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August 4, 2010 8:23 PM

SC awards life sentence to three accused in “honour killing” case

The Supreme Court has awarded life sentence to three persons in an honour killing case, in which six members of a family were gunned down. The Apex court also said the accused deserved a capital punishment. Six members of Gulzari's family--his wife Ramwati, brother Baburam and the couple's...

August 4, 2010 8:17 PM

Heavy to moderate rain reported in UP

In Uttar Pradesh light to moderate rain is reported from most parts of the state. Maximum 45 mm rain was recorded at Kanpur while minimum point three mm was recorded at Meerut during last 24 hours.Our Lucknow correspondent reports that due to heavy water discharge from Tajewal, Banbasa, Narora and G...

August 4, 2010 7:46 PM

Tribunal upholds extension of ban on SIMI

A Tribunal has upheld the Centre's decision to extend the ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The Tribunal headed by a Delhi High Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna passed the order after hearing extensive arguments from the government and the SIMI counsel.The order passed by the T...

August 4, 2010 7:41 PM

Ghulam Nabi seeks all party cooperation in stabilisation of population growth

Centre today made a fervent appeal to leadership across the political spectrum to work towards stabilizing country's growing population. Expressing grave concern over increasing population and its pressure on the limited land area, the Health and Family Welfare , Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, also soug...

August 4, 2010 6:13 PM

India to sign agreement with B'desh providing loan of $1bn

India will sign an agreement to provide one billion US dollars line of credit to Bangladesh during the visit of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to Dhaka on Saturday. The agreement will be signed between the EXIM Bank of India and Economic Relations Department of Bangladesh. The loan will be used b...

August 4, 2010 6:04 PM

SC seeks explanation from Distt. Judge Ghaziabad on PF scam

The Supreme Court today sought an explanation from the District Judge of Ghaziabad Vishnu Chandra Gupta for his alleged interference in the course of justice in the Uttar Pradesh provident fund scam case.A Bench comprising Justices D K Jain, V S Sirpurkar and G S Singhvi issued notice to Gupta seeki...

August 4, 2010 6:03 PM

Court defers judgement in Uphaar fire tragedy case

A Delhi court today deferred the pronouncement of order on a plea by a body of victims of 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy seeking rejection of CBI's report giving a clean chit to former IPS officer Amod Kanth in the case.The court of Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjeev Kumar has fixed the matter for Augus...

August 4, 2010 6:00 PM

‘Centre asks naxal infested states to quicken infrastructural development

Home Ministry says it has asked the Plan panel to enlarge the scope of the Integrated Action Plan to cover maximum number of the 83 Naxal-affected districts in seven states in the country. The Home minister Mr. P Chidambarm however denied reports of foreign funding to the naxals. He added that devel...

August 4, 2010 5:18 PM

Krishna condoles deaths due to floods in Pakistan

The External Affairs Minister, Mr. S. M. Krishna in a letter to his Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, has conveyed sincere condolences of the Government and the people of India, on loss of lives, due to the widespread floods in Pakistan. The Minister has also said that he is distr...

August 4, 2010 4:59 PM

BSF contingent to join UN Peace keeing forcae in Congo

A BSF Contingent for UN Peace Keeping in Congo was flagged off today. The contingent has a total strength of 125 personnel. This is the fifth consecutive contingent to Congo. It will be deployed at Goma from the 8th of this month.According to an official release, the contingent has been trained to c...

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