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May 3, 2010 12:57 PM

SC slams Patna HC, quashes bail of Pappu Yadav

The Supreme Court today quashed the bail granted to former MP and RJD leader Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav in the Ajit Sarkar murder case and slammed the Patna High Court for violating its order. A bench of Justices Markandey Katju and A K Patnaik said the High Court's decision amounted to co...

May 3, 2010 12:10 PM

World Press Freedom Day today

Today is World Press Freedom Day. This day is celebrated across the globe on May 3rd to commemorate the fundamental principles of press freedom and to pay solemn tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The theme of this year's World Press Day being organized by UNE...

May 3, 2010 11:28 AM

411 lions in Gir forests, population up by 52

The population of lions in Gir forests has gone up by nearly 14 per cent in last five years, with the latest census revealing the presence of 411 of the big cats as compared to 359 in the 2005 census. Giving details about the census, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said in Gandhinagar yesterday...

May 3, 2010 10:27 AM

Indo-China trade through Nathula begins today

The Indo-China border trade through Nathula in Sikkim for this year begins today. The trade had resumed after a gap of about 42 years on 6th of July in the year 2006. The centuries old trade between the two countries through this old silk route had come to an abrupt hault in the wake of the 1962 war...

May 3, 2010 9:22 AM

Indo-China trade through Nathuka begins today

The Indo-China border trade through Nathuka in Sikkim for this year begins today. The trade had resumed after a gap of about 42 years on 6th of July in the year 2006. The centuries old trade between the two countries through this old silk route had come to an abrupt hault in the wake of the 1962 war...

May 3, 2010 9:21 AM

Lalit Modi cornered at BCCI meet

Lalit Modi found himself completely isolated, with all members of the BCCI Working Committee endorsing the charges of bid-rigging and other financial irregularities against the suspended IPL Commissioner. The issue of Lalit Modi's alleged financial irregularities dominated the discussions in th...

May 3, 2010 9:08 AM

J & K police arrests LeT militant in connection with Delhi terror alert

The Jammu and Kashmir police claim to have made a breakthrough in the Delhi terror threat case, with the detention of a suspected LeT operative hailing from Srinagar. Quoting police sources PTI said that Umar Zargar, the Kashmiri youth, made the telephone calls at the behest of the Pakistan-based La...

May 2, 2010 9:05 PM

Major higher education reforms bill in LS on Monday

Government's initiatives on higher education reforms will be put on fast track as four bills, including one on allowing entry of foreign universities to the country, are expected to be introduced tomorrow in Lok Sabha. The other bills relate to checking of malpractices by educational institutio...

May 2, 2010 9:03 PM

Karnataka Governor accepts Halappa’s resignation

Resignation of Food and Civil Supplies Minister Haratala Halappa has been accepted by the Chief Minister and Governor in Karnataka. <br/><br/>Speaking to the media persons in the morning just after the news of sex scandal broke out in a Kannada newspaper, Halappa refuted the char...

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