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October 14, 2015 8:09 PM

Cong seeks Raje's ouster in 'Rs 45,000 Cr scam' in mines allocation

Stepping up the attack on Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje over the alleged 45 thousand crore rupees mines allocation scam, Congress today sought CAG and CVC's intervention and also a Supreme Court-monitored CBI probe.<br/><br/> Alleging massive scam into the allocation of 6...

October 14, 2015 7:44 PM

1 jawan injured in grenade attack by militants in Kupwara

An Army jawan was today injured in a grenade attack by militants on a picket in Kupwara town of north Kashmir. Police said, some unidentified militants hurled a grenade on a bunker of 41 Rashtriya Rifles at old bus stand in the town, about 90 kms from Srinagar, around 2.30 pm.<br/><br/>H...

October 14, 2015 7:40 PM

Coal scam: Court to hear arguments on charges from Dec 10

A special court today fixed December 10 for hearing arguments on framing of charges in a coal block allocation scam case in which ex-Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia, Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda and others are accused. The case pertains to alleged irregularities in allocation of Bander coa...

October 14, 2015 7:32 PM

Meeting Pele was a dream come true: A R Rahman

Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman says meeting Brazilian football legend Pele for his biopic was like a surreal moment for him. Rahman, who is composing music for the upcoming movie "Pele", met the "King of Football" at an event in Kolkata and said it was an honour to do his film...

October 14, 2015 5:51 PM

BoB case: Court remands 2 bank officials to CBI custody

An assistant general manager and the Head of foreign exchange division of Bank of Baroda were today remanded to two-day CBI custody by a Delhi court. They were arrested yesterday in the 6 thousand crore rupees suspicious remittances case. <br/><br/>AGM S K Garg and Jainish Dubey, who hea...

October 14, 2015 5:47 PM

Detailed discussion on Uniform Civil Code needed, says Congress

The Congress has said there should be detailed discussion on Uniform Civil Code, UCC. Replying to a query, party spokesperson R P N Singh termed the matter as sensitive and said consensus need to be arrived at before taking a final call on it. Mr Singh said, politicization of the matter should be av...

October 14, 2015 5:42 PM

SC restrains police from arresting Teesta & her husband till Dec 8

A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice A R Save today restrained Gujarat Police from arresting social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband till December 8. The SC also issued notice to Teesta and her husband on CBI's plea seeking cancellation of their bail granted by the Bombay...

October 14, 2015 5:40 PM

Electioneering ends for 2nd phase of Bihar polls

The hustle and bustle of campaigning for the second phase of poll in 32 assembly seats in Bihar ended this evening. The 32 seats are spread across six naxal-hit districts-- Jehanabad, Arwal, Gaya, Rohtas, Kaimur and Aurangabad.<br/><br/>The Election Commission has cut short the time for ...

October 14, 2015 5:21 PM

BJP keeping constant watch over Maha govt's tussle with Sena

BJP central leadership is keeping a constant watch over the party led Maharashtra government's tussle with its ally Shiv Sena after Sudheendra Kulkarni paint smearing incident. Talking to AIR, party state In-Charge Saroj Pandey, however, tried to downplay the growing fissures with Sena saying t...

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