Sunday, 21 April 2013

Will strive for non-Cong. secular govt at Centre: Karat

Will strive for non-Cong. secular govt at Centre: Karat

Will strive for non-Cong. secular govt at Centre: Karat

Brushing aside Congress' overtures, Communist Party of India (Marxist) says it will work for the defeat of UPA as well as NDA in next Lok Sabha elections while looking to stitch a national alternative with regional parties. Notwithstanding Narendra Modi's ...
Vast improvement needed for women

Vast improvement needed for women's safety, says PM Manmohan Singh

New Delhi: As protests against the brutal rape of a five-year-old in Delhi continue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said "vast improvement" was needed in the security accorded to women. "The safety, security and status of women in our country is a ...
MP horror: 3-year-old rape victim critical, will be moved to Nagpur for surgeries

MP horror: 3-year-old rape victim critical, will be moved to Nagpur for surgeries

Madhya Pradesh: A three-and-half-year old girl, who was allegedly raped by a 35-year-old man in Ghansour town, is being shifted to Nagpur in neighbouring Maharashtra in an air ambulance as her condition remains serious. “After taking the consent of Chief ...
Chit fund scam: Investors demand refund, TMC member in the dock

Chit fund scam: Investors demand refund, TMC member in the dock

Thousands of citizens took to the streets across West Bengal on Saturday, some fuming and others with tears rolling down their eyes, agitating against the Saradha group chit fund institution after the virtual collapse of the company in which they had invested ...
Delhi rape: Panel asks police to explain delay in registering case

Delhi rape: Panel asks police to explain delay in registering case

New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Saturday issued a notice to police asking it to explain why the parents of the five-year-old rape victim were "harassed" in the police station when they had gone there to registrar a case.
Advani targets UPA, disapproves findings of JPC draft report on 2G Apr 21, 12 ...

Advani targets UPA, disapproves findings of JPC draft report on 2G Apr 21, 12 ...

New Delhi, April 21 (ANI): Disapproving the findings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee's (JPC) draft report on the 2G spectrum scam, BJP senior leader Lal Krishna Advani questioned how it had given a clean chit to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and ...
Online petition calls for dismissal of errant cops in five-year-old

Online petition calls for dismissal of errant cops in five-year-old's rape case

Delhi relived its worst nightmare. A five-year-old girl was abducted and brutally raped by her neighbour just months after the horrific gangrape of a paramedical student on December 16. And now, news of Delhi cops who slapped a female protester has only ...
Ten MLA-hopefuls cross 100-crore mark

Ten MLA-hopefuls cross 100-crore mark

At least 10 candidates contesting the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections due on May 5, according to their affidavits, are worth over Rs. 100 crore and come from varied business backgrounds — predominantly real estate, followed by mining, ...
BJD calls Odisha bandh on April 26

BJD calls Odisha bandh on April 26

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) gave a call for Odisha bandh on April 26 to protest against the step-motherly attitude of the Centre towards the State, the latest instance being the paltry allocation of funds under the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF). Announcing ...