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Internal security situation of country stable: report
India's overall internal security remains stable with a fall in terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir and other insurgency affected areas of northeastern states, says a government report.
India discusses G8 issues, talks with China Tuesday
Ahead of the G8 summit in Japan in July, India and four other "outreach countries" Monday held talks to evolve a common stand on key global issues, including climate change and multilateral trade negotiations....
India's energy security at 'risk' if no nuclear deal: Sweden
India was 'at risk' of endangering its energy security if it did not grab the opportunity offered by the civil nuclear cooperation deal with the US, visiting Swedish Foreign minister Carl Bildt said today....Ministry sets up Implementation Cell for Sixth Pay Panel report
The Finance Ministry is understood to have set up a cell to implement by September, the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations that is awaiting government approval. Sources said Finance Minister P Chidambaram approved setting up of the Implementation Cell "to process and implement the accepted recommendations of the Pay Commission by September."...
Ideology undermining growth should be rejected: FM
With the government under attack on inflation from the Left parties, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said India would remain poor if achieving high growth was not given priority and asserted that any ideology which undermines expansion of the economy should be rejected....
Iran president to visit India this month
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make his first visit to India towards the end of April. National Security Advisor M K Narayanan announced on Sunday that Ahmadinejad "will be visiting India soon" before the Iranian leader visited Sri Lanka....
Mayawati issues threat to withdraw support to UPA
Apparently peeved at Rahul Gandhi's espousal of the cause of drought-hit and poverty-stricken farmers of Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday issued yet another threat to withdraw her party's support to the Manmohan Singh government....
Mayawati issues threat to withdraw support to UPA
Apparently peeved at Rahul Gandhi's espousal of the cause of drought-hit and poverty-stricken farmers of Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday issued yet another threat to withdraw her party's support to the Manmohan Singh government....
More courts and judges needed to dispense justice effectively
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today favoured a suggestion by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan to open more courts to deal with corruption cases involving government officials....
Hostile witnesses to be punished
With more and more witnesses turning hostile especially in criminal cases, the Home Ministry has proposed to enhance punishment for perjury. Proposals have been made to insert new sections in the Code of Criminal Procedure and also to enhance the punishment for perjury to ensure reliability of witness during deposition in court. This was revealed by Minister of State for Home Affairs Radhika V Selvi in a written reply to the Lok Sabha earlier this week....
India takes up Sarabjit issue with new Pakistan govt
Indian authorities have established contact with Pakistan's new government on the issue of its national Sarabjit Singh, whose execution has been deferred till May 1, and are hopeful that he will be shown clemency....Price rise robs Opposition of other issues to corner UPA
t seems that the haunting issue of price rise of essential commodities has robbed the opposition parties of other political issues as they are finding it hard to corner the UPA on other issues for there are no takers of other issues either in public or in media....
Attempt by Tibetans to storm Chinese embassy foiled
About 100 Tibetan activists tried to storm the Chinese embassy today. However, the protestors were whisked away by the police. The activists, under the banner of Tibetan Youth congress, arrived at the embassy at around 10.30 am....Bus plunges into Narmada, death toll rises to 44
The toll in the Narmada canal tragedy has gone up to forty-four according to the latest reports pouring in from Vadodara in Gujarat. Most of the victims of the unfortunate incident were children aged between 8 to 10....
Developed countries must cooperate on climate change
India has urged the developed countries to massively reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and also provide financial help and facilitate technology transfer to the developing nations so that the problem of climate change could be resolved....
Tibetans to run parallel torch relay on Thursday
As the Beijing Olympics torch relay takes place in the capital on Thursday, protesting Tibetans will run a parallel torch relay for a "free Tibet" on the other side of the city at the same time....Delhi businessman's murder solved: Police
Delhi Police on Sunday claimed to have solved the case of a businessman's murder that took place in the capital last week with the arrest of two men from Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh who were allegedly hired by a kin to kill him....
Live bombs found on route of Maitree Express
A day before the launch of Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express, the Railway Police on Sunday morning recovered seven crude bombs from the way of the train near Bankimnagar station in Nadia....
India asks Bangladesh to hand over top ULFA leader
India has asked Dhaka to hand over United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leader Paresh Barua against whom red corner notices were issued by Interpol. "Paresh Barua is no longer in Bangladesh...
WB Govt to remove commission system in buses
Exactly a week after a fatal accident in north Kolkata claimed 21 lives, the transport department of West Bengal government has come up with a new set of guidelines to put a stop on rash driving,...
India's inflation hits 41-month high of 7.41 per cent
As per data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry today, India's annual rate of inflation rose further to hit a 41-month high of 7.41 per cent for the week ended March 29, from 7 per cent for the week before, on account of higher food and commodities prices....
12 member expert committee to review 6th Pay Commission report
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the setting up of an Empowered Committee of secretaries to process the Sixth Central Pay Commission report. The 12 member high power committee under the Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar would examine the report and address the grievances of the non-IAS officers....Shut down disrupts normal life in Darjeeling
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) called a 24-hour shut down in Darjeeling today in response to police personnel preventing GJM activists from taking out a procession on Wednesday....Maoists guns down six people in Bihar
Banned Communist Party of India- Maoist guerrillas today shot dead six persons of a rival naxalite outfit in Bihar's Rohtas district....ICPA threatens to file defamation suit against MP
The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) today threatened to file a defamation suit against Muslim League MP, Abdul Wahab, for calling a pilot a "glorified driver" after allegedly barging into the cockpit of an Air India aircraft two days back....
Pranab Mukherjee to break Riyadh jinx on April 19
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee looks set to break the Riyadh jinx when he goes to Saudi Arabia on April 19 for two days, a long-planned trip that was postponed more than once due to last-minute hitches....'Terrorist network still intact across Line of Control'
Terrorist infrastructures are still intact across the Line of Control (LOC) and foreign agencies are assisting them in getting arms, said Lt Gen RK Karwal, General Officer Command 16 Corps....
India committed to comprehensive UN reform
Describing itself as a "barrier" against fundamentalism and terrorism, India today said that it was committed to the comprehensive reform of the United Nations, including its Security Council....Police seize heroin worth 500 million rupees in Punjab
Ten Kilograms of heroin worth Rs 500 from were seized by the state Police today in Phagwara district. Three suspected drug peddlers, one of which has links with Babbar Khalsa militant outfit, have been arrested in the case. Acting on a tip off, the police intercepted the accused when they were trying to smuggle heroin out of the state...Haryana village bodies ban paying of power bills
Upset with the state government's failure to supply regular electricity, at least 25 panchayats or village bodies in Haryana's Ambala district have issued an order to villagers not to pay power bills....
Bharatiya Janata Party questions Marxist history writing
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday held a public meeting at Parade Grounds opposite to the historic Red Fort in the national capital to pay its obeisance to the freedom fighters of the First War of Indian Independence in 1857....
'Dhaka won't allow anti-India activities from its territory'
Close on the heels of the decision to relaunch Maitree Express, which will run between Kolkata and Dhaka from April 14, 2008, Dhaka today assured that the Bangladesh's territory would not be allowed to be used by any group or individual for hostile activities against India or any other country...Top terrorist of Hizbul Mujahideen killed J & K
A joint team of security forces killed top terrorist belonging to pro Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit in a fierce gun battle in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir today morning....
Sonia intervened on Hogenakkal project: Congress
Congress Media Department head, M Veerappa Moily today claimed that it was Congress President Sonia Gandhi's intervention that saw the Hogenakkal project being put on hold temporarily. ...
Child in Kolkata saved from being sold
Prompt action taken by the Railway Police Force (RPF) and the local residents saved a child from being kidnapped and sold today morning at the NarkelDanga area in the city....IOA appoints M S Gill as the new sports minister of the country
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) General Secretary Randhir Singh today hailed the appointment of M S Gill as the new sports minister of the country, saying they were looking forward to his tenure in the Olympic year....
"I even wanted Rahul to be in the government but he declined"-sonia gandhi
As two young Congress faces were inducted in the Union Council of Ministers, party President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said that she had wanted her son Rahul Gandhi to be given a ministerial berth also, but he preferred to work for the party....Bird flu reported Dhalai district ,Tripura
Authorities in Tripura on Sunday confirmed the presence of avian influenza virus in the Kamalpur area of Dhalai district....
Mayawati directs cops not to be vindictive on Tikait
With Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) chieftain Mahendra Singh Tikait cowed down after his arrest and subsequent bail on Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati too has turned soft on him....
India talks trade with Myanmar, seeks early political reforms
India and Myanmar on Wednesday discussed ways to increase connectivity and opening more border points between them, even as New Delhi urged the 'Junta' to expedite political reforms and make these more broad-based to include imprisoned pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi....
Burney lights up Sarabjit’s village
Ansar Burney was treated like a saviour of Indian prisoners lodged in Pakistani jails on his arrival at Sarabjit Singh’s house here today. Sarabjit is on the death row in a Pakistan jail....
Supreme Court cautions HCs on quashing dowry cases
The Supreme Court has asked High Courts to quash criminal proceedings against accused in dowry cases only under exceptional circumstances, otherwise, it may amount to injustice to women, who are complainants in these matters....
India has taken all steps to secure Sarabjit's release
India has taken all steps that are essential to secure the release of Sarabjit Singh, who is on death row in Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday told a delegation of leaders from Punjab....
CBI to probe Scarlett's murder
The Goa Government today decided to seek a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of British teenager Scarlette Eden Keeling, who was allegedly drugged, raped and killed in Goa's popular Anjuna Beach on February 18, 2008. Informing to media in the city today a senior police officer said, "It is decided now. Previously it was just a willingness to transfer."...
Mahendra Singh Tikait ready to surrender in court
Bharatiya Kisan Union's (BKU) president Mahendra Singh Tikait, accused of hurling caste-laced insults at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, has today announced his willingness to surrender in court. As about 10,000 men in uniform stood guard around Sisauli village in Muzaffarnagar district, Tikait called a panchayat early on Wednesday to discuss the issue....Rizwanur Rahman's family members request HC to initiate case against cops
Rizwanur Rahman's family members today requested the Calcutta High Court to initiate a criminal case against the policemen, who have been accused in the death case of the Muslim youth....CPI (M) lauds UPA Government's 'One China' policy
Hailing New Delhi's “one China policy” in their draft resolution, The Communist Party of India (Marxist) also launched a scathing attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) convener George Fernandes for their flip-flops on Tibet....
Baichung refuses to join Olympic torch relay
To express solidarity with the Tibetan struggle for freedom, India football captain, Baichung Bhutia, on Monday declined to be a part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch relay in India....
Eight Naxalites killed in Jharkhand
At least eight Naxalites were killed in an encounter with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Jharkhand's Garwah District late night on Monday. According to reports from the CRPF state headquarters, the Naxals were killed in an encounter with the 13th battalion of the CRPF....
Efforts should be made to confront terrorism : PM
Expressing concern over the threat of terrorism in the world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that efforts should be made to work with the international community to devise measures to combat this menace, particularly in democratic countries....- Chatwal plans mega hotel projects in Punjab
- WBJEE 2008 - West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination 2008
- 500 TCS staffers resign
- One killed, three injured in Howrah fire
- Three of family found dead
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28 February, 2008 12:12:56
Police arrested two youths on charges of snatching a hand bag of Ms Bilashibala Sahish, minister of state, forest department, near Tikiapara carshed while she ...
rishab
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27 February, 2008 03:42:46
how are we informed that our receipt has been received and processed? n by what date?
rishab
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27 February, 2008 03:42:46
how are we informed that our receipt has been received and processed? n by what date?
Chiranjib
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15 February, 2008 07:33:23
It is very pathetic. Prasenjit(the son) was my friend and he was very polite and down to earth character. I got the news yesterday night ...
vivek
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09 February, 2008 12:51:53
Really it is a great tragedy..for a topper student(hridesh) of maria's day school...why always good people has to sacrifice...i could not find out..and the culprit...of ...
