Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Coalgate: Congress may take decision on Law Minister on May 8

Coalgate: Congress may take decision on Law Minister on May 8

Coalgate: Congress may take decision on Law Minister on May 8

New Delhi: Left grappling with a mess after the Supreme Court's indictment, government and the Congress on deliberated at length on the continuation of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar in the Cabinet but a decision may wait till the next hearing in the Coalgate ...
Chinese are not going to vacate Ladakh anytime soon, strategic experts feel

Chinese are not going to vacate Ladakh anytime soon, strategic experts feel

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had tried to soothe a frazzled nation by saying that the Chinese incursion into Depsang Bulge in eastern Ladakh on April 15 was a "localized" affair, and the government had a plan to resolve it. But strategic ...
Sonia instigated disturbance in Parliament: Sushma Swaraj

Sonia instigated disturbance in Parliament: Sushma Swaraj

In an escalation of confrontation, the BJP on Tuesday decided to boycott meetings to be convened by the parliamentary affairs minister and the Lok Sabha speaker as it accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi of not allowing the opposition to air their views ...
Four-year-old, who died of rape injuries, buried in her home village

Four-year-old, who died of rape injuries, buried in her home village

Seoni, Madhya Pradesh: The four-year-old girl -- who died yesterday at a Nagpur hospital from rape injuries -- was today buried in her village in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, where she had been assaulted on April 17. Ever since she had been flown to the Nagpur ...
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It's official. We are the second most populous nation in the world at 1.2 billion

India's total population stands at 1.21 billion, which is 17.7 per cent more than the last decade, and growth of females was higher than that of males. According to the final census released by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday, India's total ...
DCPs

DCPs' transfers not linked with rape incidents: Delhi Police

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Tuesday refuted suggestions that the transfer of its two Deputy Commissioners were connected with the recent rape incidents in the national capital, saying such reports cast "unwarranted aspersions" on their reputation.
BJP slams PM for minority insecurity remarks

BJP slams PM for minority insecurity remarks

Rejecting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's charge that minorities are feeling insecure under its rule in Karnataka, BJP on Tuesday said he should be pointing fingers at his own party-ruled states where communal violence had been reported. "There has ...
Will challenge Sajjan

Will challenge Sajjan's acquittal: Shiromani Akali Dal

Terming as "very unfortunate" the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Shiromani Akali Dal today said it will challenge the court order and demanded the setting up of a court- monitored Special Investigation Team to probe ...
Three killed in Goalpara violence in Assam

Three killed in Goalpara violence in Assam

GUWAHATI: At least two people were killed and ten others injured when police opened fire at a mob which had turned violent following the recovery of a dead body in lower Assam's Goalpara district, some 120 km away from Guwahati on Monday. On Monday ...
Mamata orders closure of two fund-raising companies

Mamata orders closure of two fund-raising companies

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday ordered the closure within 24 hours of two fund-raising companies which had two or three sister concerns. “We have given instructions to close the two companies in 24 hours and we are keeping an ...