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Nation celebrates 65th Independence Day
India on Monday observed its 65th Independence Day and accompanying celebrations amid tight security Streets of national capital New Delhi were heavily sanitized, with armed security personnel keeping a hawk-eyed vigil to prevent possible terrorist strikes on the occasion Print and television media reports said that an elaborate [...]
Hunger strikes will not solve corruption problems: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday reached Red Fort to address the nation on the occasion of the country's 65th Independence DaySTs, women and children2th Five Year Plan should focus on health20-crore population of India with so many cultures, religions and customs it is not easy to achieve growth I congratualte the nation on that Our [...]
Highlights of the Prime Minister’s Independence Address
Highlights of the Prime Minister's Independence day speech2th Five Year Plan to focus on health 1/2 times in the last seven years Prime Minister says "we want to makeIndiaslum-free and the ownership of clean houses to slum dwellers" Prime Minister says "malnutrition in women and children is a matter of concern for all of [...]
Manmohan becomes third PM to hoist flag for 8th time
Manmohan Singh on Monday became the third Prime Minister to hoist the national flag from the ramparts of Red Fort for the eight time in a row, after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi7 and 16 years respectively998 to 20037 times6 times5, 1947 after India became independent4th Prime Minister, first hoisted the tricolour on August 15, 2004, three [...]
Gulf Indians to join Anna Hazare fast
Ahead of the proposed August 16 fast against corruption by social activist Anna Hazare, a group of Indians based in Dubai has decided to join it7 as saying He said he has been fighting many corruption cases, including the issues in some of the Indian professional organisations in the UAE He also conducted a media briefing about the group's [...]
Navy captures hijacked vessel off Mumbai coast
The Indian Navy has captured a hijacked Iranian flagged vessel off the Mumbai coast following intelligence inputs that it may be carrying arms, ammunition and contraband, officials said on Monday2 in the high seas after which it was kept under continuous surveillance70 nautical miles, off west Mumbai after the Navy launched its operations The [...]
PM an insensitive person: Team Anna
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh questioned the proposed fast by Anna Hazare on Lokpal issue, the Gandhian's team on Monday called him an 'insensitive' person who is asking people to fall in line on the issueKiran Bedi, a Hazare Team member, claimed people have no trust left in the UPA government which was elected two years back as it had [...]
Congress calls Anna Hazare corrupt
The government and the Congress party on Sunday questioned social activist Anna Hazare credentials as an anti-corruption campaigner and charged him with challenging the Constitution and undermining the authority of Parliament The attack came a day after Hazare had accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of “snatching away” the people’s [...]
PM advises Hazare to take his grievances to the Delhi Police
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today advised social activist Anna Hazare to take his grievances about the conditional permission accorded by the Delhi Police for the indefinite fast he and his team are planning in the capital to the statutory authorities who had taken that decision6 and attached several conditions to the permission given for [...]
Capital under high security ahead of Independence Day celebrations
On the eve of Independence Day celebrations, an elaborate ground-to-air security apparatus has been put in place in the capital to pre-empt any terror strike7th century Mughal monument Security agencies are constantly reviewing arrangements at the Red Fort and have zeroed in on the 'safe houses' where the Prime Minister and other leaders should [...]
Hazare rejects police limitations, to go ahead with fast
Spurning the conditions imposed by the Delhi Police on his proposed fast here from August 16, social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh6, to protest against the government’s draft of the Lokpal Bill Rumour mills were in full swing on Saturday regarding Ramdev’s participation but by [...]
Modi writes to PM, complains against Chidambaram
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh complaining against Home Minister P Chidambaram's comment on the issue of IPS officers, alleging that the UPA government is trying to destabilise his government "Congress-led UPA government is trying to destabilise the democratically elected [...]
Jaya condemns US diplomat’s remarks; demands apology
The Tamil Nadu Government on Saturday condemned the remarks of 'dark and dirty' Tamilians by a US diplomat with Chief Minister Jayalalithaa alleging it smacked of racism and an affront to all Tamilians Demanding an apology from US Vice-Consul Maureen Chao who had remarked that her "skin became dirty and dark like the Tamilians" after a 72-hour [...]
Somali pirates release MV Sinin
Somali pirates released a M V Sinin, a Malta-flagged and owned bulk carrier, which they had captured on February 12 this year persons, including nine Indians, were reported to be safe9, where it is likely to be dry docked for extensive inspection5 nautical miles off Masirah Oman when she was on a journey to Singapore from Fujairah in the United [...]
Anna writes to PM; accuses govt of ”murdering” democracy
Anna Hazare wrote to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh slamming the conditions imposed by Delhi Police on him for giving permission to fast from August 16 In his letter to the PM, Anna questioned the rule under which restrictions are being imposed on him by Delhi Police He slammed the move stating that no democracy has such restrictions for a [...]
Gujarat govt chargesheets IPS officer Rahul Sharma
The Gujarat government today chargesheeted senior police officer Rahul Sharma for "indiscipline" and for failing to submit mobile call records CDs of that time as case property "He has been given the chargesheet today morning because he failed to explain to the show cause notice served to him in January this year," as per sources He added [...]
Nationwide terror alert ahead of Independence Day
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the high alert sounded across the country on the eve of the Independence Day was general in nature as "one or two" groups may try to spoil the celebrations4 is observed by some North-East groups5 alert is as the nation is in a celebratory mood, one or two groups may want to spoil the celebrations," [...]
Hasan Ali tops the list of top 10 tax defaulters
Hasan Ali Khan leads the list of top ten income tax defaulters in financial year 2008-09 in the country, who together owe more than Rs 80,000 crores in taxes, the government said in Parliament on Friday00, the government said on Friday2,719,739,595 cr,535,12248 cr Uday M Acharya Rs 68322 cr are also mentioned in the list "Under the Income [...]
US diplomat caught in row over calling Tamilians ‘dirty and dark’
A US diplomat was caught in a row after her remarks of "dirty and dark" Tamilians, prompting the American consulate here to term them as "inappropriate" "I was on a 24-hour train trip from Delhi to Orissa But, after 72 hours, the train still did not reach the destination and my skin became dirty and dark like the Tamilians," US Vice-Consul [...]
Voice sample of 26/11 accused matches that of handler
A prosecution witness today told the Pakistani court conducting the trial of seven suspects in the Mumbai attack case that the voice of one of the accused had matched with that of a handler who directed the terrorists involved in the assault0 attackers in Mumbai from a camp in Pakistan066 people60 prosecution witnesses have testified so farShahid [...]
