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February 9, 2010 8:50 AM

SC orders Chhattisgarh Govt to produce missing persons

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered Chhattisgarh government to produce before it 12 persons who have been missing after they filed petitions seeking CBI probe into the killings of around a dozen villagers in Dantewada district as a part of anti-naxal operation. The apex court, which came down heavil...

February 9, 2010 8:50 AM

West Bengal reserves 10 per cent seats for OBC muslims in employment

The West Bengal government today announced 10 per cent quota in employment for Muslims under the OBC category. The state government declared the quota for the Muslims who were educationally, socially and economically backward in the state. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee told newsmen at the s...

February 8, 2010 9:53 PM

Cong. says reservation to minorities can't be seen in black & white

Congress has favoured bringing the minorities into the mainstream of national development. The party spokesman, Manish Tiwari, however, said that the issue of providing reservation to minorities cannot be seen in black and white. He said that the Ranganath Mishra Commission report on providing reser...

February 8, 2010 9:53 PM

Cong. says reservation to minorities can't be seen in black & white

Congress has favoured bringing the minorities into the mainstream of national development. The party spokesman, Manish Tiwari, however, said that the issue of providing reservation to minorities cannot be seen in black and white. He said that the Ranganath Mishra Commission report on providing reser...

February 8, 2010 9:09 PM

BJP to pressurize centre on price rise

The BJP President Mr Nitin Gadkari on Monday invited left parties to join the rest of opposition to put pressure on the government on the price rise issue in the forthcoming budget session of parliament. Addressing a press conference in Delhi, he said, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha M...

February 8, 2010 9:09 PM

Economic Growth may be higher than 7.2 per cent

The Finance Secretary Mr Ashok Chawla said the economy could finally grow higher than the 7.2 per cent estimated by the official statistical department on Monday. According to the advance estimates of released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), the economy will grow by 7.2 per cent in th...

February 8, 2010 8:59 PM

17 army personnel killed in J&K Avalanche

In Jammu and Kashmir, 17 army personnel, including an officer, were killed and 15 seriously injured on Monday when a group of about 450 men were swept away by a snow avalanche. The incident took place when they were setting up a winter warfare camp at Khilanmarg, 70 kilometers from Srinagar. An army...

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