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May 1, 2010 1:56 PM

Ketan Desai taken into 13-day custody

A Delhi court today remanded MCI President Ketan Desai and three others in 13-day judicial custody after their arrest for allegedly taking bribe to allow a medical college in Punjab to admit students despite lack of infrastructure. Additional Sessions Judge OP Saini sent them to jail till May 14 aft...

May 1, 2010 1:55 PM

Indian student attacked in Australia

In yet another attack on Indians in Australia, a 24-year old student from the community was severely beaten up in western Sydney, where police claimed the assault was not racially motivated. The violent attack on the Indian student took place on the night of April 28, the 'Sydney Morning Herald...

May 1, 2010 1:53 PM

Ketan Desai taken into 13-day custody A Delhi court today remanded MCI

President Ketan Desai and three others in 13-day judicial custody after their arrest for allegedly taking bribe to allow a medical college in Punjab to admit students despite lack of infrastructure. Additional Sessions Judge OP Saini sent them to jail till May 14 after the CBI told that their custod...

May 1, 2010 1:43 PM

Investigation starts into DU radioactive waste case

A team from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) today launched investigation into the lapses by Delhi University in auctioning of radioactive material leading to the death of a labourer recently. The four-member team is also looking for certain radioactive pencils which are reportedly missing....

May 1, 2010 1:24 PM

Frame norms on disposal of hazardous substances by varsities: Govt to UGC

The government has directed the University Grants Commission to frame guidelines immediately on procurement, use and disposal of hazardous substances by varsities. This follows radioactive material being sold as scrap by Delhi University leading to the death of a labourer.<br/><br/&#0...

May 1, 2010 1:20 PM

Jharkhand in the middle; hectic parleys on within BJP

Hectic discussions continue in the BJP after the JMM offered it to lead the government in Jharkhand. The JMM Chief Shibu Soren's son Hemant Soren wrote a letter to this effect to the BJP President Nitin Gadkari.<br/><br/>The party withheld its decision regarding the withdraw...

May 1, 2010 1:13 PM

US cautions India against terror attacks

In a fresh advisory, the US today warned of imminent terror attacks in New Delhi, particularly in market places like Connaught Place, Greater Kailash, Sarojini Nagar, Karol Bagh and Chandni Chowk. The renewed advisory primarily intended for American citizens in India says market places are attractiv...

May 1, 2010 12:33 PM

World celebrates Labour Day

May Day or the International Labour Day is Being celebrated today world over. Srilanka, will hold its first May Day celebrations after the end of war with LTTE. President Mahinda Rajpaksha said on this ocassion that now as the war is over our focus is on the country and its working people. In South ...

May 1, 2010 12:25 PM

Our law system should be at par with global pattern: PM

Prime Minister Mr Manmohan Singh has emphasised that the national legal education system should be especially sensitive to the needs of the marginalised sections of the society like women, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the poor. Inaugurating the two-day national consultation for second g...

May 1, 2010 11:49 AM

Direct access to Headley: Fresh team to take command

The government says a fresh team has been constituted to seek access to 26/11 Mumbai terror attack suspect David Coleman Headley. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of function in New Delhi this morning, the Attorney General of India, Mr. GE Vahanvati said that all the hurdles and road blocks hav...

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