Games, but at loss of over 10 crores. These papers received by NDTV through RTI show that Suresh Kalmadi had a direct role to play in causing this loss which could have been avoided.


Prime Minister’s statement on cash-for-votes scam

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The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today replied to the debate in Rajya Sabha over the cash-for-votes scam. Responding to the charges the Prime Minister today said, "We should not go by what some embassy official writes about us."


Turban row: Statement of the Ministry of External Affairs

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Turban row: Expressing its "great unhappiness" over Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh's coach Amritinder Singh being asked to take off his turban at the Milan airport, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) today asked the Italian envoy to ask authorities back home to show more sensitivity.


Cash-for-votes scam probe to be completed soon, says Chidambaram

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Investigation by Delhi Police into allegations of cash-for-votes during Trust Vote in Lok Sabha in 2008 will be completed soon and the charge that a political party engineered the sting operation would also be probed, Home Minister P Chidambaram said today.


Cash-for-votes scam: BJP says the Prime Minister is responsible

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Cash for votes: India saw a fiery debate by its top politicians in parliament on Wednesday on the issue of cash-for-votes; accusations that the UPA's victory in the 2008 vote of confidence was tainted by bribes to MPs.


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