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February 23, 2010 6:53 PM

SC directs AP to furnish proof on involvement of Maoists in Osmania

The Supreme Court today directed the Andhra Pradesh government to furnish proof of the reported intelligence inputs to establish that Maoists have infiltrated the Osmania University, the hotbed of the ongoing Telangana agitation. A bench of Justices G S Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly posted the matt...

February 23, 2010 6:04 PM

26/11 case: Mumbai’s special court fixes date to start final arguments

Mumbai's special court conducting the trial in 26/11 terror attack case today asked the prosecution and the defence to start their final arguments in the case on March 9. <br/><br/>In another development, the court rejected the application filed by accused Sabauddin Ahmed, s...

February 23, 2010 6:02 PM

Govt. proposes to establish National Counter Terrorism Centre

The government is proposing to establish a National Counter Terrorism Centre in the country. <br/><br/>Giving this information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr Ajay Maken said suitable steps have already been initiated in this ...

February 23, 2010 6:01 PM

PM convenes high-level meeting on Bt brinjal

The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on the Bt-brinjal issue this week. <br/><br/>The meeting has been convened after concerns rai...

February 23, 2010 2:35 PM

BDR mutiny trial begins at Pilkhana

<br/>Nearly a year after the mutiny of Bangladesh Rifles personnel, the trial of those involved in the mutiny at the Pilkhana headquarters began today in Dhaka. The Special Court-5, a three-member tribunal headed by BDR chief Major General Mohammed Mainul Islam began hearing the case relat...

February 23, 2010 1:59 PM

Jharkhand HC stays transfer of IT official probing Madhu Koda case

<br/>Jharkhand High Court orders that transferred senior IT official Ujjwal Choudhary, who was probing the Madhu Koda case, will continue in his previous post. The man behind the exposure of former Chief Minister Koda, IT Director (Investigation) Ujjawal Chodhary has been transferred from ...

February 23, 2010 1:59 PM

Six member panel to decide ban on diabetic drug

<br/>A six-member expert panel has been set up by the Health Ministry to decide on a ban of a diabetic drug found to be increasing the risk of heart attack and death. The moves comes in the backdrop of the US Food and Drug Administration finding that the diabetes drug Rosiglitazone, used b...

February 23, 2010 1:53 PM

Opposition welcomes proposal of talks with Naxals

<br/>BJP today welcomed the proposal of talks with the Naxals following a declaration by naxal leaders for a 72 day cease fire offer. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, BJP spokesperson Mr Rajiv Pratap Rudy said that there should not be any politics on Naxalism as it is a grave threa...

February 23, 2010 1:41 PM

SC directs AP to furnish proof on involvement of Maoists in Osmania

The Supreme Court today directed the Andhra Pradesh government to furnish proof of the reported intelligence inputs to establish that Maoists have infiltrated the Osmania University, the hotbed of the ongoing Telangana agitation. A bench of Justices G S Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly posted the matt...

February 23, 2010 1:40 PM

Pak wants all issues to be discussed on Thursday

<br/>Pakistan today said it wants all bilateral issues, including Kashmir, to be discussed at the Foreign Secretary-level talks on Thursday. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in Beijing that much progress would not be made if India restricts the dialogue to a narrow agenda of terr...

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