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January 12, 2010 5:51 PM

Sessions court to hear Rathore's appeal tomorrow

A Sessions court in Chandigarh on Tuesday admitted an appeal of former top cop S P S Rathore against the recent judgement of a CBI court convicting him for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra 19 years ago. The appeal will come for hearing before Additional District and Sessions Judge R S Attri tomor...

January 12, 2010 5:44 PM

GoM clears proposals for tough anti-hijacking law

A Group of Ministers on Tuesday cleared proposals to make the anti-hijacking law more stringent by including death sentence as a punishment. The GoM, headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram, also decided to incorporate a new clause to cover the aspect of conspiracy to hijack an aircraft which does not...

January 12, 2010 2:27 PM

Single atom of calcium controls bacteria movement: Study

In a discovery that can help explain how bacteria infect their hosts, American scientists have claimed that a single atom of calcium controls their movement. <br/><br/>Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified a spot on a human pathogen, Pseud...

January 12, 2010 2:24 PM

North India continues to reel under severe cold

North India reels under intense cold condition. New Delhi saw temperature hovering at 8 degrees celsius on Tuesday morning. However, flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International airport in the capital remained normal due to absence of fog.<br/><br/>In Uttar Pradesh, 18 mo...

January 12, 2010 2:00 PM

Indira Gandhi Peace Award conferred to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

President Mrs. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil conferred Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2009 on Prime Minister of Bangladesh Mrs. Sheikh Hasina at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. <br/><br/>Speaking on the occasion Mrs. Patil sai...

January 12, 2010 1:15 PM

Vice Prez returns back home after African nations’ tour

The Vice President Mohd Hamid Ansari has reached Delhi after a weeklong tour to three African nations - Zambia, Malawi and Botswana.<br/><br/>Describing his visit to these counties satisfactory, Mr Ansari said it not only reflected the goodwill these countries had with India, but...

January 12, 2010 1:14 PM

Antony in Jammu to review J&K security situation

Defence Minister Sh. A. K. Antony has arrived on a day long visit of Jammu on Tuesday to review the security situation in the wake of repeated attempts by Pak trained militants to infiltrate into Indian territory.<br/><br/>AIR Correspondent reports, Defence Minister A.K. Antony a...

January 12, 2010 1:06 PM

Ruchika case: Rathore gets adequate time for arguing his bail petition

Punjab and Haryana High Court has agreed to grant adequate time to the counsel of former DGP, SPS Rathore to argue his petition seeking anticipatory bail in two fresh FIRs against him in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.<br/><br/>Rathore's wife and counsel, Abha submitt...

January 12, 2010 1:04 PM

Bangladesh vows not to allow anti-India terror, gets USD 1bn

Bangladesh promised not to allow its territory to be used for terror against India while India announced a one-billion dollar line of credit to that country. This is the largest one time credit line ever extended to any country by India.<br/><br/>The credit line is for infrastruc...

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