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PM assures West Bengal Chief Minister
Chief Minister of West Bengal Kum6 and Gate No3 and the leakages will be plugged during March 2012 Prime Minister assured the Chief Minister that he has requested the Home Minister to find ways to take the concerns of the state governments on board on the issue of the National Counter Terrorism Centre On the issue of the Gorkhaland [...]
NCTC will disturb federal structure: Mamata to PM
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee categorically told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday that the NCTC must be put on hold and not be executed till consultations are on with the Chief Ministers who have raised concerns on the notification after 11 years cusecs of water as against 35,000 cusecs it is supposed to get during the dry [...]
Fisherman death: India vs Italy row continues
India and Italy on Wednesday failed to resolve their row over the killing of two Indian fishermen The Kerala High Court on Wednesday said that the Italian ship Enrica Lexie, whose crew members had killed two Indian fishermen near Kochi port, could leave Kochi after paying Rs 25 lakh The court maintained that the ship could not leave the port [...]
2 CPM leaders killed allegedly by TMC supporters
Two CPM leaders have been hacked to death in West Bengal's Burdwan district, allegedly by TMC supporters The incident took place today afternoon Alleged Trinamool activists attacked a CPM rally in Burdwan district's Dewandihi area, leading to the death of former CPM MLA Praveen Ta on the spot Another CPM leader Kamal Gayne succumbed to his [...]
26/11: SC to hear intercepted conversation of terrorists
The intercepted conversation between the executors of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and their Pakistani handlers during the carnage will be played in the Supreme Court on Thursday after the prosecution said it was an important evidence showing the strikes were "pre-planned" Hearing an appeal of Mohd Ajmal Amir Kasab , the sole convict of the [...]
GoM didn’t discuss poll code: Narayansamy
The government on Wednesday dismissed reports claiming that it is planning to take the model code of conduct out of the purview of the Election Commission and termed the whole issue as a ‘misconception’ fuelled by the media Addressing the press after a meeting of the Group of Ministers GOM on corruption – which had the issue on its agenda [...]
Govt to withdraw additional charges against Salem
In a relief to Abu Salem, who is facing trial in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI has decided to withdraw the additional charges against the underworld don, sources told on Wednesday The decision to scale down charges was taken after the Portuguese Supreme Court reminded India that Salem could not be [...]
2G: Court exempts Ruias, Khaitans from appearance
Promoters of Essar Group Anshuman and Ravi Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters IP Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan were today granted exemption from personal appearance by a Delhi court, which had summoned them as accused in the 2G case and the outcome would decide the forum and the course of trial against us, Rohatgi said [subscribe2]
UP gears up for 5th phase polling
Polling for the fifth phase of UP Assembly election covering 49 seats spread over 13 districts would be held on Thursday6781 booths at 11745 polling stations where 18459 electronic voting machines would be used [subscribe2]
Adarsh scam: Maha govt seeks interim report
A year after an inquiry commission was set up to probe the scam-tainted Adarsh Housing Society, the Maharashtra government has sought an interim report from the panel3 issues being looked into by the judicial panel-storey Adarsh building stands and secondly, whether the land was reserved to house the Kargil war widows and their relatives The [...]
No links with Samjhauta bomber: Aseemanand
Samjhauta train blast case accused Aseemanand on Wednesday denied knowing Kamal Chauhan, a disgruntled RSS worker arrested by the NIA recently in connection with the case "I don't know Kamal Chauhan," Assemanand told reporters outside the special NIA Court Assemanand, who had earlier pleaded that he was not involved in the bombings, when [...]
PM writes to Chief Ministers on NCTC
The Prime Minister has written to the seven Chief Ministers addressing their concerns about the NCTC suggested a Joint Task Force on Intelligence and the report was accepted by the Government of the day It was also suggested by the Second Administrative Reforms Commission that a National Centre for Counter Terrorism be established In forming [...]
Pradeep Kumar Sinha Appointed Secretary (Shipping)
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet 22, presently in the cadre, as Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology in the vacancy of Shri Shankar Agarwal, IAS UP:80 [subscribe2]
Italy sends top envoy to India over ship firing arrests
Italy on Tuesday sent a top diplomat to India and said foreign minister Giulio Terzi will visit next week amid an escalating row over two Italian guards arrested for killing two Indian fishermen Junior foreign minister Staffan De Mistura will "continue on a political level the action so far carried out by a delegation of experts from the [...]
Praful Patel seeks probe on Air India aircraft change
Union Minister Praful Patel on Tuesday urged Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh for a thorough probe into the change of aircraft by Air India allegedly to accommodate his family members on a trip to Maldives in 2010 In a letter to Mr Singh, Mr Patel referred to news reports relating to an RTI query wherein it has been alleged that some members [...]
Govt ready for dialogue with States: Kapil Sibal to states on NCTC
On a day when the Centre expressed its willingness for a dialogue on the National Counter-Terrorism Council 11 Mumbai attacks2 other states have voiced concerns about the formation of the body, which they claimed is usurping the powers of states and disturbing the federal structure On Monday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar wrote to Prime [...]
No move to take away Model Code Violations outside EC purview
It has been reported in a section of the Press that Government has started working on giving the Model Code of Conduct 1, considered a presentation made by the Secretary, Legislative Department on the viability of various alternatives on the question of State funding of Elections1, directed the Legislative Department to bring out specific [...]
Objectionable content suit against us motivated: Yahoo tells court
Yahoo India has told a Delhi Court that the complaint lodged against it along with those against 21 other social networking sites for allegedly hosting objectionable contents on their websites was "motivated" and it is not liable to be dubbed as a "social evils" like others3; but a few, like the CEO of Facebook, applied for and were granted [...]
J Dey murder: Jigna Vora charged with murder
Mumbai police crime branch on Tuesday chargesheeted journalist Jigna Vora under various sections of MCOCA Act in connection with senior scribe J Dey who was shot dead in June last year 1 killing of Dey, the editor 2 accused in the case0 men involved in Dey's murder Fugutive don Chhota Rajan has also been named in the chargesheet However, police [...]
Police arrests constable who video-graphed Jarawa women
The Andaman & Nicobar police has arrested a constable in the case of the Jarawa tribes allegedly being exploited The constable has been arrested for allegedly asking the Jarawa natives to dance for foreign tourists and filming them The investigation led to the constable after he was identified by the five Jarawa women who were filmed [...]
