Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Developments in BJP 'closed chapter': Yashwant Sinha

Developments in BJP

Developments in BJP 'closed chapter': Yashwant Sinha

"The future of BJP is bright", Sinha claimed and added "we will face the election with courage and determination". Yashwant Sinha - DNA. Brushing aside as "a closed chapter" the developments in the party following elevation of Gujarat Chief Minister ...
BJD wants Third Front, special status for Odisha

BJD wants Third Front, special status for Odisha

NEW DELHI: Amid talks of a third front in the 2014 polls, nearly 30,000 people from Odisha led by BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik gathered at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Wednesday to protest the Centre's apathy towards the state's demand ...
IPL case: Bookie in touch with Dawood Ibrahim

IPL case: Bookie in touch with Dawood Ibrahim's Pakistani operator arrested

New Delhi: The Delhi Police today arrested a bookie from Mumbai who was in direct touch with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's Pakistani operator. The bookie, Feroze, is allegedly close to Chhota Shakeel, Dawood's right-hand man. Feroze is one of the ...
Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee's govt takes on NCRB over rapes in West Bengal

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's govt in West Bengal today contested the statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), saying that it did not publish the state's disclaimer that rapes and grave crimes have declined. "Rape incidents have ...
Coal scam: CBI finally gets permission to quiz former coal secy

Coal scam: CBI finally gets permission to quiz former coal secy

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has finally got the permission to quiz former coal secretary HC Gupta in connection with the coal blocks allocations case. The CBI had on Tuesday said that despite numerous requests, it was not being ...
VC Shukla cremated with state honours

VC Shukla cremated with state honours

VC Shukla cremated with state honours Raipur: Former union minister and Congress leader V.C. Shukla, who died of wounds he suffered during the May 25 Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, was cremated with full state honours on Wednesday at his farmhouse ...
Ramesh disfavours ordinance route for Land Acquisition Bill

Ramesh disfavours ordinance route for Land Acquisition Bill

Expressing confidence in getting support of all parties for the Land Acquisition Bill, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today disfavoured using the ordinance route to bring the crucial law. "I would be very hesitant to bring it through an ordinance," he ...
GoM for code of ethics for ministers and code of conduct for public servants

GoM for code of ethics for ministers and code of conduct for public servants

NEW DELHI: A GoM has asked the government to consider a draft code of ethics for ministers and code of conduct for public servants after it was recommended by the Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) to safeguard the political neutrality and ...
Bhopal: 3 girls raped in Sidhi district

Bhopal: 3 girls raped in Sidhi district

Three minor girls including two cousin sisters were raped in separate incidents in Churhat of Sidhi district, about 670 kilometres north-east of Bhopal, on Monday night.The three accused were arrested on Tuesday. According to the police, the cousins, ...
PMO says Robert Vadra-DLF case is confidential

PMO says Robert Vadra-DLF case is confidential

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has turned down the request of a Lucknow based Right to Information (RTI) activist to provide information in regards with the progress in the case relating to Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's ...