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March 29, 2010 1:48 PM

SC refuses to interfere with HC order on bail to Sajjan Kumar

<br/>The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court order granting anticipatory bail to senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. A bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam said, it is not inclined to interfere with the Delhi High Court orde...

March 29, 2010 1:46 PM

Modi's questioning a big step forward: SIT chief

<br/>Special Investigation Team- SIT Chief R K Raghavan has said that the questioning of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is a big step forward in unraveling the mystery behind the Gulberg Society case. <br/><br/>Talking to a TV Channel, Mr Raghvan expressed confide...

March 29, 2010 12:38 PM

Alert in high seas on possible terror strike

Security has been tightened in the high seas following intelligence reports that Pakistan-based terror groups may target some oil wells and Single Point Mooring (SPM) facilities where ships offload crude oil for transportation to the mainland through pipes.<br/><br/>The central s...

March 29, 2010 12:33 PM

CPI-Maoist admits its top leader Kishenji injured

<br/>The CPI-Maoists has admitted that its top leader Kishenji sustained bullet injuries in a recent encounter with security forces in West Bengal. In an e-mail to Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the rebels threatened to blow up the residence of Mr Patnaik and other important establi...

March 29, 2010 12:00 PM

Year's first Parliament meeting not necessarily first session: SC

<br/>The Supreme Court today held that the first meeting of Parliament each year could not necessarily be considered as its first session. A five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, dismissed a petition filed by RPI(A) leader Ramdas Athawale, who had challen...

March 29, 2010 11:57 AM

IMD modernisation gathers steam; better forecasts ahead: Nayak

<br/>Weather forecasting by the India Meteorological Department, IMD is all set to improve as it has now acquired better observing equipment and high-end supercomputers to process the data. Government has acquired four High Power Computing Systems to do the necessary number crunching and r...

March 29, 2010 9:16 AM

India successfully test-fired Agni-1

India today successfully test-fired its indigenously developed, nuclear-capable, short range ballistic missile Agni-1 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore off the Orissa coast. Director of ITR, S P Dash told PTI that it was a fantastic mission carried ou...

March 28, 2010 8:36 PM

BRIC ministers sign food security declaration?

India, Russia, China and Brazil have signed a global food security declaration. Agriculture Ministers of these countries signed the declaration in Moscow yesterday. They also agreed to pool resources to combat famine that affects more than a billion people globally.<br/><br/> Lat...

March 28, 2010 5:18 PM

India successfully test-fired Agni-1

India today successfully test-fired its indigenously developed, nuclear-capable, short range ballistic missile Agni-1 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore off the Orissa coast. Director of ITR, S P Dash told PTI that it was a fantastic mission carried ou...

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