Saturday, 23 March 2013

People have lost sympathy for Congress: Anna Hazare

People have lost sympathy for Congress: Anna Hazare

People have lost sympathy for Congress: Anna Hazare

Social activist Anna Hazare today said it was wrong to presume that the CBI acts of its own volition and alleged that Congress had always "misused" the central investigating agency. Asked about the CBI raid on DMK leader MK Stalin's residence immediately ...
Mulayam tells Akhilesh to put house in order

Mulayam tells Akhilesh to put house in order

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday showered praise on BJP leader L.K. Advani and used his comments to lash out at his son Akhilesh Yadav's government in Uttar Pradesh. “Advani sahab says U.P. is in very bad state and corruption is ...
Take up Liyaqat issue with the Centre: PDP asks JK govt

Take up Liyaqat issue with the Centre: PDP asks JK govt

SRINAGAR: The opposition PDP today asked the Omar Abdullah government to take up with the Centre the issue related to the arrest of Syed Liyaqat Shah, the suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militant who was nabbed by the Delhi Police. Seeking transparency ...
Maharashtra ATS police officer ends life

Maharashtra ATS police officer ends life

A senior police officer attached with Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) committed suicide by shooting himself in a hotel here today, police said. Sanjay Banerjee, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), fired a couple of rounds from his revolver, they ...
Kejriwal begins fast in Delhi against high power, water tariff

Kejriwal begins fast in Delhi against high power, water tariff

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday began an indefinite hunger strike against increased power and water bills in the national capital. Mr. Kejriwal began his fast in the morning at a house near the sub-divisional magistrate's office in ...
Kerala CM Chandy seeks special court to try Italian marines at Kollam

Kerala CM Chandy seeks special court to try Italian marines at Kollam

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today asked the Centre to set up the special court at Kollam district to conduct the trial of the two Italian marines charged with the killing of two Indian fishermen. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chandy ...
Congress in Andhra Pradesh seeks disqualification of nine of its MLAs

Congress in Andhra Pradesh seeks disqualification of nine of its MLAs

HYDERABAD: The ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh today petitioned the Legislative Assembly Speaker seeking disqualification of nine of its MLAs who defied the party whip and voted against the Government on the no- confidence motion on March 15.
Food Bill may be passed in Budget session: Chidambaram

Food Bill may be passed in Budget session: Chidambaram

New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday hoped the landmark Food Security Bill, to ensure the right to highly subsidised foodgrains to poor, would be passed in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament. The National Food Security Bill is a ...
Bengal panchayat polls will be rigged: Cong

Bengal panchayat polls will be rigged: Cong

West Bengal is bracing itself for the two-phased panchayat polls on April 26th and 30th. But expressing disappointment at the decision to have two, instead of three phases watched over by central forces, is Bengal Pradesh Congress President Pradip ...
Mining scam: BS Yeddyurappa, sons appear before CBI court

Mining scam: BS Yeddyurappa, sons appear before CBI court

Bangalore, Mar 23: Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) leader BS Yeddyurappa who has been charge-sheeted in the Rs 20,000 crore mining scam appeared before a special CBI court here on Saturday. The CBI has charged him with accepting kickbacks from ...