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December 21, 2015 7:19 PM

Seven get death penalty in Rohtak gangrape and murder case

In Haryana, a Rohtak session court today sentenced to death seven accused in the Nepali deaf and dumb girl's rape and murder case of Rohtak. Additional District and Sessions Judge Seema Singhal, who had convicted them in the case on 18 December and reserved her judgement for today, announced de...

December 21, 2015 6:57 PM

Gauhati HC stops Arunachal speaker from holding assembly session till Jan 4

The Gauhati High Court has ordered Assembly Speaker of the Arunachal Pradesh not to hold session till 4th of the next month. Hearing review petition of 34 legislators, a single bench of Justice D K Sarma ordered it.<br/><br/>The 34 MLAs who voted against Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, have f...

December 21, 2015 6:54 PM

RS passes SC/ST Amendment Bill unanimously

The Rajya Sabha which reassembled at 2 p.m. has passed Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Amendment Bill unanimously. In the pre-lunch session the House witnessed repeated adjournments. <br/><br/>The House also returned the two Appropriation Bills for 2015 unan...

December 21, 2015 6:50 PM

Seven accused get death penalty in Rohtak shelter home sexual assault case

In Haryana, a Rohtak session court today sentenced to death seven accused in the Nepali deaf and dumb girl's rape and murder case of Rohtak. Additional District and Sessions Judge Seema Singhal, who had convicted them in the case on 18 December and reserved her judgement for today, announced de...

December 21, 2015 6:37 PM

Delhi CM Kejriwal seeks PM's support for implementation of odd-even car plan

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his support for implementation of odd-even number formula for plying of private vehicles in the national capital. <br/><br/>He has urged Mr. Modi to encourage the Union Ministers and Secretaries to i...

December 21, 2015 6:36 PM

Gauhati HC stops Arunachal speaker to hold assembly session till Jan 4

The Gauhati High Court has ordered Assembly Speaker of the Arunachal Pradesh not to hold session till 4th of the next month. Hearing review petition of 34 legislators, a single bench of Justice D K Sarma ordered it.<br/><br/>The 34 MLAs who voted against Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, have f...

December 21, 2015 6:32 PM

Congress seeks court monitored SIT probe into DDCA scam

Congress has demanded court monitored Special Investigation Team probe into alleged irregularities in Delhi and District Cricket Association. Briefing media in New Delhi this evening, party leader P L Punia also demanded resignation of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for irregularities during his tenu...

December 21, 2015 5:20 PM

DDCA row: Jaitley files defamation case against Kejriwal & others

Arun Jaitley today filed criminal defamation complaint against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and others in Patiala House Court in the DDCA row. <br/><br/>Jaitley told the court, he did not take a single penny from DDCA and Kejriwal and others made defamatory and baseless allegations. The Cour...

December 21, 2015 4:44 PM

Smartphone-based systems could help driverless cars 'see'

Scientists have developed two new smartphone-based systems for driverless cars that can identify a user's location and various components of a road scene such as street signs, pedestrians and buildings in places where GPS does not function.<br/><br/>Researchers said that the systems...

December 21, 2015 4:36 PM

Govt to celebrate Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan week from Dec 23

Ministry of Agriculture will celebrate Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan week from 23rd to 29th of this month on the birth anniversary of former Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Late Chaudhary Charan Singh. During the week special programmes will be organised to promote use of Science in Agriculture and ...

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